George Harry Howard Bennett 
Few Hollywood legacies carry as much emotional weight as Carrie Fisher’s: she became Princess Leia in 1977, spent decades as a bestselling writer and mental-health advocate, and then, in December 2016, died suddenly at age 60. From her daughter Billie Lourd to the tributes from Harrison Ford and Paul Simon, the pieces of her life … Read more
Most of us have one tucked on a shelf: a bear with a worn nose and a name we can’t quite remember. That companion can be a serious collectable — Richard Steiff designed the first plush bear with movable arms and legs in 1902 (Margarete Steiff GmbH, maker’s corporate history), and early examples have been … Read more
Few political stories move fast enough to be measured against a head of lettuce, but Liz Truss’s premiership did. She took office on 6 September 2022 and resigned 49 days later, after a mini-budget that rattled financial markets (CBC News (Canadian public broadcaster)). Tenure: 49 days · Prime Minister from: 6 September 2022 · Prime … Read more
Ask a casual tennis fan to name the Frenchwoman who came from almost nowhere to reach the semifinals of the 2025 French Open, and you might get a blank stare. That player is Loïs Boisson, a 21-year-old who won her first WTA-level title in Hamburg in 2025 (WTA official tour record). Current singles ranking: World … Read more
Ask anyone to name the actress who stole My Cousin Vinny with a Brooklyn accent and a gearhead’s memory, and they’ll say Marisa Tomei. Decades later, people still feel they know her, which is why the private-life questions keep coming up, yet her personal record after the 1992 Oscar for My Cousin Vinny remains quiet. … Read more
Every soap fan knows Charley Webb as Debbie Dingle; almost nobody knows what her life looks like now that the role is behind her. Since leaving Emmerdale, Webb has been in the news for two very personal things — a public conversation about being assessed for autism and ADHD (Digital Spy (entertainment news)), and her … Read more
Few pub arguments in rock stay as lively as the Genesis debate: the Gabriel years or the Collins years? After Peter Gabriel left the band in 1975, he built a solo career on his own terms, starting with a self-titled 1977 debut and the enduring single “Solsbury Hill.” This article follows that arc, uncovering the … Read more
Ask someone why they love Diptyque and you’ll get different answers—the candles, the name, one tuberose scent pulled from a founder’s Vietnamese childhood—but “Diptyque” is French for “diptych,” a two-panel artwork, and the Paris house has carried that artistic distinction since 1961. Here’s what the name means, whether Do Son is a true Eau de … Read more
Most Christmas songs ask you to feel warm. “Fairytale of New York” asks you to feel everything at once. Shane MacGowan’s 1987 duet with Kirsty MacColl became an unlikely holiday staple even though it is really a bitter, loving argument between two broke migrants in New York. This is the story of the man who … Read more
Before he was lifting televised darts trophies, Nathan Aspinall was learning a quieter trade: the Darts Database (player record) lists his former occupation as trainee accountant. On the oche, the confirmed facts are straightforward — born 15 July 1991, he is an English PDC player known as “The Asp” — but the personal questions around … Read more