Coronavirus is taking the biggest toll on dividends in modern times, with more than £4.3 billion of payouts postponed or cancelled so far, and big distributors – such as oil majors – still to decide. Preserving capital in times of strife is critical, particularly for banks, because of their key role in supporting the smalland … Read more
Liz Jones’s Diary: In which my search history reveals all By Liz Jones Diary for The Mail on Sunday Published: 00:02 BST, 29 March 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 29 March 2020 Embarrassingly, I found myself browsing Elegant Wedding Dresses You can tell a lot about someone’s psyche by looking at their search history. Here’s … Read more
‘It’s a cracker!’ Grant Denyer teases his appearance on Drunk History as Channel 10 releases the entire series on its streaming service By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:10 GMT, 27 March 2020 | Updated: 04:18 GMT, 27 March 2020 Channel 10 has responded to the coronavirus pandemic by releasing the new season of Drunk … Read more
Once, Cordoba was the capital of the Iberian peninsula and the largest city in the world. That was in the 10th century. It’s difficult to believe it now, for Cordoba has shrunk from its former status as a metropolis to a beautiful Andalusian jewel, with roofs of coloured tiles and storks nesting untidily on towers. … Read more
The Personal History Of David Copperfield Cert: PG, 1hr 59mins Rating: As nomination season for the big film awards comes to a close, it is clear there are both winners – basically Joker, 1917, The Irishman and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood – and losers. Unfortunately, Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History … Read more
HISTORY BIG SISTER, LITTLE SISTER, RED SISTER by Jung Chang (Jonathan Cape £25, 400 pp) One February day in 1943, a petite Chinese woman arrived by train in Washington DC and was welcomed at the railway station by Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the U.S. president. China was a U.S. ally in World War II, and … Read more
Who’d have thought that a student show about Henry VIII’s wives would become a global megahit? The two friends who created Six certainly didn’t – and, as they tell Julia Llewellyn Smith, they’re still trying not to lose their heads Welcome to Six, the musical that’s taken the West End – and now the globe – … Read more
Diggers giant JCB halts production for first time in its history because of coronavirus pandemic By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 23:02 GMT, 18 March 2020 | Updated: 01:08 GMT, 19 March 2020 Diggers giant JCB has halted production for the first time in its history because of the pandemic. The British company … Read more
When Kent was the Klondike of coal: This intriguing slice of social history, filled with personal testimony from ex-miners and their families, is a well-written reminder Author Peter Williams explores the history industrial heartland the Kent Coalfield Miners arrived from all over Britain to work but weren’t greeted with enthusiasm The Kent Coalfield flourished through WWII but … Read more
NATURE THE TULIP by Anna Pavord (Bloomsbury £40, 467 pp) Who doesn’t love tulips? Colourful, flamboyant, easy to grow and cheap as chips, they are the perfect plant to brighten up a spring garden. Yet these cheery flowers have an unexpectedly dark and complex history. The tulip has had ‘more adventures than any Hollywood scriptwriter … Read more