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You’d be forgiven for thinking the creator of the drug that cured the erectile dysfunction of millions around the world would be enjoying the profits of his hard work. But you’d be wrong. Instead, the co-creator of Viagra, Dr David Brown, has set himself the ambitious challenge of finding treatments for 100 rare diseases by … Read more
Olivia Pratt may only be nine years old, but by squirrelling away birthday and Christmas gifts she has already amassed around £4,500 in savings. By contrast, after an expensive year renovating their house, her parents, Claire and Damien, have just £900 set aside for a rainy day. It may seem unusual for children to have … Read more
Handy: Barney Calman with gloves to help stroke patients They look, sound and chatter away pretty much like ordinary people. In reality, they are anything but. Amid much hysteria and hype, tech giants Samsung have unveiled the first ever digitally generated ‘artificial humans’ – a few of them are pictured on these pages. Powered by … Read more
Lucy Wyndham-Read took up exercise to stop herself being tormented by bullies – and has become a YouTube fitness sensation. Now she is going to help you get superfit in only 7 minutes Lucy wears top, Intimissimi. Skirt, Reiss. Blue ring, Rebus. Other rings, Alighieri. Styling: Holly Elgeti. Hair and Make-up: Lica Fensome at Stella Creative … Read more
Within a week or so countless Britons will be putting themselves on a diet to tackle the Christmas excess. A year ago each woman here resolved to tackle her weight and has now reaped the benefits for their health, too, from banishing chronic back pain and depression, to putting asthma and type 2 diabetes into … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK Noble Savages : The Olivier Sisters — Four Lives in Seven Fragments by Sarah Watling (Cape £25, 416 pp) Margery — the mad one. Brynhild — the divorced one who died from cancer on her failing farm. Daphne — the Rudolf Steiner obsessive who founded a school. Noel — the doctor … Read more
The Great British Entrepreneur Challenge has been bigger and better than ever in 2019 and after a flood of entries, we are proud to announce the shortlist of start-ups who’ve made the final. As ever, our goal was simple – to scour the country for great start-ups and early-stage firms and to find passionate entrepreneurs … Read more
It goes without saying that the supermodel’s new baby Matilda and partner Steph are his first loves. But it was adopting rescue pup Dora that made him settle down and prepare for first-time fatherhood Sometimes it’s hard to be a professional, especially when you’re a journalist trying to interview a male model and he’s … Read more