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The girls didn’t look at me as I tiptoed into their bedroom. Isla and Molly were lying stock-still in their beds, eyes swivelled upwards and covers pulled up under their chins. ‘Morning Daddy,’ said Isla, very quietly indeed, without averting her gaze from the ceiling. Perched directly over their heads like a hairy glove puppet … Read more
This hi-fi Dac disguised as a hip-flask is the perfect gift for the impossible-to-buy-for middle-aged man in your life By Rob Waugh Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 8 February 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 8 February 2020 iFi hip-dac headphone amplifier £149, ifi-audio.com Like most middle-aged men, I’m impossible to buy … Read more
We were all in Wonderland! Gerald Barry’s Alice Adventures Under Ground is a joyous, hour-long opera that will delight audiences of all ages By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 GMT, 8 February 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 8 February 2020 Alice’s Adventures Under Ground Royal Opera House, London … Read more
Tom Walker is living in a blur. He has gone from struggling musician who couldn’t pay the rent to having a No 1 album, winning a Brit award and travelling the world. ‘I went to New Zealand for just one day to play a gig,’ he says. ‘I mean, who does that?’ Over the past … Read more
Endgame The Old Vic, London Until March 28, 2hrs 15mins Rating: With his box- office power, Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe could sell pretty much anything. His last outing at this theatre was … Read more
For Valentine’s Day you have to go with pink fizz and our man reveals the budget beauties right on your doorstep By Olly Smith Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:00 GMT, 8 February 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 8 February 2020 Pink fizz and romance flow through one another like rivulets of laughter … Read more
There are often times when awards ceremonies deliver the wrong results. That’s not to insult the winners; it’s just a shame when the same people win year after year, because it means there are a lot of brilliant performers who are always going to miss out. In the recent National Television Awards it was, however, … Read more
Rock the Kasbah! Tangier’s walled fortress is a heady blast of Moroccan charm – and getting there has just got easier The Moroccan city of Tangier is directly across the Strait of Gibraltar Air Arabia has just launched a low-cost direct flight to Tangier from London The city is divided into three areas: the Kasbah, … Read more
Vintage posters with designs linked to winter travel and winter sports are set to sell for thousands of pounds at auction. The rare posters, which date back to the 1920s, are due to go under the hammer at Swann Auction Galleries in New York on February 13 as part of its wider Vintage Posters sale. … Read more
John and Chrissie Wade: ‘We still feel that we and Mum in particular have been very badly treated by Aviva’ A Devon couple have won a year-long battle with Aviva after it cut off a frail 96-year-old woman’s £100 a month annuity payments. Ellen Wade’s son and daughter-in-law got embroiled in a bizarre misunderstanding over her … Read more