The staycation boom CAN’T be this bad! Booking.com advertises ordinary four-bedroom Bristol house for £30,000 for five nights this summer – triple the price of a suite at the Savoy The average property price on the Southmead road in Bristol is £193,000 Two adults and two children could stay at the Savoy for £2,416 for … Read more
The staycation boom CAN’T be this bad! Booking.com advertises ordinary four-bedroom Bristol house for £30,000 for five nights this summer – triple the price of a suite at the Savoy The average property price on the Southmead road in Bristol is £193,000 Two adults and two children could stay at the Savoy for £2,416 for … Read more
Watching the fragile new lives before me, I feel an overwhelming sense of awe. Every breath seems like a miracle, and I’m all too aware their very survival depends on me. Except the newborns I cradle in my hands have feathers and the patter of tiny feet are very tiny indeed. This is because the … Read more
The man with the enormous voice is endearingly ordinary… Rick Astley plays for a whole-hearted hour at the Drive-In Garden Party By Tim De Lisle for Event Magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 19 September 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 19 September 2020 Rick Astley Drive-In Garden Party, Knebworth Rating: This was very nearly the summer of … Read more
Ben Bradley (above), Conservative MP for Mansfield, has made it clear he will not be taking part in any ‘Unconscious Bias’ training Imagine being called in to the boss’s office tomorrow morning, a bit nervous and unsure what it is you’ve done wrong, and being told you’ve been reported by a colleague. You’ve been caught … Read more
Cash Isas loose their sparkle: Dismal returns mean you can now earn more with an ordinary savings account By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 7 July 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 7 July 2020 Savers are pulling cash out of Isas at a record pace after rates plummeted. The dismal returns … Read more
A British expat who stayed in China during the coronavirus pandemic has documented how ordinary people coped with the country’s draconian lockdown and high-tech surveillance. Yu Kung, a former London advertising executive, used his camera to record his neighbours dealing with unprecedented life changes after the killer infection erupted in the Far East. One of … Read more