The 2020 Russell Prize for best writing
Getty Images Bertrand Russell was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950 And so we come again to that glorious moment, just ahead of what I hope is a restful festive season for you and your family, when I wheel out my favourite prose of the year, under the auspices of an implicit endorsement […]
Billionaire Mackenzie Scott marries science teacher
Getty Images Billionaire MacKenzie Scott has married a science teacher at her children’s school, two years after her divorce from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Ms Scott is one of the world’s richest women and has given away more than $4bn (£2.9bn) of her fortune. The news of her marriage to Dan Jewett was revealed via […]
The number one song that promoted safe sex
Getty Images US girl group TLC The pop hooks and wry rhymes of TLC’s 1995 hit Waterfalls belie its weighty subject. On World Aids Day and as a new documentary about the group is released, Arwa Haider looks back at a song that reached audiences when politicians couldn’t. In the mid-1990s, one of the world’s […]
The mysterious ‘sloth virus’ with no treatment
Getty Images Oropouche virus is also known as ‘sloth fever’ but is found in a number of other animals in the wild (Credit: Getty Images) A mysterious virus once confined to the Amazon is now spreading more widely around the Americas, after undergoing genetic changes that may make it more potent. Until recently, Oropouche virus […]
James Bond star Daniel Craig donated £50k to Brimscombe Mill
Reuters The five-time James Bond star helped save the hub from being evicted James Bond star Daniel Craig gave a community hub previously at risk of eviction £50,000 to help keep it in its current home. The actor made the payment to Brimscombe Mill in Stroud, Gloucestershire, after it was the revealed the building had […]
Menopause, the other menstrual taboo for Indian women
Getty Images Indian women are struggling to find resources to help them deal with the end of menstruation Indian women on average hit menopause a few years earlier than their counterparts in the West, studies show. A recent paper found that women experiencing premature menopause, particularly in the age group of 30–39 years, is also […]
Spiralling inflation and refugee host cash plea
“How will millions cope?” asks the front page headline of the Daily Express reflecting on the prediction that inflation in the UK could hit 18% next year. Financial experts are quoted in the Mirror as saying a “winter of woe is looming” as prices rise. The projection “heaps more pressure” on the Conservative leadership candidates […]
UK government to back recommendations of Karen Carney-led women’s football review
The UK government will launch an implementation group of key stakeholders to deliver the Carney review plans and will also establish a separate board of women’s sports to highlight themes and challenges faced by different sports, share best practices and research and accelerate growth. Carney, 36, won 144 caps for England, retiring from playing after […]
Norwich’s Illyin Morrison eliminated from Great British Bake Off
Channel 4/Love Productions/Mark Bourdillon Illyin Morrison from Norwich left the competition after eight weeks A baker who had hoped to “prove something” to herself has been eliminated from the Great British Bake Off tent in the quarter finals due to a “toppled” cake. Illyin Morrison, 31, from Norwich, is a birth trauma specialist midwife and […]
Inside a US/UK trade deal
NHS The US has some big healthcare businesses which would be keen to establish a stronger presence in the UK Relations with the United States were always going to be a high priority for British trade policy post-Brexit. So no surprise that Liam Fox has gone to Washington to discuss prospects. The International Trade Secretary […]