Yesterday morning could not have got off to a more harrowing start as Michelle Fay arrived to take over from the night shift. Not only had two more residents died in the early hours, but one was a particular favourite. ‘She was ‘Our Mary’,’ says Michelle softly. ‘We’ve known her for years — her children … Read more
The disparity remains astonishing. Here are two nations of comparable size. Both have a long and proud history of medical excellence, both are home to international pharmaceutical giants and both are facing an identical biological threat. Yet their situations are so very different. And if there is one aspect of the coronavirus crisis that sets … Read more
His was perhaps the most stylish royal solution to the handshake ban which prefaced this crisis: a traditional Hindu ‘namaste’, or pressing of the palms with a nod of the head. As we now learn, a ‘namaste’ was not quite enough. The Prince of Wales thus becomes the world’s most high-profile Covid-19 patient to date. … Read more
Normally, they would have been alive with children clutching fresh daffodils and a box of chocs for a beloved mother or grandmother. Yesterday, however, churches up and down the land stood empty on what should have been one of the busier days of the year – Mothering Sunday – as ministers went through the devotional … Read more
Normally, they would have been alive with children clutching fresh daffodils and a box of chocs for a beloved mother or grandmother. Yesterday, however, churches up and down the land stood empty on what should have been one of the busier days of the year – Mothering Sunday – as ministers went through the devotional … Read more
Historians still quibble over whether Napoleon Bonaparte actually said it or not. Yet it has stuck. And it was certainly not meant as a compliment. ‘England,’ scoffed the former French Emperor in his twilight years, ‘is a nation of shopkeepers.’ To which, right now, one can only respond: ‘Amen to that.’ For as we confront … Read more