COOKERY BOOKS OF THE YEAR COOKERY BOOKS OF THE YEAR RICK STEIN’S SECRET FRANCE RICK STEIN’S SECRET FRANCE (BBC Books £26, 320 pp) Rick Stein’s love affair with France began when he was 16 and he is still under its spell. His new book, all about rustic French cooking, is full of old favourites like … Read more
A Professor of Jewish Studies has claimed that the Allied forces should have gone ahead with plans to bomb Auschwitz during World War II, as a symbol of moral outrage. Speaking in the BBC Two documentary 1944: Should we Bomb Auschwitz? Professor Michael Berenbaum of The American Jewish University in LA, said that a strike should … Read more
Menopausal women should be protected from workplace discrimination just as pregnant woman are, say MPs Women battle anxiety, depression, hot flushes and muddled thinking at work Sky newsreader Kay Burley, 58, and BBC presenter Louise Minchin, 50, have spoken out on how the menopause has affected their work Women across the country have lost jobs … Read more
A furious mother who stumbled upon her teenage son being stopped and searched has warned that the policy is ruining any hope of young people working together with the police. Following the murders of three young people in consecutive months in the spring of 2018, BBC Three filmed a documentary called Our Borough: Love & Hustle, … Read more
Poldark viewers were left holding their breath tonight as Demelza was forced to battle a blaze at her home in the dramatic first episode of season five. In tense scenes from the BBC One drama, Demelza (Eleanor Tomlinson) was seen reading in bed with her two children when she heard a window break elsewhere in … Read more
Endo 101 Wood Lane, London Rating: You reach Endo by its private lift, whisked up in velvety silence like a minor Bond baddie on the way to his fate. Once inside the rotunda, ‘a stand-alone cylindrical space resting on the top of the BBC helios building’, you enter a world of exquisite hyperbole. Above, billowing … Read more
BBC viewers were left moved by new show Ambulance, which goes behind the scenes of the life-saving service. The show follows a day in the lives of the North West Ambulance service, from the operators taking hundreds of 999 calls, to the ambulances going out on the field to save lives. The show makes for … Read more
From hot sex with her bodyguard to being seduced on a Greek beach, Keeley Hawes has had her pick of roles this year. The reigning queen of must-see TV tells Chris Harvey why she’s happy it took a while to get there There was a little moment at the recent television Bafta awards when Keeley … Read more
The one lesson I’ve learned from life: Thomasina Miers says lose the guilt and enjoy your food Thomasina Miers, 43, from London is the co-founder of chain restaurant Wahaca She recalls feeling the pressure to be careful about what she ate during school She now says you shouldn’t deny yourself a treat, she eats chocolate … Read more
Jonathan Agnew, pictured with his wife Emma, left, thought it was ‘curtains’ when she told him she had been diagnosed with cancer They are the words that everybody dreads. Yet when, in summer 2016, Emma Agnew was told she had an aggressive form of breast cancer, it was her husband Jonathan, the voice of BBC … Read more
Exclusive for MoS readers: Discover the Danube with John Simpson – see Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest, plus meet the BBC star By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:01 GMT, 11 May 2019 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 11 May 2019 Sailing along the mighty Danube is one of the world’s great river journeys and on this … Read more
For many, her lust-worthy designer wardrobe was as gripping as her murderous behaviour. Now psychopathic assassin Villanelle — played by Jodie Comer, 26 — is back in the second series of BBC’s Killing Eve. And, as our pictures show, her wardrobe is as fascinating as ever. Few, after all, could carry off looks by Balenciaga … Read more