45 m. ago Michelle Keegan’s sweet nod to baby Palma as she marks her first Mother’s Day

Michelle Keegan celebrated her first Mother's Day after welcoming baby daughter Palma with husband Mark Wright, as the actress shared stunning pictures from the 'special day'

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69 m. ago Gatsby by Jane Crowther; The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson

Two enjoyable debut novels put fresh meat on Fitzgerald’s deathless classic – one a modern-day retelling in which Gatsby becomes a female influencer, another a pacy murder mystery in the vein of Agatha ChristieIt might seem unfathomable to us now, but F Scott Fitzgerald’s third novel was something of a let-down when it was published 100 years ago; his previous books, This Side of Paradise and The Beautiful and Damned – there had also been a novella, The Diamond As Big As the Ritz, and short stories including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – had been more commercially successful and found greater favour with critics. Fitzgerald’s tale of obscure origins, extreme wealth and obsessional romantic desire appeared too unlikely, too contrived and, perhaps, too uncomfortable a reminder of class and financial inequality and its consequent social schisms to be recognised for what it was: a masterly exploration of delusion, self-delusion, myth-making and complicity.Fitzgerald himself died...

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70 m. ago AD FEATURE: Explore rewarding careers in maintenance engineering across Scotland

Scottish Prison Service is looking for people to join the teams in electrical, mechanical, joiner and systems maintenance

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1 hour ago Michelle Keegan shares sweet new pictures with newborn baby daughter on 'special' first Mother's Day

The actress welcomed her first child into the world earlier this month (March) with her husband Mark Wright

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2 h. ago ‘Nothing stopped her’: the 136 reasons why Vanessa Bell is breaking free of Bloomsbury

She was the overshadowed member of the iconic group. But now, with a major exhibition not far from the house she turned into a work of art, Bell is finally getting her due. And she’s not the only oneWhen you think of the Bloomsbury Group – the writers, artists and intellectuals who congregated at 46 Gordon Square in London in the early 20th century – you might think of Virginia Woolf; the Omega Workshops, which brought fine art to modernist designs; Charleston, a farmhouse in Sussex, frequented by core members who painted every available surface in blazing hues; or the famous phrase about their unorthodox sex lives – they “painted in circles and loved in triangles”.But do you ever think – or know much – about a woman at the heart of the group, Vanessa Bell, sister of Virginia and co-director of the Omega Workshops? If Bloomsbury member John Maynard Keynes was the economics pioneer, and Woolf its literary star, then Bell was the painter equivalent. Yet it seems Bell has too often bee...

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2 h. ago AD FEATURE: Family days out for Easter 2025 with National Trust Cymru

Keep your little ones entertained throughout the school holidays with this selection of fantastic Easter activities

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2 h. ago Woman arrested after dog out walking killed in XL Bully attack

The seven-year-old dog died at the scene

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2 h. ago Rangers risking Barry Ferguson heart attack with bad habits as one enigma eclipses another amid Dens Park pandaemonium – big match verdict

Yet again Rangers found themselves two goals down and had to rescue the situation late on against Dundee

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3 h. ago Citizens Advice Scotland calls for access to banking for all

Wednesday’s Spring Statement from Rachel Reeves ruffled fewer personal finance feathers than her Autumn Budget, which caused a huge flap about changes to Inheritance Tax and pensions.

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3 h. ago David Dimbleby’s hugely compelling history of capitalism: best podcasts of the week

The seasoned pro brings us a slick new listen. Plus, Paris Hilton produces a rare story of social media being used for goodDavid Dimbleby takes on the history of capitalism. It’s a slick listen that opens in a barrage of air raid sirens and rumbling aircraft engines as Anthony Fisher watches his brother die while they both fly planes during the second world war – before going on to found the free-market thinktank the Institute of Economic Affairs. The half-hour episodes don’t allow for deep dives but are as hugely listenable as anything featuring its host’s voice is. Alexi DugginsBBC Sounds, episodes weekly Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Dad, 35, died on holiday after stomach ache he thought was food poisoning

Andrejs died just 36 hours after falling ill

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3 h. ago Premature babies' special delivery from London knitting group

Premature babies' special delivery from London knitting group  BBC.com

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4 h. ago Apocalypse constantly: The perverse reasons we love to watch ourselves die on screen

From ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ and ‘Planet of the Apes’ to ‘Deep Impact’ and ‘Don’t Look Up’, nothing seems to bring audiences together faster than a glimpse at the end of the world. As Tilda Swinton sings through the apocalypse in her new film, Xan Brooks dives into cinema’s most curious lineage

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4 h. ago Harry Milne on his 'special' Celtic moment that capped of rise from Highland League to Hearts

The Jambos defender has made a meteoric rise from the Highland League to the Premiership but he's not done yet

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4 h. ago Parents' lives 'turned upside down' as baby boy given very rare diagnosis

Albie Moore was diagnosed at just four months old with Leber Congenital Amaurosis

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4 h. ago UK flood alerts soar despite spring heatwave as Brits urged to prepare for temperature rise

More than 69 flood warnings and alerts have been issued across the UK as Brits enjoy a prolonged period of spring sunshine. Cities in the path of possible flooding include Newcastle, Sunderland and Norwich.

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5 h. ago ‘My brain reaches for morbidity’: inside the unsettling world (and 700 Post

He was a digital art pioneer, making himself an avatar in disturbing films. Now Ed Atkins has a new medium: the pandemic Post-it note. Ahead of a major Tate show, we meet the shapeshifting artistWhen he was younger and his parents were out of the house, Ed Atkins used to sit on the landing and force himself to imagine all the ways they might die. “My thinking was that if I imagined it first, then it would be very unlikely to actually happen,” says the 42-year-old artist.Atkins’ parents didn’t succumb to any of the ways he had invented. But during the final year of his master’s course, his father, Philip, was diagnosed with cancer and died six months later, during Atkins’ degree show, in 2009. “It’s a huge thing, obviously, losing your father,” says the artist. “And it started to feed into what I was reading and was interested in. His death, and death generally, is in all of my work.” Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Dad's life or death struggle after children stabbed in the dead of night

Four people have been stabbed in Sydney in the early hours of Monday morning.

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7 h. ago A thousand steelworkers lost their pensions 20 years ago. They are still owed money and many have died

1,000 workers in one of Cardiff's largest steelworks lost their pensions more than two decades ago

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9 h. ago Baulkham Hills stabbing: woman arrested and three children in hospital after alleged attack in Sydney suburb

Two girls, boy in stable condition and 46-year-old woman under guard in hospital after alleged attack in Baulkham HillsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA mother has been arrested after she allegedly stabbed her three children multiple times in their home in Sydney’s north-west.New South Wales police Det Supt Naomi Moore said on Monday that the children’s father woke to yells in their Baulkham Hills home, and secured the kitchen knife from his partner. Continue reading...

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