Camper van of choice in the Sixties and the stalwart of small businesses: the Bedford CA at 70
The Bedford CA was once a part of everyday life, on a par with listening to The Archers on the BBC Home Service. They served as delivery…
A transitional salad for spring (and winter’s apparent return)
Last Friday, I talked about my penchant for a transitional salad, where the assemblage of bits and bobs on your plate are as fresh as they are…
Covid conundrums: your all-new etiquette guide
According to the Office for National Statistics, around one in 16 people across the UK had Covid in the week ending March 19. Anecdotally, that seems conservative,…
How to cope with financial PTSD
Thompson’s situation worsened when she was sexually harassed at work and had to leave her role. Her relationship also ended and she was forced to find a…
Why getting lost in the country is something that only city folk do
Is it news to anyone that country folk have a better sense of direction than their city-dwelling counterparts? I assumed it was because there are still parts of…
This is a new age of chaos, famine and disorder
Almost inevitably, economic turning points tend to be more obvious with the benefit of hindsight than they are at the time, but even the blindest of observers…
Nicola Sturgeon’s litany of blunders is finally catching up with her
It is, in Scotland, the eternal question: how have the SNP managed to defy political gravity for so long despite an ever-growing list of policy failures? The…
Extinction Rebellion have become Putin’s useful idiots
To say that the world has changed in the three years since Extinction Rebellion first blockaded Oxford Circus for a fortnight would be an understatement. Then, at…
The public sector is still living in a lockdown fantasy
The ghost of lockdowns past still haunts Britain, despite the Government ending free mass coronavirus testing this week. Covid prevalence is still high, with the official figures…
Emily Thornberry launches a pro-woke coup
A political scrap has broken out on the new All Party Parliamentary Group on the National Trust, set up by Tory MP Andrew Murrison to scrutinise some…
Chill financial winds are about to be felt
Just as everyone was thinking the heating could be turned off until the autumn, winter returned with a vengeance yesterday with snow and biting winds across the…
The monetary props of the global asset boom are rapidly crumbling
It is a fiscal agent, like the Banca d’Italia in the 1970s. Its de facto mandate is to keep insolvent Club Med states afloat and to mask…
The NHS is in thrall to a deranged progressive ideology that is harming mothers and babies
It was hard to read. The Ockenden report into the deadly failures of maternity care at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is a compendium of incompetence,…
How to save energy in the home: 10 essential questions answered
No one was laughing when Ofgem announced it was increasing its price cap on April Fools Day. And sadly they weren’t joking either. GoCompare Energy warned that…
William Sitwell reviews Bob Bob Ricard: ‘This could be the most raucous ride in the City’
Enter into the vortex of the City of London’s Bob Bob Ricard and even before you hit the famous ‘Press for Champagne’ button or throw back the…
I’m invisible to my wife – should I leave her for a 22-year-old student?
Dear A&E, I am a 56-year-old professional guy, married with a couple of older teenagers – I have provided very well for my wife and children but…
The simple trick to help midlife men up their workwear game
A man’s sense of style changes as he grows older. I know mine certainly has, and what I value now are clothes that make me feel good….
At 72, Twiggy is proof that older models are the most relatable campaign stars
When it comes to advertising campaigns, the fashion and beauty industries don’t exactly have clean copybooks. Blighted by lack of race and age diversity, in recent years…
Inside the Queen’s Balmoral wardrobe and the clothes she wears in her ‘happiest place’
Are you fortunate enough to have a second home? In which case, you’ll doubtlessly have a second wardrobe. For unless said home is in the same town…
Patrick Demarchelier didn’t just transform Diana’s image – he turned royalty into stars
It was the Princess’s idea to call him for her Vogue cover. She’d seen his fashion pictures in the magazine, including one of Claudia Schiffer cupping her…
What politicians’ cars say about their owners, from Rishi’s Range Rover to Rees-Mogg’s Bentleys
His approach makes a contrast with some of his colleagues, who have been more open about their driving habits. In 2019 Jacob Rees-Mogg gave an interview in…
Friday evening UK news briefing: Putin ‘visited by cancer doctor 35 times’
It comes as the European Union stockpiles medicines and protective gear to protect against any potential chemical, nuclear and biological incidents amid escalations in the Ukraine war. …
Russian soldier dies from radiation poisoning in Chernobyl
Radiation from the destroyed Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine has reportedly killed one Russian soldier after his unit camped in a toxic forest known as the Red…
‘I’ve never seen a measles outbreak like this’: A childhood killer resurfaces in Afghanistan
In the northern province of Balkh, Ali Shoker Khan’s* three children contracted measles in mid-February. The economic crisis meant he had been forced to withdraw his eldest…
Russian tank convoy in Ukraine may no longer exist, says US
The Russians splintered into smaller units to try to make headway towards Kyiv. However the US defence officials are now unsure whether the convoy exists. John Kirby,…