Birds of a feather flock together, especially at one seafaring competition. Dozens of people from across Europe dressed as seagulls and descended upon De Panne, Belgium on Sunday for the continental Championships of Gullscreeching. In the highly untraditional competition, competitors are judged on how well they can dress like a seagull and mimic the bird’s … Read more
A restaurant offering a hot wings challenge makes daring competitors sign a waiver before they begin — in case of “loss of life”. Wing Kingz in Canterbury, Kent in the UK runs an ‘Earn Your Wingz’ endurance test in which challengers take on 15 chicken wings coated in a Carolina Reaper sauce. If participants can … Read more
A neighborhood has been dubbed the ‘UK’s strictest estate’ after residents revealed they have to follow a 32-page handbook of rules. Everyone who moves into a home in Birmingham’s leafy Calthorpe Estate is issued with the dos and don’ts. This includes a ban on hanging up washing on a Sunday, a strict ‘no artificial grass’ … Read more
This is the touching moment a brother and sister were finally reunited after 45 years of living on opposite sides of the planet. Tony Beckett, 69, and Mary Dunstan, 72, last saw each other in 1979 before Dunstan moved to Adelaide, Australia. The pair emotionally reunited at Norwich train station after 45 years of living … Read more
Even the Queen leaned into the royal craziness. “The Queen had no ego, she was so comfortable in herself, yet she loved it when things went wrong,” Samantha Cohen, a former staffer of the late royal, claimed to The Herald Sun. “If a cake was not cutting, or a plaque didn’t unveil, because everything was … Read more
Hogwarts will not be welcoming Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson home anytime soon. After JK Rowling shared a recent review “of the medical evidence for transitioning children” that found that NHS did not know the longterm effects of gender-affirming healthcare for minors, fans were curious if the report could change the author’s relationship with the former … Read more
Kate Middleton has surpassed her husband Prince William as the UK’s most popular royal following her emotional cancer announcement, a new poll shows. In a prerecorded clip shared on March 22, the Princess of Wales revealed her health woes to the world, saying doctors discovered her cancer during a planned abdominal surgery in January. According to … Read more
This is not your grandmother’s bingo. Bongo Bingo — a game night that features rave music, dance-offs, confetti and wacky prizes — is one of the city’s most winning new parties. “It’s just so random and weird and fun,” said Dara Pollak, 39, a content creator who attended the most recent Bongo Bingo, held Thursday … Read more
Thanks to Jane Austen, the BBC’s vast bonnet storage facility, and Bridgerton, old British nostalgia is everywhere. You can immediately picture what I’m talking about: Empire line dresses and dashing dukes simply in desperate want of an anachronistically disagreeable wife and some scene with one of those silly dances where eight people prance around in a … Read more
Prince Harry is expected to leave his cushiony abode in Montecito, Calif. and head to his homeland on May 8, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games, which he founded. However, the Duke of Sussex, 39, has reportedly been having several “sleepless nights” ahead of the journey, thanks to his famously strained relationship … Read more
Harry Styles fans are flocking to his UK hometown, hoping it’s “As It Was” when the 30-year-old star was growing up. Over the past year, over 5,000 devotees — known as “Harries” — have visited Holmes Chapel, England, walking in One Direction to hit all the spots the singer has frequented. Leaders of the quaint … Read more
It was a send-off fit for a king. King Charles sent a heartfelt message to retiring BBC reporter Nicholas Witchell last month after the monarch reportedly called the journalist an “awful man” back in 2005. In the video, which was shown at the 70-year-old journalist’s retirement party, the British monarch joked about the “ups and … Read more
Hugh Grant is ready to play another politician … but not in a “Love Actually” sequel. The Golden Globe winner let it slip that he’s considered leaving acting behind for a political career. “[Switching into politics] has crossed my mind,” Grant, 63, told Entertainment Weekly on Monday. “But what I really see close up is … Read more
It’s impossible not to marvel at his stamina. Tom Cruise showed off his incredible athleticism in new photos from the set of “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two” in London on Sunday. In photos obtained by The Post, Cruise, 61, can be seen sporting shaggy hair and a white shirt drenched in fake blood … Read more
Raise a glass to Kate … wherever she is. Kate Middleton, who was unable to attend Sunday’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, gave several soldiers a special treat this year to make up for her absence. The missing princess reportedly gave a local regimental bar in the UK town of Aldershot nearly $2,500 toward the bill … Read more
The crown is cracking. Prince William is reportedly deeply upset about speculation over Kate Middleton’s health. “William is a very different breed of cat [from that of his father],” Christopher Andersen, acclaimed author of “The King: The Life of Charles III,” told Fox News. “William broods. He simmers. Then, like his father [King Charles], he blows.” … Read more
That’s so metal. A British pub known as the “birthplace of heavy metal” — where Ozzy Osbourne’s Black Sabbath first wailed on their guitars in public — has been designated an important historic building after 15,000 people signed a petition calling for the building and surrounds to be saved from redevelopment. Birmingham, England’s scruffy second city, … Read more
You and I should, by rights, know all about Queen Jane. She was the woman who, depending on which historian you ask and how close to lunch, was meant to be England’s first regnant Queen – that is, who ruled in her own right. Instead, nine days after the 17-year-old was forcibly pushed onto the … Read more
For a long time, Kate the Princess of Wales and her late grandmother-in-law Queen Elizabeth had little in common. One believed in dogged hard-work; the other spent a few too many years lolling about Mustique languidly applying Ambre Solaire sun tan lotion. One never had any jot of formal education beyond conversational French and basic instruction in … Read more
Comedian Jimmy Carr has caused outrage after a deaf woman was left “absolutely insulted” by a punchline to his joke. The British-Irish comedian made what some described as “vile” jokes about deaf people while performing at Orchard West Theatre in Kent, in the southeast of England, in a warm-up show before his upcoming tour. Carly … Read more