Max Boot is a historian and biographer, best-selling author, and foreign-policy analyst. He is the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick senior fellow for national security studies at the Council on Foreign ...

Just as FireAid hit the five-hour mark, Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas turned down the volume for an acoustic set as the night neared its end. Eilish had already made a cameo to set off the ...

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Now that the colder months have set in, a faithful pair of boots (alongside a snug set of slippers and some thick wool socks) can help make life far more bearable. Here, I’ve rounded up the best ...

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Having worn (and worn out) my fair share of sneakers, I set out to find the most comfortable walking shoes for men with the help of a panel of testers and a handful of experts. Among the 14 pairs ...

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Pauline Quirke's husband said she now "just wants to spend time with her family" Pauline Quirke, famous for starring in TV sitcom Birds of a Feather, has retired from acting following a dementia ...