‘I first took up running to escape from an awful boss, but it’s become a kind of therapy’
In time, brisk walking became slow jogging, and within months Angela, from Northampton – who previously “couldn’t even run if I was being chased” – was hooked…
How to lose weight – according to science
Having spent two years “following the science”, Dr Saira Hameed is hoping we can redirect that skill to another area: our weight. The endocrinologist at Imperial College…
Now that I’m no longer a party girl I’m worried my husband might leave me
I met my husband at college. He was a shy northerner with a dramatic bent; I was a posh “good-time girl”. The way he tells it, meeting…
Let’s be honest about periods – we owe it to our daughters
We have only a few rules in our house, which probably explains why we are in a state of constant, cluttered chaos: we don’t hide tampons up…
Electric cars have a very dirty secret
Every major manufacturer has committed to phasing out vehicles powered by internal combustion engines, with GM planning to do so by 2035 and Chinese-owned Volvo by 2030….
Will Europe finally wake up to the truth about Joe Biden now?
It is amateur hour on the world stage from the Biden Presidency. His visit last week to Europe was a train wreck, from his bizarre press conference…
The Fixed-term Parliaments Act remains a stand-out example of how not to govern
The Fixed-Term Parliaments Act has finally been repealed and we should all rejoice. It was always a silly constitutional oddity, imposed by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government…
Gaffe-prone Joe Biden thinks he’s a foreign policy genius. He isn’t
As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for 30 years, Joe Biden prided himself as an expert on foreign policy. It was one of the…
Did this moment save the Oscars? All people want is Hollywood behaving badly
Back in the day, behind the closed doors of Oscars parties I attended, I witnessed Hollywood behaving badly first-hand. I saw top actresses who had sub-careers as…
Vladimir Putin’s fate is out of our hands
That Warsaw speech was pretty good until Joe Biden, closer to the beatific vision than many of us, cried out, “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain…
Rishi Sunak’s policy reboots spiced up by low-tax slap
Welcome to the 94th treasury committee awards where Rishi Sunak was up for best Spring Statement. The red carpet glittered with the latest fashions; Rishi looked like…
What I’ve learned about family and memory from handling people’s heirlooms
You don’t become a jeweller in a year. I’ve honed my skills and expertise over 18 years and I get so much out of it. One of…
What it’s like to suddenly lose your hair in midlife
Schilling’s own hair loss began when she was in primary school; finally culminating in complete hair loss – alopecia universalis – in her forties. Although statistics on…
How the midlifers won on the Oscars red carpet and five other things you may have missed
The first proper, in-person Oscars since the ‘p’-word proved that, when it comes to doing glamour, even the stars are struggling. All bets were off, all rules…
Ukraine afternoon briefing: Five developments as Ukrainian forces retake Irpin
Good evening. Local officials in the town of Irpin, which lies outside of Kyiv, said it had been fully recaptured by Ukrainian forces on Monday. “We have…
Monday evening UK news briefing: Roman Abramovich ‘poisoned’ at Ukraine peace talks
Meanwhile, Joe Biden has denied he was calling for regime change in Russia after saying that Putin “cannot remain in power” after invading Ukraine. There was an…
‘We are Spartan fighters’: Determined Kyiv pilots deny Russia control of the skies
One month into the war, Ukrainian officials say they have shot down around a hundred Russian jets and a further 120 helicopters, defying expectations that Moscow would…
Nato could get more tanks to Ukrainian troops – but they may not be able to drive them
Artillery systems with minimal protection such as Grad rocket launchers or BM-27 don’t need to be attacked with anti-armour missiles but can be destroyed with heavy machine…
Two Israeli police officers killed in terror attack
During the summit, the US sought to reassure Iran’s neighbours in the Middle East that it would protect it by preventing Iran from building new weapons through…
Couple sue IVF clinic for wrongly implanting male embryo
They declined the option of an abortion, but Heather said she fell into a dark depression. “I remember lying in my bedroom, thinking, “This can’t be happening!”…
Imran Khan blames ‘foreign conspiracy’ to oust him as he faces toughest political battle yet
Sumedha Dasgupta, senior Asia analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, said he still forecast that Mr Khan would survive, but said “there are significant risks surrounding the…
How a row over WiFi left four members of a remote Amazonian tribe dead
One report, in Spanish newspaper El Pais, claimed that the soldiers demanded gold from the locals in exchange for internet access. In the ensuing fracas, four people…
The 20 wildlife holidays that will really make a difference
Jaunts with jaguars, Brazil Brazil is a wildlife hotspot and two of its most wildlife-rich destinations, the Pantanal and Iguazú Falls, offer the very real possibility of…
The EU’s Capital of Culture initiative may be risible – but this eccentric city is worth a visit
Stepping outside, I felt I’d walked into a Christmas carol. The snow (this was February) was deep and crisp and even, crunching audibly beneath my feet. The…
The cheaper alternative to Tuscany – with more mountains, better beaches and fewer tourists
Along the coast, two areas are worth special trips, both rocky, cliff-edged uplands that are strange, but beautiful anomalies on an otherwise flat coast of resorts, dunes…