Entertainment

No, this is not a review of the former Secretary of State's new book What Happened. I rather doubt I shall ever get around to reading it, which actually is not that unusual, even by its purchasers. There was an interesting article by Walt Hickey on the political data site FiveThirtyEight.com the other day that looked into just that. Hickey had to use Audiobook data as people do lie about their reading like drunk salesmen fumbling their way into the family...

A picture of a pair of flies in the throes of love has won an international photography competition. The snap, taken by Irish photographer Larry Doherty scooped the top prize in the Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers' Spirit of Nature competition. Highly commended in the Spirit of Nature Photo competition. Labyrinth spider entrance taken by Larry Doherty from Ireland. Other runners up included pics of diving kingfishers, a polar bear on the ice a colourful portrait of a...

A shopper bought a £40 painting at a car boot sale - and discovered it was a £30,000 original by Dame Joan Collins’ son stolen from a multimillionaire. Lee Broadway, 42, unintentionally found himself at the centre of the international art theft when he innocently bought a rolled up canvas from a Bank Holiday car boot. It was only when he pulled the painting depicting the devil playing cards out of the cardboard tube at home he realised the true...

A landmark painting by Francis Bacon which has been hidden from the public for almost half-a-century is set to sell a record-breaking £60 MILLION. Study of Red Pope, from 1971 is the grand finale to Bacon’s celebrated body of Papal portraits. It is also the only painting which unites the Pope with the artist’s great love, George Dyer, who is depicted in the shadow. Dyer and the Pope were the British artist’s two biggest obsessions and it the painting became...

Indie Daze is returning for its fourth consecutive year at the Kentish Town Forum. The House Of Love will headline with their first London show in four years, returning to the site of their legendary ‘Doing It For The Kids’ show in 1988. Also back are Voice Of The Beehive with the first show from their original line-up in 25 years (including Woody on drums having a couple of days off from Madness) and Apollo 440 who break cover for their first...

These pictures have got female pulses racing as Poldark heartthrob Aidan Turner is seen during filming - holding a BABY. Aidan was captured cradling the newborn on set - sparking rumours among fans his character could become a dad in the next series. The cast and crew of the popular BBC drama have been spotted throughout Cornwall over the past week, filming in a number of locations. Aidan, who plays lead Ross Poldark, has already been seen on set sharing...

I suppose it's a rather good thing that George Martin had lousy taste in neckties. Had he worn something a little more fashionable than a black tie with a red horse motif on June 6, 1962 then presumably after slagging off The Beatles' first demo recording session when Martin then asked four young men from Liverpool 'Is there anything you don't like?' George Harrison would not have replied 'Well, for a start, I don't like your tie.' Cue hilarity, a...

Can you guess who this artistic collage is meant to be? It's a tribute to a deceased celebrity in Chesterfield town centre that has been causing a right royal kerfuffle. Is that enough of a clue? It's a face that has graced the front cover of the Daily Express more times than the weather has? The artist - it could be said doesn't hold a candle to other famous artists that captured this face - from Lord Snowdon to Mario...

Girlpool Support: Ian Sweet The Village Underground 7.9.17 In the time since their last visit to London, Girlpool have plugged in and turned it UP. Their second album, Powerplant, saw the duo move away from the bedroom harmonies and no-frills production of Before the World Was Big and fill out their backline. With a drummer, an additional guitarist and a saxophonist, Cleo and Harmony sound positively huge in the caverns of the Village Underground. Older cuts like 'Ideal World' and 'Cherry Picking' are...