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Tell your daughter the truth says JENNIFER SELWAY

Sat, 26 May 2018 13:11:00 +0100

DAN SNOW, has told his daughters, aged two and six, that women flew Spitfires in combat during the Second World War. This is very odd because a) they didn’t and b) given Snow is an historian you’d think he’d be wary of playing fast and loose with historical facts.

Theresa May is still keeping MPs guessing

Sat, 26 May 2018 13:43:00 +0100

THERESA May has little hope of finding much time to relax with a suspense novel, her favourite way of unwinding, while MPs are away from Westminster for Parliament’s Whitsun break next week.

A hosta beautiful options

Sat, 26 May 2018 13:10:00 +0100

IF YOU’RE pondering what to grow in your patio tubs this summer but aren’t keen on all the routine upkeep and regular replanting of a conventional bedding plant scheme, try hostas instead.

Mark Carney is playing politics with the economy says TIM NEWARK

Sat, 26 May 2018 12:11:00 +0100

MARK Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, prefers to play politics rather than manage our economy well. First he campaigned against Leave, then he needlessly cut interest rates straight after the Referendum result.

Hospital rip-off shames the principles of the NHS - EXPRESS COMMENT

Sat, 26 May 2018 11:23:00 +0100

FROM its inception 70 years ago this summer, the NHS has provided its service free at the point of delivery. This pledge is at its very core.

Beachcomber: 101 years old and still extrapolating furiously...

Fri, 25 May 2018 16:24:00 +0100

MY OLD friend Professor Norvus Breakdown seemed in a rare tizzy when I dropped in on him for one of my occasional briefings on scientific and sociological advances. As your probably know, Prof Breakdown is the incumbent of, and more often than not recumbent in, the Ikea Chair in Contemporary lifestyle at the University of North Brent and has long been my guide to modern trends.

Arctic terns are ferocious yet beautiful and graceful, says JOHN INGHAM

Fri, 25 May 2018 10:53:00 +0100

ON A windswept golden beach and then on a chain of remote islands I met some angry birds this week. Very angry. They are the crossest, most hyperactive birds I have ever seen.

The NHS cannot go on as it is now, says FREDERICK FORSYTH

Fri, 25 May 2018 10:01:00 +0100

BACK in the 1980s with the Cold War raging the NHS budget and the defence budget were similar. Today the former is 9.8 per cent of GDP with defence pinned at two per cent – and even that figure is way above what is contributed by our European “partners”.

I hope that the Irish abortion vote is a big ‘yes’, says SUSIE BONIFACE

Fri, 25 May 2018 09:25:00 +0100

THE little pink line, when it appeared on the pregnancy test stick, was the start of one of the greatest adventures I’ve ever had. Three years on I am mother to a toddler who astounds me every day – most recently with a glass-shattering ability to hit high C with equal gusto whether she is enraged or delighted.

West must begin to take Russian threat seriously — EXPRESS COMMENT

Fri, 25 May 2018 09:03:00 +0100

WHEN is the world finally going to sit up and take note? It has been patently obvious for some time now that Russia is representing an increased threat to the West and yet instead of increasing defence spending, we have done exactly the opposite.