JK Rowling has secretly written a crime novel under a false name. The Sunday Times newspaper revealed that the Harry Potter author had published The Cuckoo’s Calling in April using the pseudonym Robert Galbraith
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Tragic Cirque Du Soleil star mourned
A Cirque de Soleil acrobat who plunged 15 metres to her death in front of a stunned Las Vegas audience was still wearing her safety harness when she hit the ground, according to reports.
The Almighty Johnsons resurrect
The Norse god of resurrection has come to the party. Last September, it looked like The Almighty Johnsons had run its course after just two seasons.
How to bid on a storage locker
If you can imagine it, chances are that Darrell Sheets has found it in a storage locker.
How to bit on a storage locker
If you can imagine it, chances are that Darrell Sheets has found it in a storage locker. The storage auction veteran has spent 36 years buying storage units without being able to tell exactly what is in them.
Up close with polar bears a thrilling experience
We no longer have to die wondering what it’s like to be eaten by a polar bear, thanks to the ingenuity of the veteran producer of TV One’s new Polar Bear Family and Me, Tuesday, 8.30pm. Jason Roberts built a perspex and steel version of a shark cage, designed to resist the depredations of these powerful beasts, while watching them up close
William Shatner spinning yarns
“Anything I tell you is 100 per cent the truth.” William Shatner – Bill, as he prefers – is sitting across from me in a plush Auckland hotel suite. William Shatner! He has just finished telling me about his close encounter with an endangered monk seal while on holiday in Hawaii, and before that it was the rather thrilling tale of the time he hunted down a 2.7m-tall Kodiak bear in Alaska, armed only with a bow and arrow
Veteran Buried in Cardboard Box
Members of Congress and Citizens alike are angry… angry because US Veteran, Lawrence Davis Jr. was buried in a cardboard box. When Davis’ remains were shipped back to the US, no loved ones came to collect them and arrange for final resting services. Florida National Cemetery buried the US Veteran without a casket. […]
The Soldier Who Gave Up on Assad to Protect Syria’s People
The Syrian colonel sat cross-legged on a patch of moist soil, in a borrowed plaid shirt and pale green trousers, surrounded by dozens of men who had fled from the besieged northern Syrian city of Jisr al-Shughour to an orchard a few hundred meters from the Turkish border. He says his name is Hussein Harmoush, and shows TIME a laminated military ID card indicating that and his title
South Korean Animators Object to Banksy ‘Simpsons’ Opening
Sitting in his lively studio in western Seoul, veteran animator Nelson Shin is clearly proud of the fact that he’s helped animate The Simpsons since the show first aired in 1989. The iconic cartoon propelled his production company Akom into becoming an overseas contracting hub for a lineup of Saturday-morning classics, including X-Men, Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs