Kat Hopps

EXCLUSIVE: To the pulsating thud of her hit song Believe, she slowly makes her entrance. Everyone stares, phones raised high, as the raven-haired figure in biker boots and rolled-up jeans removes her mask.

THESE confident penguins look like they have booked their own table as they waddle to a local cafe named in their honour. Thanks to the Covid lockdown, the African jackass penguins, the only occupants of the deserted street in Cape Town, South Africa, are taking a walk on the human side.

DRESSED in a bonnet and billowing green coat with a basket across her arm, the prim-looking woman in the painting would seem eminently typical for her era... were it not for the cliffs to her back and the pickaxe in her hand.

EXCLUSIVE: Dotted around the fishing villages of Japan’s remote Oshika Peninsula are hundreds of heart-shaped Union Flag symbols. Their distinctive red, white and blue stripes are proudly displayed on houses, playgrounds, sheds and port buildings.

CHARLIE Harding used to adore her early morning cuddles with her cat George. Nicknamed “Boggy” for his habit of hiding in the bathroom when he first came home, he would slink under her covers and rest his paws on her shoulders, gazing into her eyes, ready for their morning snuggle.

At 73, movie star Sam Neill probably thought that scripts requiring him to strip off and soap up a co-star were behind him. But in his latest film, he’s required to do precisely that. The co-star in question, though, turns out to be a large curly horned ram, and Sam had nothing but a shower hose and…

THE sense of relief was manifest, the joy that Inauguration Day had passed off peacefully was apparent everywhere. But as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris stepped up to take up the reins of power, it was their families who provided the standout moments of a day for which the world had been waiting.

SPECIAL Christmas presents create cherished memories that last way beyond childhood.

THERE are few men alive who would describe kissing Angelina Jolie as an “occupational hazard”. And even fewer women who would give their partner a free pass to do it.

With the festive season fast approaching, keep calm and carry on shopping with Brilliantly British Christmas presents. Today we’ve lined up a knockout gift list to cater for all ages, budgets and interests. And when you buy from these retailers you’ll give the UK economy a Christmas treat as well.

THE Prime Minister urges the country to buy British and turbo-charge the national recovery. Boris Johnson is backing the Daily Express’s “fantastic” Brilliantly British campaign launched to protect jobs and give a crucial shot in the arm to UK businesses - both big and small - in the critical run-up…

WHEN Prince Charles awarded global fashion icon Twiggy her damehood at Buckingham Palace last year, it was the four little words he bestowed on her afterwards that really made her heart swell with pride.

BALLOONS and ribbons deck the auditorium in yellow, white and red. On the stage against a verdant backdrop, the Professor’s helicopter, as wide as a mattress, is hoisted high into the air.

A CENTURY ago almost to the day, a landmark letter was penned to the youngest readers of the Daily Express by “The Editor”. It began: “My Dear Children, I have splendid news for you...”

HE was every bit as kind and gentle as the characters he drew. As the official Rupert Bear illustrator for 30 years, Alfred Bestall regarded his position as “the most vitally important job in Fleet Street”.

WHEN disaster strikes at sea, every second counts in the race to save lives.

FITTING perhaps for one of our leading actors who has portrayed many Shake spearian patriarchs, Brian Cox’s most recent role is playing a ferocious media tycoon who savages his own children.

IT IS Europe’s largest conservation charity and the protector of Britain’s natural treasures.

WHEN talent show stars David and Carrie Grant welcomed an adoptive son in their family, they were surprised by the challenges. But with perseverance, they came through and now want to encourage other people to adopt as part of a new campaign called ‘You Can Adopt’.

EXCLUSIVE: A Made In Britain poll revealed exclusively in today’s Daily Express shows that two-thirds of us are more likely to buy more British goods post-Covid to support the economy than we were before the pandemic.