TAXIDERMY is enjoying a revival and the best-selling novelist Kate Mosse explains here why she learned the craft as background for her new book.
Sunday, 28 September 2014
The most macabre art: Why Kate Mosse took up taxidermy for her latest book
TAXIDERMY is enjoying a revival and the best-selling novelist Kate Mosse explains here why she learned the craft as background for her new book.
It's lonely at the top: One Direction get terribly homesick on tour
THEY are the world’s biggest boyband at the height of their success but the stars of One Direction have opened up about the crippling loneliness their stardom has brought.
Paul Casserly: TVs best quotes - 'Cheap-a** farmers'
As we close the door on the strangest September since records have been kept, and gird our loins for the inevitable countdown to Christmas, let us pause, take a cup of tea with a jigger of whiskey, easy on amitriptyline, and focus...
Dominic Bowden lands big break on US television
Interviewer-of-the-stars Dominic Bowden is going to be in the living room of millions of Americans after landing a big gig State-side. The Sky TV entertainment reporter is the new backstage host for the US version of Dancing with...
Twitter fans convince Claudia Winkleman to embrace her fringe after Strictly makeover flop
CLAUDIA Winkleman yesterday announced she is ditching her makeover and is returning to her trademark look.
Strictly holds on to lead after weekend ratings war with X Factor
STRICTLY Come Dancing scored a further ratings victory over the weekend as it beat rival The X Factor for a second night running.
Frozen still hot as Disney dominates US toy list
Frozen is still hot.Two toys based off Walt Disney's hit animated film made Adventure Publishing Group's Toy Insider Hot 20 list released on Tuesday, making it the only entertainment property with multiple items on the roster....
TV pick: Shortland Street
Ah yes, just as the rest of us are wishing like crazy that we could leave our rainy shored behind and swap them for white sand, sun, a palm trees, Shortland Street is making is us even more wishful by going troppo too. It's all...
Meet Mr and Mrs Clooney: George and Amal emerge from Venice hotel
Wedding bands were glinting under the Venetian sun on the hands of George Clooney and his new bride, Amal Alamuddin, as the actor and the human rights lawyer emerged from the luxury hotel where they were married a day earlier in the...
Lorde hands her fans sneak peek at lyrics from Hunger Games film track
Lorde is upping the ante around her new Hunger Games track, expected to be unveiled today.The 17-year-old New Zealand pop star, on tour in the United States, revealed more of the single's lyrics at the weekend - using Twitter...
$61m tag for van Gogh painting
A "beautiful" and "poignant" still life painted by Vincent van Gogh weeks before his suicide is expected to fetch up to 30 million ($61 million) when it goes on auction in November. Still life, Vase with Daisies and Poppies has...
HeadChef hope to cook up career in music after big win
A Wellington band are on the cusp of launching their musical careers after joining the likes of Bic Runga, Brooke Fraser and Evermore in the Smokefreerockquest hall of fame.HeadChef, a four-piece reggae-rock band, won the 2014 Smokefreerockquest...
A different kind of Hollywood heroine
The main character in Gone Girl , the new film from director David Fincher, is controlling, duplicitous and potentially deadly, an angel of vengeance who runs effortless rings around her cheating husband. Most viewers would be forgiven...
Frozen's Elsa skates on to small screen
It's the highest-grossing animated film, won two Academy Awards and has made "Elsa" a trending baby name.Still the talk of film conversations among young and old and gracing children's lunchboxes around the globe, Frozen isn't...
Incredible case settled
Marvel has settled a lawsuit bound for the United States Supreme Court that pitted the comic-book company against the family of the artist who helped create such superheroes as Spider-Man, Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk.Heirs...
Watson casting a spell as an adult
Not many people will admit to feeling much pity for Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus or even Lindsay Lohan, whatever dismal scrapes they may have been in. Drink-driving charge? Deliberate wardrobe malfunction? Up before the judge again?...
Iran state TV: BBC tried to steal from 'archives'
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iranian state television has accused the BBC of trying to steal "artistic, historic and cultural documents" from government archives in the Islamic Republic.The BBC had no immediate comment on the claim, coming...
Who's the daddy? EastEnders' Ronnie Mitchell reveals her secret to Charlie Cotton
IT'S BEEN a busy week in Walford what with a wedding, a house fire and now the news of a new baby on the horizon.
Get a piece of the auction: Why more properties are going under the gavel
HANDS up if you have always wanted to go to a property auction; now hands down, quick, before you end up buying a house you do not want.
Red Blooded Woman: Kylie wows iTunes festival with raunchy knicker-flashing performance
SHE'S A musical goddess with millions of fans around the world, and a select few were lucky enough to watch Kylie perform last night in London.
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