3 h. ago Okinawa was the bloodiest battle of the Pacific war. 80 years on, are the dead being betrayed?

A quarter of Okinawan civilians died – many after being told to kill themselves, or from starvation. But the hunt for their remains is being complicated by some modern-day inhabitants: tens of thousands of US soldiers Continue reading...

Events

35 h. ago George Orwell's 1984 slapped with trigger warning in modern day 'thought police' irony

Orwell's dystopian novel featured a dictatorial leader supported by an intense cult of personality manufactured by the Party's Thought Police and coined a number of phrases still used today

Events

44 h. ago Mel B's farmhouse Hollywood makeover: Spice Girl is giving her £2m Yorkshire idyll some zigazig ah with an indoor pool, cinema, and reiki room

MailOnline can reveal the full details of the singer's ambitious plans to transform the former working farm into a modern day family home.

Economics

56 h. ago George Orwell estate accused of censorship after putting trigger warning at start of Nineteen Eighty

George Orwell's estate has been accused of censorship after a 'trigger warning' was added to his classic novel Nineteen Eighty Four.

Events

69 h. ago Why Tottenham and Ange Postecoglou split was right, even if it feels awfully wrong to most and borderline obscene

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: An incidental detail about that statement is there was no name attached to it. It wasn't signed by Levy, nor was he quoted, but his fingerprints were on each of the 368 words.

Politics

3 d. ago Tool to identify poisonous books developed by University of St Andrews

Arsenic was historically mixed with copper to create a vivid green for book covers, which can irritate modern day readersA new tool to quickly identify books that are poisonous to humans has been developed by the University of St Andrews.Historically, publishers used arsenic mixed with copper to achieve a vivid emerald green colour for book covers. While the risk to the public is “low”, handling arsenic-containing books regularly can lead to health issues including irritation of the eyes, nose and throat along with more serious side-effects. The toxic pigment in the book bindings can flake off, meaning small pieces can easily be inhaled. Continue reading...

Culture

5 d. ago Fascinating photos reveal Delta’s flight attendant uniforms through the decades

Delta flight attendants made their first appearances in the 1940s. These images show uniforms from that era through to the modern day

Culture

5 d. ago Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone movie everyone forgot about is now on Prime Video

The film has been dubbed 'the modern day Untouchables'

Politics

6 d. ago Coffee warning: Just one cup could trigger alarming effects for millions on common medication

The cup of coffee you drink in the morning contains caffeine, a stimulant that speeds up activity in your brain and nervous system.

Events

7 d. ago Love Island sign Maura Higgins lookalike for new series who's a pantomime actress from Dublin and calls herself the 'modern day Bridget Jones'

Love Island has signed up a pantomime star and Maura Higgins lookalike who brands herself a 'modern Bridget Jones' for the upcoming season.

Culture

8 d. ago Danny Dyer documentary has trigger warning over 'c***, f***, p****, c*** and t***'

The BBFC warned it has “infrequent very strong language in the doc is accompanied by frequent strong language (‘f***’) as well as milder terms include ‘p****’, ‘c***’, ‘t***’, ‘b*******’ and ‘s***’.”

Events

1 week ago The Jewish dealer who bought art hated by the Nazis – and created one of the greatest collections ever seen

A new National Gallery of Australia show draws on Heinz Berggruen’s collection to celebrate the spread of modernism around the world, despite the Nazis’ best effortsWhen Heinz Berggruen left Germany for America in 1936, he was not allowed more than 10 marks in his pocket. As a young journalist in Berlin, Berggruen had been forced to publish under the pseudonym “h.b.” in order to hide his Jewish heritage and evade the Nazi party’s antisemitism.In the decades that would follow, he became an art dealer, regularly rubbing shoulders with the most important artists of the 20th century, and amassing one of the most impressive private collections of modern art ever to exist. On the day he left Berlin for Berkeley, however, such a future would have seemed impossible. Continue reading...

Economics

1 week ago Clowns are ditching red noses, big shoes and face pies to reinvent 'scary' image

EXCLUSIVE: Clowns as we know them are changing - many modern day jesters are claiming that slapping pies in people's faces or squirting water are causing issues with audiences

Politics

1 week ago Unsung British comedy The Ballad of Wallis Island is a modern day Local Hero, writes BRIAN VINER

BRIAN VINER: A pair of films open in cinemas today, each as British as a cream tea and both set way out west, yet strikingly different in tone. One is a hoot and the other anything but.

Politics

1 week ago Devil in the Ozarks: How a former cop turned convicted rapist and killer is terrorizing an Arkansas community and evading police

The infamous rapist and killer featured in the HBO Max documentary ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ has escaped prison by dressing up as law enforcement — the irony of him being a former police chief is not lost, writes Andrea Cavallier

Events

1 week ago Keir Starmer HUMILIATES Nigel Farage by blasting him as 'Liz Truss 2.0'

Keir Starmer ramped up his war of words with Nigel Farage as he warned Reform UK's uncosted pledges would trigger economic chaos that would hurt ordinary workers

Politics

1 week ago Iceland issues urgent recall on bread rolls after customers told ‘do not eat’

Supermarket warns of allergy risk that could trigger symptoms such as diarrhoea and stomach pain

Economics

1 week ago Secrets of ‘polar dinosaur’ forest home revealed for first time in 120 million years

At least 100 million years ago, dinosaurs thrived on the piece of land that is modern-day Australia

Society

2 w. ago AFC Wimbledon seal promotion to League One as Guitar Hero joins Crazy Gang folklore

Myles Hippolyte fired the goal that restores the modern-day Crazy Gang to League One in their play-off final against Walsall and Saddlers fans are wondering how they blew a 12-point lead at the top in January

Events

2 w. ago New adult comedy dubbed 'modern day Friends' is coming to streaming

The new show follows the messy lives of five 20-somethings

Politics