It sounds bizarre, but the length of time you are able to stand on one leg is a powerful predictor of how long you will live and how healthy you will be. When I mentioned this in a column last year, many of you wrote in to say how you had done – and you also … Read more
There must be something in the water of the river Trave that encircles Lubeck. This tiny delight of a medieval city, an hour from Hamburg, has produced three Nobel Prize-winners: the writers Thomas Mann and Günter Grass, and the former German Chancellor Willy Brandt. It’s so alluring that, in 1705, J. S. Bach walked 250 … Read more
DEBORAH ROSS: If you like violence, you’ll love this. Me? No thanks… By Deborah Ross for Event magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 25 April 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 25 April 2020 Gangs Of London Thursday, Sky Atlantic Rating: Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins Monday, Channel 4 Rating: The gangster drama Gangs Of London opens audaciously … Read more
Taylor Swift gives emotional performance of Soon You’ll Get Better during One World concert By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 08:04 BST, 19 April 2020 | Updated: 08:10 BST, 19 April 2020 Taylor Swift wrote Soon You’ll Get Better, off her latest album Lover, about her mother’s cancer diagnosis in recent years. But on Saturday, … Read more
For your next period of isolation, try a cut-price paradise: The private island resort in Fiji that costs from just £20 a night and offers lessons on how to crack coconuts Barefoot Manta Island, which is just under a mile long, caters for a total of around just 80 people The sandy outcrop, accessible only … Read more
For your next period of isolation, try a cut-price paradise: The private island resort in Fiji that costs from just £20 a night and offers lessons on how to crack coconuts Barefoot Manta Island, which is just under a mile long, has dormitory rooms start from just F$60 (£20) The sandy outcrop, accessible only by … Read more
A holiday on the ‘cut’ — as regulars call the canal network — is about unhurried tranquillity: slowing down to a pace where all the time in the world is just about enough to take in your countryside surroundings. Boatees vie to let others pass through a lock before themselves; catching a glance which asks … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: If you’re really posh, you’ll buy choccy scotch eggs in Waitrose By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 01:55 BST, 1 April 2020 | Updated: 02:06 BST, 1 April 2020 Inside Waitrose Rating: Our Girl Rating: Those were the days, my friend, we thought they’d never end, you … Read more
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: If you’re really posh, you’ll buy choccy scotch eggs in Waitrose By Christopher Stevens for the Daily Mail Published: 01:55 BST, 1 April 2020 | Updated: 02:06 BST, 1 April 2020 Inside Waitrose Rating: Our Girl Rating: Those were the days, my friend, we thought they’d never end, you … Read more