MIDAS SHARE TIPS High-tech drugs firm Diaceutics really hits the spot
Diaceutics joined the junior AIM market last year - only the fourth business based in Northern Ireland to list on the London Stock Exchange. Read more...
A fright at the British Museum The spooky experiences of staff and visitors
The British Museum is home to the largest collection of ancient relics and bones, so it's not surprising that staff and visitors have experienced thousands of eerie happenings Read more...
Ten Signature Images From Milton Glasers Eclectic Career
In his graphic designs, he mingled Drer with de Chirico, Breuer with Klimt, Islamic ornament with African textiles. Read more...
8 Things to Do This Fourth of July Weekend
Our culture writers offer suggestions for celebrating Independence Day, and what to watch or listen to without leaving your home. Read more...
Asbestos
In a controversial article, The Great Asbestos Hysteria (Mail, February 23), we said that according to the Health and Safety Executive, the risks from white asbestos products are insignificant, and arguably zero in the case of lung cancer. The HSE assessments related to specific levels of exposure to white asbestos fibres, not white asbestos products, and found a risk from higher levels. The article said that asbestos in UK schools is almost all white. According to the HSE, the more harmful brown asbestos was also frequently used in schools. The writer was in error in saying that the HSE had been forced to withdraw a series of commercials claiming that mesothelioma kills 4,500 a year. In fact, the advertisements were based on an estimate of 4,000 deaths from all asbestos-related disease. Read more...
You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate Monument
The black people I come from were owned and raped by the white people I come from. Who dares to tell me to celebrate them? Read more...
Nonprofit donates wedding gowns to health care workers on pandemic front lines
The founder of Brides Across America said the organization just wanted to find a way to give back. Read more...
Mystery fire at Iranian nuclear facility is the latest unexplained incident
It is the world's most scrutinized shed. Exactly what happened to an outer building at an Iranian nuclear facility means both everything and nothing, as Tehran grapples with protecting its regional clout during the twin ravages of the coronavirus and US sanctions. Read more...
Here Are Key Points About M.L.S.s Return
The league removed F.C. Dallas from their tournament because of coronavirus infections, and one of the games scheduled for opening night on Wednesday was postponed. Read more...
Anna Begum
This picture accompanying an article concerning the Olympics (November 7 2009) mistakenly showed the wrong woman. We are happy to clarify that the Anna Begum pictured had no connection with this story and we apologise to Ms Begum for the distress and embarrassment caused. Read more...
Jake Bugg Jake Bugg review Debut album is almost too good to be true
Lest we forget how good the music of the late Fifties was, here comes a new voice who seems hellbent on reminding us. And the extraordinary thing is, he wasnt born till 1994. Jake Bugg, an 18-year-old from Nottingham, is almost too good to be true Read more...
Office romance lifts us out of a slump
A bright, forgotten gem by J.B. Priestley unseen since 1935, Cornelius is set in the London office of aluminium importers Briggs Murrison. Read more...
Get the taste of holidays in the Mediterranean at home with this selection of wildross
Ros sales are rocketing. I love a glass of the chilled pale stuff when the sun has got his hat on, but I adore the wild stuff even more. Read more...