HENRY DEEDES: Pure Tinker, Tailor… all it needed was Smiley with a filterless Senior Service 

HENRY DEEDES: Pure Tinker, Tailor… all it needed was Smiley with a filterless Senior Service By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 21 July 2020 | Updated: 23:44 BST, 21 July 2020 As a cast of characters goes, even that masterful spy scribe John Le Carre might have struggled to improve upon … Read more

HENRY DEEDES: Pure Tinker, Tailor… all it needed was Smiley with a filterless Senior Service 

HENRY DEEDES: Pure Tinker, Tailor… all it needed was Smiley with a filterless Senior Service By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 21 July 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 21 July 2020 As a cast of characters goes, even that masterful spy scribe John Le Carre might have struggled to improve upon … Read more

Alien life might thrive on ‘super-Earths’ made of pure hydrogen

Laboratory studies reveal microbes can live in extremely hostile environments such as 100 per cent hydrogen.  This finding has implications in the search for extraterrestrial life and expands the amount of planets in which life could thrive to include those previously disregarded. Many planets have been found with an atmosphere made almost entirely of hydrogen, … Read more

Sao Tome and Principe are far-flung tropical islands and a pure delight for body and soul 

Many of us (now more than ever) hope to find a glorious tropical island — somewhere small, perfectly formed, filled with wildlife, an exotic bolthole to escape from the trials of the world. Sao Tome and Principe, with only 200,000 inhabitants, is a good place to start. Especially as it has more rare birds per … Read more

Sao Tome and Principe are far-flung tropical islands and a pure delight for body and soul 

Many of us (now more than ever) hope to find a glorious tropical island — somewhere small, perfectly formed, filled with wildlife, an exotic bolthole to escape from the trials of the world. Sao Tome and Principe, with only 200,000 inhabitants, is a good place to start. Especially as it has more rare birds per … Read more

How Sao Tome and Principe are far-flung tropical islands and a pure delight for body and soul 

Many of us (now more than ever) hope to find a glorious tropical island — somewhere small, perfectly formed, filled with wildlife, an exotic bolthole to escape from the trials of the world. Sao Tome and Principe, with only 200,000 inhabitants, is a good place to start. Especially as it has more rare birds per … Read more

Ali Wentworth has ‘never been sicker’ after testing positive for COVID-19: ‘This is pure misery’

Ali Wentworth announced Wednesday on Instagram that she had tested positive for the coronavirus. The 55-year-old actress and comedian had documented her time self-isolating at home in recent weeks on social media. Her husband, Good Morning America anchor George Stephanopoulos, began broadcasting from home earlier that day after she began to develop symptoms of COVID-19. … Read more

RAY MASSEY: Volvo’s new XC40 family SUV is pure pleasure

Volvo’s  proud boast is that if you want to buy one of their cars, from now on you will be asked: ‘Would you like one with or without a plug?’ The Swedish maker, now owned by China’s Geely, is driving hard towards electricification (its ‘Pure’ mode) and to have a plug-in hybrid or fully electric … Read more