British waitress stunned after bride tips her 0 for spilling GRAVY down mother-in-law's dress
A British waitress was stunned to receive a 0 tip after spilling gravy all over the mother-in-law of the bride - a generous gratuity that came from the bride herself. Read more...
The River Watchers
Metropolitan Diary Canoeing around Manhattan at night, a man discovered eyes on the water from every available viewing spot, no matter how decrepit the pier or how late the hour. Read more...
With Injury, Justin Fields Is Taking a Big Risk for Ohio State
The dynamics of college football mean that the quarterback will shoulder all of the downsides of playing in the title game after his painful injury in the semifinals. Read more...
A Crush on Her Art Teacher
Metropolitan Diary A memory of a lonely student's passion for a professor gazing at her, loving her voice, writing poems about her. Read more...
Afternoon delightsClassic scones
Fresh baked from the oven, classic British scones are one of the great scents on earth. You can add a vanilla pod, split and scraped into the sugar before mixing, to add a lovely lift. Read more...
Alabama Fans and Ohio State Fans, and Reveling During a Pandemic
The immediate winner of college footballs national championship was easy to discern by the crowds after the game. The health consequences are yet to be seen. Read more...
PIERS MORGAN To the internet troll who threatened to kill me I will find you
PIERS MORGAN Even I have a line in the cyber-abuse sand. Read more...
Afternoon delightsGinger cakes with whipped chocolate ganache
Ginger, golden syrup, treacle and chocolate what's not to love? You can make these using individual loaf moulds, but a 12-hole muffin tin or a single large loaf tin would work just as well. Read more...
High Finishes at the Masters Are Becoming Familiar to First-Year Players
Will Zalatoris, who finished second at the Masters, one stroke behind the winner, is only the latest first-year player to contend for a green jacket. Read more...
They met at an airport and fell in love
A mutual friend put Finnish New Yorker Irja Uotila in touch with Mexican local Jesus Estrella during her 12-hour airport layover in Mexico City. Thirty years later Irja and Jesus are married with a daughter living in New York. Read more...
Breast Cancer Centers Urge Annual Scans, Counter to U.S. Guidelines
A panel recommends biennial screenings, starting at 50, but a new study took issue with the way hundreds of centers are telling women 40 and up to come in yearly. Some experts contend that frequent mammograms can do more harm than good. Read more...
Ex-Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner 'charged with seven driving offences'
Bendtner is reportedly facing five counts of driving without a valid licence and two counts in relation to speeding. The former Gunners striker is due to appear in court on April 27. Read more...
DEBORAH ROSS Tormented? Lost your wife? You've got the TV cop job...
Midway through ITV's new Sunday-night cop drama, Grace , I began to wonder if there was an interview process for TV cops hoping to be on TV. Read more...
TALK OF THE TOWN Stella McCartney sends models to prowl the streets of London
TALK OF THE TOWN Stella McCartney has insisted animals should never be 'the ingredients of a fashion show' and, true to her word, no animals were harmed in her latest campaign. Read more...
Pope Francis Delivers Sunday Blessing in Person After a Month
Throughout the pandemic, the pope has often delivered the weekly address, prayer and blessing from the apostolic library, with no public in attendance. Read more...