The carnage is horrific as this hideous pandemic carves through care homes across the country, killing hundreds of residents despite the best efforts of devoted staff. Thirteen people died with coronavirus symptoms at Stanley Park home in County Durham. Fifteen fatalities at care homes in Liverpool and Luton. Thirteen deaths at one in Glasgow, nine … Read more
To those in Britain and across the world who hope and pray that their political leaders are up to the challenges posed by coronavirus, well, just be thankful you don’t live in the US. Yesterday, Donald Trump compared the governors of states who might seek to defy him over his desire to end the lockdown … Read more
We may not be fully conscious of it yet, but lockdown is, in many respects, one giant, unprecedented social experiment. No one has any real idea how it will influence the economy, although very few disagree that, short term, it will be almost cataclysmic. Equally seismic are the social repercussions. For young people, who are … Read more
How many people have contracted coronavirus? How many have had it and recovered? The plain fact is that, without the necessary testing kits, no one has the faintest idea. Your guess is as good as mine. Right now, we’re dancing in the dark. But the answer, my friend, may be flowing round the U-bend. Scientists … Read more
You can say what you like about our teadrinking habits, our passion for Yorkshire puddings and wearing socks with sandals, but laughing at our most beloved condiments? What sauce. However, a noted Spanish gourmand has just published a guide to the UK’s condiments — and warns unsuspecting diners from around the world to expect the … Read more
Last week, there were two major cultural anniversaries. Two hundred and fifty years ago, on April 7, 1770, William Wordsworth was born. Fifty years ago, on April 10, 1970, The Beatles split up. Does anything link these two anniversaries? They seem to belong to different worlds and, in many ways, they do. Yet bizarre though … Read more
After Boris Johnson fell ill it became fashionable to herald the incident as proof that coronavirus does not discriminate. But we know perfectly well that it does discriminate, by hitting older people with far more lethal force. Yet Government policies, combined with our apparent indifference to the plight of our parents’ and grandparents’ generation, have … Read more
Dominic Raab the grouch is gone… now he’s a far springier stand-in: HENRY DEEDES sees the caretaker boss raise his game at briefing By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:52 BST, 13 April 2020 | Updated: 00:06 BST, 14 April 2020 Dominic Raab’s mood, to use a phrase we hear rather a lot … Read more
No one can fail to be moved by the tragic tales of tireless public service workers, elderly family members and desperately young people struck down and killed by the scourge of coronavirus. As our horrendous death toll climbs well past the 10,000 benchmark, I know first-hand people who, without rhyme or reason, have been cut … Read more
ANDREW PIERCE: Will Peer heed wife’s demand to donate dosh? By Andrew Pierce for the Daily Mail Published: 01:36 BST, 13 April 2020 | Updated: 01:41 BST, 13 April 2020 Premier League footballers may have been bearing the brunt of recent public anger after Health Secretary Matt Hancock called for them to ‘play their part and … Read more