Presenter 'thrilled' to own Eric Morecambe's desk
TV presenter Yvette Fielding has said she is "so honoured" to be the new owner of Eric Morecambe's writing desk. She said her ...
Dame Edna's glasses auctioned for £37,800
A pair of Barry Humphries' Dame Edna Everage glasses have sold at auction for more than 25 times their estimated value. The ...
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Quite the spectacle!
The top price of the sale was Charles Conder’s painting Sand dunes, Ambleteuse which sold for £239,400, while a first edition of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, inscribed by the author ...
Three ways to fix the regulators and boost growth
There are signs that tackling regulation is finally getting the focus it needs, but with GDP forecasts looking grim, there's ...
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Dame Edna’s iconic glasses sell for record-breaking price at auction
A pair of glasses worn by Barry Humphries as his character Dame Edna Everage were sold at auction for a staggering ...
National Coal Mining Museum digs deep with free and low-cost half term days out
From thrilling science experiments to nature adventures - a gold mine of free and low-cost activities are to be unearthed this February half-term at Yokshire’s National Coal Mining Museum for England.
Controversial comedian's signature glasses sold for ₹41 lakh in London auction; who was Dame Edna?
A pair of Dame Edna Everage’s glasses sold for £37,800 at auction, exceeding the estimated price by over 25 times. The ...
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Radio 4 requests more Unspeakable
Radio 4 has ordered two more series of its word-based panel show Unspeakable, hosted by Phil Wang and lexicographer Susie ...