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June Mendoza, portraitist who painted the Queen, Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJune Mendoza, who has died aged 99, was an artist who came to specialise in oil portraits of the...
Alan Titchmarsh: ‘Slugs are my friends? Don’t be ridiculous!’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoAlan Titchmarsh creeps into his garden by torchlight, picks all the slugs off his plants and hurls...
Princess Diana’s iconic wardrobe up for auction
WPXI· 6 days agoThe upcoming Julian’s Auction sale is one of the biggest of her dresses since 1997, the “Today” show reported. The co-founder of the auction house,...
Never-Before-Seen Royal Family Portraits Go on Display at Buckingham Palace
Smithsonian Magazine· 5 days agoVisitors can see, for instance, a young Charles III standing in a grand room with his sister, ...
Princess Kate's brother will talk royal life in book
Newsweek· 5 days agoPrincess Kate's brother is writing a memoir that will discuss attending royal weddings and being a guest of King Charles, according to publicity material...
Letters: Voters will discover during the coming weeks that Keir Starmer is no Tony Blair
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoSIR – In 1997 Labour had a great salesman in Tony Blair. In 1992 it had Neil Kinnock and in 2015 Ed...
A U.K. lawmaker returns to work as 'the bionic MP' after losing his hands and feet to sepsis
Los Angeles Times· 3 days agoAs Conservative legislator Craig Mackinlay walked unaided into the House of Commons before the...
Bay Area summer 2024 theater: Get outdoors — or seal yourself in a glass box
SFChronicle Datebook· 2 days agoAdventure seekers can claim the I-was-there-first cred of a world premiere, and for actor groupies,...
AP News Summary at 5:20 p.m. EDT
Washington Times-Herald· 21 hours agoA U.N. court's order that Israel halt its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah is deepening a disconnect with the United States. The military operation faces mounting international condemnation ...
Three London Shows Put a New Spin on Old Classics
The New Yorker· 2 days agoSir John Falstaff is among those resurfaced treasures. In “Player Kings,” Robert Icke’s nearly four-hour adaptation of Shakespeare’s two “Henry IV”...