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When the NHS put out its recent call for volunteer responders, more than half a million people signed up in the first 24 hours. The administrators even had to close the site while they processed those keen to offer their services. But what if you’ve got time, skills, and a desire to do your bit … Read more
Here we pick a selection of the best travel-related programmes, books and radio shows that will provide some isolation inspiration for the week ahead. On the page . . . Spin across Europe Glorious: Beat the blue with Helen Moat’s tales of Istanbul in her book A Time Of Birds Helen embarks on a 3,000-mile cycle … Read more
Inside Rebecca Judd’s VERY upscale living room: Footy WAG offers a glimpse of her $9,000 sofa and stunning artwork while in lockdown in her $7.3million mansion By Caleb Taylor For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:17 BST, 30 April 2020 | Updated: 04:31 BST, 30 April 2020 It’s no secret that Rebecca Judd enjoys the finer … Read more
Many households are desperately worried about what the coronavirus crisis means for their jobs, pensions and savings. But if you get creative, there are ways you can make some extra cash without setting foot outside the door. From filling in surveys to recording audiobooks, we found out how five successful homeworkers are earning a living … Read more
They move slowly across the landscape, lumbering and flat footed, but tenacious. Their primordial mission is to safeguard the past, then furnish and burnish the future anew. Look at them! Their heads are huge and their brains are perhaps not so huge – but their path is straight and true. They trudge onwards through the … Read more
Wide load! Cyclist pedals along a London road balancing a 6ft SOFA on his bike Construction worker Gary Pedder, 37, filmed the man transporting the sofa The video shows the red-haired man staying impressively balanced on his bike He travelled a three-mile stretch of a busy road in Finchley, north London By Lydia Catling For Mailonline … Read more
Cleaning enthusiast reveals she gave her tired-looking leather sofa a new lease of life using £1.29 MOISTURISER (and there was no scrubbing required!) Alexis Colby, from UK, posted before and after snap of her leather settee online She transformed her tired-looking sofa thanks to a £1.29 Dove moisturiser Social media users took to comments section full … Read more
Uffizi Gallery, Florence Website: artsandculture.google.com/partneruffizigallery The building is stunning — it was constructed in the 1560s as offices for Florence’s magistrates (uffizi meaning offices) One of the most famous art museums in the world. The building is stunning — it was constructed in the 1560s as offices for Florence’s magistrates (uffizi meaning offices). When the Medici … Read more
Boris Johnson tried to cool a stockpiling frenzy today as he insisted Britain will not run out of food during a coronavirus outbreak. The PM said he had faith in the ability of the public to see the ‘balance of risk’ with the disease, and he hoped they would carry on with ‘business as usual’. … Read more
A disgruntled couple have been left fuming by a furniture giant that claimed they were sitting on their new sofa incorrectly after complaining about it sagging. Mike Sacre, from Ramsgate, and his wife, Shirley, bought the four-seater sofa from ScS in February 2019 with a total outlay of £1,491, including delivery. However, soon after purchase, … Read more