BBC paid £52,000 to two gangsters who went on to torture drug dealer to death
The BBC executive behind Fleabag and Killing Eve paid tens of thousands of pounds to two underworld figures who went on to torture a drug dealer to death in front…
No10’s most-senior spin doctor ‘gave out awards at controversial Christmas party’
Downing Street’s most-senior spin doctor ‘gave out awards and thanked staff at controversial No10 Christmas party’ – then helped brief journalists that nothing untoward took place Jack Doyle is alleged…
Our critic selects her picks of this year’s best art books
DIVINE LOVE: THE NATURE OF THE NATION by Sarah Drummond (Unicorn £25, 132 pp) DIVINE LOVE: THE ART OF THE NATIVITY by Sarah Drummond (Unicorn £25, 132 pp) This attractive…
Our critic selects his picks of this year’s best science books
Keep calm and make vaccines… Our critic selects his picks of this year’s best science books Nick Rennison selected the best science books of 2014 Professor Roy Taylor’s Simple Guide…
Our juiciest memoirs of the year
Ysenda Maxitone-Graham compiled a list of the year’s top memoirs. Anya Hindmarch’s If in Doubt Wash Your Hair is one of the UK-based literary critics’ picks.
You can stay in Grinch’s cave for Christmas – and it comes complete with organ and Whoville snacks
If you’re a fan of the Grinch, we’ve got great news for you – you can now stay in the grouchy creature’s cave this festive season. The flight will be…
From Marilyn in her birthday suit to the bad boy of ballet, 2021’s best illustrated books
FOREVER, ELIZABETH by Robert Risko (ACC £45, 252 pp) FOREVER ELIZABETH by Robert Risko (ACC £45, 252 pp) This is a huge and luxurious book full of photographs of Elizabeth…
Oklahoma executes Bigle Stouffer for the murder of teacher and attempted murder of her boyfriend
Bigler Stouffer was administered a lethal injection at McAlester’s State Penitentiary at McAlester at 10 o’clock on Thursday. He was declared dead at 10:16 a.m. A 79-year-old Oklahoma death row…
SATC reboot And Just Like That… is met with lukewarm early reaction
Intercourse And The Metropolis’s reboot And Simply Like That… was met with lukewarm preliminary evaluations from followers following its early morning premiere on Thursday. The return comes 23 years after…
DNA evidence from frozen permafrost reveals woolly mammoths roamed Canada until 5,000 years ago
The permafrost from Yukon in Canada, which contains DNA from past environments dating back to at least 30,000 years old, shows that woolly mammals roamed this region up until 5,000…