39 h. ago The Five author Hallie Rubenhold: ‘I really hate true crime’

The award-winning writer turned the Jack the Ripper case on its head. Now she is giving Dr Crippen the same treatment – and questioning how we tell stories about murderous menIt was called “the crime of the century” and “the north London cellar murder”, and more than 100 years after it happened, the name of the murderer is still widely known. Dr Crippen has been the subject of multiple books, movies and TV shows and had a waxwork made of him at Madame Tussauds. But the story of his crimes, writes Hallie Rubenhold in Story of a Murder, remains one “predominantly about women but told almost exclusively by men”. As such, Crippen’s victim is long forgotten. Her name was Belle Elmore, and in Rubenhold’s book she is brought back to life.Rubenhold and I are in a cafe in Muswell Hill, north London, a 10 minute walk from where Elmore is buried, and where the 53-year-old author lives with her barrister husband, Frank. Writing Story of a Murder was nerve-racking, says Rubenhold, partly because...

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58 h. ago Homeless kids tell heartbreaking stories of temporary homes with rats and no toilet

Activist Kwajo Tweneboa pleaded with ministers to take urgent action after new analysis showed kids who are frequently moved around during their school years do worse in exams

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4 d. ago ‘We use food to tell stories, to nourish, and to heal’: On the culinary trail through Mississippi

With a hot tamale trail and the world catfish festival, Mississippi has a culinary scene unlike any other in the States – Yvette Cook travels the Delta region to try some of the greatest soul food dishes and hear the stories that inspired them

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5 d. ago Shocking moment drunk RAF engineers break and steal Paddington Bear statue

Judge called two Royal Air Force engineers responsible ‘the antithesis of everything Paddington stands for’

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5 d. ago CCTV shows moment men break and steal Paddington Bear statue

This is the moment two RAF engineers pull a Paddington Bear statue off a bench in Newbury.

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5 d. ago Royal Air Force engineers shamed by judge over theft of Paddington Bear statue

Two British service members have admitted they broke and stole half of a statue of Paddington Bear

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5 d. ago 'The antithesis of everything Paddington Bear stands for!': Furious judge lays into RAF engineers who stole statue of fictional character on drunken night out

Daniel Heath and William Lawrence, both 22,have admitted breaking up a fiberglass model of Paddington Bear that was sitting on a bench in Newbury, Berkshire.

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5 d. ago Men who broke Paddington Bear statue ‘antithesis’ of what he stands for – judge

The RAF engineers carried the broken half through the town into a taxi which took them and the statute back to their base in Hampshire.

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5 d. ago RAF engineers admit ripping beloved Paddington Bear statue in half and stealing it 'on drunken night out'

Daniel Heath and William Lawrence, both 22,have admitted breaking up a fiberglass model of Paddington Bear that was sitting on a bench in Newbury, Berkshire.

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8 d. ago A new museum in Texas tells the life stories of Medal of Honor recipients

A new museum is opening in Texas highlighting the lives and service of Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War to the global war on terrorism

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9 d. ago Two Royal Air Force engineers are named as men charged with criminal damage after Paddington Bear statue was cut in half and stolen

The sculpture of the popular children's character, unveiled last October in Newbury, Berkshire, was damaged before the broken pieces were stolen earlier this month.

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1 week ago Daily Star readers with 'allergy to dying' slam conscription as WW3 fears loom

Readers of the Daily Star have been heading to the comments section of our recent stories on the topic, to tell us their thoughts on what would be the first such mass mobilisation in this country for decades

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2 w. ago Michael Fassbender mortified by 'terrible' James Bond audition where he name

Irish actor Michael Fassbender revealed that he was in the running to replace Pierce Brosnan but ended up promoting Daniel Craig instead of himself, ultimately missing out on the role

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2 w. ago The Short Stories you should be reading this Spring: Stories of Ireland By Brian Friel, Show Don't Tell By Curtis Sittenfeld, A Beautiful Lack of Consequence By Monika Radojevic

Eithne Farry reviews the best Short Stories out now.

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2 w. ago ‘I had no voice’: black mental health patients on surviving a care system they say is racialised

As a report into mental health care in England finds a sharp increase in people sent for urgent care, two people tell their traumatic stories of being hospitalisedAdult mental health crisis referrals in England double in a yearIt has been more than four decades since Devon Marston, a 66-year-old community organiser and musician, was taken to a psychiatric hospital where he was restrained, injected and forced to take medication. He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.“Everything was said around me and about me, but no one asked me how I was doing,” he said. “I had no voice, and there was no one to say: ‘Don’t do that to him,’ or: ‘Listen to him, hear what he has to say.’” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago James Bond owners reveal gender of the next 007 following fears the franchise was being taken over by 'woke' Hollywood

EXCLUSIVE: Fans of 007 feared Amazon Studios would corrupt the British super spy after buying the Bond franchise and rights for £770 million from Bond stewards Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson.

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3 w. ago Karen Jankel, Daughter of Author Michael Bond, Tells Stories of London’s Lovable Paddington Bear

Karen Jankel, Daughter of Author Michael Bond, Tells Stories of London’s Lovable Paddington Bear  Roger Ebert

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3 w. ago Meghan's estranged brother Thomas Markle Jr launches attack on his half

Thomas Markle Jr, 58, gave his verdict on With Love, Meghan, which aired on the streaming service today, to journalist Kevin O'Sullivan in an interview which aired on TalkTV tonight at 8pm.

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3 w. ago Two men are charged with criminal damage after Paddington Bear statue was cut in half and stolen

The statue, in Northbrook Street, Newbury, Berkshire, was damaged before the broken piece was stolen shortly after 2am on Sunday, Thames Valley Police said.

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3 w. ago Two men charged after Paddington Bear statue cut in half and stolen

The statue, in Newbury, Berkshire, was damaged before the broken piece was stolen on Sunday.

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