Dr. Mary Fowkes, 66, Dies; Helped Science Understand the Pandemic
She performed autopsies in New York that found blood clots in vital organs, suggesting how much the virus spreads through the body. Read more...
Hotel review Mallory Courtnear Leamington Spa in Warwickshire
The Inspector checked into Mallory Court, near Leamington Spa, which has a new ESPA spa. He loved the building and his full English - but had mixed feelings about several aspects of his stay. Read more...
Great Ormond Street porter, 55, admits 58 sex attacks on six boys
Paul Farrell, 55, a porter at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, pleaded guilty to sex offences carried out between 1985 and 2020, including attempted rape and sexual assault. Read more...
Barry Gibb admits that it's 'difficult' to watch new Bee Gees documentary
A new documentary on the Bee Gees' legendary career is set to be released on HBO in the coming weeks. Read more...
Andrew Perry
An article on September 5, 2010, "...fury as police cash in on car phone picture" said Andrew Perry, a CPS lawyer, might have been in contempt of court by giving a presentation using an evidence picture of footballer Jermain Defoe using a mobile phone while driving, before the case had been heard. In fact the picture related to a speeding case, prosecuted by Mr Perry, that had already concluded; a mobile phone case mentioned in the article had not yet begun. We are happy to set the record straight. Read more...
Walt Whitman, Parenting Books and Other Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to recent issues of the Sunday Book Review. Read more...
MARKET REPORT Analysts seeing double as recovery draws near
What do Purplebricks, Carnival, Halfords and Petra Diamonds all have in common? Regular stock-watchers will know these are all companies whose shares have been sunk during the Covid crisis. Read more...
Heres What the Thanksgiving Parade Looked Like in Pandemic New York
The holiday ritual was limited to a block, with parts pretaped for television and barricades to keep people away. Still, a few curious spectators showed up. Read more...
To Do Politics or Not Do Politics? Tech Start-Ups Are Divided
Coinbase, Expensify, Soylent, Clubhouse and others are embroiled in a culture war over politics and the workplace. Read more...
Tom Heinsohn, Champion Celtic as Player and Coach, Is Dead at 86
His blood always ran green eight titles with Boston as a Hall of Fame forward and two as head coach followed by a four-decade career as a die-hard Celtics broadcaster. Read more...
Cherie Blair
On 26 November, in referring to a magazine's claim that Cherie Blair had attended a shooting party which included Saif Gaddafi, we suggested this was hypocritical and had outraged the families of victims of the Lockerbie bombing. We accept that Mrs Blair did not attend the shooting party and has never met Mr Gaddafi. We apologise for any embarrassment caused. Read more...
Three million care home residents to receive Vitamin D to help combat Covid-19
Deliveries will be free of charge, starting in January, providing four months' worth of supplements to last 2.7million people in the UK through the winter months. Read more...
Heated Car Seats Are an Antidote to Our Grief
They deliver a pleasure both maternal and sensual, cocooning you like a child in the lap of some warm, benevolent bear. Read more...
Elderly patients are still given 'Do Not Resuscitate' orders against their or their families' wishes
SUE REID Lucy Jeal, 93, was told by a local nurse in South London she would not be resuscitated by doctors, nurses, emergency paramedics or ambulance crews if her heart stops. Read more...
My Neighbors Dogs Are Driving Me Crazy. What Can I Do?
Incessant barking is the top complaint to animal-control centers. As always, its better to start with a personal approach. Read more...
Forces from Ethiopia's Tigray region bombed Eritrean capital, Tigray leader says
Rebellious forces from Ethiopia's Tigray region fired rockets at the airport in Eritrea's capital Asmara on Saturday evening, their leader said on Sunday, confirming earlier reports of a major escalation in a 12-day old conflict in Ethiopia. Read more...
Queen's former Press Secretary says Charles and Diana WERE in love
Speaking to True Royalty TV's The Royal Beat, the Queen's former Press Secretary Dickie Arbiter said the popular Netflix series should come with 'a health warning at the beginning'. Read more...
Diego Maradona and All That We Have Lost
Part of Diego Maradonas enduring appeal is testament to his genius. But part of it, too, speaks to a sense of nostalgia for what he represented. Read more...