Dear Prue: ‘I wish my girlfriend didn’t try to undermine me all the time’
Dear Prue, My girlfriend and I have been living together since just before the pandemic, and when it’s just us together I feel respected and listened to,…
How I finally transformed my weight and conquered my anxiety
I’ve kept it up, along with the Joe Wicks workouts, and I started the NHS’s Couch to 5k app last September, having never run before. I could…
By vetoing the word ‘Brits’, surely the British Council has just cancelled itself
The British Council would like to cancel the word ‘Brits’. And it’s tempting to stop the column there. Make this my shortest piece of the year, and…
Confessions of a Christmas teetotaller
It is also useful to acknowledge how the marketing of alcohol, especially around Christmas, manipulates people into thinking they can’t get through the festive period without it….
Janet Ellis: ‘My husband’s cancer wasn’t curable – we knew we wouldn’t be silver-haired together’
There is something a little disconcerting, but terribly moving, about Janet’s ability to talk so openly about her loss. She is, she says, incredibly grateful that she…
David Baddiel: ‘It’s hard to find comedy on TV now that isn’t trying too hard to be worthy and nice’
Best thing I’ve ever written A lot of people write to me about Jews Don’t Count. It was aimed at Left-wing progressives and what is great about…
11 dinner party emergencies that could happen to any of us – and how to solve them
In all the furore about the Number 10 Christmas party you may have missed this party advice from Policing Minister Kit Malthouse: dinner party guests should call…
The Royals’ nutritionist on seven ways to safely indulge yourself at Christmas
Often, we enter into this point in the calendar with a certain amount of trepidation. It can be emotionally stressful, extremely busy and we know it’ll be…
How does the most powerful woman in the world retire?
In this, she differs from her predecessors. On stepping down in 1982, Helmut Schmidt became director and publisher of Die Zeit, one of Germany’s largest newspapers. Helmut…
If vaccines can’t save us, will the Covid pill?
The pills are already in the post. Across the UK this week, a few dozen men and women will open their front door to be handed a…
Closing schools again would be unforgivable
It will doubtlessly take years for experts to gauge accurately the scale of the harms suffered due to the lockdowns and social distancing measures imposed during the Covid pandemic….
I’m a healthy 26-year-old. My booster jab should not be prioritised over a cancer screening
To combat the “tidal wave” of Omicron cases in the UK, Boris Johnson has launched a “Get Boosted Now” national mission to deliver one million booster jabs a day; every eligible adult…
Reward the sharing of Covid data with solidarity, not solitary confinement
The recent discovery of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant was an unwelcome – though entirely predictable – development in the Covid-19 pandemic. No one should have been surprised…
Ramp up efforts to jab teenagers. Schools must never close again
All too depressingly, we again find ourselves having to endure stricter limits on our freedom to prevent the spread of a new Covid variant. And if the…
The British Council has now vetoed the word ‘Brits’ – so surely it’s cancelled itself too
The British Council would like to cancel the word ‘Brits’. And it’s tempting to stop the column there. Make this my shortest piece of the year, and…
Putin and Xi won’t lose sleep over the G7
The G7 summit that ended yesterday at the conclusion of the UK’s presidency is increasingly taking on the form of a Cold War gathering. Until relatively recently…
Where was the sense of urgency before?
While the public will understand the reasoning here, why was the capacity of the health care system not increased in anticipation of just such an emergency? No…
Make no mistake, we are living in a lockdown
They will oppose, or should oppose, passports even if they are strictly limited, even if they are efficacious – because once we have surrendered the principle of…
London’s best winter terraces for outdoor socialising
Winter, in any case, is the best time to appreciate the cold-water joys of Richard Corrigan’s menu of peerless British seafood: native oysters deftly served by the…
How ‘Regal skin’ made a comeback 200 years later
Ahead of season two airing in 2022, the hugely influential British make-up artist Dame Pat McGrath has created a beauty collection inspired by the hit Netflix show…
How Seasalt Cornwall became a secret £100m British success story
Saltstone waterproof coat, £150, Seasalt; Sail by the Stars tunic, £65, Seasalt; Larissa shirt, £45, Seasalt; Mathey Trewells dress, £150, Seasalt Handily, there is also an entire…
Toxic volcano gases force thousands into lockdown in Spain
In affected areas, students were told to remain in schools and parents not to pick them up until the air quality cleared. The authorities also recommended that…
Pictured: One of world’s largest and rarest blue sapphires — weighing in at 310kg
Ratnapura is known as the gem capital of the South Asian country, which is a leading exporter of sapphires and other precious gems. The country earned around…
Germany ‘not divided’ over Covid restrictions insists Olaf Scholz, as thousands protest nationwide
German politicians also paved the way for mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations next year, with a vote due to take place in parliament. Mr Scholz has said he is…
Israel completes high-tech fence around Gaza Strip that can detect Hamas tunnel squads
“The barrier, which is an innovative and technologically advanced project, deprives Hamas of one of the capabilities it tried to develop [tunnels], and places an ‘iron wall’,…