And how in the heavens are you supposed to get a toddler to sleep sitting up? It’s bordering on inhumane, not just for him and us, but everyone in the vicinity who will have to suffer through his inevitable protestations. At least in business class there would be a bit of space to walk him … Read more
Controversial cluster bombs supplied by the US are allowing Ukrainian forces to push forward on their counteroffensive, soldiers have said. One soldier said his platoon had been pinned down east of Robotyne, a key village on the southern front, before the munitions allowed them to capture the Russian position. He told the Wall Street Journal: … Read more
Russia expended half a million rounds of ammunition in eastern Ukraine last week as Moscow’s forces launched 9,000 attacks in the region, Kyiv said on Monday. Despite the pressure, Ukraine’s forces continued to claw back territory from Russian control around the city of Bakhmut, the country’s deputy defence minister said. “Almost half a million rounds … Read more
Since the pandemic, this trend has kicked into hyperdrive, with the “grey dollar” (as it’s been jokingly nicknamed by some in the industry, after the most frequent visualisation of alien skin tone) being spent as never before. According to Google Trends data, searches for “UFO travel” went stratospheric last week, growing by a Jupiter-sized 255 … Read more
Shelley Wintle says: “I live in Italy and have just spent a fortnight in England. The waiters and waitresses had no idea what they were doing, got dishes and prices wrong, and were just totally incompetent. Also, they used language I couldn’t comprehend. “But my worst experience, which occurred years ago in a Chichester pub, … Read more
When Caroline Longmore, a French nutritionist, married a Brit and moved from Paris to London, she found herself “horrified” by the way people ate. “I realised that people here had not learnt about moderation,” she explains to me, in a charmingly thick accent. “The French are just so much better at looking after themselves, but I … Read more