27 h. ago Experience: ‘I live as William Morris for three months a year’

It’s made me feel it’s OK to be an artist with a social purpose, though my wife hates the beardI have spent the first three months of the past six years trying to become the 19th-century designer and activist William Morris. I grow my hair and beard to look like him, while immersing myself in his work.On 24 March – his birthday – I dress as Morris and finish the quarter with some kind of absurd performance to highlight pressing social issues that he was concerned about, and that I want more people to focus on today. Continue reading...

Politics

35 h. ago Air India survivor describes miracle escape as plane 'split and threw him out'

Survivor Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, told a doctor that immediately after the plane took off, it began descending and suddenly split in two, throwing him out and saving his life

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36 h. ago Family's tragic final selfie: Doctor couple and their children snapped photo in Air India cabin to celebrate 'new beginnings' just moments before disaster

The picture was taken to celebrate 'new beginnings' as Komi Vyas had quit her job and was moving to join her husband, Dr Prateek Joshi, in London with their three children.

Society

62 h. ago 12 best teeth whitening kits: Strips, gels, powders and pens, tried and tested

I spent months testing products for brighter teeth – here are the ones that impressed us the most

Events

3 d. ago Hegseth tells Congress his ‘war fighters’ are primed for ‘lethality’ ... as he sends them to face American protesters

ANALYSIS: Hegseth has spent months boasting about the laser focus of his department on fighting wars and killing people, only for his first deployment to be against U.S. civilians, Richard Hall writes

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3 d. ago BBC axe Wimbledon pundit after being told to 'hang its head in shame'

Nick Kyrgios has been ruled out of Wimbledon due to injury and will not be part of the BBC's punditry team, with the Australian also snubbed by ESPN

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4 d. ago I spent a month alone in the pitch dark. This is the terrifying moment I spiraled towards madness...

Reeling from the loss of his unborn child and the breakdown of his marriage, former MMA fighter Traver Boehm spent 28 straight days in complete darkness.

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4 d. ago Coronation Street's Charlotte Jordan hailed 'absolute stunner' as she admits 'lovely month' amid exit

The actress shared an update on how she spent the most recent month, which included her exit from the cobbles as Daisy Midgeley

Politics

5 d. ago Beloved little boy beats cancer only to get devastating news within months

Henry Castle was diagnosed with leukaemia when he was just 18 months old and has spent more than two-thirds of his life in treatment

Politics

7 d. ago Georgia O'Connor was 'shrugged off' by doctors before dying of incurable cancer aged 25

Boxer Georgia O'Connor shared a scathing rant aimed at doctors as she claimed she was "shrugged off" and "gaslit" by medical professionals - just before her tragic death aged 25

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1 week ago Jessie J reveals breast cancer diagnosis after months spent ‘in and out of tests’

Singer says she’ll be taking time off for surgery in June, calling it ‘a very dramatic way to get a boob job’

Science

1 week ago IVF destroyed my health to the point a doctor begged me to stop. There's a side effect of these 'miracle' fertility treatments they don't tell women

My hair was falling out. I couldn't get out of bed. The Christmas before, I couldn't even bring myself to leave the house to be with my family. I felt like I was disappearing.

Society

1 week ago I found myself Googling: can brain cancer cause hiccups? How I fell into a hypochondriac rabbit hole

Begging doctors for tests, I worried that I was missing something and heading for an early death. Would understanding the roots of my health anxiety lead me to a cure?Throughout my adolescence and into my mid-20s, I spent a lot of time trying to understand my body. I was unwell, that much was certain. The question of exactly what was wrong with me was one to which I applied myself studiously. I had theories, of course. Looking back, these tended to change quite frequently, and yet the fear was always the same: in short, that I was dying, that I had some dreadful and no doubt painful disease that, for all my worrying, I had carelessly allowed to reach the point at which it had become incurable.This started at university, when I developed a headache that didn’t go away. The pain wasn’t severe, but it was constant – accompanied by a strange feeling of belatedness that told me it had already been going on for some time. How long, exactly, I couldn’t say – weeks, defi...

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2 w. ago Homeless man who befriended British tourist robbed and left to live in the streets in Peru tragically dies just as his friend is due to return to the UK

Hannah spent around a month living under a bridge with the elderly vagrant and was filmed desperately trying to stop officials taking him away in a car.

Events

2 w. ago Anita Rose: Stamp marks on face 'made by the boots' of man on

Anita Rose, 57, was subjected to "numerous kicks, stamps and blows being delivered to her face, head and body", prosecutor Christopher Paxton KC told a trial at Ipswich Crown Court

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2 w. ago British army veteran, 73, who spent three months fighting for his life after heart attack in Ethiopian desert is landed with £20,000 NHS bill

Steve Foreman, 73, was living and working on an oil rig in Ogaden, Ethiopia when he collapsed and had to be airlifted to the nearest hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.

Economics

2 w. ago Who is Andrew Tate? Influencer stands accused of 10 new charges in the UK

Andrew and Tristan Tate have spent the last few months travelling from Romania to the US and now to the UK, facing legal cases everywhere they go

Politics

2 w. ago Doctors ramp up strike threats as ballot begins despite inflation

Resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, have started to receive ballots for industrial action.

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2 w. ago Phoebe Bishop's cryptic final post deepens mystery of missing teenager

The 17-year-old was last seen on May 15, when her housemates drove her to Bundaberg Airport in Queensland, Australia, to catch a flight to visit her boyfriend after she had spent months saving up.

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2 w. ago Desperate hunt for missing British backpacker: Woman spent a month living on the streets in South America after being violently robbed of her passport and all her money

Hannah Almond, 32, a fashion graduate from Grimsby, was left stranded, penniless and unable to contact her family after the attack, with all her remaining belongings torched by local thugs.

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