Man builds ‘magical’ and ‘inspiring’ Hobbit House for £479 in Amazing Spaces

Man and his dad wow viewers by building a ‘magical’ Hobbit house for £479 from old logs on George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces – featuring a tree at its heart and a blackboard that turns into a bed Lauren and Will, from Suffolk, created mystical outdoor play den for their son Thomas for a budget of … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV including Keeping Britain Fed and Amazing Spaces

Keeping Britain Fed Rating: Amazing Spaces Rating: Malcolm would be regarded as a proper pest these days.  He was the drippy student, played by Nigel Plaskitt in a series of Seventies telly ads, who tried to plead he was too poorly to sit his exams. His mum (Barbara New) was having none of it. ‘Course … Read more

Coronavirus: TALKING in confined spaces can cause spread

Just talking in a confined space could spread coronavirus, a new study suggests.  Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that droplets of spit that can contain infectious particles of coronavirus can linger in the air for eight to 14 minutes after someone speaks.  Especially concerning, even a person with no symptoms of … Read more

TALKING in confined spaces can spread coronavirus, study finds

Just talking in a confined space could spread coronavirus, a new study suggests.  Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that droplets of spit that can contain infectious particles of coronavirus can linger in the air for eight to 14 minutes after someone speaks.  Especially concerning, even a person with no symptoms of … Read more

Microsoft Word will now mark two spaces between sentences as an error 

Typing a double space after a full stop is wrong, period. With one space.  Microsoft Word is to start flagging the use of two spaces between sentences as an error — reflecting the standard accepted by most style guides. The formatting error will begin being flagged by the popular word processing application with a blue … Read more

Killer coronavirus lingers in the air of crowded spaces and rooms that lack ventilation

The life-threatening coronavirus that has rapidly swept the world can linger in the air of crowded places, researchers today warned.  Experts in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the pandemic began, analysed air samples from different parts of two hospitals. Results showed the virus, called SARS-CoV-2, was undetectable everywhere except two areas ‘prone to crowding’.  Researchers … Read more