Dan Jones

To many he was a ruthless and excessively harsh ruler. But in Dan Jones's new book, Kathryn Hughes discovers that Henry V was actually just a product of his age and instead of being cruel, he was in fact pragmatic.

The TV presenter, historian and author, 43, tells Tom Parker Bowles about university food formalities, sublime sushi in Japan and snotty sea urchin in LA

A father's kneecaps shot up into his thighs after he snapped both tendons and collapsed in a heap while competing in a Strongman final, leaving him feeling like he was 'on fire'. Dan Jones had been competing at the Strongman competition in Southport on 1st September and made it through to the final, which involved carrying 80kg 20 metres to the finish line. Horrifying footage shows Mr Jones racing along, just seconds from the finish line, before collapsing in a heap as he ruptured both patellar tendons, sending his kneecaps shooting up into his quads. The 29-year-old senior IT analyst was rushed to Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Cheshire, where he was given painkillers before undergoing a gruelling five-hour op to have his tendons fused back together. The father-of-one, who has been in hospital for three weeks and has to learn how to walk again, hopes to be discharged before his 30th birthday next month.