The world is full of inviting water-based wonders – as a stunning new book makes abundantly clear. Lonely Planet’s The Joy Of Water is a celebration of the world’s most jaw-dropping aquatic attractions, with spots featured including tropical beaches, lakes, geothermal spas, waterfalls and hidden bays. Here MailOnline Travel reveals a few of the locations … Read more
For the first time in years, Connie Yates is smiling. Wrapped in the strong embrace of her ‘rock’, Chris Gard, and cradling her baby bump, she is ready – almost – to let the joy of impending motherhood flood over her. It is three years since she lost her 11-month-old son, Charlie Gard, in a … Read more
Halfway up the stairs of a remote Exmoor cottage is a cupboard where a young Boris Johnson liked to hide himself away from the world. The pictures he drew on the walls of the snug at Nethercote Cottage are there to this day — a poignant reminder of the happy times he spent at his … Read more
A grandson who has set out to visit all 61 US National Parks with his 89-year-old grandma has revealed that the epic journey has given him ‘a purpose in life’. Veterinarian Brad Ryan and Joy Ryan, both from Zanesville, Ohio, have so far visited 29 national parks since they set off on their quest in … Read more
The Personal History Of David Copperfield Cert: PG, 1hr 59mins Rating: As nomination season for the big film awards comes to a close, it is clear there are both winners – basically Joker, 1917, The Irishman and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood – and losers. Unfortunately, Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History … Read more
Oh, the joy of knowing nothing! By Elizabeth Day for You Magazine Published: 00:03 GMT, 16 February 2020 | Updated: 00:03 GMT, 16 February 2020 Hair: Fabio Nogueira. Make-up: Ruby Hammer. Styling: Holly Elgeti. Blouse, Lisou. Trousers, Roland Mouret. Jewellery, Alighieri Recently I was taken to an American football game with my partner’s two teenage … Read more
Having endured the most harrowing ordeal of his life, financier Ben Goldsmith has received some joyful news at last. I can reveal that his wife, Jemima is expecting a baby. Ben confirms the news, telling me: ‘Our child is due in May.’ It comes seven months after his teenage daughter Iris was killed in a … Read more
When Bill Turnbull appeared beside Susanna Reid on breakfast television this week, he urged her: ‘Pinch me. Go on, pinch me. I can’t believe this is really happening.’ Those of us who know what the broadcaster has suffered in recent years were similarly incredulous. Four years after stepping down from BBC Breakfast, Bill, now 64, … Read more