Two men have been arrested after a County Durham man was shot in a drive-by attack in broad daylight.
The 56-year-old victim was standing in his garden in Wingate, at 2.30pm when vehicles pulled up outside the house and he was shot a number of times.
He was taken to hospital with multiple gunshot wounds, but his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
Durham Constabulary said two men, aged 24 and 27 and from Wingate, were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the incident yesterday and remain in custody. Read More...
U.S. Olympic figure skater Maia Shibutani recently underwent surgery to remove a tumor found on her kidney.
The 25-year-old athlete shared the news via Instagram on Monday.
"It's been a really tough week," Shibutani wrote alongside a photo of herself in a hospital bed. "Back in October, I got sick and had to go to the ER while I was in New York. It ended up being a stomach virus, but they ran some tests that showed an abnormality—it was recommended that I have a follow-up appointment to take a closer look. Read More...
Books interviewClassicsInterviewPhilologist Irene Vallejo: ‘Alexander the Great’s library was the first step towards the internet’John SelfThe Spanish writer on how Papyrus, her bestselling history of literature in the ancient world, changed her life at a difficult moment, and why it’s a mistake to undervalue books
Born in 1979, Irene Vallejo is a Spanish writer, historian and philologist, and a regular columnist in the newspaper El País. She had written several books, including novels, essays and children’s books before she published El infinito en un junco (Infinity in a Reed), which won a number of prizes in Spain including the National Essay prize and spent 18 months in the bestsellers’ list there. Read More...