9 h. ago Putin's dark childhood from mother's eye gouged out to being chased by rats

Vladimir Putin has become one of the most powerful men in the world, but his childhood was marked by tragedy and violence in Leningrad, now known as St. Petersburg

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6 d. ago Vladimir Putin's dad 'gouged out his mum's eye with pitchfork in fit of rage'

A bombshell new book about Russian President Vladimir Putin's life claims his dad gouged out his mum's eye with a pitchfork during 'a fit of rage'

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6 d. ago Vladimir Putin's brute father gouged out his mother's eye with a pitchfork 'in a fit of rage', new book claims

Vladimir Putin's father gouged out his mother's eye with a pitchfork, it was revealed.

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6 d. ago Putin’s father 'gouged out mother’s eye with a pitchfork in fit of rage', book claims

The violent attack came when Putin's mother Maria — known as Marusya — was just 17 and Vladimir senior flew into a "fit of rage” when she wouldn't let him and a group of male friends into her house

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1 week ago Bloody Awful in Different Ways by Andrev Walden review – darkly funny Swedish autofiction

In this bleak, bestselling coming-of-age debut, the author evokes life with the seven dads he had in seven yearsFor Mum (NB: not in a passive aggressive way)” reads the dedication at the beginning of this distinctive debut. It gives us a promising flavour of the voice with whom we’ll be spending the next 340 pages.The story begins with deceptive simplicity: “Once upon a time, I had seven dads in seven years. This is the story of those years.” The narrative has a section for each “dad”, charting Andrev’s tumultuous childhood and teens as his mother’s boyfriends come and go, all of them disappointing and disruptive, and several of them violent. The dads are named for their dominant trait in young Andrev’s eyes: so we get the Plant Magician, the Thief, the Murderer, the Artist, among others. Continue reading...

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1 week ago New book claims hidden details about Putin's personal life and real 'worldview'

A new book written by two famous Russian journalists explores the dark side of Putin's life away from the cameras which is full of sordid affairs, links to organised crime and a broken marriage

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3 w. ago 'I'm a Love Island legend but would rather my children go on The Chase'

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Bowen shot to fame on the second series of ITV2 Love Island back in 2016 where he met his wife Olivia Bowen and they're expecting a second child

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