How Boris is taking lessons from his hero Churchill

It is a sobering thought, as Boris Johnson emerges from self-isolation, that coronavirus would probably have killed Winston Churchill had he caught it any time between his first serious bout of pneumonia in May 1943 and his fourth in February 1945.  Churchill was a male smoker in his 70s with a serious underlying health condition … Read more

How Boris is taking lessons from his hero Churchill

It is a sobering thought, as Boris Johnson emerges from self-isolation, that coronavirus would probably have killed Winston Churchill had he caught it any time between his first serious bout of pneumonia in May 1943 and his fourth in February 1945.  Churchill was a male smoker in his 70s with a serious underlying health condition … Read more

D-Day hero, 97, dies of coronavirus in hospital

D-Day hero, 97, awarded France’s highest military honour for role in Normandy campaign dies in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus D-Day veteran Harold Pearsall, from Tamworth, Staffordshire has died aged 97 The Legion D’Honneur winner landed in Normandy with the Royal Artillery  Mr Pearsall died in hospital having tested positive for the Covid-19 virus  … Read more

Hero retired nurse, 62, with 40 years experience goes back onto the frontline

Operation Excel: Ambulances line up outside UK’s new mega hospital to deal with coronavirus crisis as it’s revealed nurse, 62, with 40 years’ experience is coming out of retirement to run it Deirdre Barr, 62, will come out of retirement to head the new ExCel hospital Barr, from Bogside, has served the NHS for 40 … Read more

Hero retired nurse, 62, with 40 years experience goes back onto the frontline

Hero retired nurse, 62, with 40 years’ experience goes back onto the frontline to head up UK’s new mega hospital at ExCel – as her sister says ‘It’s a massive job but we’re so very proud she’s taken it on’ Deirdre Barr, 62, will come out of retirement to head the new ExCel hospital Barr, … Read more

Hey, mid spender! The hero piece that hits the sweet spot between high street and high end

It’s the hero piece that hits the sweet spot between high street and high end. Frankie Graddon salutes the mid-price dress Joely Richardson in Olivia Rubin at Wimbledon. The Duchess of Cambridge dazzles in red Needle & Thread.  Miranda Kerr in Self-Portrait’s Azaelea dress.Nicole Scherzinger sizzles in Ghost. Vogue Williams shines bright in Olivia Rubin … Read more