34 m. ago ‘Buddhism and Björk help me handle fame’: novelist Ocean Vuong

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous made him a literary superstar. Now the Vietnamese American author is exploring his working-class roots in an ambitious follow‑upThere are three kinds of family, muses the novelist and poet Ocean Vuong. There’s the nuclear family, “which often we talk about as the central tenet of American life”. There’s the chosen family, “the pushback”, the community and friendships built by people who have been rejected by their parents, often because of their sexuality or gender identity. And then there’s the family we talk about much less frequently, but spend most of our waking hours within – our colleagues, or what Vuong describes as “the circumstantial family around labour”.Vuong’s forthcoming second novel, The Emperor of Gladness, encompasses them all. There’s its 19-year‑old hero Hai’s relationship with his mother, a poor Vietnamese immigrant who believes that he has fulfilled her desperate aspirations for him by going to university, when he has actually...

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34 m. ago Simon Cowell's strict morning routine and breakfast after ditching 'vampire lifestyle' for son

Britain's Got Talent judge Simon Cowell has opened up on overhauling his lifestyle, including his morning routine, after realising he needed to make a change upon welcoming son Eric

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54 m. ago 'Britain's most notorious prisoner sends me paintings and calls every day

The ex-wife of Charles Bronson has spoken out for his release from prison ahead of a parole hearing

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60 m. ago Nicola Peltz branded 'obsessive' over Victoria Beckham jacket chaos as feud reaches new heights

Nicola Peltz's reported feud with David and Victoria Beckham has reached a new level as friends of both parties spoke out about their fractured family relationship

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93 m. ago The catastrophic extent of Britain's river problem: 'Undrinkable, unswimmable, and now untouchable', says nature expert ROBERT MACFARLANE

Top nature writer ROBERT MACFARLANE talks to Maddy Fletcher about what we've got wrong with our waterways - and how we can rescue them for the good of all

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1 hour ago Zara Tindall's uncomfortable expression during Prince Harry and Meghan's wedding

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's big day couldn't have been more different than royal weddings of the past and guests suggested it was the most diverse major event in the Queen's then 66-year reign.

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1 hour ago Backstabbed US auto companies blast Trump’s trade deal with Britain

Trump has put American automakers at a disadvantage with their British competitors, they complain

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2 h. ago Leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland arrive in Kyiv to push for 30

Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and Donald Tusk arrive in Ukraine in show of support amid US intelligence warning of possible air attackThe leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland have arrived in Kyiv for a symbolic visit to Ukraine, one day after Vladimir Putin hosted a set-piece military parade on Red Square. The visit comes as the US warned of intelligence about a big impending air attack on Ukraine.Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv on the same train on Saturday morning, while Donald Tusk travelled on a separate train. The four leaders met in the Polish city of Rzeszow on Friday night before departing. On Saturday, they will meet Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a show of support for Ukraine, Downing Street said in a statement issued late on Friday. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Buck up, Michelle Obama – nothing is more fabulous than an empty nest | Kathy Lette

The former US first lady says she’s in counselling after her daughters left home. She and Barack should run around the house naked. Yodelling. With antlers on their headsYour kids are the greatest love affair of your life, and that love is unconditional Although wait, on second thoughts, there are a few conditions. No child must ever be allowed to take up the bagpipes, drums or descant recorder. Come meal times there are two options – spag bol or adoption. No mother should have to teach a child to drive while simultaneously going through the menopause. And, most important of all, progeny must be out the door by 24.Without a doubt, the two nicest words in the English language are “empty” and “nest”. And yet my kitchen is constantly full of female friends weeping into their wine about how much they will miss their kids when they leave for university, flat shares or gap year travels.Kathy Lette is a comedy writer and novelist. Her latest book is The Revenge Club Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Dianaworld review: For Diana fans to enjoy — but not to trust

Generally when I’m reviewing a book on a subject I’ve written about, I turn to the index as soon as I’m bored to see if I’m quoted, so I can skip to the scintillating bits. No need to, here; I rock up in the very first paragraph of the introduction: “Of the various titles that Diana Spencer collected during her life, it is the unofficial one of ‘the People’s Princess’ that has most come to encapsulate her reputation. The origins of the term are contested. Many have claimed that Tony Blair’s spin doctor, the shrewd, calculating Alastair Campbell, invented it. Others have said it derived from Anthony Holden, a royal biographer and translator of ancient Greek poetry and Italian opera. Julie Burchill, a republican iconoclast perhaps best known for her writing about pop music, asserts that it was in fact she who bestowed the title upon Diana in a laudatory article about the princess published in 1992.”

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3 h. ago Tragic new details reveal final moments of plane that crashed in upstate New York and killed family of six

Federal investigators have put together a timeline of the events which led up to the deaths of the prominent Massachusetts family.

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3 h. ago I was Hitler’s neighbour: ‘If he’d known we were Jewish, we’d have been sent to Dachau’

In 1929, Edgar Feuchtwanger was five years old and living with his family in Munich when Adolf Hitler moved into a flat opposite. At first, his parents thought they were safe hiding in plain sight – until they weren’tThe odds were against Edgar Feuchtwanger reaching the age of 100. He was born on 28 September 1924 into a time of poverty and political turmoil in post-first world war Germany. He was also born into a Jewish family in a society that was about to turn to National Socialism, an ideology that would ultimately be responsible for the murder of 6 million Jews. In 1929, when Feuchtwanger was five, something happened that made his long life even more unlikely. He got a new neighbour: Adolf Hitler.In October that year, Hitler moved into the grand second-floor flat at Prinzregentenplatz 16 in Munich. His previous flat, on the other side of the Isar, the river that divides Munich, had become too small. Munich to him was the “Capital of the Movement”, a title he awar...

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3 h. ago BGT rich list 2025: who are the richest judges and contestants from the ITV show?

Britain’s Got Talent has made plenty of stars since it started back in 2007 😍

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4 h. ago Inside Amanda Holden's sweet relationship with Britain's Got Talent contestant

TV personality Amanda Holden has grown so close to one of her Britain's Got Talent Golden Buzzer contestants that they jet off on holidays together with her celebrity pals

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5 h. ago Keeping Royal Family in Scotland 'can no longer be justified', claims Patrick Harvie

The Scottish Greens co-leader insisted "there is no place in modern Scotland for the monarchy"

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5 h. ago Paolo Nutini's dad hangs up apron after five decades at helm of famous Scots chippy

Alfredo said that he and his wife Linda feel “grateful” for all the support the family has received over the past five decades

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5 h. ago I've been visiting Welsh beach eight miles long for 40 years — it just gets better

It's one of the longest beaches in Britain but this quiet corner of Wales has even more to offer than miles of golden sand

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6 h. ago Miley Cyrus reunites with estranged dad Billy Ray amid family feud after mom Tish 'unfollowed' her

Miley Cyrus has reunited with her estranged father Billy Ray as they brushed aside rumors of 'family drama' to pose for a sweet Instagram snap on Friday.

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6 h. ago Britain’s newest 'Lady' wants to marry into royal family – but there's a catch

Lady Agathe Keller has found herself in the top 4% of UK earners despite physically being unable to complete a day worth of work due to not being real

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7 h. ago Former MP George Galloway appears in Moscow for Putin's Victory Day celebrations days after collecting award names after Hamas fighter in Tehran

The leader of the hard-left Workers Party of Britain made an appearance in Moscow as Russia's Vladimir Putin celebrated Victory Day with a huge military parade. 

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