Author: Leigh Banks

 When Bruce Willis – one of the world’s best-loved actors – decided to reveal he is suffering from aphasia, it was a condition I’d rarely heard of … It was there of course, a trace somewhere, in the homeopathy of my mind. But I don’t think I’d met anybody who suffered from it. Aphasia though… Continue reading THE BILL OF LIFE … BURNSIDE ACTOR’S WIFE REVEALS THE TRUE LONELINESS OF APHASIA

Read Will Smith’s letter of resignation to the Oscars academy … should he have resigned? Or was he simply protecting his wife’s dignity and sensitivity? Let us know what you think! LEIGH G BANKS WRITES: I will ‘slap you down’ A. if you assault or attack my children B. I will remonstrate with you to… Continue reading OK CHAPS! SHOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SLAP SOMEBODY FOR INSULTING YOUR WIFE?

As the shock of the ‘retirement’ of one of the world’s most liked actors sinks in, supporters of people wrecked by Aphasia have given some hope. In a statement Bruce’ family told fans that he has been diagnosed with aphasia, a brain condition that affects his ability to understand language and that the Die Hard… Continue reading GRACE AND GUTS … THERE IS HOPE FOR BRUCE WILLIS AS HE FIGHTS APHASIA

Last year we published this story about Action Hero Bruce Willis… now his family have revealed he has frontotemporal dementia. The actor was previously diagnosed with aphasia, which prompted him to retire from acting last year. Willis, 67, was previously diagnosed with aphasia, which prompted him to retire from acting. “FTD is a cruel disease that… Continue reading Bruce’s family rally – ‘we are strong, we will live it up with him, just like he says’

Trans Bridgend MP Jamie Wallis made this statement as he thanked his Conservative colleagues for their ‘incredible support’ ‘The parliamentary party had a photo in the chamber and then we went for dinner together. It was nice, especially for those of us in the ‘2019 intake’ of MPs who haven’t done anything like that before.… Continue reading The real-life agonies of an MP who just wants to be himself … ‘raped, outed, blackmailed, car crash, PTSD, dysphoria, close calls, shame and embarrassment’

Sopranos drug henchman, actor Paul Herman, has died aged 76. It was his birthday. Paul had appeared in many gangster films including Goodfellas and The Irishman. But he was best known for playing the role of ‘Beansie’ Gaeta in the The Sopranos. Herman’s character was eventually promoted to chief of operations in a heroin trafficking… Continue reading Sopranos drug henchman actor Paul dies on birthday

Live fast, die young and leave a beautiful corpse… well I’ve outlived all that then. To be honest, the best thing I could do now is keep strutting my calcifying knees and bones and act like I have some kind of faded elegance. But it may just all be a soupçon of memory of the… Continue reading Are Bob, Rob, Rod and Tom the walking dead or corpse evangelists of rock’n’roll?

When we first became involved in the world of Central and Eastern Europe so many years ago, we knew we had found a new home. At least for a while. We moved to Poprad in the Spis region of Slovakia and in so many ways it was like a fantasy – a good one. There… Continue reading Kate tells of Ukraine horrors as Europe neighbours stare into the jaws of the bloodied bear of Russia

Macabre memorabilia is a curious and often unsavoury part of being a collector … Hitler’s racing car for instance brought more £10m,  death masks of Napoleon, Beethoven, Shakespeare and Goethe are always in demand –  and “killer clown” John Wayne Gacy, has his own art dealer. Murderabillia has a place in history, collectors put together,… Continue reading ARE THEY POTTY? SELLERS PANNED OVER CANNIBAL DENNIS NILSEN’S CURRY ‘KIT’

The drummer with the Foo Fighters, Taylor Hawkins, has died aged 50. The band were “devastated by the tragic and untimely loss” . No cause of death was given. Hawkins played with Foo Fighters for more than two decades, joining after they finished making their 1997 album The Colour and the Shape. The band is on… Continue reading BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY – FOO FIGHTER TAYLOR DIES, AGED 50