MPs will be given lessons on woke language and history by consultants who declared the words ‘lady’ and ‘pensioner’ to be offensive. Parliament has paid Challenge Consultancy £7,000 to design a course on ‘unconscious bias’ for MPs. In total the company, which has also trained BBC staff, has raked in nearly £800,000 from Parliament for … Read more
Coronavirus lockdown taught us to spend less…and save more By Rachel Wait, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:57 BST, 11 July 2020 | Updated: 22:40 BST, 11 July 2020 As lockdown restrictions finally ease and life begins to feel more ‘normal’, a number of financial lessons have been learnt along the way. We highlight six. … Read more
She is a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, dancer, model, CEO, entrepreneur, wife and mom. And Ciara can now add swim instructor to her long resume and list of talents. The heavily pregnant 34-year-old took to social media on Monday morning to reveal she had taught her daughter Sienna, three, how to swim. Swim teacher! Ciara took to … Read more
Actress Maxine Peake has condemned racism after she was accused of making anti-Semitic comments today in an interview with The Independent. The 45-year-old Shameless star has come under fire after claiming Israeli secret forces taught US police tactics which killed George Floyd. Peake, a Jeremy Corbyn supporter, also called for the overthrow of ‘capitalist, fascist … Read more
Actress Maxine Peake has condemned racism after she was accused of making anti-Semitic comments today in an interview with The Independent. The 45-year-old Shameless star has come under fire after claiming Israeli secret forces taught US police tactics which killed George Floyd. Peake, a Jeremy Corbyn supporter, also called for the overthrow of ‘capitalist, fascist … Read more
Michael with his father Philip in 1986 Growing up, Michael Christensen’s life was overshadowed by a father who was unpredictable, violent and largely absent. He reveals here how their turbulent relationship has had a profound effect on his own approach to parenting One afternoon in early February this year, out of the blue, my four-year-old … Read more
It was hardly the place Marc Benioff ever imagined would be the setting for what he now describes as ‘an incredible awakening’. Incense hung heavy in the air as the sound of chanting filled the room. He was in a remote town in India and seated opposite a Hindu spiritual guru called Mata Amritanandamayi, revered … Read more
It was hardly the place Marc Benioff ever imagined would be the setting for what he now describes as ‘an incredible awakening’. Incense hung heavy in the air as the sound of chanting filled the room. He was in a remote town in India and seated opposite a Hindu spiritual guru called Mata Amritanandamayi, revered … Read more
Alicia Keys was in an Empire State of Mind long before her hit single with Jay-Z. The 39-year-old singer took to Instagram on Monday with a clip of herself and her mother Terria Joseph, 69, narrating a passage from her new book More Myself: A Journey, and explaining on the upbringing she had in gritty … Read more
Her mum is Isabella Rossellini, her grandma was Ingrid Bergman, so Elettra Wiedemann Rossellini was born to be an icon. But a more down-to-earth life beckoned. She tells Hattie Crisell why she’s swapped the catwalk for the chicken run on her family farm Left: Elettra modelling the new Weekend Max Mara On Set collection. Right: … Read more