What hearing loss can reveal about your health
Is losing your hearing an inevitable facet of ageing? A growing body of research suggests it can be a warning sign of a health condition – and…
How to prune the young trees in your garden, and the best time to cut back
Trees often need a helping hand to reach their full potential – and, when we plant young trees, it is important to prune them a little each…
Death by detox? What crash diets really do to over-50s
“The metabolic improvements with a very low-calorie diet, such as a reduction in liver fat and reversal of diabetes, would be expected to improve heart function,” said…
Nicola Sturgeon is now the West’s woke weak link
At times of global conflict, politicians are often tempted to smear domestic opponents as unwitting allies of a foreign aggressor. Whatever the scale of the humanitarian crisis,…
Climate radicals fuelled Europe’s reliance on Putin’s gas. Now they want to make it worse
We may not be able to enforce a no-fly zone in Ukraine, but at least we are doing something to defeat Putin’s military adventure in the country….
Putin has shown the danger of letting Iran’s irrational ideologues have nuclear weapons
Was Richard Nixon a madman? The communists never could tell. And that was the whole point. By behaving erratically, he created the fear that he may be…
It’s absurd to call Cecil Rhodes South Africa’s Hitler
The statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oriel College has been at the epicentre of debates surrounding Britain’s imperial past. To some, he is an inspiring pioneer and…
Blaming men for war isn’t feminist, it’s an intolerable and lazy cliché
You can’t prove a negative, so we may never know whether Sheryl Sandberg is right that “no two countries run by women would ever go to war”….
I watched MPs sucking up to John Bercow. It was embarrassing then… but it’s even worse now
“Thank you for being such a good human being,” gurgled Ann Clwyd (Lab, Cynon Valley). “You have touched the lives of hundreds of thousands,” cooed Seema Malhotra…
John Bercow will struggle to find a sympathetic ear
John Bercow is the first occupant of the Speaker’s chair in living memory not to have been ennobled. His nomination by Labour for a peerage was knocked…
Crisis has finally shaken us out of our hysteria
Gravity is a flinty mistress. Our feverish public debate often resembles one of those Looney Tunes chase sequences – Wile E Coyote runs off the cliff, terrified,…
Unlike his snazzy Ukraine badge, Keir Starmer couldn’t pin down his attacks on the Tories
No one was quite making sense in Westminster on Wednesday. On Parliament Square, the anti-government protesters were back, chanting their delirious medley through a megaphone. “Boris is…
‘Western sanctions won’t stop Putin’: Sherelle Jacobs responds to readers
This week, I wrote about why it is wishful thinking to hope that the Russian people will topple Vladimir Putin. Here, I respond to Telegraph readers’ comments….
Our NHS maternity wards need more than pre-emptive apologies
God help any pregnant woman who’s been watching This Is Going to Hurt, the BBC drama series based on the bestselling book by Adam Kay. Before he…
China cannot allow Putin to fail
Ukraine is burning and a humanitarian crisis is unfolding as the Russian invasion continues. The Chinese government, the best placed in the world to lean on Vladimir…
Five of the best anti-ageing products for a more youthful neckline
The closer I get to 50, the more I find myself scrutinising my face for signs of ageing. And I’m not alone. According to cosmetic doctors,…
The clothes that make a woman well-dressed – whatever her age
If tailoring is your thing, then a colourful trouser suit, as opposed to black (a bit hotel manager), navy (a bit boring) or white (high maintenance) –…
I haven’t used my iron in over three years – here’s what I do instead
“I have one white shirt that I reserve for a particular ensemble, which I may or may not iron depending on my mood,” she adds. “My favourites…
Britain to send world’s most advanced anti-aircraft missile system to Ukraine
Once fired, the missile carrying the three darts uses a small charge to blast it clear of the launch tube. This motor cuts out before the missile…
Wednesday evening UK news briefing: ‘Atrocity’ as maternity hospital destroyed in air strikes
Britain has ramped up its export of defensive weapons to Ukraine at the country’s “darkest hour”, the Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, has announced. Liz Truss, the Foreign…
‘It’s not good enough’: Ukraine refugees get tired of excuses over Britain’s visa system
After all, no one at the heaving border railway hub of Przemysl, or the nearby reception centre, seemed overly bothered by building regulations. However, the alleged physical…
Russia ‘struggling to assemble’ enough troops as it admits sending conscripts to fight in Ukraine
A report by the Institute for the Study of War, a US-based defence think tank, said the use of Chechen fighters and mercenaries “in addition to conventional…
Guatemala triples jail time for women seeking abortion and bans same-sex marriage
“This law should really be called a law to imprison and kill women,” said centre-left Congressman Samuel Perez. “It is one of the most brazen things they…
Man who had world’s first pig heart transplant dies
His doctors in Maryland, US, had offered the grandfather-of-five one last glimmer of hope to prolong his life: a replacement heart from a genetically modified pig. News…
Camel crowned Qatar’s most beautiful ‘was not given Botox’
A camel had to be X-rayed to prove it had not been surgically enhanced before being crowned the winner of a beauty contest following controversy over Botoxed…