Mathematician John Napier predicts end of the world in 1688 or 1700. 1728: John Gay’s “The Beggar’s Opera” premieres ...

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A video has emerged of a serial beggar with allegedly fake back stories being confronted and thrown to the ground by a woman outside a Whanganui Pak’nSave. The beggar caught the attention of ...

USC Trojans defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn has agreed to a contract extension to remain with the program, the news was first was first reported by ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Lynn was being ...

Anton Du Beke is one of the only remaining faces on Strictly Come Dancing to have been with the show since the very beginning, and he has recently admitted one big difference he sees in the show ...

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But The New Theatre Project has managed to draw turn-away crowds to its production of “Uncle Vanya,” Anton Chekhov’s tragicomic look at existential discontent, romantic failure and social malaise.

Rio Ferdinand and his wife Kate proudly supported his brother Anton as he took to the rink for his debut on Dancing On Ice on Sunday. The former West Ham United star, 39, performed his first skate ...

Lauren Macuga claimed her first World Cup win in the St. Anton super-G on Sunday. The 22-year-old rocketed down the Karl Schranz slope in a time of 1 minute, 17.51 seconds to become the first American ...

Anton Ferdinand might have hung up his football boots, but this weekend he will be swapping them for the ice skates as he stars in the latest edition of ITV's Dancing On Ice. Holly Willoughby and ...

Sir — Most people would be afraid of being reduced to beggars. But in a bizarre social experiment, a man in Calcutta recently turned beggar for a day to see how much he could earn. Pantha Deb dressed ...