Back in 1986 I made a film for the BBC science series Tomorrow’s World about a remarkable new class of drugs called statins. Studies had shown that statins could cut people’s risk of heart disease by lowering their cholesterol levels. It was all very exciting. Thirty-five years on and statins are now one of the … Read more
From Jane Smiley’s fanciful fable to Bright Burning Things by Lisa Harding, a period thriller by Michael Farris Smith and Walter Mosley’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Hephzibah Anderson and Eithne Farry and Anthony Cummins and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 27 February 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 27 February 2021 The Strays … Read more
When we finally emerge from this lockdown and meet up with friends, don’t be surprised if some of them have gone grey. I don’t mean their faces (though it has been a long winter), but their hair colour, and not simply because they’ve not been able to get their highlights done! We’ve all been under … Read more
When we finally emerge from this lockdown and meet up with friends, don’t be surprised if some of them have gone grey. I don’t mean their faces (though it has been a long winter), but their hair colour, and not simply because they’ve not been able to get their highlights done! We’ve all been under … Read more
As we all know, when it comes to achieving a healthy weight the challenge is not just losing the pounds but keeping them off. Like most people, I struggle with temptation — my particular weakness is chocolate and biscuits, so I have to keep these treats out of the house. I also try to keep … Read more
As we all know, when it comes to achieving a healthy weight the challenge is not just losing the pounds but keeping them off. Like most people, I struggle with temptation — my particular weakness is chocolate and biscuits, so I have to keep these treats out of the house. I also try to keep … Read more
Tragically, the UK has one of the highest Covid death rates, per capita, of any country in the world (only Belgium and Slovenia are worse). But although the British Government can be criticised for a lot that went wrong, one thing it got absolutely right was the vaccine programme. Just before I sat down to … Read more
Tragically, the UK has one of the highest Covid death rates, per capita, of any country in the world (only Belgium and Slovenia are worse). But although the British Government can be criticised for a lot that went wrong, one thing it got absolutely right was the vaccine programme. Just before I sat down to … Read more
Do you remember the scene at the end of Monty Python’s Life of Brian, where Brian is being crucified and a fellow victim (played by Eric Idle) tries to cheer him up by singing Always Look on the Bright Side of Life? Tasteless and funny, it’s a parody of all those self-help books that talk … Read more
Do you remember the scene at the end of Monty Python’s Life of Brian, where Brian is being crucified and a fellow victim (played by Eric Idle) tries to cheer him up by singing Always Look on the Bright Side of Life? Tasteless and funny, it’s a parody of all those self-help books that talk … Read more