Our lifestyle guru Dr Michael Mosley is too scared to look at how much money he’s lost due to the coronavirus outbreak. The doctor and TV presenter popularised the 5:2 diet and says writing his most famous book, The Fast Diet, was the smartest financial decision he ever made. But he invested most of the … Read more
Just like most other families, the Mosleys have been in lockdown for the past three weeks. There are four of us, including my wife Clare, one of our sons, Dan, 25 – who has recently recovered from Covid-19 – and our daughter, Kate, 19, who is back from university. We are very fortunate that the … Read more
Do you ever go upstairs to look for something, then realise you have no idea why you were going upstairs in the first place? Or what about putting rice on to cook, then leaving the room and only returning when you smell the burning? I find that as I get older I am increasingly doing … Read more
Over the past month, I’ve mentioned a few times that our best hope, and perhaps the only way out of this pandemic, will be by creating a safe and effective vaccine. Only then will the world be able to get back to normal. And, in fact, a couple of weeks ago, just before the lockdown began, … Read more
A few weeks back, just as this pandemic struck Britain, I wrote that I was worried. I had been for some time, because this new coronavirus, to which we have no immunity, spreads frighteningly fast and can cause life-threatening illness. And people my age – I’m 62 – and older are at much higher risk … Read more
The speed at which Covid-19 has spread around the world and threatened our way of life is astonishing. At the end of December, less than three months ago, China first alerted the World Health Organisation (WHO) to a few ‘flu-like cases’ in Wuhan. By January 7 they had identified the cause: a coronavirus, part of a … Read more
The speed at which Covid-19 has spread around the world and threatened our way of life is astonishing. At the end of December, less than three months ago, China first alerted the World Health Organisation (WHO) to a few ‘flu-like cases’ in Wuhan. By January 7 they had identified the cause: a coronavirus, part of a … Read more
There’s no doubt that a great night’s sleep is the best possible way to boost your immunity and fight off infections. So, in these troubled times, it can be doubly infuriating if you’re being kept awake by snoring — either yours or the person you share a bed with. But luckily, my brilliant new insomnia beating … Read more
The recent announcement that divorce laws are to be relaxed is a welcome one. Most couples who get married hope to live happily ever after, yet the brutal reality is that more than 40 per cent of modern marriages end in divorce. In that case, why make getting divorced more difficult and stressful than it has … Read more
Should I go vegan? There are currently more than 500,000 people in Britain who say they have done – a fourfold increase over the past ten years. And the meat, fish, dairy and eggs (and honey – it’s made by bees and is therefore an animal by-product)-shunning revolution shows no signs of slowing down. The … Read more