39 days ago

Pictured: The mummified CAT found buried in the walls of historic church where 'slain King Harold was interred' - so could it have been guarding against evil spirits? ⊖⊖

found 2025 › Oct › 28 (Tue) @ 10:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The desiccated feline was found in the walls of Waltham Abbey Church, where Harold Godwinson is believed to have been buried after his death at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

74 days ago

Legendary cricket umpire Dickie Bird dies aged 92

found 2025 › Sep › 23 (Tue) @ 11:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Umpired 66 Tests between 1973 and 1996
Bird also played for Yorkshire and Leicestershire

The former Test umpire Harold “Dickie” Bird has died at the age of 92, Yorkshire County Cricket Club have annou…

82 days ago

High Noon heads for the West End as Billy Crudup takes on Gary Cooper role

found 2025 › Sep › 15 (Mon) @ 11:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The Tony award-winning actor will play the marshal in a London stage adaptation of the 1952 western that won Cooper an Oscar

Billy Crudup is to take on the role that won Gary Cooper an Oscar in a new …

3 months ago

King and Conqueror review – James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau fight the Battle of Hastings

found 2025 › Aug › 24 (Sun) @ 21:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

This tale of 1066 forces viewers to wade through exposition-heavy episodes, and its pace does drag. But Coster-Waldau does play William the Conqueror with a phenomenal 70s dad tache

It is 1066. We are…

What James Norton's King and Conqueror gets WRONG about Battle of Hastings foes William and Harold - historian gives their verdict as 1066 TV drama airs

found 2025 › Aug › 23 (Sat) @ 13:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

New TV drama King and Conqueror is set to portray King Harold and William the Conqueror as 'friends' who were once firm allies before their fall-out led to the Battle of Hastings.

5 months ago

Harold Shipman: New Mail podcast explores the 'unusual' early life of Doctor Death and the missed warning signs that foreshadowed his killing spree

found 2025 › Jun › 11 (Wed) @ 06:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

An Appointment with Murder is a brand-new true crime podcast that delves into the minds, methods, and motivations of medical murderers.

7 months ago

Harold's final goodbye: Neighbours loses iconic character amid real-life cancer battle - as fans pay tribute to legendary actor Ian Smith

found 2025 › Apr › 16 (Wed) @ 06:35 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Neighbours lost one of its most iconic characters this week after legendary actor Ian Smith appeared in his final episode as Harold Bishop, amid his real-life cancer battle.

9 months ago

Top shale boss says US oil companies will not flock back to Russia

found 2025 › Feb › 22 (Sat) @ 17:07 UTC

a story from Financial Times ✅ › Financial Times

Harold Hamm warns executives will be wary of any peace deal between Trump and Putin

10 months ago

Lost site depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry is DISCOVERED after 900 years: Archaeologists pinpoint the residence of Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England

found 2025 › Jan › 28 (Tue) @ 06:04 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The famous, rambunctious feast scene in the Bayeux Tapestry, two years before King Harold was brutally killed at the Battle of Hastings, has been located by archaeologists.

11 months ago

What REALLY happened when David Tennant was hit by the curse of Macbeth for the fourth time in five weeks: Audience member reveals why performance was called off

found 2024 › Dec › 13 (Fri) @ 07:42 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

David Tennant was crouching on stage at the Harold Pinter theatre and was just about to perform a soliloquy when a member of staff hurriedly walked on and asked him to leave.