As John Torode lays into ‘teas on knees’…. Are TV dinners the death knell for romance?

YES  By Simon Mills    Simon (pictured) argues that having a candlelit dinner every night is no longer special How ironic that a man who has made a lucrative television career out of eating standing up and talking with his mouth full should suddenly decide to judge how the British public take their own suppers. Masterchef’s … Read more

Matt Hancock’s hammer blow is a new death knell for travel, writes MARK PALMER 

Never has the thought of an ‘all-inclusive’ stay in a hotel taken on such sinister undertones. For £1,750 per person, you get ten nights in an airport Holiday Inn, Travelodge, Premier Inn or such like, where meals will be left outside your room on decontaminated trays and where you can’t open any of the windows … Read more

The death knell for gas boilers that’s tolling before its time

You may view your gas boiler as a faithful workhorse which sits in a corner, blamelessly heating your home and providing hot water year after year. But to the Government it is an environmental vandal which has had its day. This week, the Department for Business published its energy White Paper, suggesting ways that it … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Tier Two will be the ‘death knell for London’s hotels, pubs and restaurants’

Hospitality chiefs today warned that London‘s hotels, pubs and restaurants could be ‘decimated’ by new coronavirus restrictions if the capital is plunged into a second tier lockdown. The city, which has a population of nine million, is expected to be ranked as a ‘medium’ risk zone in the Government’s new three-tier system of local alerts … Read more