Do homes sell better in Spring? We separate property fact from fiction

There’s no shortage of advice on how buyers, sellers, renters and landlords can get the best out of the housing market. Conversations about property at dinner parties (remember those?) and programmes like Homes Under The Hammer and Location, Location, Location have made us all experts, or so we think. But are some of our certainties … Read more

BBC director of cultural diversity June Sarpong insists white privilege is a ‘fact of life’

BBC director of cultural diversity June Sarpong insists white privilege is a ‘fact of life’ – but backed reintroducing lyrics to Rule Britannia at this year’s Proms and insists ‘I’m NOT part of the “liberal elite”‘ June Sarpong said white privilege is rife as ‘unfairness is baked into our system’ She said that even white … Read more

Princess Diana’s brother worries that The Crown viewers will believe the show is 100 per cent fact

Princess Diana’s brother has said he is concerned fans of The Crown will forget that the show is not 100 per cent historically accurate. Appearing as a guest on Love Your Weekend on Sunday with Alan Titchmarsh, Earl Spencer, 56, discusses the latest series of The Crown which was released on Netflix on November 15th – … Read more

How to switch career at any age – in fact being older can be a real advantage

Age is no barrier to striking out on new employment paths, says career coach Joanna Booty of Metier Career Growth It’s a worrying time for many of us work-wise – but it could be the cue to strike out on a new career path. What’s more, discovers Eimear O’Hagan, being older can be a real … Read more

Head of Twitter’s fact checking has a history of anti-Trump tweets

The head of Twitter’s fact-checking team has previously tweeted that the Trump administration are Nazis, compared adviser Kellyanne Conway to Joseph Goebbels and said fly over states are racist. The previous tweets from Yoel Roth, whose official title at Twitter is head of Site Integrity, emerged after the social media giant put a fact-checking warning on two … Read more

Emily Maitlis states as fact that Dominic Cummings ‘broke the rules’

Newsnight presenter Emily Matilis has been accused of breaking BBC impartiality rules after accusing Boris Johnson of ‘blind loyalty’ in the Dominic Cummings row. The 49-year-old host stated as fact that the Prime Minister’s adviser ‘broke the rules’ by taking a 260-mile trip from London to County Durham with his family in March. The issue … Read more