Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons: Britain's pioneering early actressesIn a performance of The Mad Couple, a comedy of 1667, just five years after women were first given licence to act in this country, the beautiful, provocative actress Nell Gwyn rolled merrily across the stage, her underwear on display for all to… Oct 15 11October 15, 2011Article at The Telegraph
Why you might not actually be allergic to penicillinAs many as nine in ten people - about four million of us - who believe they're allergic to penicillin are not, according to the charity Antibiotic Research UK. Jan 07 25January 07, 2025Article at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/escape/article-11271709/Hiking-e-biking-rock-climbing-multi-activity-break-Italy-change-life.html
Drift off at this London Sleep Retreat of DreamsChecking out the Chilisleep Ooler Sleep System at the Pan Pacific London hotel, 80 Houndsditch, London EC3A 7AB. Nov 15 23November 15, 2023PDF at Daily Mail
Join the A-team in CroatiaClient Intrepid Group Yellow News Source Daily Mail Date 15 07 2023 Page 57 Reach 875125 Value 28488 0300 Escape Short haul Join the A team in Croatia A group tour from Split to Dubrovnik is a joy… Oct 23 23October 23, 2023PDF at Daily Mail
As low uptake of jabs leads to measles outbreak... I'm proof you're never too old to need the MMRThe first thing I should say is I'm fit and healthy at 64. Luckily as it turned out. It started on a Tuesday in early August. I'd been working hard all day as a digital consultant and, coming home exhausted, went straight to bed. Next morning, I was… Sep 25 23September 25, 2023Article at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/escape/article-11271709/Hiking-e-biking-rock-climbing-multi-activity-break-Italy-change-life.html
Expecting to control an 800kg flight animal is mad — but a lifelong love of horses and riding keeps me climbing back on boardSince the age of 4, horses have been essential to me — put aside when life was challenging but taken up again whenever possible. In the summer of 2022, I fulfilled a childhood ambition to ride beautiful horses in Spain. Money was very tight when I… Mar 20 23March 20, 2023Article at Medium
An exclusive peek inside Charlotte Church's wacky Welsh retreatYou’re in The Womb,’ says the woolly-hatted manager of The Dreaming, as he shows me into a room with a rosy, cosy 1970s vibe. I could have been in The Mush-Room, The Mystic, The Wanderer or The Moon. In the bathroom, I find the ‘vagina shower’ — pink… Feb 24 23February 24, 2023Article at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/escape/article-11271709/Hiking-e-biking-rock-climbing-multi-activity-break-Italy-change-life.html
Hiking, e-biking, rock climbing - why a multi-activity break in Italy could change your lifeWheee! Do you remember freewheeling fearlessly downhill on your bike as a child? And the sweaty slog back to the top so you could do it all again? E-biking in northern Italy’s Trebbia Valley is just like that but without the lung-squeezing climb,… Oct 04 22October 04, 2022Article at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/escape/article-11271709/Hiking-e-biking-rock-climbing-multi-activity-break-Italy-change-life.html
Rethink DCT: Honda’s revolutionary Dual Clutch TransmissionLaunched in 2010, DCT technology, unique to Honda Motorcycles, has evolved into one of the most advanced power transmissions on 2 wheels today. With a choice of Manual and Automatic modes at your fingertips, you’ll never lose that exhilarating… May 19 22May 19, 2022Article at honda.co.uk
The Facebook outage was exactly the social media reset we all needIt felt unbelievable, didn’t it, on Monday night, when peace reigned around the world for those six golden hours that our social media fell silent. At first, when there were no pinging WhatsApp notifications, I kept restarting my phone and rebooting… Oct 04 21October 04, 2021Article at The Telegraph
Rewild your child — Wild for Words: the garden school where English comes aliveJosa Keyes Aug 4·8 min read ‘Count on your hand 5 things that can fly,’ says Willa Douglas. The children scatter across the lawn — once a boggy field, now drained and brought into Willa’s magical garden. There’s a stream, a pond, bushes, thickets,… Aug 05 21August 05, 2021Article at Medium
Adoption support fund (ASF)The adoption support fund The adoption support fund (ASF) provides funds to local authorities (LAs) and regional adoption agencies (RAAs) to pay for essential therapeutic services for eligible adoptive and special guardianship order (SGO)… May 12 21May 12, 2021Article at gov.uk
Confessions of a bootcamp virginJosa Keyes Aug 10, 2020·9 min read Going crazy in the confines of my ‘hood, I’d been home alone pretty much since 11 March 2020. I had to break out, do something different and kick myself in the pants. I’m lucky to be able to work to full capacity… Aug 11 20August 11, 2020Article at Medium
What it’s like to go blind in your twentiesAlex Innes was born with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) but the genetic eye condition never cramped his spirit. At 27, in 2016, he had eye surgery to improve his sight. Instead, in a rare complication, his usable vision plummeted from 84% to 7%. Josa… Mar 14 20March 14, 2020Article at Medium
How to reclaim your maiden name after divorce in the UKJosa Keyes Jan 18, 2020·6 min read I wasted time and money as I couldn’t find anything clear online about how to reclaim my maiden name. So here’s a simple guide based on my own experience. Josa Keyes wearing the pink antique fancy dress, in which… Jan 18 20January 18, 2020Article at Medium
At the age of 57, I went on 36 dates with different men in 12 months - here's what happened nextThe Gloria Bell film trailer says it all. Gloria, played by the luminous Julianne Moore, is in the throes of a mid-life awakening. Twelve years after divorce she’s done with being lonely, dealing with dismissive adult children and a boring… Jun 08 19June 08, 2019Article at The Telegraph
Tanya Made Me Go To Digital DetoxAfter a fraught, frantic and fabulous first three quarters of 2016, I discovered Tanya Goodin’s Time to Log Off digital retreats - just what I needed to calm down before winter. There could be no hesitation. Tanya, a striking and determined blonde,… Dec 03 16December 03, 2016Article at HuffPost
Mark Luscombe-White, Julia Margaret Cameron and meI stood in the resin-scented darkroom trying to avoid getting cyanide on my bare feet and craning forward to understand 19th-century photography. Mark Luscombe-Whyte slipped a photographic plate into a chemical-filled fixer box, and the image… Mar 14 16March 14, 2016Article at HuffPost
The 'Spa' for People Who Don't Like SpasMiddle Piccadilly... it conjures up a rumble of taxis and buses, the flash of electronic billboards and Eros poised on one toe, but that is far from the rural bliss to be found at this profoundly peaceful Dorset retreat. Tucked away down a lane - you… Mar 04 15March 04, 2015Article at HuffPost UK