As so often in her 68-year reign, the Queen gets it right. In her statement to the country (and the Commonwealth) last week on meeting the challenge of the coronavirus, the monarch did not once use the word ‘war’. There was just the suggestive phrase ‘I am reminded that our nation’s history has been forged … Read more
#Fattenthecurve trends as self-isolation brings over-indulgence – with Nigella Lawson revealing she’s eating a 250g bar of chocolate daily while holed up at home Nigella Lawson, 60, shared that she’s indulging in chocolate while self-isolating TV cook said she was eating 250g – a sharing-sized bar of choc – every evening Many agreed they were … Read more
Boris Johnson looks shattered. The bags under his eyes have bags of their own. This is unsurprising: he is where the buck stops in dealing with a public health crisis on a scale not seen in this country for generations. There is an additional reason, I suspect, for his mental turmoil. Inexorably, pressure is increasing … Read more