BOOK OF THE WEEK RADICAL WORDSWORTH by Jonathan Bate (William Collins, £25, 608 pp) The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge spent Christmas Day 1806 with his close friend William Wordsworth, together with Wordsworth’s wife Mary, her sister Sara Hutchinson and Wordsworth’s own sister, Dorothy. Two days later, Coleridge bolted from the house. Taking refuge in the … Read more
From The Anthill to the topical Coronavirus: What You Need To Know, Girl Taken and Phil Wang’s hilarious BudPod, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:01 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 00:49 BST, 5 April 2020 The Anthill Why are conspiracy theories so hard to suppress? What is the meaning of nothing? … Read more
North African traybake By Shivi Ramoutar Published: 00:02 BST, 12 April 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 12 April 2020 SERVES 8 (4 FOR NOW AND 4 FOR LATER) 10 MINUTES PREP 50 MINUTES COOKING Traybakes are the epitome of easy cooking and they really are a great way to use up leftover ingredients. Best of … Read more
Ricky Gervais has hit out at celebrities for whining about having to self-isolate while NHS staff risk their lives to battle Covid-19. Mr Gervais, 58, said that once the coronavirus crisis is over he never wants to hear people ‘moaning about the welfare state’ or nurses again – and voiced his support for applauding healthcare … Read more
The cruise industry may have pressed the pause button on late spring and early summer sailings, but most passengers are staying loyal, with cruise lines reporting that up to 75 per cent of customers are rescheduling rather than cancelling their bookings. Peak season for UK departures to the Mediterranean is April to October, and many … Read more
Ron Dennis and his anaesthetist daughter race to supply a million meals to NHS workers By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 13 April 2020 | Updated: 22:40 BST, 13 April 2020 Front line: Ron Dennis,’s daughter Charlotte Hall (pictured), is an NHS anaesthetist Delivering meals to hard-pressed NHS staff is a … Read more
Workers at Foxconn in China are screened with thermal cameras, given daily temperature checks, and must eat in individual lunch stalls as factories reopen with heightened coronavirus monitoring Foxconn has reopened many of its Chinese factories with rigorous surveillance Workers are now assigned 20-person groups to minimize contact with others They’re given new face masks … Read more
Married At First Sight’s Stacey Hampton hints she’s moving to LA to launch a Hollywood career – after comparing herself to Kim Kardashian By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:49 BST, 13 April 2020 | Updated: 23:49 BST, 13 April 2020 She recently compared herself to American reality TV star Kim Kardashian. And … Read more
For those who have already been infected with Covid-19, the idea of having an immunity certificate to allow a return to normal life sounds like an attractive prospect. The proposal, put forward by Health Secretary Matt Hancock earlier this month, is based on the theory that having the virus and beating it means we have … Read more
Europe took its first tentative steps towards a return to normality on Monday as some countries re-opened businesses. And several other nations have announced they are preparing to ease their lockdown restrictions in the coming days. Spain and Italy – the two European countries worst-hit by the coronavirus outbreak – have re-started some industries while Germany … Read more