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READ MORE:Queen didn't want royals 'locked away in palaces' following devastating deathBefore writing, she had previously worked as a social worker and lived in Botswana for five years.She then moved to Saudi Arabia for four years and later returned to England in the 1980s.In 2006, Mantel was awarded a CBE and in 2014 she received a DBE.Hilary was a patron of theatrical mentoring project Scene and Heard, a governor of RSC and president of the Budleigh Festival.Her popular Wolf Hall trilogy received praise from many famous faces and Oxford theology professor Thomas Cromwell was amongst them.He said: "Hilary has reset the historical patterns through the way in which she’s reimagined the man." Hilary won the esteemed Man Booker Price twice - once for Wolf Hall and another for the book's sequel Bring Up The Bodies, which was also awarded the Costa Book Of The Year in 2012.The final book in the trilogy, The Mirror and the Light, was released in 2020 and was an instant hit.It became a number one fiction best seller and was long listed for The Booker Prize in 2020.It also won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, which she also won for the trilogy's first book Wolf Hall.Among some of her other best selling books are Every Day is Mother's Day, Vacant Possession, Eight Months on Ghazzah Street, Fludd, A Change of Climate, Learning to Talk and The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher.The writer has also written non-fiction pieces including Giving Up The Ghost, which is a collection of writings from the London Review Of Books.Her other non-fiction publications include Mantel Pieces and The Wolf Hall Picture Book.Tributes for the author have been pouring in since the announcement of her death.CEO of HarperCollins Charlie

Love Island star Georgia Steel has stunned her fans after she posted a set of photos wearing a tiny bikini, a mesh cover up and little else.In the first snap, Georgia could be seen reclining on a cliff face surrounded by green leaves and plump, cosy cushions.She placed her designer handbag down by her side as she leaned back on her arms and gazed off into the distance.READ MORE: Love Island's Georgia Steel wows fans in neon bikini while sunbathing on holidaySteel styled her long brown hair in a middle parting behind her shoulders and wore a full face of makeup that accentuated her beauty.She crossed her legs and put her toned pins and rock hard abs on display for her 1.6million Instagram followers as she posed in the tiny outfit.The 24-year-old wore a tiny neon yellow halter neck bikini with a dainty belly chain to show off her washboard stomach.Over the top, she styled a matching two-piece tank top and sarong in a blue snake print mesh material.She wore the sarong around her lower stomach to show off her hourglass figure and pouted for the camera.In the second snap, Georgia changed positions and placed her hands on her bag, while in the third she returned back to her effortless side stance.The fourth picture included her designer Louis Vuitton footwear as she rested her hand on her chest, which she moved to her knee for the fifth snap.Georgia then included a bird's-eye shot of her outfit, showing off her bronzed stomach and legs as she placed one foot in front of the other.The former Love Island contestant then moved to a sunbed to catch some rays and fans went wild for her stunning snaps.She wrote in the caption: “Get me back in the sunshine asap rocky,” which is a play on popular rapper A$AP Rocky’s stage name, and

Coronation Street fans will likely remember villain Caz Hammond for her relationship with Kate Connor, as well as her sinister stalking plot which saw viewers beg for her to be axed.The soldier ended up obsessed with Maria Connor, and even framed her for murder as an act of revenge when Maria didn’t fancy her back.With Maria facing a murder trial after Caz faked her death, things were only resolved when she was arrested, heralding her exit from the ITV cobbles.READ MORE: Corrie's Tina O'Brien shows off toned tummy in crop top as she parties with co-starsBut where is actress Rhea Bailey now? From being left a “nervous wreck” after her show stint to her famous sister, we take a look.Rhea isn’t the only famous one in her family, as her sister is actually a very famous singer.Rhea is the younger sister of Put Your Records On songstress Corinne Bailey Rae, who released her hit song back in 2006.Corinne soared to number two in the UK charts and scooped two Grammy awards during her incredible career.But Corinne’s life was marred by heartache when her husband, saxophonist Jason Rae, was found dead in a Leeds flat in 2008 following an accidental overdose.Corinne remarried in 2013 to music producer Steve Brown, and has two children, along with continuing her music career. Rhea also has another sister, Candice.Continuing the star-studded theme into her personal life, Rhea is actually engaged to The Overtones star Darren Everest.The pair recently welcomed a child together, with Darren confirming to Hello!: “We know we’re very lucky.

still prevalent today and it’s not just a collectors’ problem, restricted to rare and valuable bottles sold at auction. The most common wine cheat is thought to be using grapes from cheap areas to make wine that is labelled with a more prestigious appellation. The trade in bulk wine has often been accused of covering up cases of passing-off, with riper grapes from sunnier countries or regions adding stuffing to thin vintages from appellations with more saleable names.

History hangs in the early Autumn air, as New Century, a venue born in 1963, yet reborn for 2022, hosts the 30th anniversary of The Charlatan’s sophomore release, Between 10th and 11th.

The chancellor has this morning set out the government's plan to 'solve the riddle of growth' and to help people with the cost-of-living crisis with widespread tax cuts for the highest earners in a 'new era'. Kwasi Kwarteng delivered the government's mini budget to the House of Commons as he announced expected caps to rising energy bills and lifting the cap on bankers bonuses.

