Parents divided over June 1st school return

As schools across England begin making plans to open their doors, many parents remain divided on whether to send their children back while the pandemic is still very much raging. Boris Johnson‘s announcement on Sunday that he planned to ask schools to be a phased reopening on June 1 – starting with three primary year … Read more

Female comedians are taking politics to TikTok amid the coronavirus pandemic

Female comedians are taking politics to TikTok amid the coronavirus pandemic – including a drunk Donald Trump and storytime with Boris Johnson. In a series of TikTok videos sweeping the web, women can be seen offering uncanny lip syncs of different political figures, but all with the same voice – a presidential moan or a condescending … Read more

Part two of our tribute to Florence Nightingale through fascinating objects

Florence Nightingale, born 200 years ago this month, was the original nursing heroine who dedicated her life to healthcare reform, and over two weeks we’re telling her extraordinary story through fascinating objects. Last week we revealed how she invented the nurse’s uniform and kept an owl called Athena as a pet – today Andrew Preston … Read more

Princess Eugenie praises her ‘special mum’ Sarah Ferguson

Princess Eugenie has praised her ‘special mum’ Sarah Ferguson for bringing ‘joy and happiness’ through her ‘storytime’ YouTube show during this ‘challenging time.’ Taking to Instagram, Princess Eugenie, 30, shared a screenshot of her mother, the Duchess of York’s post, and penned: ‘My special mum has started @storytimewithfergieandfriends. Something to bring joy and happiness in this challenging time.  … Read more

Donald and Melania Trump meet Girl Scouts at pandemic response event but fail to wear masks

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump greeted a group of Girl Scouts at the White House on Friday afternoon during a pandemic response event and neither one of them wore protective face masks.  It was business as usual for the couple as they flouted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations to … Read more

The Duchess of Cambridge has rewritten the royal history books

The images are strikingly modern, yet timeless; classic yet cute; epoch-defining yet intimate. Bravo to the photographer whose portraits of the royal children will not only illustrate the history books, but rewrite them. Of course, the most astonishing thing about these portraits is that they were taken not by a professional photographer, but by the … Read more

Kate Middleton and Prince William video call volunteers from mental health text service Shout 

Glowing Kate Middleton sported a chic updo and a lockdown tan as she and Prince William video-called volunteers from the mental health text service Shout. The Duke, 37, and Duchess of Cambridge, 38, joined the call to mark the first anniversary of Shout, the UK’s first 24/7 crisis text line, which they launched last year … Read more

Coronavirus: Ivanka Trump in mask after assistant tests positive

Ivanka Trump has publicly emerged for the first time since it was confirmed that her personal assistant had tested positive for COVID-19.  The first daughter was pictured leaving her Washington, D.C. home on Friday morning, when she covered her mouth and nose with a black face mask, which she had accessorized with an American flag … Read more

Experts give their tips on colouring and let you know whether you should trim your own hair

Following Boris Johnson‘s announcement of a potential timetable for easing lockdown restrictions, all hopes of a haircut have been dashed until July at the earliest, leaving many of us worried about what state our hair will be in by then.   UK hairdressers have been closed for seven weeks since the start of the lockdown,  and … Read more

Ivanka Trump steps out for the first time since assistant’s positive COVID-19 test

Ivanka Trump has publicly emerged for the first time since it was confirmed that her personal assistant had tested positive for COVID-19.  The first daughter was pictured leaving her Washington, D.C. home on Friday morning, when she covered her mouth and nose with a black face mask, which she had accessorized with an American flag … Read more