Many people probably do not know that Britain has a number of settlements that have vanished , and Dr. Matthew Green's book explores several of the reasons why this has happened. Drowned. Buried by sand. Decimated by plague. Plunged off a cliff. This is the forgotten history of Britain’s lost cities, ghost towns and vanished villages: our shadowlands. Christina Aguilera gets rained out in Melbourne as the American superstar belts out her mega hits at Always Live festival I'm A Celeb's Sam Thompson 'fanboys' over Tony Bellows and shares a hug with the boxer leaving viewers in HYSTERICS: 'This is so cute!'

Teeter on the brink of oblivion with historian Matthew Green as he introduces his new book, Shadowlands: A Journey Through Lost Britain. Hear the extraordinary stories of the spectral echoes, lost causes and dead ends of history that scar Britain’s landscape. These will include Dunwich, a medieval city plunged off the Suffolk coast; the lost Welsh city of Trellech, unearthed by moles; Skara Brae in Orkney, a neolithic village engulfed in sand; Wharram Percy, a village in North Yorkshire lost to the plague; Winchelsea in East Sussex, the medieval port twice destroyed by the sea; the abandoned Hebridean island of St Kilda; and Stanta, the Norfolk settlements lost to war games. I had previously written mainly about ‘lost London’ and wanted to advance to ‘Lost Britain’, exploring how our country has been shaped by absences, and how the great turning points of Britain’s history can also be, in some cases, mediums of oblivion. The project felt timely. With Brexit, Trump, coronavirus and now Putin, there was a sense that everything outside the window was melting down and changing form, and it was a time of great turmoil in my person life too, for which the ruins I encountered – the final grave in a coastal graveyard about to fall into the sea; ghost streets of once-bustling villages now pencilled into the grass; abandoned churches sheathed in barbed wire in territory commandeered by the military – proved strangely cathartic. Chloe Ferry shows off her ample cleavage in a red crop top as she heads Christmas shopping with on/off boyfriend Johnny Wilbo From luxury skincare to must-have make-up collections - get Christmas all wrapped up with dream gifts they'll love Dan Walker reveals horror cancer scare that saw him rushed to hospital after his head doubled in sizeHow Girls Aloud have buried the hatchet - and got Sarah Harding's mum's blessing - for a reunion tour that will feature the late singer's vocals

As Green puts it near the end of the book: ‘Having toured and meditated upon so many ruins, I had somehow emerged less of a ruin myself.’ Skara Brae - about 5,000 years ago, possibly lost climate change with flooding of adjacent hunting grounds Travelling across Britain, Green transports the reader to these places as they teeter on the brink of oblivion, vividly capturing the sounds of the sea clawing away row upon row of houses, the taste of medieval wine, or the sights of puffin hunting on the tallest cliffs in the country. Doctor Who 60th Anniversary: Fans go WILD for David Tennant and Catherine Tate's long-awaited return: 'I have missed them so much!'Jennifer Lopez shares teaser for new album This is Me... Now: 'A life's journey on the search for the truth about love'

Green] visits eight ruined British settlements…[S]uch lost places are not mere historical curios…they provide cautionary tales about sustainability." New Yorker Taylor Swift sparkles in dazzling silver bodysuit and boots at Eras Tour stop in Sao Paulo... one week after fan's tragic death at Rio de Janeiro show Myleene Klass shares a blended family tribute to herfiancé as she thanks him for 'being the embarrassing dad who cheers the loudest for my children' An eloquent tour of lost communities [...] [Green] disinters their rich history and reimagines the lives of those who walked their streets [...] By doing so, he makes tangible the tragedy of their loss and the threat we all face from the climate crisis on these storm-tossed islands [...] As Green's book so eloquently shows, people are drawn to these places because they are poignant reminders of the transitory nature of our own much-loved homes and communities." Strictly fans hit out at judge's scores for Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola as they wow with sizzling Argentine Tango and continue to fuel romance rumoursNapoleon was six years younger than Josephine - so why are they played by Joaquin Phoenix, 49, and Vanessa Kirby, 35? Treats for under the tree: Top 10 festive gift ideas that promise to be all THEY want for Christmas