Watch: Australian minister’s Covid press conference interrupted by venomous huntsman spider crawling up her leg
A venomous visitor interrupted Queensland health minister’s press conference on Thursday as she gave a coronavirus news briefing. Yvette D’Ath was speaking about pandemic restrictions and the…
Outraged Iranian pet owners kick back against new proposal to ban all pets
The legislation would prevent “importing, raising, assisting in the breeding of, breeding, buying or selling, transporting, driving or walking, and keeping in the home wild, exotic, harmful…
Harvard makes standardised tests optional after claims they are ‘racially and culturally biased’
Harvard will not require students to take standardised tests when they apply for admission, following claims they are racially and culturally biased. America’s oldest university, dating back…
‘I wanted to see my tormentor’: Ghislaine Maxwell accuser Sarah Ransome on the socialite’s trial
A decade later, she sued Ms Maxwell and settled out of court. She has now written a memoir, Silenced No More: Surviving My Journey To Hell And…
‘We cannot prevent this’: Europe rolls out Covid booster campaign and travel restrictions but braces for omicron surge
Russia mandates vaccine passports The Kremlin earlier this week rammed a bill on vaccine passports through parliament in an apparent effort to halt the spread of omicron…
China: My friend won a scholarship to study in Britain, then vanished
So the celebrations at the end of August doubled as a farewell party. “I was surrounded by love and joy, though I also knew I was being…
Exiled Hong Kong politicians hit with arrest warrants for criticising ‘patriots ony’ vote as authorities stamp out dissent
The city is offering free public transportation and deploying over 10,000 police officers to maintain order. For the first time, Hong Kong authorities have set up three…
Omicron coronavirus variant now in 89 countries – and cases are doubling within days, says WHO
The agency designated omicron a variant of concern on Nov 26, soon after it was first detected, and much is still not known about it, including the…
Wine, prayer and song: China’s tiny Catholic Tibetan community’s uneasy truce with the Communist Party
Cizhong’s secluded location – it’s a six-hour drive to the nearest airport – has helped preserve traditions. Now, local authorities, keen to promote tourism given the area’s…
The perfect Maldives escape for every type of holiday
A multigen bonanza At the newly minted Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands, the whole family can shack up at the Ritz-Carlton Estate, the resort’s private beach residence. Grandparents…
Gino D’Acampo: ‘We bought a house in Sardinia within months of a holiday there’
I grew up in Torre del Greco, near Naples, and my summers were spent on the Amalfi coast. At the time, people were talking about how beautiful…
London’s newest luxury penthouse suite opens at the Nobu Hotel Portman Square
Apart from the size and scale of the suite itself, touches exclusive to the Penthouse include a turntable and stack of records (Saturday Night Fever, Amy Winehouse,…
How to do an 18-30s holiday in your 60s
After almost two years of being stuck indoors, I’d been worried that I might need a self help book for social lepers. But Catalonian caballeros are so…
Meet the women swapping their husbands for their dream holiday
‘I have always loved walking. I walked six Scots peaks when I was heavily pregnant in the 1980s, but when I remarried at 65, my second husband…
The best way to explore Alaska’s spectacular scenery is by cruise
Alaska is among the world’s most spectacular destinations and if you want to see the best of it there’s only one way to go – by sea….
Salvaging Starship Titanic, Douglas Adams’s mad interactive folly
It was supposed to be unsinkable: a humorous science fiction game by the most beloved name in humorous science fiction, with a starry voice-cast (including John Cleese…
Quentin Blake: ‘Roald Dahl was a very different sort of person from me’
What I feel about illustration is it’s like acting, so that you don’t look at people to see what they’re doing, you don’t have models to look…
My encounter with the ‘Dirty Duchess’
I only once met Marg of Arg, as Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, was known in those days, when I interviewed her for the Sunday Express in l986,…
Which Strictly team will you be cheering on?
Never was this more brilliantly encompassed than Rose and Giovanni’s dance in week eight, the Couple’s Choice (to be reprised in the final), when for several seconds…
From Mr Benn to monstrous Bagpuss – TV’s males have always spelt trouble
From Mr Fletcher’s frame of reference, I think we all know that he is aged precisely between 45 and 50. Nothing wrong with that – so am…
Just the tonic: RAF launches cocktail collection inspired by champagne moments of Air Force history
One drink – the Defiant – is named in honour of the RAF’s night fighter, responsible for shooting down more German bombers during the Blitz than any…
Sir Richard Sutton’s killer found guilty of murder after ‘biting the hand that fed him’
Following the verdict, a spokesman for the Sutton family told The Telegraph: “What happened in April this year was the sad culmination of years of burning resentment…
Mother charged with assault after ‘nudging’ Insulate Britain protesters with Range Rover
“Just like those activists who have been summoned and sentenced in previous weeks, they may now face prison time for putting lives in danger,” he said. “As…
Jewish groups attack Donald Trump over claim that Israel had ‘absolute power’ over Congress
“In reality – and it’s sad that we need to restate this point yet again – the vast majority of American Jews support and have some type…
Sir Rod Stewart and son avoid criminal conviction in Florida hotel battery case
Rod Stewart and his son have avoided a criminal conviction despite pleading guilty to battery under a plea deal reached with prosecutors in Palm Beach, Florida. The…