PEOPLE are only just finding out where the phrase “show your true colours” comes from.
And it’s probably more unsettling than you originally thought.
According to history channel A Look Back In Time, the idiom gained traction back in the times of world wars.
It’s thought that warships would use different flags to confuse their enemies.
But when it came to actually firing, they had to show their real flag - or show their true colours. Read More...
RMT CHIEFS have had to warn members to pay tax on windfalls from a union saving scheme.
Members can make up to £10,000 a year in dividends from the militant rail union’s credit union.
But the RMT, plotting a series of crippling strikes over Christmas which start this week, has had to tell members to pay all tax after being alerted that HMRC were cracking down on missed payments.
Union chiefs have told members, including £59,000-a-year train drivers, to make sure they cough up tax. Read More...
I HAVE been where actress Alice Evans is now – feeling angry, distraught and heartbroken after discovering the man you once loved no longer loves you back.
The memory of that exact moment your bubble was burst is momentous and crushing.
I remember texting as many friends as possible to let them know just how vile he was.
It was before Twitter was popular, but if it happened now I would definitely have got on social media and let rip with an angry post. Read More...