The government have announced a cut to stamp duty tax as part of a wider set of economic measures aimed at easing inflation.

BBC documentary Gypsy Queen And Proud. A statement from his family said: “It is with the most heart-wrenching and deepest sadness to inform you that our George – Cherry Valentine – has tragically passed away. “This will come as a profound shock to most people and we understand there is no easy way for this to be announced.

Prince William gained a new title after his father Charles became the King of England, but he did not automatically inherit his dad’s Prince of Wales title.

over 300 men in one 24 hour period. After her porn career, which lasted roughly four years, the performer became a professional wrestler, starring in often-bloody bouts in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW).

K.J. Yossman Fresh from seeing “Elvis” become his highest-grossing film of all time in the U.K., Australian director Baz Luhrmann is set to be one of the leading speakers at this year’s Royal Television Society (RTS) conference in London, set to take place later this month. Luhrmann, who has also created series such as “The Get Down,” will be in conversation with British host Edith Bowman, discussing “the power of creativity.” Also joining the lineup are head of interactive at BBC Studios Tom Burton, Vicki Dobbs Beck, VP for immersive content at Lucasfilm and ILMxLAB, BBC technology correspondent Marc Cieslak and Jan Koeppen, president of The Walt Disney Company EMEA.

Jennifer Lawrence stars on the cover of the October issue of Vogue magazine, and inside, chats all things motherhood, politics, and her new film “Causeway”, which will premiere Sept. 10 at the Toronto International Film Festival.

family were made multi billionaires when a banking mishap saw £43.4billion deposited into one lucky dad's account, momentarily making him the 25th richest man in the world.Darren James was alerted to the $50 billion sum by his staggered wife, who called him in a stupor.The dad-of-two, from Louisiana in the US, was - albeit for a short time - worth over 10 times more than Virgin boss Richard Branson.READ MORE: Olivia Pratt-Korbel murder arrests after cops release CCTV of fleeing gunman"It was crazy just to see what it looks like because I've never seen that many zeros in my life," he told BR Proud."I’m like where did that come from?" he told FOX9 in a separate interview after the confusion in June 2021."And all we were thinking was who’s going to be knocking on our door…because we don’t know anybody with that type of money to begin with."Darren admitted to what had happened and arranged for the money to go back to its rightful owner.He contacted his bank, Chase, but did admit that he fantisised what he could do with the money."We knew it wasn't ours," he said. "We didn’t earn it, so we couldn’t do anything with it."As a former law enforcement officer for the Louisiana Department of Public Safety, the now-real estate agent thought better of keeping the haul, knowing it would be considered theft.When he alerted Chase, they immediately began work to get the funds back, but never said where the money came from, or how the error came about.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters hereThe money was gone within a few days."It was a hold placed on it.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic When it comes to coffee-table books that survey the great album covers of the classic rock era, there are generally two kinds: those that include a lot of the work of the 1970s design team called Hipgnosis, and those that consist entirely of Hipgnosis’ work. Virtually any rock superstar who had the cachet to ask his record company to blow hundreds of thousands of dollars on a Hipgnosis cover went for the splurge of commissioning an original piece of art that might join classic LP jackets from Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin in a renaissance of 12’x12′ photographic surrealism. Only Hipgnosis could shoot a photo of a cow against a blue sky, put it on a Floyd cover (“Atom Heart Mother”), and make it look like an act of mysterious profundity on a level with the greatest works of Magritte.

He might be best-known as Ian Beale, but Adam Woodyatt is branching out in a big way since leaving EastEnders. The actor played the fan-favourite character on the BBC soap for a whopping 35 years, but has now swapped Albert Square for the stage as he is set to appear in the theatre revival of My Fair Lady. Adam, who also appeared on last year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! is also taking things in a different direction as he transforms into a drag queen for a new ITV show.

Helen Hunt became "very boring" after finding fame. The 59-year-old actress became known around the world when she starred opposite Jack Nicholson in the 1997 romcom 'As Good As It Gets' and became "spooked" by the media intrusion that followed. She said: "There were a couple of years when I was a little spooked.

, it was the release of the acerbic romcom in 1997 – in which Hunt’s waitress and single mother forms a love-hate relationship with Jack Nicholson’s misanthropic author – that saw her career truly go supernova. As Good As It Gets brought overnight fame and a best actress Oscar. And yet, the decades since have seen if not a disappearance of that fame, at least an erosion, with few of her films bothering the box office or the Academy (although she did land a best supporting actress nomination for 2012 indie film The Sessions).

EXCLUSIVE: The Disney+ series will return with Season 2 on October 26, and Deadline has your first look at the trailer above. Following its two-episode premiere, new episodes will be released weekly on Wednesdays.

Mikhail Gorbachev in 1984, when he led a Russian parliamentary delegation to Britain. She hosted him at Chequers, and the tense atmosphere led Gorbachev to tell Thatcher he had no intentions of trying to recruit her to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. She broke into a fit of laughter, in Gorbachev's retelling, and the pair soon found that they could engage in "real political dialogue" despite their opposing views.