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Lord Speaker to step down early from role to care for wife with Parkinson’s

The former Labour MP and minister says Joan had ‘selflessly supported’ him throughout his career.

Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2025

NZ's reformist and reconciling PM Jim Bolger dies at 90

Paul Keating has remembered former NZ prime minister Jim Bolger, who has died aged 90, as the "jolliest and best natured" government head he ever worked with.

AAP · Oct 16, 2025

Late Dad Leaves Inheritance For Daughter To Fix Her Life As A Gift For Taking Care Of Him, It Causes Drama

How can some people be so blinded by money?

Bored Panda · Oct 4, 2025

Low expectations and thwarted desires: Geoff Dyer’s memoir of a working-class childhood

As a child, the writer Geoff Dyer made regular Friday visits to the house where his father was raised and where his father’s sister, Auntie Joan, still lived. While his parents talked with Joan, Geoff slipped upstairs. The landing’s ageing wallpaper was “brown or gloomy yellow”. Here stood a glass…

The Conversation · Sep 1, 2025

Seascraper by Benjamin Wood review – a story that sings on the page

A young shrimp fisher’s horizons are broadened by the arrival of a stranger in this atmospheric Booker-listed tale

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2025

Ruth Langsford opens up about the 'relentless responsibility' of being a carer

The Loose Women star cares for her elderly mother Joan, who has Alzheimer’s and admits ‘at times it can be overwhelming’

Evening Standard · Aug 7, 2025

9 Retirees Who Lost Everything Because They Trusted Family

Retirement is supposed to be a time of relaxation and security, not heartbreak and betrayal. Yet for many older adults, trusting family members with their finances has led to a devastating loss. Whether through manipulation, poor decision-making, or outright theft, these retirees learned too late that even loved ones can…

Clever Dude · Jul 22, 2025

76 Things That Happened In The Past That People Can’t Stop Researching

New obsession with Ann Boleyn unlocked.

Bored Panda · May 13, 2025

The holy screen: a brief history of popes on film and TV, from Peter O’Toole to Robbie Coltrane

Jonathan Pryce was humorous, O’Toole capricious, Liv Ullman secretly female and Jude Law memorably Speedo-clad – onscreen pontiffs have come in all forms

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2025

Marvel legend Stan Lee’s daughter denies elder abuse: ‘I never ever touched my parents’

JC Lee, now 75, was accused of attacking her wealthy parents in 2018

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2025