Debate erupts over the right order to arrange your cutlery drawer – so how do you stack yours? A photo of a cutlery drawer was shared in a parenting group on Facebook The caption said knives, forks and spoons should be arranged from left to right Over 9,000 people have weighed in on the debate … Read more
I find it incredible that it is now five weeks since I wrote here: ‘We have gone quite mad. I know that many people are thinking this, but dare not say so. I will be accused of all kinds of terrible things for taking this view – but that is another aspect of how crazy … Read more
Like the majority of the population, I have been hunkered down at home for the past month, determined to do my bit to reduce the spread of Covid-19. Aside from the odd walk for exercise, I have been nowhere, but seldom have I felt more in tune with nature and ‘real life’ thanks to my … Read more
Two weeks ago, when I was elected Labour leader, I made a promise to the British people that under my leadership my party will act in the national interest, help steer us through these difficult times and strive for the good of our country. I meant it. The coronavirus pandemic is the biggest challenge we … Read more
It was when I bought a gun that I knew Corona Madness had finally claimed me. I’d been speaking to a Government official who presented an increasingly apocalyptic vision of how the Covid-19 crisis could spiral out of control. Panic-buying was just the start, they feared. Soon there would be looting, the police would be … Read more
Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher was on a mission to investigate a Taliban compound near Sangin in Afghanistan in 2008 when he accidentally triggered a booby-trapped grenade. He and his men were heading back to base under cover of darkness when he stumbled into a four-metre tripwire linked to the explosive. Instead of running for cover, the … Read more
Every crisis throws up its heroes. A week ago we’d never heard of Captain Tom. Now the world knows him. Yet all he’s done is walk around his garden. But of course that’s not the point. It’s the spirit he has shown that has inspired us. We don’t know the names of all those NHS … Read more
What a shining example of selflessness we have been given this week from a woman who is among the most vulnerable to the coronavirus plague. Elizabeth Diacon was one of the many unsung soldiers — she would hate the word heroes — who worked as signals intelligence officers at Bletchley Park, where they cracked the … Read more
Even today, almost a century on, the shadow of the Great Depression hangs heavy. To most of us, the very phrase conjures up images of the winding dole queues, haggard faces and starving children that we associate with the 1930s. And, of course, we all know how that particular story ended. The crowds in Berlin, … Read more
When times are grim, we tend to cling for dear life to anything that offers even the faintest glimmer of hope. So it is that for me — and for countless other cigarette addicts — the most cheering read of the week was David Hockney’s letter to the Mail, in which he suggested that our … Read more