7 h. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Nobody likes a successful woman, says Shirley Ballas

In a candid conversation, the 65-year-old described how high-achieving women often receive scorn and disapproval, especially in the world of showbusiness where 'no one's your friend'.

Politics

3 d. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Might James Hewitt's new charitable chapter inspire Prince Andrew?

As Prince Andrew reflects on his threadbare reputation, he can seek inspiration from a fellow military man once nearly as reviled as he is today.

Politics

3 d. ago Clean lines and a connection with nature: the modernist beach house jutting out over a Scottish loch

A couple’s dream home on Scotland’s rocky west coast is an audacious, Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired feat of architectureBuilding a bold new contemporary home directly on the British coastline is a tall order. Aside from the logistics of designing a house that functions successfully in such an unforgiving setting, planning permission is likely to make it a nonstarter. But on the shore of Loch Long on the Rosneath peninsula, 40 miles north-west of Glasgow, John MacKinnon and his wife Laura found a way to make it work for their house, Rock Cove. While the area is wild and ruggedly beautiful, its history has long been intertwined with the military and was once a brownfield site, home to disused Ministry of Defence huts and garages, overgrown and strewn with rubble.Back in 2008, MacKinnon had bought a property on the same site, a 1940s cottage that had been repurposed as a navy signalling station. MacKinnon has a deep-seated passion for design, and worked closely with architect Stuart...

Society

4 d. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: I've moved to Mayfair, says £650million former prime minister Rishi Sunak

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: The former Conservative leader tells me that he has risen up the Monopoly board of London property.

Politics

6 d. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Becks gets his own rose... from his little petal

David Beckham described himself as 'immensely proud' when he was awarded a knighthood in the King's Birthday Honours.

Politics

1 week ago Frank Lampard grins to camera at present from wife Christine that he keeps in his office

Frank Lampard may be fully committed to the success of Coventry City but his wife Christine likes to bring an aspect of their love life to his office at the football club

Politics

1 week ago German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds

Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchersMainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda, researchers in Germany have found, describing it as a shortcoming that had unwittingly helped the far right by legitimising their ideas and disseminating them more widely.The findings, published in the European Journal of Political Research, were based on an automated text analysis of 520,408 articles from six German newspapers over the span of more than two decades. Continue reading...

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1 week ago International treasure hunt for Lady Gabriella husband's missing cash: RICHARD EDEN

Perhaps even Thomas Kingston - the charming, cool-headed former hostage negotiator who married - sometimes felt daunted by the intricate challenges presented by his commercial ventures.

Events

1 week ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: TV's Naga: I hit teen lout who pinched my bottom

She's sometimes been criticised for her 'aggressive' approach to television interviews, but Naga Munchetty is even more pugnacious off screen.

Events

1 week ago Succession star Brian Cox say he 'failed' in first marriage after tying the knot at 21

The Scottish actor, who is well known for playing the Roy family patriarch in Succession, has admitted he sometimes feels like a failure over his first marriage not working out

Events

1 week ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Strictly's Amy feels she's let down fellow cancer sufferers by finishing last

Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden won the nation's hearts with her courageous return to the ballroom last year, after a life-threatening battle with stage-three breast cancer.

Politics

2 w. ago Jordan Pickford leads England defensive stability as World Cup spot beckons

Keeper has kept eight clean sheets in succession but is keen to acknowledge the team ethicAs they like to say in the US, dee-fense wins championships. The sentiment is not an exclusively American thing. “Attack wins you games, defence win you titles,” Sir Alex Ferguson once said. And he should know, having won quite a lot of them with Manchester United.As England look forward to next summer’s World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico, the idea has come to resonate, mainly because of how miserly they have been at the back under Thomas Tuchel. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago England legend Sir Geoff Hurst labels Jude Bellingham's dad as an 'absolute disgrace' after he confronted Borussia Dortmund coach who subbed Jobe off early

Hurst, 83, is best known for scoring a hat-trick in the 1966 World Cup final, while he also enjoyed a hugely successful club career for the likes of West Ham and Stoke City .

Sport

2 w. ago ‘I’m going to write about all of it’: author Chris Kraus on success, drugs and I Love Dick

A decade after her debut became a cult hit, the US author talks about the true crime that inspired her latest novel, #MeToo overreach and being married to an addictChris Kraus regards the late success of her first book, I Love Dick, with ambivalence. A work of autofiction, first published in 1997, it chronicles Kraus’s infatuation with a cultural theorist named Dick, a doomed, one-sided love affair that nonetheless pulls Kraus, a depressed, 39-year-old failing film-maker languishing in a sexless marriage, out of her personal and artistic rut. After a slow start, the book became a cult classic and in 2016 it was made into an Amazon Prime Video TV series, with Kraus played by Kathryn Hahn. “To me, success would have been like a long review in the New York Review of Books, not being a character on a sitcom,” Kraus says now. Her commercial success was a financial boon, of course. “But who can stand by a book they wrote 20 years ago? It was massively embarrassing to go out and support th...

Events

2 w. ago Sam Ryder: From Russian bunkers to Wembley — how graft, gratitude and good timing changed everything

EXCLUSIVE As he gears up to play Wembley Arena, Sam Ryder tells the Standard how a gig ticket changed his life and why ‘your path doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s to be a success’

Politics

2 w. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Earl Spencer's heir Louis lands first major film role... about Hollywood sex pest

Meghan Markle abandoned her acting career as soon as she was presented with an engagement ring, but Prince Harry 's cousin is keen to make his mark in showbusiness.

Culture

2 w. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Disgraced Gregg Wallace is seeking £10,000 from the BBC for 'distress and harassment'

Some might have thought that Gregg Wallace 's goose had been conclusively cooked when he was sacked by the BBC this summer - but he has now served up legal action against his ex-employer.

Economics

2 w. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: How does Tony Blair manage to pay staff $100million in a year?

Tony Blair - named on President Donald Trump 's Board of Peace to run post-war Gaza - isn't remotely coy about the fact his eponymous institute is awash with cash

Economics

2 w. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Slur on Kate's family friend as name is cut from school

He's been garlanded with an OBE and a knighthood - not to mention an invitation to Prince William and Kate Middleton 's wedding.

Politics

3 w. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Broadway bosses tell of Nicole's bad behaviour

Nicole Scherzinger won acclaim and a Tony Award for her performance as faded film star Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd., but some producers seem pleased to see the back of her.

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