Monthly head shaves and daily two-hour chants: Meet the monk living at a monastery in Mongolia that survived Stalinist repression to become one of the country’s oldest The Shankh Monastery, founded in 1647, is located 224 miles from Ulaanbaatar It closed in 1937 during Stalinist repression – many of the monks were executed After the revolution in … Read more
STOCK WATCH: US raiders all set for showdown with Pru chiefs; Cineworld and Finablr in focus By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:15 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 23:05 GMT, 29 February 2020 If bosses at Prudential thought they could easily shake off their new activist stalkers, they should think … Read more
Olivia Palermo cuts a chic figure in tailored blazer and slate grey skirt as she attends Hermes Paris Fashion Week show By Eve Buckland For Mailonline Published: 23:27 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 23:54 GMT, 29 February 2020 She is a style maven who always pulls off effortlessly elegant looks. And Olivia Palermo looked … Read more
The most senior civil servant at the Home Office quit yesterday and launched an astonishing broadside against Priti Patel. After months of Whitehall warfare spilled over into a lurid public briefing war, Sir Philip Rutnam – dubbed ‘Sir Calamity’ – dramatically summoned the BBC to announce his walkout and vowed to sue the Government. He accused … Read more
OUT OF DARKNESS, SHINING LIGHT by Petina Gappah (Faber £16.99, 320pp) Set after the death of Victorian explorer David Livingstone, Petina Gappah’s novel is part of a trend for putting history’s supposed bit-part players centre-stage. Incredibly, Livingstone’s African retinue trekked across the continent so that his body could be buried in Britain. Gappah fictionalises two … Read more
If you are looking for scented whites this spring try one of these often overlooked bargains By Olly Smith Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 29 February 2020 Spring is round the corner, and it’s time to crack open the scented whites. While some grapes … 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
The baby Carrie Symonds announced tonight she is ‘hatching’ will be her first child, but for fiancé Boris Johnson impeniding parenthood is an experience that will feel all too familiar. The Prime Minister has at least five children, yet has not officially confirmed the exact number after leading a tangled love life that has seen … Read more
John Lewis ‘never knowingly undersold’ pledge comes under threat as new chairman reviews store cuts, staff bonus and link with Waitrose John Lewis has committed itself for 95 years to match a rival’s price But major strategic review will leave ‘no stone unturned’, according to sources The review is likely to look at the number … Read more
Polar bears are being forced into CANNIBALISM by climate change and fossil fuel extraction with large males attacking females with cubs, scientist reveals Russian scientist revealed polar bears in the Arctic are turning to cannibalism He said food is scarce due to climate change and fossil fuel extraction Ice is melting forcing bears to the shore … Read more