Ben Hoyle
The Times of London
United Kingdom
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Oscars 2021: Nomadland takes best picture
The hot favourite Nomadland won the best picture Oscar last night on an evening when a Welshman and two Londoners left an indelible mark on the 93rd Academy Awards.An understated but powerful tale of → Read More
Dr Seuss books banned for ‘racist’ stereotypes
He is one of the most successful, adored and influential of all children’s authors — but six books by Dr Seuss will no longer be published because of imagery now deemed to be racist and insensitive. → Read More
Tiger Woods in surgery after rolling car
The golfer Tiger Woods was in hospital last night after a high-speed car crash in a suburb of Los Angeles.His injuries were “moderate to critical”, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department → Read More
Cannon fired at baby shower in Michigan kills guest
A one-gun salute to celebrate the imminent arrival of a new baby led to tragedy when the cannon fired by expectant parents in Michigan killed one of their guests.Evan Thomas Silva, 26, was about → Read More
Joe Biden reverses ban on transgender soldiers
President Biden yesterday lifted the ban on transgender people serving in the military, the third national U-turn on the subject in five years.The order he signed marked the resumption of an Obama-era → Read More
Baby is born after 28 years in deep freeze
For Molly Gibson the last three decades are a story of what might have been.The embryo she grew from was frozen 28 years ago and could have been carried to term at any point since then.Instead she was → Read More
Climate change: Arctic ice at second lowest level on record
There was less ice in the Arctic last week than at any point besides the summer of 2012, researchers say.Climate change is largely to blame for the speed at which ice around the North Pole is melting → Read More
In a muddle over Mulan: how Disney lost the plot
It is still possible to imagine how excited Disney executives must once have been about Mulan. After all, the Chinese-themed, female-orientated blockbuster ticked a lot of boxes.Adapted from a hit → Read More
Him too? Actress Charlotte Kirk linked to third mogul
Armed with talent, striking looks and one invaluable industry contact, a young electrician’s daughter from Kent left for Los Angeles eight years ago dreaming of movie stardom.Instead, Charlotte Kirk → Read More
Jailbirds are released to prevent pandemic spreading in prisons
Thousands of American prisoners are being released early by state and county officials because of coronavirus fears.Public health officials, criminal justice reform advocates, politicians from both → Read More
Naomi Wolf and publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt split after book errors exposed
Naomi Wolf, the bestselling feminist author, has parted company with her US publisher after it cancelled her latest book because of errors exposed during a Radio 3 interview.Outrages: Sex, Censorship and the Criminalisation of Love examined shifting attitudes to homosexuality in Victorian England th → Read More
First cannabis restaurant in America is a joint venture
The first cannabis restaurant in the United States is to open in California next week. Lowell Farms: A Cannabis Café has a plant-festooned space on a rooftop space in West Hollywood, a head chef who has been running a marijuana-infused catering business since 2012 and a team of “flower hosts” wh → Read More
Phoebe Waller-Bridge among big winners at Emmys
Television with a strong British connection stormed the Emmy Awards last night, led by Fleabag and Chernobyl with supporting roles for Killing Eve and John Oliver. At one point during the biggest... → Read More
Missing man mystery solved by Google Earth after 22 years
The remains of a man who had been missing for 22 years have been found after his submerged car was spotted from above on Google Earth. William Earl Moldt disappeared on November 7, 1997. He was... → Read More
Sailors from Asia ‘were first to settle in North America’
New evidence suggests that human settlers may have reached North America for the first time by boat. Archaeologists at Cooper’s Ferry in rural Idaho have discovered fragments of stone tools and... → Read More
Great whites force summer closure of 59 beaches
On Cape Cod, the Massachusetts peninsula close to where Steven Spielberg shot Jaws, it really has not been safe to go back in the water for much of this summer.Huge sharks are lurking offshore in ever greater numbers, leading to frequent beach closures, bouts of terror among local surfers and extens → Read More
Beware the ‘meth-gators’: Tennessee police warn against flushing drugs down the loo
Beware the Alabama meth-gators. A police force in neighbouring Tennessee has warned residents not to flush drugs down the lavatory because of the potentially harmful impact on wildlife.Officers appear to be particularly concerned about methamphetamine, known as meth, part of the amphetamine group → Read More
Seahorse whisperer builds secret school of ocean creatures
A retired teacher has built a secret underground kingdom for seahorses near the port of Los Angeles. Rog Hanson, 68, was bewitched by the ocean early one morning in 2000 when he found himself eye... → Read More
Rahul Jandial, the LA doctor who can boost your brain
By the time Rahul Jandial saw Jennifer she was sedated and he was her last hope. The six-year-old girl’s epilepsy had advanced to the point where, if left untreated, the continuous seizures erupting randomly from across the right hemisphere of her brain would start to inflict lasting neurological da → Read More
Welcome to LA and the world’s worst airport
Passengers flying out of Los Angeles International Airport often experience a feeling of transcendent calm as their plane soars over the glistening Pacific Ocean before setting course for its... → Read More