Ozzy Osbourne, wild rock star, pioneer of heavy metal with Black Sabbath who became a global star with a “prince of darkness” reputation  has died. The two oddities of his…

The indefatigable Nicola Benedetti, celebrating her 38th birthday,  is gearing up for the Edinburgh International Festival starting in three weeks of which she has been the first female director since 2022.…

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the American actor, musician and poet best known for his role in the Cosby Show had drowned while on vacation in Costa Rica, apparently dragged out to sea…

Blighted and scandalous families are not restricted to the obscenely wealthy, with two biographies out turning the focus on unforgivable behaviour amongst creative and celebrity types.      Gloria Grahame,…

Athina Onassis, the heir to a Greek shipping fortune, is gradually emerging from seclusion after her divorce several years ago which turns a focus back onto her family which has…

Clint Eastwood has gained another biography which promises to be “neither acquiescence nor denigration,” though whether he will welcome it personally given his dislike of any incursion into his private…

  Early astrology knew nothing of the outer planets. As they were discovered and added to the zodiacal lexicon, astrologers had extra tools for interpretation, expanded further by the addition…

 The value of the global cryptocurrency market has reached $4tn for the first time after the passage of the US digital asset legislation – the so-called Genius Act. It marks…

Austrian Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to go faster than the speed of sound in 2012 after jumping out of a balloon 24 miles (39 kms) up in the air…

Connie Francis, the American singer, who was the best selling performer in the late 1950s/early 1960s after Presley and The Beatles, with Stupid Cupid, Who’s Sorry Now?, and Lipstick on…