63 h. ago Sir Don Bradman's Baggy Green is SOLD at auction for a huge price

A Baggy Green cap that belonged to Sir Donald Bradman is set to stay in Australia and will be displayed in a museum, after it was sold at auction on Monday.

Economics

68 h. ago Cricket’s ‘holy grail’ for $460,000: Don Bradman baggy green sells at auction

The cap, which Bradman wore in his final home Test series, had been ‘hidden for 75 years’A baggy green cap worn by the Australian cricket great Sir Donald Bradman has sold for $460,000 to an anonymous buyer at a Gold Coast auction.Bradman wore the cap during the 1947-48 series against India – his final home Test series before retiring in 1948 with a career batting average of 99.94, earning him the reputation as cricket’s greatest batter. Continue reading...

Economics

1 week ago ‘We wouldn’t still be playing if we’d got stinking rich’: the Damned celebrate 50 years of punk, goth and holy grail hunting

An appetite for self-destruction left Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible and Rat Scabies hugely influential but financially insecure. They’re back with a big show and their first album together since 1995‘There isn’t one songwriter, and so the flavour of the band is always going to change,” says Dave Vanian, reflecting on 50 years of the group of which he has been the sole constant member, the Damned. “Captain Sensible is a great fan of syrupy pop music and prog and glam rock. So his writing is very poppy, melodic and quite wonderful. My writing is more melodramatic, more theatrical. And Rat Scabies was a mod who really loved bands like the Who. That melting pot would either not work at all, or be an absolute firecracker.” As the history of the Damned attests, it has, on occasion, been both.There have been three break-ups: in the late 70s, late 80s and early 90s; Sensible and Scabies have had repeated spells out of the band; Scabies only started working with them again in 2022, after 27 ...

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2 w. ago Rare copy of Superman comic once stolen from Nicolas Cage sells for record $15m

The 'Holy Grail' of comic books introduced the world to Superman and has had a life as full of twists and turns as any superhero as it goes for an eye-watering sum

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2 w. ago ANNE ASHWORTH reveals the High Street shares back in fashion

Recent trading updates revealed which names are most deftly adapting to shifts in consumer preferences and consolidating their dominance.

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3 w. ago China’s ‘artificial sun’ breaks nuclear fusion limit thought to be impossible

Breakthrough marks significant progress towards achieving ‘holy grail’ of clean energy

Events

3 w. ago 'Holy grail' face cream that plumps dry winter skin is slashed to £10 for 24 hours

Shoppers are calling it a 'hydration saviour'

Economics

3 w. ago 'Fake admiral' is fined £500 after admitting wearing fake military uniform and medals at Remembrance event

Jonathan Carley, 65, sparked fury after laying a wreath at the ceremony in Llandudno, North Wales dressed in a Rear Admiral's uniform with 12 medals pinned to his jacket.

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3 w. ago 'Fake admiral' fined £500 after admitting illegally wearing military uniform at Remembrance Sunday event with chest full of 'suspicious' medals

Jonathan Carley, 65, sparked fury after laying a wreath at the ceremony in Llandudno, North Wales dressed in a Rear Admiral's uniform with 12 medals pinned to his jacket.

Events

3 w. ago He wore the uniform and medals of one of the UK's leading military figures. But it was all a lie

Jonathan Carley posed as a distinguished Royal Navy Admiral to lay a wreath on Remembrance Sunday

Events

4 w. ago Antiques Road Trip's Angus Ashworth shares 'holy grail' military medals worth up to £80k

Antiques Road Trip star Angus Ashworth has shared the items he would most like to find in his work, including rare Victoria Cross and Napoleonic War medals

Events

4 w. ago Antiques Road Trip expert reveals 'strangest' find that could fetch big sum

TV antiques expert Angus Ashworth has shared details about one of the oddest items that he has come across

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