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Politically historic Kingsley Hall in Bristol awarded £4.7m for renovation
A 319-year-old Grade II-listed building in the heart of Bristol that was the headquarters of the precursor to the modern Labour party has been awarded £4.7m for a major renovation.
Kingsley Hall is deeply woven into Bristol’s history and has been witness to various social movements.
Once a Conservative club …
A kidnapped Chinese actor, a scam gang, and a very public rescue operation
Wang Xing thought he was travelling to a casting call with film producers in Thailand.
The 22-year-old Chinese actor, also known by his stage name Xing Xing, had been communicating on WeChat with people he believed were Chinese employees of a major Thai entertainment firm, according to Thai police. One …
Qantas South Africa flights delayed by falling debris from SpaceX rockets, airline says
Qantas says it has been forced to delay several of its flights to South Africa at the last minute due to warnings of falling debris from Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets re-entering Earth.
Ben Holland, the head of Qantas’s operations centre, said there was often little advance notice of where the …
Almost 10,000 images of tennis balls plunge up to 90% in value as Australian Open appears to ditch NFTs
Nearly 10,000 images of balls have plunged up to 90% in value after Tennis Australia appears to have walked away from its non-fungible token (NFT) program three years after it began selling the artworks to punters.
Launched at the peak of hype around NFTs, the Australian Open’s Artball program allowed …
Ukraine war briefing: Strengthen Kyiv’s hand before peace talks, says Nato chief
Ukraine is not in a strong enough position for peace talks with Russia, Nato chief, Mark Rutte, said on Monday.
“At this moment, clearly Ukraine is not there, because they cannot at this moment negotiate from a position of strength,” Rutte told EU lawmakers. “We have to do …
Mystery surrounds Caleb Ewan’s future after top cyclist erased from team roster
He is among Australia’s greatest sprinters – winner of five Tour de France stages and half a dozen other grand tour stage wins. But at the moment, Caleb Ewan is nowhere to be found.
Last week, Ewan’s profile was featured on the team page of his World Tour outfit, Australia-registered …
Actor Dirk Bogarde was ‘disturbed’ by KGB sting warning, declassified files reveal
The film star Dirk Bogarde was “clearly disturbed” and “troubled” after MI5 warned him that his name had been given to the KGB as a “practising homosexual” and he risked being compromised in a sting operation, newly declassified intelligence files show.
Bogarde, who died in 1999 and never came out …
Philby had to choose ‘between suicide and prosecution’ before 1963 defection
Cambridge spy Kim Philby said his choice was “between suicide and prosecution” in a confession shortly before the high-ranking M16 double agent fled on a Russian steamer in 1963, according to previously secret documents.
Philby, the “third man” in the Cambridge Five ring, was confronted by his friend, the MI6 …
MI5 files suggest queen was not briefed on spy in royal household for nine years
The late Queen Elizabeth II was not told for almost 10 years that Anthony Blunt, a surveyor of the queen’s pictures and a member of the royal household, had confessed to being a Soviet double agent, previously secret security files suggest.
Declassified MI5 documents throw intriguing new light on how …
Pope Francis inherited box of documents from predecessor relating to scandals
Pope Francis has said he inherited a “large white box” full of documents related to various scandals faced by the Catholic Church when he took over from his predecessor.
The pontiff makes the revelation in his much-anticipated autobiography, Spera (Hope), which is published on Tuesday.
Francis became pope in 2013 …