M’aidez! M’aidez!’ Deranged with panic, I flapped my arms and hollered for help. No ski trip for my family is complete without the international phrase for emergency being used at least once. Only this time I wasn’t shouting it from a slope-side collision but from the hard shoulder of a French motorway after coming to … Read more
MEMOIR DEAR LIFE by Rachel Clarke (Little Brown £16.99, 336 pp) Growing up in the 1970s, Rachel Clarke loved hearing her father’s tales of his career in medicine. But one story, — from his days as a naval anaesthetist — lingered uncomfortably in her mind. He was only a young man himself when an explosion … Read more
How Prince Andrew’s ex-girlfriend Amanda Staveley brought in investors from the Middle East to save Barclays from a government bailout in 2008 – and is now set to sue the bank for £1.5bn Amanda Staveley brought in investors from Middle East to save Barclays from a government bailout in 2008 Cambridge University graduate, 46, is … Read more
Hero captain leaps from the top of his ferry to save drowning woman who fell over the side in Myanmar Experienced sailor, U Myint Aye, leaps 40ft from the top of his vessel in Myanmar Khin Chan Mya, 34, slipped into the Yangon River as the ship attempted to dock Two other crew members helped the … Read more