61 h. ago Three blasts rock Moscow business district as car explodes in shopping mall car park

A fire has reportedly broken out at a car park in a Moscow shopping mall after a vehicle exploded.

Economics

6 d. ago In the Rhododendrons by Heather Christle review – back to the mother land

A poet’s memoir of family, trauma, and Virginia Woolf pulses with feeling and intelligenceLike most kids, Heather Christle was drilled about “stranger danger”. Like some, she had a family codeword designed to show that an adult picking them up from school when her mother was busy could be trusted. But, in her American home town in the 1980s, no other kid’s word was a bygone British sweet. And so “Dolly Mixture” joins the growing list of things learned from her English mother that Christle, looking back, finds out of place. Things such as dining etiquette, cardigans, M&S outfits, margarine. But also bigger stuff: beliefs and behaviours. Assumptions. Silence. Shame.With her mother in her 70s and their relationship strained, Christle, a poet and academic, embarks on a quest for new understanding – of her mother, of “Englishness”, and of herself. In a memoir that pulses with feeling and intelligence, she excavates the past to expose difficult truths. As she proved with her acclaimed...

Events

1 week ago Huge blast at Gatwick Airport as car erupts into ball of flames and people scream

A car burst into a ball of fire at Gatwick Airport earlier today - after smoke started bellowing out of the vehicle, an eyewitness said he saw a driver get out, before the car exploded

Transport

2 w. ago UK weather: Warning to drivers over item that could explode in the car as temperatures soar

The item could be at risk of exploding in the hot weather this week 🤯

Events

2 w. ago Mum of toddler, 2, in migrant camp in desperate plea for better life says 'It's life or death'

Juliana was seven months pregnant when she made the decision to leave Uganda - her daughter Clara has no idea of the risks she has taken to try and find an existence for them both

Events

3 w. ago Mum's desperate six word cry to kids before car explodes on motorway

Caroline Rodda, 48, her husband Grant, 52, and their two children - Betsy, eight, and Sunny, seven - were travelling home to Hertfordshire from Cheltenham when a warning light flashed up on the dashboard of their Land Rover.

Transport

3 w. ago Car explodes at Dam Square in Amsterdam just days after mass stabbing

The incident happened in the historic city square to the city and just metres from the scene of a mass stabbing last week

Politics

3 w. ago Mum screams six words to kids as car explodes after warning light appeared on busy M25

Mum Caroline Rodda, 48, her husband Grant and their two young children had bene driving on the M25 when a warning light suddenly appeared on the dash - before the car exploded

Events

3 w. ago Amsterdam Dam Square horror as car explodes and man crawls out covered in flames

A car has exploded in the middle of Amsterdam's historic city centre square sparking panic among people who have fled the scene.

Events

3 w. ago Amsterdam chaos as man engulfed in flames climbs out car that exploded into fireball

Footage of a flaming man walking around in a state of pain and confusion was shared on X, formerly Twitter, and clocked up more than 20,000 views from horrified social media users

Events

3 w. ago People stumped by simple homework question asking kids to guess a three

A puzzled mother, believed to be from the US, took to Reddit to share a snap of her child's homework and social media users where left scratching their heads.

Politics

3 w. ago Limo ‘from Putin’s car fleet’ explodes as paranoia increases over assassination attempts

The exploded limousine is understood to belong to Putin's Presidential Property Management Department, with the car bursting into flames not far from Moscow’s FSB secret service headquarters

Politics