Aged 14, I stayed with friends of my father’s in northern France for a few days, and that was when I discovered how fabulous French food was. This family owned an enormous sugar beet farm near Cambrai and lived in a chateau with servants. At lunch and dinner my 11-year-old sister and I dined in … Read more
Struggling shopping centre group Intu Properties has warned that it is at risk of going bust if it cannot find fresh funds to prop up its finances. The ailing group, which owns the Trafford Centre in Manchester and Lakeside in Essex, slumped to a loss of over £2billion last year, up from £1.17billion the year … Read more
Isas – or Individual Savings Accounts – have been handing out tax-free rewards for the past 21 years. Savers and investors now benefit to the tune of £3.3billion a year by using the tax-free accounts to earn interest and returns on the stock market. In total, British savers have used Isas to shelter nearly £40billion … Read more
Spanish soldiers have found dead and dying people abandoned in multiple care homes after the army was called in to disinfect the properties over coronavirus fears. Spain’s defence minister Margarita Robles said the military had found ‘some old people completely abandoned, sometimes even dead in their beds’. Some people’s bodies were found under the same … Read more
Dead and dying elderly coronavirus victims are found ABANDONED in multiple Spanish care homes – with some left under the same roof as their deceased loved-ones Corpses found in same homes as loved ones who are still alive, reports suggest Spain’s Military Emergency Unit (UME) were cleaning the homes to slow spread Deadly coronavirus infected … Read more
A Giant conundrum: Scientists try for the first time to work out the age of naked Cerne Abbas chalk man carved into the side of Dorset hill The carving has never been dated and its origins remain a mystery to historians The giant was restored for the first time last year, but scientists now want to … Read more
Drugs giant AstraZeneca in talks with governments to find cure for virus Research agreements could be announced in the coming days A deal would see the company team up with experts on monoclonal antibodies By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 23:05 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 23:05 GMT, 21 March … Read more
Retailer Cath Kidston in race to find a buyer as virus lockdown wreaks havoc on the high street By Ben Harrington For The Mail On Sunday Published: 23:07 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 23:07 GMT, 21 March 2020 Fashion and home retailer Cath Kidston is looking for a buyer to save the business as … Read more
Diamond-encrusted rock samples that have been found on a Canadian island fill ‘a piece in the puzzle’ to reconstruct an ancient part of Earth’s continental crust. A fragment of the North Atlantic Craton (NAC) was found by geologists who were sifting through diamond exploration samples from the southern Baffin Island, Canada. The NAC is an … Read more
Award-winner The Purple Pig in Chicago Wine List of the Year 2019 – Restaurant Mosaic at The Orient, Pretoria Best Long Wine List in the World 2019 – Geranium, Copenhagen Best Medium-Size Wine List in the World 2019 – Sager + Wilde, Hackney Road, London Best Short Wine List in the World 2019 – Blue … Read more