Abandoned farmhouse appears frozen in time with a newspaper from 1912 and unopened tin cans

Haunting images show the inside of a decaying farmhouse in the heart of the Northern Irish countryside full of old newspaper clippings, stopped clocks and intimate love letters.  Photographer and archivist Rebecca Brownlie was invited to visit the abandoned cottage near Cookstown, County Tyrone after the last of three brothers who lived in the farmhouse died. … Read more

Chinese state newspaper claims the US is a ‘failed state’ ruled by a ‘racist president’

Beijing’s state media has claimed that the US has crumbled into a ‘failed state’ amid the ongoing rallies across America and blasted Donald Trump as ‘a racist president’. Global Times, a major Chinese propaganda tabloid, slammed President Trump as ‘weak, irresponsible and incompetent’ and accused American politicians of blaming China for the protests erupting in … Read more

Billionaire boss of Le Monde newspaper was a teenage spy who hacked President Mitterrand’s mobile

Billionaire boss of Le Monde newspaper, 52, admits he was a teenage spy who once hacked the mobile phone of President Mitterrand for his security service bosses Xavier Niel, 52, was caught hacking Canal Plus aged 17 after quitting education The Directorate for Territorial Surveillance hired him to harvest data on Renault He also hacked … Read more

Piers Morgan lashes out at Frankie Boyle over newspaper tweets ‘Disgusting’ | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV

While this tweet garnered a divided response from his followers, Morgan was not happy at all. Speaking out on GMB this morning, he exclaimed: “Frankie Boyle, the so-called comedian, tweeted a couple of days ago ‘British newspapers are on the verge of going bust, so there’s never been a more important time to not buy … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s newspaper announcement

Yesterday morning we awoke to the usual fusillade of disturbing news in what is the worst crisis this country has experienced since the end of the Second World War. The shortage of personal protection equipment for our courageous medical staff is worsening. The testing fiasco continues, and the Government seems unlikely to meet its self-imposed … Read more

Poshest names in newspaper births columns become online hit

A collection of the ‘poshest’ names for newborns, whose births were announced in  newspaper columns, have become an unlikely online hit  Birth announcements, mainly appearing in The Telegraph, have been gathered from Twitter and collated by The Poke. And the parents – who range from a Prince and Princess to the independent candidate for the … Read more