From Hilary Mantel’s cracking The Mirror & The Light to a funny debut by Michelle Gallen and Marina Lewycka’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Hephzibah Anderson and Amber Pearson For Event Magazine and Eithne Farry For Event Magazine Published: 22:02 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 29 February 2020 The Mirror … Read more
Apple & blackberry plait By Suzanne Mulholland Published: 00:03 GMT, 23 February 2020 | Updated: 00:03 GMT, 23 February 2020 This sweet plait is easy to make alongside the savoury version, as once you’ve got the hang of the technique you’ll be able to knock these up really quickly. This is delicious served with a … Read more
People suffering debilitating chronic back and leg pain are finding relief at last – thanks to an implant that delivers mild electrical pulses to the spine. These signals help block pain messages being transmitted along the nerves to the brain, so relieving symptoms. A form of the treatment, known as spinal-cord stimulation, has been carried … Read more
Gerald Ratner pulls out his phone and starts scrolling through his Twitter feed. We’re sitting backstage moments after he has given a speech about his fateful gaffe almost 30 years ago. The infamous moment is still dragged up daily on social media – and Ratner says he can’t stop himself looking up who has become … Read more
Coronavirus test kits are in short supply, were flawed when they were first distributed to labs across the US and abroad, and the results can take days for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to verify. Even the CDC’s coronavirus point person, Dr Nancy Messonnier, admitted on Friday that the diagnostic has been … Read more
Boris Johnson has become engaged to girlfriend Carrie Symonds and the couple are expecting their first child, Downing Street announced last night. Mr Johnson put an end to months of speculation in Westminster by declaring that their baby would be born in the ‘early summer’ – and that he would become the first British Prime … Read more
PICTURE THIS By Ciara Dossett For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 27 February 2020 | Updated: 10:10 GMT, 28 February 2020 My Town by David Gentleman (Particular Books £25, March 5, 288 pp) My Town by David Gentleman (Particular Books £25, March 5, 288 pp) Published just before his 90th birthday, this delightful book … Read more
I’m finally being dragged out of my dinosaur-ish tendencies by Google’s Pixelbook Go. It’s deliciously slim, affordable and can do pretty much anything a ‘real’ PC can By Rob Waugh Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 29 February 2020 Google Pixelbook Go From £629, store.google.com … Read more
Meet your batch: part two By Suzanne Mulholland Published: 00:03 GMT, 23 February 2020 | Updated: 00:03 GMT, 23 February 2020 Tasty meals at the ready plus a freezer full of homemade suppers? Easy, says YouTube sensation The Batch Lady – it’s all about prepping and cooking ahead To a lot of people, batching meals … Read more
Bearded, earnest, erudite, Theo the naturalist was surely the most charming character in The Durrells, the recent ITV drama inspired by Gerald Durrell’s memoir My Family And Other Animals. It was Theo who opened a young Gerald’s eyes to the marvels of Greek wildlife. And now here we are being guided through a pine forest … Read more