The BBC is set to air a documentary of an extraordinary woman who went from working as a fashion model to capturing the liberation of Europe at the end of the Second World War as a photojournalist. Lee Miller: A Life On The Frontline will tell the story of the New York fashion photographer who … Read more
German police wearing riot gear and face masks clashed with dozens of protesters demonstrating in central Berlin against the coronavirus lockdown on public life. Protesters shouted ‘I want my life back’ and held up signs with slogans such as ‘Protect constitutional rights’, ‘Freedom isn’t everything but without freedom, everything is nothing’, and ‘Daddy, what is … Read more
New coronavirus figures in Germany showed further positive signs that the country is over the worst of the crisis, as both the number of new confirmed cases and deaths were less than yesterday’s. Saturday saw the country confirm 2,055 new coronavirus cases, bringing to total figure to 152,438, and 179 new deaths, bringing the total … Read more
Using delivery drones in cities consumes up to TEN TIMES more energy than electric vans because they can only carry one parcel at a time and require frequent back and forth trips, new study finds A simulation in Germany found delivery drones needed more energy than vans Drones required a constant flow of electricity to … Read more
Violinist Daniel Hope’s Belle Epoque album is full of beautiful music from the socially turbulent period and will bring rich rewards to the curious By David Mellor for Event Published: 00:00 BST, 25 April 2020 | Updated: 00:00 BST, 25 April 2020 Daniel Hope … Read more
Health bosses place the value of a British life at around £2.4million, in a sobering calculation which has been thrown into the spotlight by the coronavirus crisis. Doctors around the world have described making agonising life-or-death decisions about who can receive treatment when medical shortages mean that not every life can be saved. Health experts … Read more
Germany is already making preparations for a second wave of coronavirus by increasing its intensive care capacity and supply of ventilators. Soldiers are converting a Berlin exhibition centre into a hospital while a fifth of intensive care beds will be kept in reserve even as the epidemic loses pace. The government also plans to roll … Read more
Lost diary reveals extraordinary story of Bletchley Park codebreaker’s broken romance with German divorcee whose three Nazi sons fought for Hitler Becky Edmunds found John Richard Perceval’s diaries covering 1925 to 1976 Perceval was on a team that cracked Germany’s Enigma code at Bletchley Park He was in love with a German woman whose sons fought … Read more
Lost diary reveals extraordinary story of Bletchley Park codebreaker’s broken romance with German divorcee whose three Nazi sons fought for Hitler Becky Edmunds found John Richard Perceval’s diaries covering 1925 to 1976 Perceval was on a team that cracked Germany’s Enigma code at Bletchley Park He was in love with a German woman whose sons fought … Read more
They’re considered the key to letting countries out of lockdown, allowing officials to get a clearer picture of the true size of the coronavirus outbreak. But the UK has still only carried out fewer than 5,000 antibody tests – despite mass schemes being carried out across the globe. Italy has begun screening the blood of … Read more