Dream the dream! Iconic former French coaching inn where Victor Hugo stayed while writing Les Miserables on sale for £847,000 An iconic former French coaching inn in France’s Nord Pas Calais regon is on sale for £847,000 It boasts a number of impressive guests including French writer Victor Hugo and actor Gerard Depardieu Victor Hugo stayed at … Read more
Sir David Attenborough has revealed how he helped reunite the families of two Jewish refugee sisters who fled Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport and were taken in by his parents during the Second World War. Irene and Helga Bejach, aged 13 and 12 respectively, arrived in August 1939, just 17 days before war broke out, … Read more
Man, 23, has a live 5-inch worm that ‘stayed inside his brain for 17 years’ removed as doctors link the parasite to the eating of raw wild animal meat The Chinese man is said to have suffered numbness in his body since he was six He eventually went to a hospital after losing sensation in … Read more
A 20-year-old who went to stay with a no-nonsense pensioner for a unique experiment has told how she decided to take part because she wanted to dispel the ‘misconception’ among the older generation that people ‘have it easier when they’re younger.’ The Channel 4 programme, Lodgers for Codgers, sees pensioners who live alone paired with … Read more
Manchester United star Harry Maguire was staying at an eight-bed luxury villa costing £29,000 a week on the south coast of the Greek island of Mykonos before he was convicted of attacking police officers. The stunning waterfront property overlooks the golden coastline of popular Paradise and Paraga Beaches – the island’s two most famous beaches. It is … Read more
While Ellen Pompeo gets ready for her 17th season of Grey’s Anatomy, the actress revealed the real reason she’s stuck with the show. The 50-year-old actress has played Meredith Grey since the show debuted in 2005, though a pivotal moment came after Season 11, as she was negotiating to return for Season 12, following the … Read more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Great Escape was believed to have ended today after he fled his tent to leave the midge-infested Scottish peninsula where he holidayed through his government’s exam debacle. The PM is understood to have left the designer bell tent he had been staying in with Carrie Symonds, their dog Dilyn and new … Read more
He’s been quarantining with his ex-wife Demi Moore and their three adults daughters, plus assorted hangers on, at the home they once shared in Idaho. But Bruce Willis’s current wife Emma and their two daughters remain in Los Angeles, to the confusion of fans. Now Bruce and Demi’s adult daughter Scout has attempted to explain … Read more
I’m glad I stayed in Wuhan – I’m out of lockdown and you’re still stuck in it, says British teacher who stayed in the Chinese city where coronavirus originated Chris Hill, 38, didn’t fly back to the UK because he didn’t want to leave his family He spent 76 days in lockdown in Wuhan but … Read more
Michael Goonan is one of the most outspoken grooms on Married At First Sight. But he hardly said a word after his ‘wife’, Stacey Hampton, was exposed as an adulteress at the reunion dinner party on Tuesday night. And there was a very specific reason why the company director, 29, stayed silent as Stacey’s one-night stand … Read more