When a Strictly Come Dancing professional walks away from the glitterball, people notice. AJ Pritchard did exactly that in 2020, leaving behind a four-year run on the BBC’s biggest dance show to…
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There aren’t many startup founders whose story ends with a prison sentence and a newborn in the same year, but Elizabeth Holmes isn’t most founders — after a jury found her guilty…
If you know the sing-along fury of “Ballroom Blitz,” you know Brian Connolly’s voice, but the Sweet frontman’s later years were marked by a battle with alcoholism that ultimately claimed his life…
There’s something about Grigor Dimitrov that keeps tennis fans coming back for more — maybe it’s the one-handed backhand, the calm composure, or the fact that he’s widely considered the nicest guy…
Most academics study political movements from a distance, but Matt Goodwin made the rare jump from researching populism to becoming a populist candidate himself, spending twenty years in lecture halls before stepping…
Few faces have become as instantly recognizable as Che Guevara’s, even decades after his death. The iconic photograph by Alberto Korda transformed the Argentine revolutionary into a global symbol of rebellion, worn…
Most people recognize Eugene Levy from the raised eyebrows on American Pie or the befuddled dad on Schitt’s Creek, but the Canadian actor’s path to comedy royalty started decades earlier on the…
Most people know Lord Sugar as the straight-talking boss on BBC’s The Apprentice, but his real story begins long before the boardroom. He left school at 16, bought a van for £50,…
Few 90s pop stars have managed the kind of quiet, steady reinvention that Betty Boo has pulled off. The British rapper and singer who once dominated charts with “Doin’ the Do” has…
Reflective studs on UK motorways follow a fixed colour code that many learner drivers find confusing, yet the pattern is simple once understood. Here we break down the five stud colours, their…