When the humourist Dorothy Parker was told that the dull and ineffectual President Calvin Coolidge had died, she exclaimed: ‘But how can they tell?’ Isn’t it the same with news that Ford is to stop making the Mondeo? Did anybody even realise that these cars were actually still in production? To announce the end of … Read more
Value Stephen Bayley Constable £18.99 Rating: So how did you spend lockdown? Author and critic Stephen … Read more
Bayley (pictured), who was the first director of the Design Museum in London, says lockdown could make our lives more satisfying — if we revert to a ‘peasant’ outlook The pandemic may have heaped untold misery upon the nation, but design guru Stephen Bayley is determined to see a silver lining in this darkest of clouds. … Read more
Paralympian Will Bayley was born with arthrogryposis, a condition that affects all four limbs, and was diagnosed with cancer when he was seven. He began playing table tennis during his recovery and went on to represent Great Britain at the Paralympics, achieving world number one ranking in 2012 and winning a silver medal in London … Read more