The truth about grown adults and their teddies
Finally some good news about Prince Andrew. It appears that I am not the only adult in Britain who runs around with a teddy, although I have…
What the pandemic has really done to our children’s minds
Which might go some way to explaining why Oxford University Press has chosen ‘anxiety’ as the children’s Word of the Year for 2021. Researchers for the Children’s…
The NHS doctors picking ‘no jab’ over a job
James remains insistent that pushing ahead with the policy in the face of a mass exodus is a blinkered reaction to a climate of fear. “We’ve been…
Chris Evert caught it early – but ovarian cancer remains the silent killer
Within a week, Jo-Ann was in a room with a consultant and a Macmillan cancer nurse, who broke the news. In hindsight, she says there had been…
Here comes the Mamit (middle-aged man in trunks) and why he’s going to ruin your wild swimming game
But recently, the Mamits have started to infiltrate these aquatic havens. There’s a distinctive type: affluent but oddly charmless, devoted to the principle of fitness but more…
A defector united the Tories behind their leader, but it was still a PMQs to forget for Boris
Defections between the two main parties are rare. As a consequence, they are significant. The last Conservative defection to the Labour Party was nearly 15 years ago,…
The most unforgivable lockdown error was our neglect of children
What were you doing on May 20th 2020? The Prime Minister was, as we now know, enjoying a “work event” in the Downing Street garden, but Britain’s…
We can stop the cycle of new variants continuing indefinitely with a pandemic vaccine pool
If the first year of the pandemic was characterised by panic and fear, then the second year was marked by hope and division; the hope that vaccines…
I am ashamed to call the turncoat former Tory Christian Wakeford my MP
Christian Wakeford owes the genesis of his parliamentary career to people like me. I live in his Bury South constituency and my vote was one of those that…
The lesson moaning Meghan should have learnt from calm Kate
Once again, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has been objecting to her treatment in the media. This week, she complained to the BBC about an inaccuracy by Amol…
President Biden has humiliated America
It’s never a good sign when a US president throws out a bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office on the first day of his presidency….
The health bureaucracy is still failing cancer patients
As a cancer survivor, I have felt the mounting desperation of many during the pandemic. The Government’s sole focus on Covid left many of us untreated, with…
Economic storm clouds are gathering
Amid his many travails, Boris Johnson must hope that a few more days will see the “partygate” furore subside, assuming the inquiry by the senior civil servant…
Boris was not dead and Bury’d by Sir Keir Starmer – it was friendly fire that got him
“Listen to the Prime Minister!” someone heckled as the Leader of the Opposition rose to his feet, causing Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the House Speaker, to intervene in…
A falling pound will be the next inflation shock
War drums at Threadneedle Street essentially explain the pound’s latest spike. The Bank of England is the first of the major western central banks to raise interest…
‘Boris Johnson is an impostor’: Sherelle Jacobs responds to readers on the PM’s prospects
In my column this week, I argued that Boris Johnson has to show that there’s still a point to the Tory party and that the best way…
The BBC lost its way the minute Auntie turned into an aggravating know-it-all
Why did the announcement by Nadine Dorries that the BBC licence fee will be frozen for the next two years, and possibly abolished altogether, cause so little…
Raising interest rates is beset with danger
As all the focus in Westminster is on the latest revelations, the story that most affects people’s lives is the recovery from the pandemic. Last week we…
The nihilistic New Puritans are killing off our culture
The Taming of the Shrew holds the distinction of being the most performed Shakespeare play that is most rarely shown in its entirety. While modern audiences remain…
London Fashion Week’s best looks, from Molly Goddard to Vivienne Westwood
Back in February, London Fashion Week went digital-only for the first time in its 35-year history due to the pandemic, but as a new normal emerges, the…
The style lessons British men can learn from Italy’s silver foxes
Two things happened last week that resonated with my own approach to my wardrobe. I marked a birthday; not a milestone one, but edging closer to 40…
The new tightening and tweaking cosmetic treatments to look out for this year
Top practitioners agree on one thing: these days, client knowledge of non-surgical treatments for face and neck is ever more expert. In 2022, new solutions for loose…
Why being vain can reap long-term health benefits
A moderate approach to food and exercise clearly clicks with her – she’s glowing and doesn’t appear to have resorted to the cosmetic procedures that so many…
André Leon Talley: the flamboyant fashion editor who went from Anna Wintour’s darling to Vogue outcast
I can’t remember the party, but I can remember the scream. Piercing and dramatic, those less familiar with André Leon Talley might have assumed it was a…
How eco-friendly is your make-up bag? The beauty refills to invest in
As much as we reluctantly think it, there is usually an assumption that for beauty products to be sustainable, there must be a payoff. It won’t be…