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Woodford Income Focus to be taken over by Standard Life Aberdeen two months after it was suspended By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 12 December 2019 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 12 December 2019 Aberdeen Standard Investments, part of Standard Life Aberdeen is about to take on Woodford Income Focus Aberdeen Standard … Read more
A simple hour-long operation could be ‘life-changing’ for thousands of Britons left permanently disabled due to damaged nerves. The procedure can banish the crippling, constant pain which sufferers describe as being like lying on broken glass, scorched by a flame or stung by bees. The surgery repairs nerves or replaces them with transplanted ones but … Read more
BIOGRAPHY THE PROFESSOR & THE PARSON by Adam Sisman (Profile £12.99, 240 pp) The Oxford history don Hugh Trevor-Roper is chiefly remembered (poor man) for his one disastrous mistake: his brief authentication of the so-called ‘Hitler diaries’ in 1983. Anyone who enjoyed Adam Sisman’s 2010 biography of Trevor-Roper will be haunted by what must have … Read more
Major Depressive Episode. That was what the doctor wrote on my medical record. It was August 10, 2014. The day before, some friends had pulled me up off the pavement outside the office block where I worked and manhandled me to the nearest hospital crisis centre. They’d come because I’d put a message on Facebook saying: … Read more
‘My life in jeans – it’s complicated’ By Elizabeth Day for You Magazine Published: 00:02 BST, 12 May 2019 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 12 May 2019 Top, kitri J Alfred Prufrock famously measured out his life in coffee spoons – a line that, whenever I read it, has me questioning what the difference is between … Read more
Chris and I are on holiday – we’ve come to see an old friend Patricia, who lives here in Barcelona I am writing this column from my hotel room in Barcelona, sporting a large plaster on my left knee. Chris and I are on holiday – we’ve come to see an old friend Patricia, who lives … Read more
Cruising into the future: How a high-tech watch is revolutionising life on board Sara Macefield tried out the OceanMedallion on her Princess Cruises voyage The small disc can open doors and it doubles as an onboard payment device When ordering drinks, waiters are guided by the guest’s picture and location By Sara Macefield For The Daily … Read more
This is the couple who packed up their possessions to live in a van – and are now helping others follow a sustainable way of life. Dustin Grevemberg from Louisiana and his wife Noami from Trinidad sold most of their items three years ago to buy a 1985 Volkswagen Vanagon to live and travel in. … Read more
STOCK MARKET WATCHLIST: Life after Sir Martin Sorrell sees WPP seek buyer for its £3bn market research firm Kantar By Edited By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:48 GMT, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 10:13 GMT, 15 April 2019 WPP’s post-Sorrell clear-out kicks off in earnest this week. The advertising giant … Read more
I have a new favourite phrase: ‘Where is my…’ It is usually said while I’m stomping around the house, hissing and cursing. Don’t get me wrong, I know how annoying it is. Both my daughters – when they lived with us – and my husband Chris often seemed unable to leave the house without first … Read more