Romany and Tom by Ben Watt – review
Sukhdev Sandhu enjoys Ben Watt's moving memoir of his parents' love story Ben Watt, best known as one half of Everything But the Girl, says that one of the reasons he chose to study at Hull University...
View ArticleAnn Peebles: the girl with the big voice
'I can't stand the rain,' was a throwaway line that became a massive hit for Ann Peebles. Here she looks back on her career There's a common cliche in music biopics that you might call the eureka...
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Rise of the me first mothers: Changing nappies in restaurants. Brazenly...
A flash of pink flew by, cutting so swiftly across my 76-year-old mother’s path that she was nearly knocked clean off the pavement. ‘Why didn’t you move out of the way?’ the girl’s mother barked,...
View ArticleWhy silent types get the girl
Study finds that men who use shorter average word lengths and concise sentences are preferred, while men who use verbose language are deemed less attractive Reported by Telegraph.co.uk 18 hours...
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Who's that girl? Hero student wants to find teenager he saved...
A student is desperate to track down a teenage girl he saved from drowning in Tanzania.Marc Edwards was hailed a hero after pulling the 14-year-old from the water at Marangu Falls, in Kilimanjaro...
View ArticleUS: Fox Host Bill O’Reilly says he is worried about ‘homosexual overtones’ in...
Fox News Host Bill O'Reilly has recently criticised the Girl Scouts of the USA for hiring a spokesman who was a member of a "controversial punk band with homosexual overtones." The post US: Fox Host...
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Strong, silent types DO get the girl: Men who use fewer, shorter words are...
Canadian researchers discovered that using shorter words and speaking more concisely are a masculine trait making 'silent types' are more attractive to women. Reported by MailOnline 13 hours ago.
View ArticleMy mum was murdered
Growing up, Kate Hilpern knew she was adopted but it wasn't until she was 18 and legally old enough to investigate her birth family, that she found out the truth: her mother had died in mysterious...
View ArticleBeyoncé – review
*SSE Hydro, Glasgow* Female empowerment meets hip-hop bravura as Beyoncé unleashes her new, improved Mrs Carter Show with added songs and flawless execution When Beyoncé's Mrs Carter Show world tour...
View ArticleBook review: Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
“Nobody ever warned me about mirrors”, begins the girl narrator of Boy, Snow, Bird – a novel that is primarily concerned with looks and surfaces, and the deceits that they can conceal. Reported by...
View ArticleRomany and Tom by Ben Watt – review
Ben Watt's vivid memoir about his bohemian parents captures their decline and the people they once were Most famous for being one half of pop duo Everything But the Girl with his wife, Tracey Thorn,...
View ArticleSpoiler alert: Downton Abbey is a waste of America's precious TV binge time |...
In the opinion of one transplanted Brit, it's a soap opera as inept as any other - and it doesn't live up to the new US standard The other night, rather behind the rest of the known planet and probably...
View ArticleThe Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two by Catherynne M...
'The plot is a whirlwind, simple and full of humour, yet fast paced, unputdownable, and forever changing direction' September is no ordinary girl. Since travelling to Fairyland and eating fairy food in...
View ArticleHeroes is back – what other rubbish shows should they resurrect?
Following the news that the unloved superhero drama is making a return to our screens, we imagine how some other shows, such as Lost and FlashForward, could be brought back to life Spoiler alert: this...
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Schoolgirl killed in crash with school coach in Bloxwich, West Midlands
The girl, who has not yet been identified but is thought to have been a teenager, was fatally injured at around 8.17am in Bloxwich, West Midlands. Reported by MailOnline 16 hours ago.
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Skewen man, Anthony Tierney, 67, in sex attack on teenage girl,...
A TEENAGE girl was sexually assaulted by a man while the pair were both in a lift.Anthony Tierney, aged 67, grabbed the 17-year-old by her shoulders before kissing her on her face and rubbing her...
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Pensioner on trial accused of sexually abusing girl in Devon...
A lorry driver allegedly abused a girl in the cab of his Devon County Council truck in a railway siding, a jury have been told. Gerald Boston, aged 77, also assaulted the girl at his home when she was...
View ArticleChild marriage in Nepal: what do you do when it's by choice?
In a society where dating is not the norm, more Nepalese teenagers are choosing to elope, forcing NGOs to change their assumptions about early and forced marriage When 14-year-old Deumaya from Gorkha...
View ArticleWhy Jennifer Lawrence Deserves A Year Off From Hollywood
Jennifer Lawrence must be exhausted. The girl has barely stopped working since she starred in her first movie, Garden Party, back in 2008. Over the... Reported by ContactMusic 19 hours ago.
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Nile Ranger accused of raping girl who was too drunk to consent
A West soccer star raped a woman in a hotel after pestering her for weeks 'to be his girl', a court was told yesterday. Swindon Town striker Nile Ranger is accused of raping the girl after the pair...
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