Britain’s new high rollers: Who’s really behind the Rolls-Royce boom
However, Rolls’ brand success isn’t just underpinned by global forces and wealth creation. The company, owned by BMW since 1998, has undergone a renaissance since it moved…
100 years of insulin: How diabetes stopped being a death sentence
Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old Canadian schoolboy, weighed only 29 kilograms when he was admitted to Toronto General Hospital in January 1922. He had been diagnosed three years…
Why putting animal organs inside people could be the future of medicine
The latter was a throwback to the very dawn of the xenotransplant era itself – 1838, when Dr Richard Kissam, an ophthalmologist in New York, cut out…
How to get more from your garden in 10 easy steps
Aside from a lone hellebore I cut for our minimalist table-for-two last Christmas, the first flush of flowers to arrive in the garden were tulips, in April….
Vulnerable women are the ones who are suffering in the trans-identified male row
Prisons are horrible places. They are meant to be. The biggest predictor of whether you will end up in one is biological sex. Men make up around…
What was I hoping for – a man to replace the one I’d just left because I was scared?
I’ve had some time off this Christmas to process and think. (Always dangerous, never a good idea.) Looking back at the past two years, I’m beginning to…
Steve Backshall: ‘I’ve never been more out of my depth than doing the cha cha cha on Strictly’
Where do I start? I don’t think I’ve ever admired anyone like I admire Helen. She is so mentally tough. What she achieved over the year and…
What 10 days of clean eating actually does to your body
Obviously, it depends on how much you used to eat before giving it up, but for the first 10 days of going meatless, you may still feel…
‘You can’t get gender equality in business by throwing cash at it’
Reid equally reaped rewards for her hard work during the pandemic. Increased time at home and a need for digital connectivity accelerated the launch of The Stack…
Novak Djokovic may have won more than just a court case
When Novak Djokovic landed in Melbourne for this year’s Australian Open, he had no idea he was about to become the ultimate political tennis ball – slammed…
Ignore the outrage — MPs deserve a pay rise
Those who have taken to stockpiling vast quantities of outrage during the pandemic will shortly have an opportunity to use it. Yes, it’s that time of year…
On Covid deaths, Britain is no outlier
Once an impression forms in the public’s mind it can be difficult to shake, even long after it ceases to be true. One example of this is…
The woke Pope is finally waking up to the dangers of cancel culture
Pope Francis – the woke Pope. That’s how many have thought of him for some time. The environmentalist, talking about the urgency of saving the planet; the…
The EU is now a geopolitical irrelevance
Russian and American representatives are discussing, and perhaps deciding, the future security of Europe. High-level meetings are not always significant. Participants are sometimes inadequately briefed, tired, and…
Why the woke are on the wrong side of history
Amid all the coverage of the “Colston Four” trial, one small detail leapt out. A barrister representing Sage Willoughby – a member of the group who brought…
Building firms must take responsibility
The principle of “polluter pays” is a long established means of recouping costs and ensuring that the taxpayer does not pick up the bill for the shortcomings…
As Labour attacks Boris Johnson over Downing Street party email, there is a whiff of revenge for Brexit
But wait. Labour alleges the Prime Minister broke the rules, and that would be bad because the Government designed them. But Labour waved them through – and…
The end of the ‘liquidity supernova’ from central banks
Mr Hartnett says they have not paid much tax and therefore enjoy scant political goodwill. They will face a triple headwind: tight money, a regulatory sledgehammer, and…
It’s not ‘anti-vaxx’ to say people like Novak Djokovic don’t need to be jabbed
What struck me most forcibly was Steve James’s less-reported remark that, in all the months on duty, he had never seen anyone like himself in ICU. The…
Three weeks in the tumultuous life of Covid
It is a difficult thing for a journalist to do, but let me try to think back three weeks. Then, it was almost universally reported, Boris Johnson…
7 reasons why Emily in Paris’s Sylvie should be your midlife style muse
There is a scene in the new season of Emily in Paris in which our protagonist, on holiday in St Tropez, glimpses her boss Sylvie emerging from…
Indian dressing isn’t just about saris, Carrie Bradshaw
And then, in a moment that tries to be fabulous and cheeky but instead comes off as seriously-what-are-they-thinking, Seema responds by saying let’s get you a sari,…
What the Duchess of Cambridge’s portrait hairstyle tells us about her new found freedom
“What feels nice about Kate’s hair in these pictures is that it feels very modern and of-the-moment,” notes the leading British hairdresser Luke Hersherson. “We’ve always seen…
UN launches largest ever humanitarian appeal to stop Afghanistan catastrophe
The United Nations is launching the world’s largest humanitarian fundraising appeal for a single country in a bid to avert a catastrophe of hunger and poverty in…
Israelis flock to clinics for fourth jab as hesitant UK experts say another dose is not necessary
Although UK officials have decided against a fourth dose, the Telegraph understands that Boris Johnson and Naftali Bennett, his Israeli counterpart, exchange daily Whatsapp messages on how…