Marks & Spencer has dedicated specific shopping hours for NHS workers and vulnerable customers in order to help them cope with panic buying. Supermarkets across the UK are being stripped bare of essentials while panicked customers hoard products such as toilet paper and hand sanitiser amid the coronavirus panic. Many shops have set limits on … Read more
CROPS IN TIGHT SPOTS by Alex Mitchell (Kyle Books £18.99, 176 pp) CROPS IN TIGHT SPOTS by Alex Mitchell (Kyle Books £18.99, 176 pp) Can you really grow fruit and veg in a tiny garden? Alex Mitchell — who says growing your own is more relaxing than yoga — shows how patios, windowsills, stairwells, balconies … Read more
TO WAR WITH THE WALKERS by Annabel Venning (Hodder £20, 336 pp) WAR BOOKS OF THE YEAR TO WAR WITH THE WALKERS by Annabel Venning (Hodder £20, 336 pp) Wars are fought not by politicians and generals, but by ordinary people called on to do extraordinary things. Like the brothers and sisters of the middle-class … Read more
He may be 47 years dead but Picasso is still impossible to keep up with: The Picasso And Paper exhibition at the RA is big and brilliant By Alastair Smart Published: 22:02 GMT, 1 February 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 1 February 2020 Picasso And Paper Royal Academy of Arts, London … Read more
A PIG CALLED ALICE by Paul Heiney (The History Press £10.99, 176 pp) A PIG CALLED ALICE by Paul Heiney (The History Press £10.99, 176 pp) It’s often said that pigs are smarter than dogs, but it’s rare to find a farmer who regards his hog as man’s best friend. In this slim volume, Paul … Read more
These headphones sound brilliant but they do make you look like a Teletubby! By Rob Waugh Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 14 March 2020 ‘You look like a Teletubby!’ These are words no man wants to hear. I suppose at least they didn’t say … Read more
Hiring a talented data scientist is the goal. But when that talent gets in the way of getting work done, you have a problem. Image: fizkes, Getty Images/iStockphoto I recently saw an ad for a data scientist posted on Glassdoor. The ad said, “No prima donnas, no whiners.” The term prima donna means “a vain … Read more