Dara Ó Briain reveals he is adopted and speaks of his search for his birth mother

Dara Ó Briain has revealed that he is adopted and told of how his search for his birth mother was ‘unnecessarily hard’. The Irish comedian, 48, said he was told from an early age that he was adopted and has a ‘fantastic relationship’ with his adoptive parents, coming from an ‘unbelievably content’ family. He admitted … Read more

Dara Ó Briain SLAMS BBC for axing Stargazing Live and ‘paying Scarlett Moffatt to make a podcast’

Dara Ó Briain has slammed the BBC for cancelling his TV show Stargazing Live, when they ‘pay Scarlett Moffatt to make a podcast’. The presenter and comic, 48, took to Twitter to post the savage remark – before deleting it when it started getting noticed.  He wrote: ‘Trying not to be depressed today that while the … Read more

Princess Beatrice’s new husband’s ex Dara Huang is seen enjoying drinks out on the town

Princess Beatrice’s new husband’s ex Dara Huang was seen enjoying an evening out on the town just hours after Edo Mapelli Mozzi married the royal in a secret ceremony at Windsor Castle yesterday. The  Chinese-American architect, who shares four-year-old son Christopher, known as Wolfie, with ex-fiance Edo, looked in good spirits as she enjoyed drinks in Knightsbridge … Read more

Dara McAnulty has the rare gift of evoking the natural world

NATURE DIARY OF A YOUNG NATURALIST    by Dara McAnulty (Little Toller £16.99, 224pp) Dara McAnulty is a brilliant young teenage naturalist from Northern Ireland who writes a popular blog about his sightings and adventures, and has also appeared on BBC’s Countryfile. He’s on the autistic spectrum, and doesn’t so much coolly observe nature as passionately … Read more