Exclusive: Agony of Scots soldier after best pal who replaced him on mission ...

I remember when I served in Northern Ireland that a soldier requested to take my place on a escort duty and he was killed by an IRA sniper. Thats how the dice roll however my story never reached the news paper. This scottish guy should not blame himself it was the terrorist...

Aborigine skulls to be taken home

In 2004 The UK government launched a consultation document to consider the repatriation of human remains held in Britain to aboriginal groups and based on the news included below it would appear the the correct decision was eventually made. Thousands of ancient human parts -...

Lily Allen's Younger Brother, Alfie Owen-Allen, To Star In Equus

"Alfie Owen-Allen, the younger brother of the singer Lily Allen, is to star in the psychological stage drama Equus after his performance in a marginal film role so impressed the play's scriptwriter, Peter Shaffer, that he ordered its producer to recruit him. Shaffer, who...

Literature Is Theft

"On the literary Dow Jones, glittering prizes go together with charges of plagiarism like bull markets and the Serious Fraud Office. Ian McEwan, the most successful novelist of his generation, has been dogged by imputations of fraudulence. He is not alone. In the past several...

UK author McEwan denies "Atonement" copy claim (Reuters)

" LONDON (Reuters) - British novelist Ian McEwan on Monday denied claims that he copied the work of another author when writing his acclaimed bestseller "Atonement." The Mail on Sunday reported that Lucilla Andrews had been planning to draw attention to the similarities...