The bridge on one of the most prestigious ocean liners ever to sail the high seas has been opened to the public for the first time in its 52-year history. Visitors are now able to explore the command room on Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), where access was once only reserved for senior crew or VVIPS. … Read more
SOCIETY A BIT OF A STRETCH: THE DIARIES OF A PRISONER by Chris Atkins (Atlantic Books £16.99, 336pp) Documentary maker Chris Atkins is in a rundown cell with a psychotic prisoner discussing the intricacies of quantum mechanics. He has more prison access than any journalist could dream of, but there’s just one catch: he is … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Bob Geldof is close to tears. He is speaking about his daughter Peaches, who died from a drug overdose in 2014, aged 25, and has become overwhelmed by emotion. ‘She was lovely,’ Geldof says, before taking a moment to compose himself. ‘But she was always a frantic child as a little baby. She couldn’t sleep. … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Julia Ebner spent years undercover in every kind of extremist group but, Going Dark, her book charting those encounters fails to bring them to life By Julia Llewellyn Smith For Mail On Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 19:03 GMT, 9 March 2020 Going Dark Julia Ebner … Read more
It’s never been a better time to drink dark beers! By Olly Smith Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 14 March 2020 I recently bathed in dark beautiful beers made in Co Kerry visiting my in-laws on Ireland’s wild west coast. If you’re heading Dingle … Read more
Commentary: Has your IT shop taken on the trappings of a royal family? If so, perhaps it’s time to mingle with the commoners. Image: Alexey Surgay, Getty Images/iStockphoto I’ve never been much of a follower of the British monarchy and personally find it to be a bit of an anachronism, but the recent announcement of … Read more
Keystrokes Action Ctrl + D Save your current webpage as a favorite Ctrl + E Open a search query in the address bar Ctrl + F Find on page Ctrl + G Jump to the next match to your Find Bar search Ctrl + H Open History in a new tab (web UI) Ctrl + … Read more
French startup Ponicode says its platform using JavaScript increases productivity by up to 10%. Java and JavaScript dominated software development in the 2010s Ruby on Rails and PHP had short-term popularity but long-term impact, and Python is on the rise again. More about artificial intelligence Developers spend around half of their time on tasks other … Read more