6 d. ago 'Sharing a private jet with Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood was like a chemical factory'

A new book has unearthed the dark side of drug taking at Keith Richards' former home, Villa Nellcote on the Cote D'Azur.

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2 w. ago Ronnie Wood, 78, and his glamorous wife Sally, 47, share a laugh with Prince William at the star

The future King is royal patron of the Tusk Trust wildlife charity, which stages the awards to honour conservationists and rangers working to safeguard Africa's habitat and animals.

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2 w. ago Beaming Prince William shares a joke with Ronnie Wood at Tusk Conservation Awards

Prince William has arrived at the Savoy Hotel to host the thirteenth annual Tusk Conservation Awards, celebrating the achievements of leading African conservationists. The Prince of Wales was spotted laughing and joking as he met with patrons and supporters.

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3 w. ago ROLAND WHITE reviews Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks: Do the paintings really look like omelettes? Ronnie Wood disagrees

He drew our attention to the movement and thickness of the paint, and highlighted the way the artist expressed turbulence and unrest.

Events

3 w. ago Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks review – the sheer number of pornographic drawings is a big shock

JMW Turner left behind some 37,000 sketches when he died, many of which have rarely been seen. Do they – including a huge collection of explicit sketches – reveal truths about the elusive man?The hook for Turner: the Secret Sketchbooks is meant to be that many of the 37,000 sketches left behind by the great British painter JMW Turner have rarely been seen and never been filmed; therein may be hints at the nuances of his elusive character that his main oeuvre kept hidden. Equally remarkable, though, is the documentary’s bold choice of contributors. As well as the art historians and present-day British artists who would dominate a standard art film, there are famous laymen, from the obviously somewhat qualified – Timothy Spall played the artist in Mike Leigh’s biographical film Mr Turner; Chris Packham is well placed to comment on Turner’s reverence for the natural world – to the more surprising hire of Ronnie Wood from the Rolling Stones.Neither the sketchbooks nor the celebs turn th...

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3 w. ago Footage shows ecstatic Rod Stewart celebrating Scotland's World Cup qualification with 'old mate' Ronnie Wood

Hampden's roar echoed far and wide as Scotland clinched their World Cup place - and Rod Stewart matched the excitement from afar.

Culture

3 w. ago Rod Stewart goes WILD as he watches Scotland qualify for the World Cup with Rolling Stones rocker pal Ronnie Wood

The noise in Glasgow was deafening as the killer blows from Kieran Tierney and Kenny McLean put Denmark to the sword 4-2.

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3 w. ago ‘A sick spectacle’: counting down the final minutes on Oklahoma’s death row

Tremane Wood was prepared to die by lethal injection. A minute before he was to be put to death, a call came inAfter a controversial trial, an Oklahoma man makes a final plea to avoid executionThe signature at the bottom of the email about witnessing an execution said cheerfully: “Oklahoma Corrections. We Change Lives!”I had received the email three weeks earlier. It explained that I was being invited to participate in a lottery, from which five media representatives would be selected to witness the execution of Tremane Wood in the Oklahoma state penitentiary on 13 November. I had never heard of Wood, who had been convicted of the murder of Ronnie Wipf, 19, in 2002. Continue reading...

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