Featured

Featured posts

Fascinating photographs reveal the tireless work ethic of nurses in the late 19th century

by

These rarely seen photos which provide a fascinating insight into British nursing in late 19th century feature in a new book. They reveal how the all-action nurses not only cared for patients but also prepared meals for them and did their laundry. Such was their ferocious work ethic, it is perhaps surprising they had time … Read more

Nazi Josef Mengele’s choice ‘specimen’ was a 12-year-old boy’s head he planned to dissect at his lab

by

Josef Mengele was the embodiment of evil, prowling the concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau in the 1940s for his helpless victims, with the Nazi being obsessed with anomalies and carried out the most sadistic experiments on those prisoners, a new book reveals.  Known as the Angel of Death and the most notorious war criminal of all time, Mengele … Read more

Late star Caroline Flack muses in poignant 2018 interview

by

Caroline Flack mused over her life in an insightful interview with her friend Natalie Pinkham just two years before her tragic suicide over the weekend.  Speaking candidly on the sports presenter’s In The Pink Podcast in 2018, the Love Island host threw her support behind the ITV2 show, discussed advice she would give her younger … Read more

MPs ‘used taxpayer-funded credit cards for personal costs’

by

MPs face tougher controls on taxpayer-funded credit cards after review finds scores repeatedly used them for personal costs Ipsa has imposed tougher controls on MPs’ credit cards after assurance review Some 100 MPs have used cards for at least three purchased not reimbursed  Watchdog stressed abuse was small but admitted issues with enforcement  By James … Read more

City Lawyer quit her high flying job to open a pizzeria with her boyfriend of six weeks

by

A woman who left her high-flying job as a lawyer to set up a business with the boyfriend she’d just met has revealed how they defied the odds and are still going strong three years later.  Katrina ‘Kat’ Allison and Guglielmo ‘Guil’ Baldassare explain in tonight’s Ben Fogle: Make a New Life in the Country … Read more

Statins ‘block an enzyme thought to trigger ovarian cancer’ 

by

Statins may have the power to slash ovarian cancer risk, scientists say. The controversial medication is prescribed to millions to lower cholesterol by targeting and blocking an enzyme in the body. Now, a study has found women who naturally have lower levels of the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase have a 40 per cent lower risk of ovarian cancer.  … Read more