It is Easter – in any normal year, a time of renewal, of celebration and of hope for Christians and non-Christians alike. While these are the strangest of weeks, there is at least some good news. We can begin to see the turning point of the pandemic in several countries and glimpse the ways in … Read more
He’s been keeping the nation (and world) fit during the COVID-19 lockdown. And Kimberley Walsh praised Joe Wick’s PE lessons on Wednesday as she shared a candid ‘slightly chaotic’ workout video with sons Bobby, five, and Cole, three. The former Girls Aloud star, 38, took to Instagram to as she admitted it was nice to having a routine … Read more
It is a sobering thought, as Boris Johnson emerges from self-isolation, that coronavirus would probably have killed Winston Churchill had he caught it any time between his first serious bout of pneumonia in May 1943 and his fourth in February 1945. Churchill was a male smoker in his 70s with a serious underlying health condition … Read more
After my partner Ben’s recent Covid-19 diagnosis, I issued a rallying cry to the three of our four boys who are stuck at home with us: ‘Right now, life is a ship that we’re sailing in together.’ Ben and I were the captains; they were the crew. ‘This is not a democracy,’ I told them. … Read more
Dutch artist Ard Gelinck released a series of Photo-shopped portraits last week in which the stars of the hit show Friends appeared to be reunited with their TV alter egos, 20 years on. In some cases — not least the remarkably youthful Jennifer Aniston — it looked as though barely a year had passed between … Read more
Wuhan residents are set to receive lessons in ‘gratitude’ so they can thank government for coronavirus fight The city in central China was the epicentre of the virus outbreak in December It has been on lockdown since January but President Xi Jinping visited this week The move prompted hopes quarantine will lifted – but now … Read more
School pupils get lessons in how to deal with stab wounds using military-grade tourniquets amid UK’s knife crime epidemic Midlands Air Ambulance last year attended an average of two stabbings a week It is aiming courses at youths as they are likely to be first on scene of an attack 60 schools have booked to … Read more