As I watched the Prime Minister order mass house arrest on Monday night, I felt revulsion, anger and grief – as anyone brought up when this was a free and well-governed country would. I also felt terribly alone. You could not have known, from anything broadcast that night or printed the following day, that anyone … Read more
Forget foldable, Apple could be working on a rollable iPhone to solve the problem of a broken hinge Apple published a patent for a rollable iPhone and iPad It consists of a flexible screen housed in two rollers at each end Users pull the rollers apart to use the display and can choose the screen’s … Read more
Music mends a broken heart! Listening to your favourite songs for 30 minutes a day makes heart attack sufferers LESS likely to have another cardiac arrest People who suffered heart attacks listened to music every day for 30 minutes Over seven years their recovery was tracked by a team of Serbian researchers Found that listening … 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
Cameras that spot broken down cars on smart motorways aren’t monitored all of the time, Highways England bosses admits Highways England insists the ‘smart’ routes are as safe as normal motorways The smart motorways don’t have a hard shoulder but do have refuges for cars Motoring groups have attacked the £6bn scheme after series of … Read more
Google and Facebook could face a full-blown investigation into their iron grip on digital advertising in a move that might even lead to the internet giants being broken up in the UK. The Mail on Sunday can reveal that senior staff at Britain’s competition watchdog are pushing for an investigation over concerns that the two … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK DIARY OF A MODERN COUNTRY GARDENER by Tamsin Westhorpe (Orphans £20, 248 pp) When it comes to gardens, no one does it better than us Brits. From Sissinghurst and Kew in the South to Harlow Carr and Chatsworth in the North, we have some of the world’s most dazzling gardens. A … Read more
When I was in my early 20s, the woman I’d been going out with for more than three years left me for another man. I was distraught, angry, stressed, and I wrote a lot of bad poetry. Although I was utterly miserable for a few months, I finally got over her and at no point … Read more
Broken bones could be regrown using a combination of readily available drugs, scientists say. Two existing medicines have been tested to stimulate the body’s own repair system in the hope of better treatment for injuries. Stem cells, which build new bone, are switched on to ‘red alert’ and speed up the healing process. In early … Read more
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