8 h. ago Trump was so upset by ‘small hands’ reference in 1984 GQ cover story he told staff to buy up all copies, writer says

The journalist wrote that Trump had ‘hands small and neatly groomed’ in his 1984 profile

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20 h. ago RICHARD EDEN: Kate and William's new hire will horrify Meghan. I've never told the full story of how I exposed her worrying behaviour

When Meghan Markle became engaged to Prince Harry, she was warmly welcomed into the Royal Family - and by the British public generally.

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33 h. ago Trumpworld talks out of both sides of its mouth on tariffs and trade

Analysis: Trump’s tariffs might upset the tummy of Wall Street. But its the inconsistency that will give investors heartburn

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64 h. ago Story of Ayrshire farmers who served in First World War told in new book

Boswell’s Galloping Farmers, the nickname for the Ayrshire Yeomanry, served in one of deadliest battles in the First World War.

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65 h. ago Shopkeeper accused of rape denies 'making up story', Rochdale sex abuse trial told

Mushtaq Ahmed continued to give evidence

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69 h. ago Identical twin interview goes viral as they describe horror shooting in unison

Bridgette and Paula Powers stunned the world after wearing identical outfits and speaking as one as they told the horrifying story of how their mother faced down a man wielding a gun

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6 d. ago Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Tape Two) review – love, grief and self

PC, PS5, XBox; Don’t NodThe concluding half of this two-parter may be lacking in interactive challenges, but is profound, sensitively structured and emotionally resonantOne thing you realise as you get older is that memories are plastic and that the stories you tell about your life change with every recollection, depending on who you are at the time. This is one of the themes – and indeed the mechanics – of Lost Records, a narrative adventure about four teenage girls who develop an intense friendship in rural Michigan during the summer of 1995. In the first instalment, they form a band, discover an old shack in the woods to use as a clubhouse, and encounter a supernatural force emanating from a deep hole they discover nearby. But as autumn draws in and the girls plan a climactic rock gig, tragic secrets are uncovered.Cleverly, the story is told mostly in flashback, as the characters meet again, decades later, in their long-abandoned home town – they’re older, wiser and with new pers...

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9 d. ago Alistair Johnston keeps his Celtic POTY a 'secret' but he immediately drops hint on who's getting his vote

Johnston wasn't telling but the smile on his face when talking about one teammate told the story

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1 week ago How Bob MacIntyre matched halfway leader tee to green but missed Masters cut

Scot’s putting statistics told story about first early exit at Augusta National

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2 w. ago Inspirational jockey Lilly Pinchin makes emotional admission after revealing ADHD diagnosis

The successful jump jockey’s story is told in the documentary ‘A Racing Mind’ which follows her during the season in which she fulfilled her goal of riding out her conditional rider’s claim

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2 w. ago Parents slammed for 'ruining their kids' life' after teacher reveals struggle to pronounce bizarre name

Mike, from New York, recently took to TikTok to relay a story told by a teacher friend of his, who came across a name that was more riddle than moniker.

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2 w. ago The One Show's Alex Jones 'put her foot in it' when she met Steven Spielberg

You'd think TV presenter Alex Jones would be used to rubbing shoulders with celebrities but, it turns out, even she has had her blunders. She recently told the story of how she met Steven Spielberg

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2 w. ago Camping in the wild heart of Italy – en suite rooms and fabulous restaurant optional

In the rugged Maiella national park, a secluded campsite offers everything from pitches to hotel-style rooms, guided walks to Abruzzo hospitalityThere was a shift in atmosphere as a pewter cloud rumbled overhead. As we approached the end of our walk in the Maiella national park, we stopped beside the remains of a second world war prison camp, deep in the park’s corn-coloured hills, and Lisa, our guide, told us a story as dramatic as the simmering sky. In 1943, a band of prisoners, including New Zealand corporal John Broad, fled the camp and spent seven bitter winter months hiding out in caves before eventually making it across British lines. That they survived was thanks to the kindness and bravery of local families, who risked their own safety, and hunger, to help them stay alive and avoid German patrols.Lisa told us that Broad later described the impoverished Abruzzesi as the country’s true gold, and the sun suddenly sliced through the cloud as though in d...

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3 w. ago Republicans win special elections for two key House seats in Florida

Randy Fine beats Josh Weil in Mike Waltz’s former district, and Jimmy Patronis wins seat vacated by Matt GaetzRepublicans on Tuesday won special elections for two US House of Representatives seats in Florida vacated by Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees, dashing Democratic hopes for an upset victory in the first federal special elections held since the president began his second term.But Democratic candidates Josh Weil and Gay Valimont are on track to lose the solidly red districts by much smaller margins than the more than 30 points that Democrats lost them by in November. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'I was walking on eggshells, if I didn’t meet her unrealistic expectations she would explode'

A male victim of domestic violence has told his story as part of a support campaign

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3 w. ago Let Britain’s magical, mythical creatures inspire a patriotism untainted by politics | Kate Maltby

A new set of Royal Mail stamps on regional folklore reminds us of our deep roots to the landIt is possible to have too much trust in a marriage. The mythic Welsh warrior Lleu Llaw Gyffes, who appears to have been bigger on brawn than brain, once came home to find his wife, the flower-maiden Blodeuwedd, weeping with fear over premonitions of his death. She begged Lleu to prove that he was, as rumoured, invincible.Lleu, who had clearly not read the story of Delilah, thought it was a good idea to reveal to his wife each of the unlikely and incongruous conditions that would make it possible for a rival to kill him: among other kinks, they required him to be caught outdoors on a riverbank with one foot straddling a thatched cauldron and one on a wriggling goat. Lo and behold, in one year’s time Lleu found himself being struck down in exactly that pose by Blodeuwedd and her lover, the hunter Gronw Pebr. The story is still told to explain the peculiar shape of the Stone of Gronw, sitting t...

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3 w. 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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4 w. ago Dying for Sex to The Bondsman: the seven best shows to stream this week

Michelle Williams stars in a beautiful and hilarious story about a woman with cancer embarking on a voyage of sexual discovery. Plus: Kevin Bacon plays a bounty hunter for the devil in his truly daft new showWho knows how they would react to receiving a life-threatening health diagnosis? The response of Molly Kochan was striking: when she was told her cancer was incurable, she left her husband for a voyage of sexual discovery. After all, the couple had stopped having sex anyway because of her chemotherapy (“You said my bald head made you think about my dad”). Based on a podcast about the final stages of Molly’s life, this comedy drama starring Michelle Williams is beautifully realised – a story about sex, love, friendship and grasping life’s intensity. It’s full of human warmth and complexity and, crucially, is very funny which is probably the only way such a story could be told. Disney+, from Friday 4 April Continue reading...

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