As the pollen count rises, here are the expert-recommended hay fever cures that stopped me sneezing – and the one that made it worse I grew up playing in the woods, sleeping with my dog and dead-heading flowers for my dad. This rampant early exposure should have turned me into […]
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Audiences may have flocked to the Final Reckoning but Tom Cruise’s latest mission ends up being incredibly underwhelming If the title is sincere, and this really is the final reckoning, then it’s been a franchise of two halves. Mission: Impossible diehards tend to underrate the first half (which ran from […]
Whatever the explanation for the incident, the reaction points to backward French attitudes – including from the president himself The French president’s plane has just landed in Hanoi. Its door is open and Emmanuel Macron is standing looking at his wife, Brigitte, who is still inside. Two hands – hers […]
This hugely entertaining documentary runs from fly-on-the-wall footage of the entrepreneur’s Cool Britannia-era lingerie brand – to a gripping investigation of the PPE Covid debacle In the 1990s, Michelle Mone saw an opportunity. She was in her late 20s, so the story goes, on holiday with her young family in […]
Adele Zeynep Walton’s sibling Aimee was a talented artist who loved music. It was only after her death that Walton realised Aimee had been lured into a dangerous community – and that others may also be victims of it Adele Zeynep Walton knew something was wrong when she stumbled out […]
It can be challenging to leave the house when you’re all out of eye contact, but a low social battery doesn’t have to mean a life short on socialising When I arrive at a gathering I tend to announce my departure in the same breath as my greeting. “Hi! I […]
A two-part film looking at the King of Pop’s career is undergoing more behind-the-scenes issues, including the problem of how to address troubling allegations As adult audiences for non-spectacle theatrical releases have waned post-Covid, one subgenre has survived long enough to feel like a franchise unto itself: the pop musician […]
As a former chancellor, I know this challenge can only be met in a budget. But Starmer and Reeves must not waste their chance Gordon Brown was UK prime minister 2007 to 2010 As Labour continues its inquest into the reasons for its local election losses, attention has focused on […]
Sometimes friendships end for a good reason, but all too often we just fail to look after them. The right conversation can do a lot to patch things up We know that good relationships are vital to health and happiness, but friendships can wither without time and attention. It’s normal […]
Anyone can buy a tiny spy camera and hide it in a mirror, fake smoke alarm or public toilet. But why would they? As cases of voyeurism against women soar in the UK, victims say it’s too easy for men to get away with it The first time Heidi Marney […]