- On the 30th anniversary of a coup that failed to stop democratic reforms in the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev urged Russian society to stand against “usurping power.”
As we’ve been reminded by the new Game of Thrones spin-off, Westeros and incest go together like brother and sister
That being the case, it probably doesn’t qualify as a spoiler to reveal that inbreeding rears its misshapen head in the second episode of House of the Dragon 🐉
A report from Rolling Stone has detailed Mr Trump’s alleged fixation on the love life of French president Emmanuel Macron – this after the list of items seized from Mar-a-Lago included one labelled “info re: President of France”. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
The Independent has released their Happy List, shining a light on 50 extraordinary people who’ve done things to help others 🌞 independent.co.uk/happylist/happ…
Beryl Carr is the NHS’s oldest volunteer at 100 years old
Starring opposite Kevin Costner in the hit TV western ‘Yellowstone’ has made the admired British actor the most watched woman on American TV. She talks to the Independent about her journey to fame
🗣️ “I certainly hadn’t seen this sort of character on TV. I find her more in plays, these enormous women like Medea or Lady Macbeth,” Reilly says, searching to explain the role she calls “one of the greatest” she’s ever had
🔴 Sir Tony Blair has spoken at a series of events run by a Kremlin-controlled bank – including a number held after it was sanctioned by the EU following Russia’s annexation of Crimea, it can be revealed
🔴 The former UK prime minister addressed five events organised by Sberbank, or a linked entity, between 2012 and 2020 – three after it was sanctioned by the EU in 2014, and two of which were in the wake of the Salisbury nerve agent attack in 2018