An exhibition of artists’ work on the theme of ‘Journey’, created by printmakers on both sides of the Atlantic to commemorate Mayflower 400 and which should have taken place last year, finally opened at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth this week. The collaboration between two groups of artists, the UKContinue Reading
E d Balls’ memoir Appetite is about food and family. It’s about politics as well, of course, Balls being one of the pillars of New Labour – he was Secretary for Children and Families under his old boss, Gordon Brown, as well as Shadow Chancellor and Shadow Home Secretary. It’sContinue Reading
Craft a woolly flag to celebrate 10 year of the Woolly weekend for the a chance to win £50 to spend on woolly products at the Woolly Weekend. Ten years ago the first Woolly Weekend was held, bringing stallholders into the old house at Kelly to share their love ofContinue Reading
Patricia Lockwood, who is shortlisted for her book No One is Talking About This, is on the shortlist with five other writers including two other Americans Maggie Shipstead and Richard Powers. Lockwood, who previously wrote a memoir about growing up the child of a catholic priest, has more than 100,000Continue Reading
As TikTok goes from strength to strength, Instagram is suffering from an identity crisis under the ever-closer control of FacebookContinue Reading
J eremy Kyle said he remains “very proud” of his controversial ITV show as he made a return to broadcasting with a new programme on talkRadio. He began his new drivetime show by addressing his departure directly, but told listeners he could not go into detail due to “legal reasons”.Continue Reading
Aiming to demystify STEM subjects – and bring much-needed diversity to the field – Anna Lytical helps coders get to grips with tricky conceptsContinue Reading
What do you do with a young man convicted for being in possession of a bomb-making manual? A count of possessing information likely to be useful for preparing an act of terror can carry a jail term of up to 15 years. But 21-year-old Ben John wasn’t sentenced to prison:Continue Reading
The three millionth teddy to be given to poorly children across England and Wales has been presented, with Cornwall Freemasons playing a big part. The special bear was presented to Jackie James, Play Specialist at Peterborough City Hospital, in the hospital’s Amazon Children’s Garden, by Dr David Staples a hospitalContinue Reading
Rock Melody, despite the worst draw, looked a ‘special’ at first glance for a ten-runner Fillies’ Novice Stakes over seven furlongs of ‘good to firm’ Goodwood this afternoon, a second bout of scrutiny unearthed a slight danger, once-raced course and distance Breezy Storm, from the in-form yard of Gary Moore,Continue Reading
