Sheridan Smith was praised by fans on Monday night for her ’emotional’ performance in ITV’s new drama Isolation Stories. The pregnant star, 38, played Mel in the fifteen minute episode, which tells four stand-alone stories born out of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, which has so far claimed 28,734 lives in the UK alone. During the show, Sheridan, who is expecting her first child … Read more
Pregnant Sheridan Smith sings to her bare baby bump in Isolation Stories as fans praise star for her ’emotional’ portrayal in the ITV drama By Olivia Wheeler For Mailonline Published: 21:37 BST, 4 May 2020 | Updated: 21:37 BST, 4 May 2020 Sheridan Smith was praised by fans on Monday night for her ’emotional’ performance in … Read more
The Duchess of Cambridge was ‘moved to tears’ by the sacrifices of frontline workers, leading the royal couple to launc their mental health support service ‘Our Frontline’ last week. Kate Middleton, 38, has played a ‘pivotal’ role in setting up the new initiative, ‘Our Frontline’, alongside William, 37, which will see charities and organisations provide around-the-clock support … Read more
These are testing times for 70-year-old Elaine Yates. She suffers from lung disease, asthma and arthritis – yet by comparison with her husband, Michael, she might be considered a beacon of health. Until 2004, when Michael fell and incurred brain damage following a stroke, he was a fit former Royal Pioneer Corps soldier. Today, aged … Read more
These are testing times for 70-year-old Elaine Yates. She suffers from lung disease, asthma and arthritis – yet by comparison with her husband, Michael, she might be considered a beacon of health. Until 2004, when Michael fell and incurred brain damage following a stroke, he was a fit former Royal Pioneer Corps soldier. Today, aged … Read more
As Britain’s most beloved vet, James Herriot’s delightfully honest and at times hilarious reminiscences of a vet’s life in 1930s Yorkshire charmed millions — and were turned into a long-running hit BBC series. In the final part of our exclusive reprint there’s blood-soaked drama in Darrowby in this last gloriously evocative extract from the James … Read more
WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO SURVIVE OUR TIME by A.L. Kennedy ( Cape £16.99, 288pp ) WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO SURVIVE OUR TIME by A.L. Kennedy (Cape £16.99, 288pp) The title of this dark, dangerously funny collection comes from the Voyager satellite which, as it journeyed into space, carried a recording of ‘the very brave and … Read more
Down the drain: Dairy farmers share stories of their ‘utter desperation’ over the scandal of wasted milk following coronavirus shutdown of coffee shops Farmers usually reliant on coffee shops and airlines have poured milk away Farmers have been told the price of milk was going to be cut by 2 pence a litre Rules prevent … Read more
What we all need in unsettling times like this is a good laugh. And in this cracking collection of comic novels you’ll find the dry, ironic wit of Jane Austen and her meddling heroine Emma; the knife-sharp comedy of Kingsley Amis and his hapless hero Jim Dixon; the eccentric absurdity of the Starkadders in Cold … Read more
Four frontline NHS workers today revealed how coronavirus has left them feeling ‘terrified’ and is causing ‘heartbreaking loneliness’ to patients in Britain. Doctors Janitha Gowribalan and Rosena Allin-Khan, paramedic Sarah Blanchard and nurse Richenda Browne all spoke out about their work fighting the pandemic. They echoed Government calls for the public to ‘stay at home’ while … Read more