The Meaning Of Mariah Carey Mariah Carey with Michaela Angela Davis Pan Macmillan £20 Rating: Describing herself as a ‘global icon, award-winning singer-songwriter, producer, actress, mother, daughter, sister, storyteller and artist’, Mariah Carey can never be accused of selling herself short. Befitting the diva’s diva, her memoir … Read more
Kate Middleton has unveiled the meaning behind some of the images selected for her community photography project at the National Portrait Gallery. The Duchess of Cambridge, 38, who is a keen amateur photographer, launched the Hold Still initiative during lockdown and asked the public to submit their images which captured the period for a digital exhibition. … Read more
Customers willing to spend a few hours buried in banking paperwork could potentially earn themselves £325 in one-off switching bonuses, after HSBC became the third bank in three weeks to launch a three-figure welcome offer. Those who switch to either its Advance or Premier accounts through the official switch service can earn £125 if they … Read more
‘He’s got a Mexxy kind of personality:’ Coronation Street’s Brooke Vincent reveals the meaning behind her baby son’s unusual name By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 01:40 BST, 1 September 2020 | Updated: 01:40 BST, 1 September 2020 She gave birth to her baby boy in October, 2019. And Brooke Vincent revealed the inspiration behind … Read more
You have decided savings rates are just too poor and you want to invest. Whether you have taken financial advice or not, you have looked at your pension arrangements and your cash savings, you’ve considered the risks, you can lock your money away for at least five years and want to start an investing Isa. … Read more
HISTORY THE HISTORY OF MAGIC by Chris Gosden (Viking £25, 512pp) The 2011 Census revealed that 56,620 of us said we were pagans, 11,766 described themselves as Wiccans and 1,276 people confessed they were signed up to witchcraft. Twenty-seven per cent of the British population also maintained that ‘communication with the dead is possible’. Some … Read more
Twitter users stretch words such as ‘yes’, ‘dude’ and ‘hey’ to modify their meaning, according to researchers who analysed 100 billion tweets. The US linguist experts say stretched words that convey a different meaning than the original are common feature of social media, but are rare in formal writing. For instance, ‘suuuuure’ can imply sarcasm, ‘duuuuude’ … Read more
From motorsport to building life-saving equipment fast in the Ventilator Challenge: Craig Wilson, of Williams Advanced Engineering, on the Meaning Business podcast By This Is Money Published: 13:22 BST, 29 April 2020 | Updated: 13:22 BST, 29 April 2020 Meaning Business is a new podcast series, where Simon Lambert speaks to people from the world … Read more
The number of families claiming child benefit has plunged by 44,000 to 7.28million over a year, putting more parents at risk of a poorer old age. Parents – mostly mums – can end up tens of thousands of pounds worse off in retirement because not claiming deprives them of valuable credits towards their state pension. … Read more