2 h. ago Gladiators star Fury heartbroken as dad dies after horrific accident

Gladiators star, Fury, has revealed her dad has died following a tragic on Sunday

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55 h. ago ‘If I was American, I’d be worried about my country’: Margaret Atwood answers questions from Ai Weiwei, Rebecca Solnit and more

Democracy, birds and hangover cures – famous fans put their questions to the visionary authorAfter the ­phenomenal global success, not to mention timeliness, of the TV adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale in 2017, Margaret Atwood has been regarded as “a combination of figurehead, prophet and saint”, the author writes in her new memoir Book of Lives. Over 600 pages this “memoir of sorts” ranges from her childhood growing up in the Canadian backwoods to her grief at the death of her partner of 48 years, the writer Graeme Gibson, in 2019, with many friendships, the occasional spat and more than 50 books (including Cat’s Eye, Alias Grace and the Booker prizewinning The Blind Assassin and The Testaments) in between.The author, who turned 86 last week, always likes to take the long view, often from a couple of centuries’ distance. As Rebecca Solnit notes below, she now has a long view of our times. Age and the freedom of being a writer (as she says, she can’t get sacked) make her fearless in...

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3 d. ago Dad died in front of partner and baby in horrific jet ski accident, court told

Ali Watson, 28, was left critically injured after a ‘speeding’ jet ski crashed into him in Dubai

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5 d. ago Famous author known for Indigenous stories distraught to learn he does NOT have Native heritage

Thomas King, 82, has spent the better part of 40 years writing about the experiences of Native Americans as a man with Cherokee lineage.

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7 d. ago Love Actually star and 'inspiration' behind Narnia dies as tributes pour in

Actress Jill Freud, who shared some of her teen years in the company of famous author CS Lewis, started her career on the West End before branching out across Hollywood

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8 d. ago Real Madrid forced to apologise after Diogo Jota and Andre Silva video tribute mistake

Liverpool forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre da Silva both died in a horrific car accident earlier this year - and Real Madrid attempted to pay tribute to them in a video

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8 d. ago Tragic Fairytale of New York singer's son 'can't escape' mum's horrific death

Kirsty MacColl was killed in a horrific speedboat accident in 2000, just days before Christmas, and now her son Louis Lillywhite has spoken out about the tragedy

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9 d. ago Kirsty MacColl's son's fresh agony and fight for justice after £67 fine over death

Kirsty MacColl was killed in a horrific speedboat accident in Mexico in 2000, with her son Louis Lillywhite, now 39, saying the 'grim' flashbacks still haunt him 25 years on, after a failed legal battle

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9 d. ago 'Mum's tragic speedboat death gives me flashbacks 25 years on' says Kirsty MacColl's son

On the 25th anniversary of her death in a horrific speedboat accident, Kirsty MacColl's son Louis remembers his mum

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1 week ago Actor suffered agonising death after letting puppy lick cut for baffling reason

He met a shocking and tragic end after a seemingly innocent interaction left him suffering from terrifying symptoms

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2 w. ago Little girl rushed to hospital after 'horrific' soft play accident

She was rushed to A&E with serious injuries

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2 w. ago Wife of man cut in half by forklift performs 'superhuman' act for husband

Loren Schauers was aged just 18 when he was involved in a horrific accident that resulted in his lower half being torn from him, but is now living happily with his wife

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2 w. ago Village at war with council over new homes plan for countryside that inspired Jane Austen

The rolling fields of east Hampshire are said to have helped the author pen some of her most famous novels, including Pride and Prejudice - but locals now fear they will soon be "concreted over"

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3 w. ago Famous author's agonising death after horrifying accident with a toothpick

Sherwood Anderson was one of America's most celebrated authors, but his life was cut short in 1941 when he accidentally swallowed a toothpick on a cruise ship to South America

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3 w. ago Agonising death of famous author killed in horror accident with a toothpick

Sherwood Anderson was a celebrated American writer who suffered a nervous breakdown and had four separate wives - living a life full of drama before his shocking death

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3 w. ago Scientist's agonising death after strange carrot experiment went disastrously wrong

Dr Basil Brown was a 'health food enthusiast' who believed in the power of vitamins and natural diets

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3 w. ago Horror accident with a toothpick led to famous author's agonising death

The US writer, who penned more than a dozen novels and short story collections, was a huge literary figure but his life and death were both equally dramatic

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3 w. ago Mechanic who died after he was trapped under a road sweeper saves three lives

A kind mechanic killed after he was trapped under a road sweeper in a horrific accident in a North Yorkshire village has saved three lives, his proud family have revealed

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