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McCartney III is homespun: This is the sound of a great songwriter being playful… he leaves you hoping that there will be a McCartney IV By Tim De Lisle for Event Magazine Published: 22:01 GMT, 12 December 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 12 December 2020 Paul McCartney … Read more
This year has been a strange one for the world of books. Covid meant that bookshops were closed for much of the time, which meant that readers were denied the joy of browsing, and the affiliated pleasure of judging books by their covers. In turn, we authors were denied most of the usual ego-boosts normally … Read more
From Merlin Sheldrake’s quirky book to English Pastoral by James Rebanks and a moving memoir by Alan Davies, the best non-fiction of the year By Neil Armstrong Published: 22:00 GMT, 12 December 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 12 December 2020 Entangled Life Merlin Sheldrake … Read more
From Douglas Stuart’s Booker Prize debut to Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid and an enchanting novel from Sophie Kirtley, the best fiction of the year By Hephzibah Anderson and Keeba Critchlow Published: 22:00 GMT, 12 December 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 12 December 2020 Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart … Read more
Simon Russell Beale is a joy from the off as Scrooge in this rich, rewarding, fully theatrical revival of A Christmas Carol at the Bridge Theatre By Robert Gore-Langton for Event Magazine Published: 22:00 GMT, 12 December 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 12 December 2020 A Christmas Carol Bridge Theatre, London … Read more
What we want from a home is changing. Not long ago, the ambition was to climb the ladder rung by rung, hoping for gains along the way, with the plan of staying put one day. But such ambition was already going out of style and now, thanks to the pandemic, it is rapidly being replaced … Read more
When she was in her 40s, Pam Gray went through a period of depression so bad that she didn’t leave the house for six months. Then she plucked up the courage to do a floristry course, which led to a job in a florist’s shop. ‘To get there I had to go on a bus … Read more
Dogs can be trained to detect people infected with coronavirus by sniffing their armpits, study finds, and they are already being used in airports around the world. Researchers from the National Veterinary School of Alfort, France, recruited six dogs previously trained to sniff out other things and re-trained them to detect Covid-19. Because of their famously … Read more
It may have been tricky to take an overseas holiday this year thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped people from daydreaming and window shopping for homes in exotic locations. In fact, 2020 has marked an 18 per cent jump in people looking at the overseas section of property website Rightmove. Of the … Read more
Water hassle! Ivy the Samoyed hangs onto the bathroom door frame to stop her owner giving her a shower Owner Jorgen Tommerberg from Minneapolis, Minnesota, seen carrying the pup Ivy the Samoyed is seen clinging onto the bathroom door frame in hilarious clip The sweet seven-month-old puppy appears to be reluctant to go in the shower … Read more