Rosemary Collins
Journalist and Writer at Freelance
Features Editor at Who Do You Think You Are?
Journalist @wdytyamagazine and aspiring writer from Bristol. She/her.
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1 week ago |
whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com | Rosemary Collins
EastEnders actor and documentary presenter Ross Kemp was born on 21 July 1964 in Essex. At the start of his episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, he says he’s particularly interested in finding out about his great grandfather ‘Pop’: “The big story was always that he was shipwrecked at least twice during his career as a merchant seaman, and I’d like to find out if that’s true.”Ross goes to visit his parents. His mother Jean reminisces about Pop, her grandfather.
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2 weeks ago |
whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com | Rosemary Collins
The BBC has announced that it will mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day with live coverage of the national commemorations as well as special episodes of some of its most popular programmes. 8 May 2025 is the 80th anniversary of VE, or Victory in Europe, Day. On 8 May 1945, the Allies accepted Germany’s surrender in the Second World War, leading to national celebrations of victory after six years of conflict.
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2 weeks ago |
whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com | Rosemary Collins
Former Today programme presenter and acclaimed broadcaster Mishal Husain was born on 12 March 1973 in Northampton. She spent much of her childhood in Abu Dhabi.
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3 weeks ago |
whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com | Rosemary Collins
A major discovery has shed a new light on the life of William Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway. Shakespeare (1564-1616) is widely considered to be Britain’s greatest writer. He married Anne Hathaway (1556-1623) in his home town of Stratford-upon-Avon in 1582. The popular image of his life has been that he largely lived in London, working as an actor and playwright, while Anne and their children stayed in Stratford.
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1 month ago |
whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com | Rosemary Collins
Andrew Garfield, the Oscar-nominated star of films including The Social Network, Tick, Tick… Boom! and the Spider-Man franchise, will discover his family history in the first episode of the new series of Who Do You Think You Are? Andrew’s episode will air in the UK on BBC One at 9pm on Tuesday 22 April. Andrew is a joint US and British citizen and his father’s family were Polish Jews who emigrated to the UK.
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A short story I wrote has been published! It was inspired by trying to have empathy for chuggers as I tried to get past them on the street: https://t.co/LZNYP7a0Uq
Today I walked past a man saying to the woman he was with, very loudly and confidently: "The Kruger Dunning effect is when people think they know more than they do."
This is so sad. Jeremy Strong's books brought me so much joy as a child: https://t.co/DmxWlmjuBT