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Isn’t it fascinating how we can interpret the same things so differently? When a crew member on our expedition cruise describes the first possible excursion – a steep hike through a Patagonian forest – the words that leap out at me are ‘muddy’, ‘challenging’ and ‘not for everyone’. However, my three teenagers hear only ‘fun’ … Read more
Sunday, April 12 ‘Can you do 100 laps of your garden, Piers?’ read a tweet to me today from someone named Captain Tom Moore. I wasn’t sure what he was getting at until I discovered he’s a 99-year-old Second World War veteran who is walking 100 laps of HIS garden before his 100th birthday on … Read more
Britain’s most senior doctors have demanded immediate Government action to tackle soaring fatalities from Covid-19 in black and Asian communities. Many fear Ministers have seriously misjudged the scale of the coronavirus crisis affecting ethnic minorities, and say it is ‘a matter of life and death’ that health chiefs tackle the issue head-on. In an unprecedented … Read more
The bad news seems to come from all directions at the moment. If the pandemic itself wasn’t worrying enough, the UK’s economy has ground to a halt in the lockdown with millions of people’s livelihoods at stake – and one world leader seeming to suggest we inject ourselves with disinfectant. The outlook appears bleak, so … Read more
Alexandra Shulman’s Clothes… And Other Things That Matter is a wry and candid part-memoir, part-fashion history, part-social commentary By Kate Finnigan Published: 22:01 BST, 25 April 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 25 April 2020 Clothes… And Other Things That Matter Alexandra Shulman … Read more
As soon as my Aunty Eleanor’s name flashed up on my phone, my heart fell. I knew what was coming. I silently answered, to hear her sobbing, and barely able to speak. After weeks of trying its best to take her, Covid-19 had won. My Great Aunt Dell was gone. Just days earlier, her son … Read more
In the six years since Jane Dabner’s breast cancer was diagnosed, she has endured it with dignity and good humour. The 57-year-old says despite tumours that have ‘popped up everywhere’, most recently in her skull, she continues living a fulfilling life – thanks to cutting-edge drugs administered at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre on the Wirral … Read more
From Katherine Ryan: Telling Everybody Everything to The High Low and Tim Harford’s Cautionary Tales, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:01 BST, 25 April 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 25 April 2020 Katherine Ryan: Telling Everybody Everything Comedian Katherine Ryan admits to being a late adopter who didn’t think podcasts would take … Read more
DEBORAH ROSS: If you like violence, you’ll love this. Me? No thanks… By Deborah Ross for Event magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 25 April 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 25 April 2020 Gangs Of London Thursday, Sky Atlantic Rating: Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins Monday, Channel 4 Rating: The gangster drama Gangs Of London opens audaciously … Read more
From Robert Webb’s first novel to the latest from Adele Parks, The Portrait by Ilaria Bernardini and Stephanie Scott’s debut, this week’s best new fiction By Anthony Cummins and Annie Marks and Hephzibah Anderson and Eithne Farry For Event Magazine Published: 22:00 BST, 25 April 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 25 April 2020 Come Again … Read more
Britain’s Got Talent Kevin Quantum suffered a dice with death during his audition on Saturday as he admitted that it didn’t go entirely to plan. The contestant breathed a visible sigh of after he walked through a giant invention based on Newton’s cradle made up of flaming cannon balls. After successfully making it through the stunt … Read more
Jeremy Corbyn’s brother Piers, 73, leads protest against coronavirus lockdown which has to be shut down by police Piers Corbyn spearheaded the rally against lockdown in Glastonbury, Somerset A video posted online shows Mr Corbyn giving a speech at the event today He said: ‘Lockdown is achieving the opposite of what it was intended to … Read more
Belgium unveils plans to reopen all shops and schools within three weeks as India also begins easing world’s largest lockdown Belgium, Europe’s biggest death toll per capita, sketched out exit strategy India started relaxing lockdown of 1.3billion citizens to fire up flagging economy It jars with approach in Britain where the government deflects calls for … Read more