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But new data from the UK's Royal Mail suggests that consumers are wising up: although online purchases have soared since the beginning of the … Source link

Piano extraordinaire, Sir Elton John is being honoured by Britain’s Royal Mint with a commemorative £1,000 gold coin paying tribute to the decorated British singer-songwriter. The coin, designed by artist Bradley Morgan Johnson, depicts the pop legend’s distinctive straw boater’s hat, and fashions his trademark glasses out of a pair …

Exhibition of the week Jon Rafman: Nine Eyes of Google Street ViewImages appropriated from Google Street View give an eerily intimate and creepily intrusive vision of life on Earth.• Sprüth Magers online until 25 July. Also showing Annie Leibovitz Photographs of a still, silent quarantine experience that are being sold …

I met my girlfriend whilst she was working at the zoo. There she was in her uniform – straightaway I knew she was a keeper. Tony Cowards (@TonyCowards) People tell me I take mini-golf too seriously, but my caddy disagrees. Glenn Moore​ (@TheNewsAtGlenn) Interesting fact: T-shirt is short for Tyrannosaurus Shirt. …

At the age of just 10, Jack Nicklaus carded 51 for the first nine holes of golf he ever played. By the time of this charming photograph at the World Match Play Championships in 1966, Nicklaus, then aged 26, had become a six-time major winner, the first man to retain …

Imagine the perils of riding a penny farthing at high speed while wearing only a crude helmet. Suffice it to say, they were known as “boneshakers” for good reason. With front wheels which measured up to two metres in diameter, skilled riders could reach speeds up to 20mph if they …

Just two weeks left of the terrific Lucian Freud self-portraits show at the Royal Academy. But fear not, Freud fans: in two years there will be a major retrospective of his work at the National Gallery. Yet to be officially announced, the exhibition will include around 70 works of the …

I agree with Jeremy Corbyn. And John McDonnell. And Seumas Milne. And all their allies. To return to power, and notwithstanding its catastrophic election campaign, Labour’s central task in 2020 is to make the case for socialism. My disagreement is not with that statement, but with what “socialism” means. It …

Belle Delphine, the gamer girl best known for selling jars of her own “bathwater,” says she was arrested after spray-painting someone’s car.  On Monday, Delphine tweeted what appeared to be her own mugshot with the caption “I got arrested lol.” However, the image does not appear in the London Metropolitan …

Belle Delphine, the gamer girl infamous for selling her bathwater and pranking thirsty followers with a trolly Pornhub account, says she was arrested.  Delphine has been quiet this summer — after her Instagram account was taken down for “nudity or pornography” she told her Patreon followers that she planned on …