You may not be leaving your own postcode this summer, but Jack Savoretti’s Europiana will make you feel as if you’ve got away from it all By Tim De Lisle for Event Magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 19 June 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 19 June 2021 Jack Savoretti … Read more
Thanks a million! That’s how many miles of Britain you’ve pledged to spruce up for the Mail’s campaign Army of volunteers help the Great British Spring Clean reach major milestone So far 160,270 volunteers have pledged to tidy up 1,006,135 miles of Britain Network Rail pledges all of their 42,000 employees will spend time picking … Read more
There can be few better adverts for a trip to Poland (when travel reopens) than this set of photographs. They come courtesy of Karol Nienartowicz, from Krakow, who you won’t be surprised to learn is a professional photographer. His images capture Poland’s most enticing aspects, from its fairy-tale castles and fascinating cities to its epic … Read more
A new ITV documentary has unveiled never-before seen moments from the Queen’s personal life – including playful antics with her father King George VI as a child, idyllic trips to the beach with her children and Prince Philip teaching them how to fish. The Queen Unseen, which aired on ITV1 at 9pm tonight, delved into candid … Read more
He served with distinction in the Royal Navy and was mentioned in dispatches. But a humble lilo proved to be Prince Philip’s downfall. These extraordinary pictures are taken from candid home movie footage – never seen in public before – of the young Queen and her husband off duty at Christmas in 1953. A young Queen … Read more
Aged 47 and with aches all over? You’ve hit middle age! Feeling stiff, getting a belly and not knowing what songs are in the charts are tell-tale signs of ageing, study finds A study of 2,000 adults has found the tell-tale signs of becoming middle aged These included feeling stiff all over, getting a belly, … Read more
You’ve broken the Ghoul of Six! Team of ghost-hunters is hit with fines after breaking lockdown rules to visit haunted house Police bust ghost-hunters exploring a derelict building for breaching Covid rules Officers found three different groups of people at the paranormal activity event All 12 men and women were handed fixed penalty notices for lockdown … Read more
Grace ITV, Sunday Rating: Bloodlands BBC1, Sunday (Warning: spoilery) Rating: Midway through ITV’s new Sunday-night cop drama, Grace, I began to wonder if there was an interview process for TV cops hoping to be on TV. I wondered if a TV cop had to be summoned into the TV office of a TV police commander, … Read more
Signs of serious liver problems include tiredness, confusion, itchy skin and, according to the British Liver Trust, ‘writing which becomes difficult, spidery and small’, writes Dr Michael Mosley, pictured Large, the size of a rugby ball, rubbery and reddish-brown in colour, your liver is not a glamorous organ. Yet it quietly gets on with performing … Read more
Rare photographs of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the late 1800s have been brought to life in colour, showcasing the USA’s rich Asian-American history as the threat of hate crimes against the community is prevalent in 2021. The photographs were taken by German-American photographer Arnold Genthe whilst on a visit to Chinatown. Arnold became fascinated with … Read more