SOCIETY The Interior Silence By Sarah Sands (Short Books £12.99, 256pp) Speed and judgment are the characteristics of our time,’ says Sarah Sands. And as editor of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme from 2017 to 2020, she found her life was dominated by both. Listeners were divided over Brexit and she describes Today as a lightning … Read more
Prince Harry calls life under Covid ‘these isolated times’ as he speaks from California mansion to pay tribute to English rugby team and the enjoyment sport brings Duke of Sussex, 36, made short film to mark 150 years of England Rugby The Royal, who is a huge fan of the sport, referenced the world under … Read more
Ferne McCann, who is the mother to three-year-old daughter Sunday, has admitted to feelings of loneliness and isolation as a single parent. The reality star, 30, candidly confirmed that becoming a first-time mother was a ‘huge adjustment’, especially after she moved out of her doting mother, Gilly’s house. She said in an interview with The … Read more
Young people left isolated and lonely during coronavirus lockdowns are being drawn to far-Right terrorism, police say Amount of Right-wing material flagged to investigators rose by 43 per cent Fears lonely young people isolated in pandemic more likely drawn to terrorism Counter-Terrorism Internet Referral Unit told about 3,000 pieces of suspected terrorist content this year … Read more
King of the Cave: Venomous centipede is discovered at the top of the food chain in a sulphurous Romanian cave thought to be the most isolated ecosystem on the planet By Ian Randall For Mailonline Published: 12:37 GMT, 17 December 2020 | Updated: 12:37 GMT, 17 December 2020 A venomous centipede — dubbed the ‘King … Read more
Life on one of the world’s most remote sets of islands, which are still only inhabited by its original tribal settlers, has been captured in a series of stunning photographs. The ‘extremely isolated’ Marquesas Islands are one of the world’s most untouched civilisations, with its inhabitants blissfully still relatively unaffected by the developed world. The … Read more
Barack Obama has admitted to leaving wife Michelle feeling ‘tense, lonely and isolated’ as he worked into the night while ‘crises piled up’ for his administration. The former president has revealed how tender moments faded with the First Lady as the politically poisonous cocktail of war and financial turmoil gripped his White House. The Harvard Law … Read more
Dear Bel, I’m having a very hard time dealing with the isolation of Covid. I’m single and live alone, with no partner or children. My depression has become worse over the past few months. The problem concerns a friend who lives in New Zealand, where the virus is more contained and life is basically back … Read more
This Sunday, if you do anything, pick up the phone to an older person and simply ask how they are. That is the message being delivered by the Duchess of Cornwall, who says she had been left ‘heartbroken’ by tales of pensioners who haven’t talked to anyone for more than a month, particularly during lockdown. … Read more
Donald Trump announced in the early hours of Friday morning that both he and the First Lady Melania Trump had tested positive for coronavirus. The news came just hours after the White House had announced that senior aide Hope Hicks had come down with the virus after traveling with the president several times this week. She is … Read more