Adele's first album since 2015 will not be released in September. The singing superstar, 32, took to Instagram on Saturday where she confirmed her highly-anticipated fourth album is delayed because she's quarantining amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Responding to a fan on social media, Adele urged for patience and wear …...Read More

Sitting on the sofa to watch TV one night in her New Zealand home, Abbie Sundgren was transfixed by a drama about the kidnap of a newborn baby. Within seconds of the programme starting, the 25-year-old realised that the plot was the story of the first 17 days of her …...Read More

Every day there seems to be a new entry into the lexicon of social justice to add to the already burgeoning list that includes ‘no- platforming’, ‘trigger warnings’, ‘hate speech’ and ‘cultural appropriation’. One of the latest is the barb directed at author J. K. Rowling, who has been accused …...Read More

It feels like we are a nation divided – over whether or not we plan to go for a pint next Saturday. There are those who, come July 4, will be treating themselves to a longed-for summer's day out at the pub. And there are those, judging by what I've …...Read More

Advertisement Glamping? That’s not real camping! This is my husband’s response when I suggest we upgrade from tents for a family holiday in Norfolk. He proceeds to wax lyrical about the joy of dewy grass underfoot on the morning dash to the compost loo and the incomparable closeness to nature …...Read More

Monday June 8 The longer the coronavirus crisis has dragged on, the more I’ve craved some palm-tree time at my home in Los Angeles, which is my oasis from all life’s woes. But LA’s been resembling a grim war zone in recent weeks, with the George Floyd protests turning into …...Read More

A voice roared from across the train carriage: 'Will someone shut that kid up!' I was eight years old at the time. But 20 years later, those words – bellowed by an angry, business-suited man still make me wince. At the time, I was with my mum, Annette – we …...Read More

People battling debilitating arthritis in the shoulder are finding relief thanks to a revolutionary 'backward' ball and socket joint replacement. Traditional shoulder replacements use a ball-shaped implant at the top of the arm bone, nestling into a cup-shaped socket in the shoulder – just like the normal anatomy. Many arthritis …...Read More

When I tell people I grew up in Essex, only those who have never been there turn up their noses. This is a shame, for the Essex I love is a wonderful mix of pretty rural life and coastal escapes. The county’s image hasn’t been helped by reality TV show …...Read More

Miss Aluminium Susanna Moore W&N £9.99 Rating: It is so much to the credit of this memoir that its dissonant materials of family tragedy and Hollywood gossip make an apparently seamless whole. Susanna Moore, model-turned-writer, had an explosive hit in the 1990s with her erotic thriller In The Cut, later …...Read More