Non-stop coitus, controversial nudity and shocking sex toys: steamy scenes in costume dramas have changed since Colin Firth got his shirt wet in Pride and Prejudice. Here is an outrageous history of small-screen sauciness Outlander first sizzled our screens in 2014, with Vulture soon declaring that the period drama had […]
Yes, Britain secured better terms with the US than most other countries. But compared with the huge loss of European trade, it’s a drop in the ocean Those who misled the country over Brexit are usually quieter these days. They do not hang their heads in shame, but change the […]
Here’s what you need to know about the supplements, procedures and hacks everyone’s discussing Staying up to date on wellness trends can be tough. What if you get sat next to an energy healer at a dinner party? What are you going to talk about? Raw milk is already sort […]
Writer of books such as Each Peach Pear Plum and Peepo! capturing a child’s outlook with his illustrator wife Janet The children’s writer Allan Ahlberg, who has died aged 87, could turn his hand to most genres, including fiction, poetry, picture books, fairy tales and comic-strip humour. He was the […]
As Margaret Qualley moves into music, we rate 20 tracks by stars of film and TV, with Ryan Gosling doing ghost-rock and Jamie Foxx bringing the funk It perhaps stretches the definition of “actor”: Parker starred in a soap opera, but was better known as pornographic actor Wade Nichols. However, […]
The actor on getting back on the Priscilla bus, ‘horrible’ characters and the most profound thing anyone has ever said to him You once said you need to be so in control of things that if you had brain surgery, you’d only feel comfortable doing it yourself. Do you still […]
It’s like The Traitors meets Race Across the World, with contestants sent on a deliberately disorientating 175-mile helicopter ride – and then put onto a bus with no windows. And that’s before you consider the challenges … It’s The Traitors on a bus! It’s Race Across the World in blindfolds! […]
Neeson plays the son of Leslie Nielsen’s Lt Frank Drebin, appearing opposite Pamela Anderson in this enjoyable, at times very bizarre, spoof of 80s LA action movies Here is Liam Neeson doing a rumbly-menacing voice even sillier than the one he did in Taken – and he now presumably must […]
What’s most important about hearing health how it helps people stay engaged, say experts – here’s how to support it A recent study examined the potential link between hearing loss and dementia, suggesting that treating hearing loss can help the brain. Although the possible connection is still being untangled, study […]
PGMO puts its officials through their paces on the Costa Blanca and offers an insight into what goes on off the pitch “Three, two, one,” comes the countdown from Francis Bunce, a senior sports scientist at the referees’ body Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO), before he blows the whistle to […]