Flying car race scheduled for end of the year in the Australian Outback at the site of the original Mad Max film production Airspeeder will host an exhibition race of flying cars in the Australian Outback The company hopes the event could become the F1 of the 21st century The first race will take place … Read more
Helen Hunt has stayed in great shape thanks to her passion for exercise. The actress – best known for her 1998 film As Good As It Gets that landed her an Academy Award as well as her TV show Mad About You which won her four Emmys – flashed her flat tummy and sculpted legs … Read more
SARAH VINE: Is it just me? Or are people who wear masks while driving alone mad? To wear or not to wear, that is the question that surrounded the notion of masks Government announced masks are compulsory on public transport as of June 15 Sarah Vine asks why people feel the need to wear them … Read more
Fans know Stacey Solomon, 30, is a stickler for hitting back at nasty trolls with a clever video or photo series, and this time was no different. The Loose Women star revealed she had been called “ugly” and a “mad freak” by an Instagram user and didn’t waste any time in letting them know exactly … Read more
Barking mad! Owners share snaps of their VERY silly dogs – including a Labrador biting its own reflection and a bulldog stuck behind the toilet Taking to Twitter, @edsbs, from US, asked people to share their dumbest dogs In one amusing snap, a hound found himself stuck between toilet and the wall Another photo showed … Read more
I find it incredible that it is now five weeks since I wrote here: ‘We have gone quite mad. I know that many people are thinking this, but dare not say so. I will be accused of all kinds of terrible things for taking this view – but that is another aspect of how crazy … Read more
Tears For Fears star Curt Smith, 58, is joined by talented daughter Diva as they perform the band’s timely classic Mad World from self-quarantine in LA Written by Tears For Fears co-founder Roland Orzabel, the mournful track was inspired by the theories of celebrated psychoanalyst Arthur Janov With lyrical references to solitude and isolation it … Read more
For centuries, the United Kingdom was the leader of the world in the freedom of its citizens. We were permitted to do what we wanted to, unless the law explicitly prohibited it. Unless the sign said ‘Do not walk on the grass’, we could stroll across the lawn. Not for us some irksome, officious policemen … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK THE RULES OF CONTAGION By Adam Kucharski (Wellcome Collection £16.99, 352 pp) Were there a Booker Prize for timeliness, this nuggety gem of a book would be a shoo-in. But don’t think this is an opportunistic (or a simply lucky) attempt to ride on the back of the coronavirus pandemic. The … Read more
Jo Whiley reveals vile abuse from trolls when she was hosting her BBC Radio 2 Drivetime show made her feel like she was ‘going slightly mad’ The DJ, 54, became the first woman to present a daytime show on Radio 2 in 20 years when she joined Simon Mayo, 61, on drivetime in 2018 Jo’s … Read more