Opening exactly a year after the UK government advised people to start wearing face coverings in public, a new exhibition plots the risky journey of the face mask from health necessity to fashion statement. Undercover, which begins online on 11 May at the Westminster
On Hydra, the Greek isle long famous for an artistic community that once included Leonard Cohen, expatriates are not having a good pandemic. Roger Green, a British writer who has lived on the island since the early 90s, says some are afraid
The UK’s biggest building society is increasing the sums it is willing to lend first-time buyers in a move it said would enable homeownership for many people who have been frozen out of the market. Nationwide will allow new buyers to take
YouTube has restricted the ability for popular makeup vlogger James Charles to make money from the online video platform, following underage sexting and grooming allegations. Charles who is a beauty influencer with 25.5 million subscribers on YouTube, has been accused by more
For almost 10 years, the clock hanging in Bunshun Sakano’s temple was a reminder of the day nature’s force came close to destroying his community. The clock, which is thought to be about 100 years old, stopped ticking after the north-east coast
The US coast guard and multiple other boats have rescued six people from a commercial platform vessel that capsized off the coast of Louisiana in a sudden and severe storm on Tuesday night and are still searching for more, the agency said on Wednesday.
It’s been rumoured for weeks, but Apple has finally confirmed plans to hold a major launch event. The Californian company has sent out invitations to a showcase event on Tuesday April 20, 2021, where Apple is tipped to announce new gadgets as
Big European nights are a staple of Anfield folklore. Continental competition under the floodlights in front of the Kop has developed its own mystique. A belief has developed that anything is possible when the crowd and the team feed off each other.
France, Germany and the UK have warned that Iran took a dangerous step towards the production of a nuclear weapon by enriching uranium to levels for which there is no “credible civilian need”. Tehran, which claims its nuclear ambitions are limited to creating energy, announced
Ramadan has come around again as Muslims look to celebrate the second Islamic holy month under the restrictions of a global pandemic. While Ramadan was initially thought to begin on Monday, April 12, the crescent moon wasn’t sighted on time, meaning it
Black people are three times more likely to be killed on the streets of London than other ethnic groups, new figures show. Almost half of all murder victims in the capital in 2019 were Black despite them making up only 13 per
Statins are a group of medicines that can help lower the level of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in the blood. LDL cholesterol is often called the “bad” cholesterol because it collects in the walls of your blood vessels, hiking your risk of having
