ROBERT HARDMAN: In such a gloomy year, the Queen finds the perfect way to lift our spirits

Even for the most experienced monarch in history, this was a tall order: how do you sum up the worst year in living memory without leaving the nation in floods of tears or reaching for the Off switch? The only solution, therefore, was to accentuate the positives. And that is what the Queen did yesterday … Read more

ROBERT HARDMAN: In such a gloomy year, the Queen finds the perfect way to lift our spirits

Even for the most experienced monarch in history, this was a tall order: how do you sum up the worst year in living memory without leaving the nation in floods of tears or reaching for the Off switch? The only solution, therefore, was to accentuate the positives. And that is what the Queen did yesterday … Read more

ROBERT HARDMAN reviews Britain’s first all-electric forecourt, complete with posh loos and gym bikes

The novelty of it all takes some time to sink in. But it is not the tranquillity which is most peculiar, nor all the technology, nor the fact that this is the first electric service station in Britain — and very possibly the world. It is the loos. Low-lit, self-contained, unisex rooms (not cubicles) with … Read more

ROBERT HARDMAN reviews Britain’s first all-electric forecourt, complete with posh loos and gym bikes

The novelty of it all takes some time to sink in. But it is not the tranquillity which is most peculiar, nor all the technology, nor the fact that this is the first electric service station in Britain — and very possibly the world. It is the loos. Low-lit, self-contained, unisex rooms (not cubicles) with … Read more

Zoe Hardman nails casual chic in a glittery skirt and cream jumper

Zoe Hardman nails casual chic in a glittery skirt and cream jumper as she steps out at Global Radio studios By Eve Buckland For Mailonline Published: 08:52 GMT, 6 December 2020 | Updated: 11:09 GMT, 6 December 2020 She is a popular presenter who is known for her stylish ensembles. And Zoe Hardman looked incredible … Read more

ROBERT HARDMAN: Royals keep calm and carry on at socially distanced Cenotaph

Having attended the annual commemorations at the Cenotaph more times than anyone else in history, it was unsurprising that the Queen was curious about yesterday’s threadbare affair. It was a century ago this week that her grandfather, King George V, unveiled Britain’s memorial to the ‘Glorious Dead’.  For seventy of those intervening years she has … Read more

ROBERT HARDMAN: Royals keep calm and carry on at socially distanced Cenotaph

Having attended the annual commemorations at the Cenotaph more times than anyone else in history, it was unsurprising that the Queen was curious about yesterday’s threadbare affair. It was a century ago this week that her grandfather, King George V, unveiled Britain’s memorial to the ‘Glorious Dead’.  For seventy of those intervening years she has … Read more