Catherine, The Princess of Wales: The Biography by Robert Jobson (John Blake £22, 320pp) Catherine, The Princess of Wales is available now from the Mail Bookshop The Princess of Wales loves green smoothies and sticky-toffee pudding. Her idea of happiness is ‘being in the thick of family mayhem, chaos in …
Read More »The Who 60th anniversary celebrated with special Royal Mail stamps – Music News
Royal Mail today revealed images of a set of 12 Special Stamps being issued to celebrate one of the UK’s most innovative and influential bands of the rock and roll era, The Who. Eight stamps feature images of some of their most popular and iconic album covers: My Generation, 1965; …
Read More »Los York Celebrates Courage in New Book
The multidisciplinary creative studio LOS YORK continues its long track record of going where few agencies have gone before by publishing COURAGE, a lushly illustrated book that features 292 pages of recent brave and bold work created by the shop. Weighing in at almost 5 lbs, 14 inches long by …
Read More »Spice Girls: Mel B conferma la reunion per i 30 anni della band – Music News
Le Spice Girls stanno per tornare, parola di Mel B. Durante il programma televisivo ‘Loose Women’, la cantante ha confermato che le Spice Girls si ritroveranno in occasione dei 30 anni dalla fondazione della girlband. Nell’episodio la co-conduttrice Christine Lampard ha suggerito l’ipotesi della reunion, dicendo: ‘Abbiamo bisogno di felicità, …
Read More »For the royals, clothes say more than words can
FASHION The Royal Wardrobe by Rosie Harte (Headline £22, 384 pp) Which royal feared looking fat and had her photos so robustly retouched she looked like a waxwork? Who wooed a king with a headdress which ‘scandalously’ exposed her hairline? And what shade has Queen Camilla banished from her wardrobe? …
Read More »Iron Maiden honoured by Royal Mail with special stamp set – Music News
Royal Mail today reveals images of 12 new Special Stamps celebrating one of the most legendary rock bands of all time, Iron Maiden. The main stamp set celebrates Iron Maiden’s live performances, featuring a selection of photos from their world-wide tours across the years, internationally and at home – and …
Read More »The Quietus | Features | In Conversation
Joe on his round in Somerset The image of the cheerful British postie, out delivering mail in shorts in all weathers, is something of an anachronism in an age where internet shopping and emails have long since changed the nature of the profession, and given the current state of affairs, …
Read More »Reading group: A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James is our October book | Books
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James has come out of the hat and will be our reading group choice for October. This decades-spanning novel looking into the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in Jamaica in 1976 has rapidly become a modern classic. Since its publication in 2014, …
Read More »Has the Great Train Robbery’s leader finally been unmasked? | UK news
Who was the mastermind? Who were the ones who got away? And why do we still want to know? Nearly 60 years after the Great Train Robbery, fresh claims are being made about who planned it and who were the robbers who were never caught. Never mind whodunnits; there’s now …
Read More »Why the Royal Mint refused Enid Blyton commemorative coin
The Royal Mint turned down a proposal to honour Famous Five author Enid Blyton with a special edition coin due to concerns that her dated views on race and gender would spark a public backlash, according to newly-released documents. The Mint’s advisory committee blocked plans to mark the 50th anniversary …
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