CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: What Genghis needed to stop his rampage… a Mars bar 

The Violence Paradox Rating: The Money Maker  Rating: Brain scans show that, when we tuck into a Mars bar or nibble on a square of Fruit & Nut, a specific region of our grey matter lights up with joy — our pleasure centre. Curiously, exactly the same area of our brains is stimulated when we … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: What Genghis needed to stop his rampage… a Mars bar 

The Violence Paradox Rating: The Money Maker  Rating: Brain scans show that, when we tuck into a Mars bar or nibble on a square of Fruit & Nut, a specific region of our grey matter lights up with joy — our pleasure centre. Curiously, exactly the same area of our brains is stimulated when we … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: One day, that face mask could be worth an absolute fortune

Antiques Roadshow Rating: The Great Garden Revolution Rating: At a stately home on Mars, some time in the 22nd century, in the warm ember glow of its two moons, a polite crowd will gather with armfuls of domestic treasures for another edition of Antiques Roadshow (BBC1). Some of the valuation experts will be triple-headed extraterrestrials … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: One day, that face mask could be worth an absolute fortune

Antiques Roadshow Rating: The Great Garden Revolution Rating: At a stately home on Mars, some time in the 22nd century, in the warm ember glow of its two moons, a polite crowd will gather with armfuls of domestic treasures for another edition of Antiques Roadshow (BBC1). Some of the valuation experts will be triple-headed extraterrestrials … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Survivors, saviours and the tears that became a flood of emotion 

Saved By A Stranger Rating: Gardening With Carol Klein Rating: Telly loves tears. A gush of emotion when families are reunited, sobbing as a beloved heirloom is restored, a choked throat and glistening eyes. It’s what Jay Blades, presenter of The Repair Shop, where every renovation brings the tears welling up, refers to as ‘the … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Survivors, saviours and the tears that became a flood of emotion 

Saved By A Stranger Rating: Gardening With Carol Klein Rating: Telly loves tears. A gush of emotion when families are reunited, sobbing as a beloved heirloom is restored, a choked throat and glistening eyes. It’s what Jay Blades, presenter of The Repair Shop, where every renovation brings the tears welling up, refers to as ‘the … Read more

NHS England boss Sir Simon Stevens will step down from running the health service in July

Sir Simon Stevens has today announced he will step down as chief executive of NHS England in July. He will leave his post ‘as planned’ after seven years to become a crossbench peer in the House of Lords.    In a letter to colleagues, he described being in charge of the NHS through ‘some of … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Good at puzzles? Wait till you meet this heroine codebreaker 

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Good at puzzles? Wait till you meet this heroine codebreaker By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 01:50 BST, 29 April 2021 | Updated: 01:53 BST, 29 April 2021 The Codebreaker  Rating: The Great British Sewing Bee  Rating: The story of how tortured maths genius Alan Turing helped break the wartime Enigma … Read more