HAMISH MCRAE: The coronavirus is a tough test for the global economy… but we’re resilient 

HAMISH MCRAE: The coronavirus is a tough test for the global economy… but we’re resilient By Hamish Mcrae For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 23:12 GMT, 29 February 2020 Bang. Something had to trigger the next global economic downturn, but we did not know what it would be. … Read more

Leonardo DiCaprio is all bundled up as he spends the day with his gorgeous girlfriend Camila Morrone

Leonardo DiCaprio is all bundled up as he spends the day with his gorgeous girlfriend Camila Morrone in NYC By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 23:00 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 23:14 GMT, 29 February 2020 They have been an item for more than two years and counting. And on Saturday, Leonardo DiCaprio and Camila … Read more

Health chiefs urge over-60s to avoid crowds as coronavirus panic spreads

Everyone aged over 60 is being advised to avoid crowded areas including trains, buses and even supermarkets to prevent catching coronavirus. The drastic warning was issued by the World Health Organisation, which also urged people in this age group to skip routine appointments at doctors’ surgeries and hospitals. While infection is far more likely to … Read more

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Ian McEwan’s latest novel is set in 1982, but not that of historical record. Here, after a disastrous British defeat in the Falklands, Labour leader Tony Benn is demanding the resignation Mrs Thatcher.

CRAIG BROWN: Saints and sinners have always coveted the US presidency

Gimson’s Presidents: Brief Lives From Washington To Trump Andrew Gimson Square Peg £10.99 Rating: Moving into the White House, which had just been built in the middle of a rutted field, America’s second president, John Adams, prayed: ‘May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof.’ Alas, his wish was not granted. … Read more

Boris’s big gamble on Heathrow backfires: Airport could sue for £500m if runway is axed 

Boris Johnson’s refusal to back Heathrow’s third runway threatens to leave the taxpayer on the hook in a £500million court case, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. In a move that dismayed businesses last week, the Prime Minister decided not to appeal when the Government’s official policy of expanding Heathrow was rejected on environmental grounds … Read more

Katy Perry on Taylor Swift former feud: ‘We don’t have a very close relationship’

‘We don’t have a very close relationship’: Katy Perry reveals what her friendship is REALLY like with Taylor Swift – after ‘forgiving her enemy’ and ending their six-year feud By Joshua Fox For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:30 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 22:51 GMT, 29 February 2020 Katy Perry has revealed she ‘doesn’t … Read more

TUI says Britons quarantined in Tenerife hotel allowed to return to Britain

Britons quarantined in a hotel in Tenerife who tested negative for coronavirus will be allowed back to return to the UK, tour operator TUI said. Holidaymakers at the H10 Costa Adeje Palace had previously been told they would have to remain in quarantine until March 10, after at least four tourists were diagnosed with coronavirus, as airlines refused to … Read more

Growing petunias on the balcony healed my broken heart

MEMOIR  ROOTBOUND: REWILDING A LIFE by Alice Vincent (Canongate, £14.99, 368pp)  How do you mend a broken heart? The dumped often find solace in getting drunk, gorging on ice cream or stalking their ex on Facebook. For journalist Alice Vincent, salvation came in the form of a tiny balcony. When this memoir begins, she is … Read more