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Society heiress reveals humiliating downsize by hedge funder husband after he dumped her
A glamorous New York City heiress revealed her estranged husband had abandoned their family to a tiny apartment as he left her for a younger woman. Flobelle 'Belle' Fairbanks Burden, 56, is the granddaughter of New York socialite Babe…
The story of how society turned its back on Oscar Wilde from his only living grandson
A century or more after the Oscar Wilde scandals and disgrace, everything has finally come right. There’s a commemorative window in Westminster Abbey, a statue by Maggi Hambling near Charing Cross (except souvenir hunters keep sawing…
The story of how society turned its back on Oscar Wilde from his only living grandson
A century or more after the Oscar Wilde scandals and disgrace, everything has finally come right. There’s a commemorative window in Westminster Abbey, a statue by Maggi Hambling near Charing Cross (except souvenir hunters keep sawing…
Estonia’s opioid crisis is heading for Britain
Four or five times a day, in a quiet suburb of Tallinn, Rasmus mixes a powder with water, carefully fills his syringe with it, and scours his body for a vein. The substance comes in various colours depending…
Trump orders Alcatraz prison to be reopened and expanded to house the ‘dregs of society’
President Donald Trump has vowed to 'rebuild and open Alcatraz' as he seeks to crack down on violent criminals and illegal migrants.In a post shared to Truth Social on Sunday night, Trump said 'the reopening of ALCATRAZ will serve as a…
Lady Pamela Berry by Harriet Cullen: The society hostess who took down a prime minister
Lady Pamela Berry: Passion, Politics And Power by Harriet Cullen (Unicorn £25, 224pp)It’s extraordinary that as recently as the mid-1950s, the misogynistic expression ‘petticoat power’ was still in use in Britain. It referred to the soft…
Free speech row as Durham University debate society is banned from fresher’s fair by its
A freedom of speech row has erupted at Durham University as one of its oldest society's was banned from taking part in freshers' fair.The freshers fair, which is organised by the university's student union, sees hundreds of new students…
The key ingredient of our society? Bread, of course!
Bread is the foundation on which our civilisation was built...or at least that is what Neil Buttery proposes in his new book, Knead to Know. Leaf Arbuthnot discovers how bread has shaped our lives.
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Saunas set to become UK’s hottest trend as specialist society holds its first national
Saunas are set to become a major trend in the UK, with more and more opening all the time.This week, the first British Sauna Society summit was held, taking place in east London's Hackney. And now, according to the Times, more Brits are…