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Peaches Geldof's life in pictures | Culture

The daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates has been found dead at her home in Kent. Police are treating her death as unexplained. Her final tweet was a picture of her as a toddler with her mother, who died from an accidental overdose in September 2000

Queen of Christmas: the wondrous snowy landscapes that made Grandma Moses as big as Jackson Pollock

The upstate New York farmer took up painting at 76 and was soon a star, her old-timey scenes proving perfect for stamps, curtains and Christmas cards saving her from a life of raising chickens

Cant make this stuff up: California sinkhole devours cars despite warning signs | Californi

California highway patrol: This was 100 percent preventable. There is no excuse. The signs are clear, visible, and unobstructed For the second time in two weeks, a sinkhole in a collapsed road in California has swallowed a vehicle after a driver ignored road closure signs, according to law enforcement.

Cocktail of the week: Schofields Bars maverick recipe

A tropical treat with a vodka kick and prosecco bubbles to lift the fruit This is our vibrant and tropical homage to the celebrated spritz. Its a great alfresco refresher for a warm, late summers day.

FBI files on Sylvia Plath's father shed new light on poet | Sylvia Plath

When FBI officers noted the "morbid disposition" of a German-born US suspect called Otto Plath during a first world war investigation, little did they realise how incisive their psychological assessment was, or its significance. Fourteen years later, he fathered Sylvia Plath, one of the 20th century's most influential poets who continually battled against depression.