From Matt Haig to Jude Cook, Lawrence Osborne and Douglas Stuart: This week’s best new fiction 

From Matt Haig’s fiction meets therapy to Jacob’s Advice by Jude Cook, a compelling novel by Lawrence Osborne and Douglas Stuart’s debut, this week’s best new fiction By Madeleine Feeny and Anthony Gardner and Max Davidson and Simon Humphreys For Event Magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 29 August 2020 … Read more

From Six Degrees From Jamie And Spencer to Unfinished: This week’s top podcasts

From Six Degrees From Jamie And Spencer to Unfinished, The Pitchfork Review and Go Ask Your Mother, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:01 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 29 August 2020 Six Degrees From Jamie And Spencer  Spencer Matthews and Jamie Laing of Made In Chelsea notoriety compete to … Read more

Madeira is beautiful, always warm – and back on the ‘safe travel’ list

Fans call Madeira the ultimate Treasure Island, a volcanic but verdant ‘floating garden’ carved by warm winds and set amid the wild waters of the Atlantic Ocean. This little piece of Portugal rises up 300 miles off the coast of North Africa and it’s back on Britain’s quarantine-free travel list after a summer on the … Read more

World-class beaches, stunning scenery and heavenly food, why you should visit the Gower Peninsula

The beaches of Gower peninsula have been voted among the world’s best and its countryside is so breathtaking that it was the first area in the UK to be officially judged an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It’s one of the wonders of Wales, alongside Snowdon and the ancient yew trees of Overton-on-Dee, with more … Read more

Now a single blood test can diagnose the gluten illness that brings misery to suspected sufferers

Thousands of Britons suspected of suffering with agonising coeliac disease can now be diagnosed with a simple blood test, sparing them from an unpleasant internal examination. The autoimmune disease, which causes the body to attack healthy tissue in response to gluten in wheat, barley and rye, can cause permanent organ damage and bowel cancer if … Read more

HEALTH NOTES: New ‘gargle-and-spit’ test spots Covid-19 in a SECOND

HEALTH NOTES: New ‘gargle-and-spit’ test spots Covid-19 in a SECOND and could spare patients from uncomfortable swabs By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:00 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 29 August 2020 A new ‘gargle-and-spit’ test for Covid-19 could spare patients from the uncomfortable swabs currently being used to identify the virus. … Read more

Patch up a torn shoulder with a COW’S Achilles

An implant made from the Achilles heel of a cow is being used by NHS surgeons to repair debilitating torn shoulder muscles, restoring movement to paralysed arms in just a fortnight. The experimental patch is stapled over the damaged tissue, providing support while stimulating the body’s healing response. One of the first British patients to … Read more