15 h. ago The true story of Saudi's Sleeping Prince: As funeral prayers are held today for Prince Al

For 20 years, the prince was kept alive on a hospital ventilator - but his doting father refused to give up hope that one day his son might awaken, before the young man's tragic death yesterday.

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32 h. ago 'Sleeping Prince' from Saudi Arabia dies after 20 years in coma following London car crash

Prince Al-Waleed bin Khalid Al-Saud suffered severe brain injuries and internal bleeding in the horrific accident when he was just 15 years old in 2005.

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34 h. ago Saudi's 'Sleeping Prince' royal who spent 20 YEARS in a coma after horror London car crash dies aged 36

Saudi's 'Sleeping Prince' royal who spent 20 YEARS in a coma after horror London car crash dies aged 36  The Sun

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61 h. ago The Narrow Road to the Deep North: the tragic true story of the Burma Railway

It was also called the ‘railway of death’

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4 d. ago The Salt Path readers are fuming and demand refunds after 'true story' controversy

Bookshops offer refunds for The Salt Path, as author Raynor Winn is accused of lying about and leaving out key elements of the South West Coast Path story - and readers feel ‘conned’

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5 d. ago Period drama with 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating is 'all you'd ever want'

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story is a true crime drama that was released on ITVX earlier this year and has recently made its way to ITV's streaming service ITVX

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9 d. ago True story tennis film 'has it all' with controversial star's 'best performance'

King Richard tells the story of Richard Williams, the father of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams, and stars Will Smith in the lead role - and it's now available to rent on Amazon Prime

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1 week ago Inside the Salt Path controversy: ‘Scandal has stalked memoir since the genre was invented’

Raynor Winn’s bestselling book is far from the first time a true story has been called into question after publication. But how does it happen? And should readers really feel betrayed?“The Salt Path is an unflinchingly honest, inspiring and life-affirming true story,” reads the description of Raynor Winn’s bestselling memoir on its publisher Penguin Random House’s website.Which is unfortunate wording if accusations made at the weekend turn out to be true: an investigation by the Observer alleged that the 2018 book – which has recently been adapted into a film starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs – is not all that it seems. Winn writes in The Salt Path that she and her husband, Moth, had their home repossessed due to an investment in a friend’s company that went on to fail. With nowhere to live, as she tells it, the couple decided to walk the length of the South West Coast Path, wild camping along the way and relying on the kindness of strangers. The Observer piece suggests Win...

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1 week ago How The Salt Path dissolved into allegations of lies, theft and betrayal

The bestselling memoir was hailed as a moving true story of love resilience and the healing power of nature. But now its author Raynor Winn faces extraordinary allegations – raising doubts over whether the heartwarming journey was too good to be true after all, writes Maira Butt

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1 week ago Is Possession about a harrowing divorce or a woman with an octopus kink? Why not both?

Sam Neill barely made it out alive. Isabelle Adjani was left ‘bruised, inside out’. It might be puzzling, it might be brilliant, and it will never leave youGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAndrzej Żuławski’s Possession is genuinely unhinged and utterly unforgettable. Żuławski called it “a very true-to-life autobiographical story”, which it is: when he made it in 1981, his own marriage had just collapsed, and as portraits of divorce go, Possession is a pretty spectacular one. But Żuławski also once described Possession as a film about a woman who “fucks with an octopus”, which it is too.A co-production between France and West Germany that was shot in West Berlin by a Polish director, Possession opens as Mark (Sam Neill), a spy, returns home and finds that his wife, Anna (Isabelle Adjani), wants a divorce. She’s having an affair, she reveals, ostensibly with Heinrich (Heinz Bennent) – exactly the kind of lofty weirdo you’d hate your wife to dump you for. Mark reluctantly tur...

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1 week ago Whatever the truth of The Salt Path, I know why people wanted to believe it | Gaby Hinsliff

As questions are asked about the bestselling memoir, is the demand for hope-over-hardship stories outstripping reality?Was the story always, in hindsight, just a little too good to be true? A middle-aged couple, brutally down on their luck after bankruptcy and a terminal diagnosis, escape their troubles on an epic walk round the South West Coast Path, finding comfort along the way in the kindness of strangers. Billed as an “honest and life-affirming” story of prevailing against the odds, The Salt Path became first a bestseller and then a blockbuster film, starring a windswept Gillian Anderson. Though it was never really my thing, I knew plenty of people for whom The Salt Path genuinely resonated, with its romantic central theme of being (as the film’s director, Marianne Elliott, put it) “reformed by the elements” of a blustery English seascape.If it seemed a bit unlikely that a dying man could be rejuvenated by a strenuous trek involving wild camping in all weathers – well, getting ...

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1 week ago Netflix comedy 'cinematic equivalent of comfort food' with feelgood true story

Netflix's newest comedy drama Nonnas has been praised by critics and audiences alike for its moving true story - with one audience member saying it had them 'bawling in the first 10 minutes'

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1 week ago ‘Remarkable’ true story of Oasis dog on band’s concert graphics revealed

‘If you are wondering why there is a dog on Oasis screens, now you know’

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1 week ago The 'screaming ghost' photo still haunts police. I consider it proof of the afterlife... and what people see in their final moments

John Boulware's life was snatched from him in a grisly car wreck when he was just 16-years-old. A mysterious photo taken after the crash has convinced even skeptics that life after death exists.

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2 w. ago Emma Stone and Steve Carell 'incredible' in true story tennis film hailed 'must see'

Battle of the Sexes, co-directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, spotlights the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, with Emma Stone and Steve Carell in lead roles

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2 w. ago The true story behind Netflix's Attack on London Hunting the 7/7 Bombers

It's been 20 years since Dan Biddle fatefully missed his stop on the Circle Line train. Twenty years since Mohammad Sidique Khan looked him in the eye and reached inside his backpack. And 20 years since Dan's cosy happy life was, quite literally, blown apart.

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2 w. ago Just days left to watch 'perfect' movie based on true story on BBC iPlayer

BlacKkKlansman, which is available to watch on BBC iPlayer, tells the unbelievable true story of Ron Stallworth, the first African-American detective to serve in Colorado Springs

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2 w. ago Carlos Alcaraz shows true colours with Wimbledon charm offensive despite ending British underdog story

Qualifier Ollie Tarvet saw his SW19 journey ended by the World No.2 who said all the right things after his second round triumph

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2 w. ago The True Story Behind Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 Bombers

The True Story Behind Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 Bombers  Time Magazine

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2 w. ago 'Must watch' film based on bizarre true story is a movie 'like no other'

Fans think it was worthy of an Oscar

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