Is December 9 the day Britain starts its Covid vaccination drive?
Nottinghamshire health boss Sarah Carter said in a council meeting that the health system was 'poised' to start giving a vaccine to members of the public from December 9, in 13 days' time. Read more...
Get Me Meacham! Biden Brings Back the Medias Good Old Days
The next president promises to do for old-line newspaper columnists what Donald Trump did for cable. What a time to be George Will! Read more...
Climate Clamp
On May 16 an article Mutiny in the Climate Camp reported accusations of hypocrisy over a decision to fly delegates to a conference in Bolivia. We cited critical quotes from an internal email but, in fact, these did not relate to the conference decision. Additionally we misattributed Facebook comments to campaigner Ben Hart and incorrectly said he had attended the conference. We apologise for these mistakes. Read more...
Jos Luiz da Silva, Brazilian Social Media Star, Dies at 52
He acquired more than a million followers on Instagram and appeared in commercials and music videos and on TV variety shows. He died of Covid-19. Read more...
Theaster Gates Turns the Stain of the Past Into Art
In his show at Gagosian, he merges the language of abstract art with the legacies of racial injustice. Read more...
Gamer, 18, sent footballer Ian Wright a stream of racist abuse
Patrick O'Brien, from Tralee, County Kerry, sent a tirade of racist messages to footballer Ian Wright, 57, after being let down by a game version of the star on his FIFA tournament game on PlayStation. Read more...
Article Prompts Speculation About McChrystals Future
Ahead of a meeting at the White House on Wednesday between Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal and President Obama, speculation is rife in Washington and online about whether the general will remain America's top commander in Afghanistan. Read more...
TOM LEONARD Stars' haunt that had mischief on the menu
TOM LEONARD Princess Margaret chain-smoked at a back table, Ava Gardner joined the pianist for an impromptu duet and Elizabeth Taylor packed her guest Rock Hudson off to the nearest gay haunt. Read more...
She Dove More Than 300 Feet Under the Sea. Can She Go Deeper?
Alenka Artnik of Slovenia recently set a record in free diving. But her race to the bottom may not be over. Read more...
Stunning top-down views of incredible structures from the Eiffel Tower to the Sydney Opera House
As well as the Gherkin and the Eiffel Tower, the team gave the top-down treatment to the Sydney Opera House, the Statue of Liberty, the Colosseum and the Shwedagon Pagoda. Read more...
US HIV death rate fell over 48% from 2010 to 2018, CDC data reveals
In 2010, 9.1 out of every 1,000 people who became infected with HIV died of the virus. But by 2018, that rate had plunged to just 4.7 out of every HIV-positive people, a recent CDC report revealed. Read more...
Indian brave, courtesan, slave and the world's loudest snorer MANY LIVES AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY STEPHANIE BEACHAM
It takes a while to get into this book because first you have to navigate a prologue and not one but two forewords, the first by the authors 11-year-old grandson, who reveals that at 4 a.m. without make-up Stephanie Beacham has green skin, witch-like hair and gives him nightmares, muses JOHN HARDING Read more...
Xbox Series X and S Review Microsofts New Consoles Are a Good Value. Is That Enough?
Nice hardware? Check. Fair price? Check. Cool, exclusive games? T.B.D. Read more...
Hilarious moment women bails from her car into the middle of traffic after discovering a spider
Unable to contain her terror, the Australian woman let out a series of high-pitched squeals as the spider inched its way across the inside roof and towards her, and then she jumped out and ran. Read more...