‘Bit of poo chute in mine’: Courtney Roulston and Reece Hignell are left HORRIFIED after MasterChef judges discover digestive tracts in their prawn dishes By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 13:34 BST, 21 April 2020 | Updated: 13:40 BST, 21 April 2020 Courtney Roulston and Reece Hignell felt the pressure during Tuesday’s episode … Read more
BEST OF BIOGRAPHY AND SCIENCE Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin The greatest of English novelists deserves a great biography and Claire Tomalin delivers handsomely. And what a life it was. Dickens packed a load in before his untimely death at the age of 58, burnt out by constant activity, heavy drinking and smoking, … Read more
This wasn’t supposed to happen. The British people have responded to a draconian lockdown — the Government-directed measure to stamp out coronavirus infection — with good humour and fortitude. Not only that, we have been significantly more observant of the rules than most other nations in similar lockdowns. Saturday’s Daily Mail reported a poll conducted … Read more
The Queen’s stirring address to the nation has stiffened our resolve, but now it’s the turn of another royal to take centre stage in this time of crisis — home-grown Hollywood royalty, that is. For the inimitable Dame Joan Collins, forever revered as Alexis in the Eighties super-soap Dynasty, is putting herself up for auction … Read more
The Queen’s stirring address to the nation has stiffened our resolve, but now it’s the turn of another royal to take centre stage in this time of crisis — home-grown Hollywood royalty, that is. For the inimitable Dame Joan Collins, forever revered as Alexis in the Eighties super-soap Dynasty, is putting herself up for auction … Read more
China’s official news agency has released a coronavirus timeline to hit back at accusations that Beijing tried to cover up the full scale of the outbreak. State-run Xinhua said that the timeline, published on Monday, proved how the country ‘has shared information and advanced international cooperation’ in the fight against the killer bug. The 37-page … Read more
Desperate Britons are putting their lives at risk by taking anti-malaria tablets in a ‘misguided’ attempt to fight Covid-19, experts warned last night. They dismissed claims by French researchers that the decades-old drugs could ‘cure’ patients and called a controversial study published last month that appeared to show benefits ‘deeply flawed’ and ‘dangerous’. The pills, chloroquine … Read more
Prior to this wretched virus lockdown, in the hazy past of just two weeks ago, lots of people complained about suffering from FOMO —the intense envy of other people’s glittering social lives, aka the Fear Of Missing Out. Not me though. Sure, I might come across as an extrovert on television, but I am not … Read more
Prior to this wretched virus lockdown, in the hazy past of just two weeks ago, lots of people complained about suffering from FOMO —the intense envy of other people’s glittering social lives, aka the Fear Of Missing Out. Not me though. Sure, I might come across as an extrovert on television, but I am not … Read more
Forget blueberries or bananas in your porridge, add ‘chokeberries’ – scientists say the vitamin-packed, anti-ageing fruits are even healthier Chokeberries – also known as aronia berries – are high in antioxidants Their properties aren’t damaged when heated, unlike other fruits Scientists said this gives them great potential to be added to foods like porridge They … Read more