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A grieving mother who lost an 11-year-old daughter gave birth at the age of 54 thanks to a stranger. Carolyn Mayling, now 68, used donor eggs from a stranger in Moldova to fall pregnant with son Dom, who is now 14. Carolyn, who has just published a book about her …

Liz McConaghy in her Chinook (Image: Liz McConaghy) Helmand, Afghanistan, January 2007. The unmistakable thud of a dozen rotor blades from the two RAF Chinooks echoed across the desert and poppy fields as the helicopters barrelled into hostile territory. This was one of the deadliest war zones in the world …

William Shakespeare has fallen foul of modern-day sensibilities after theatre bosses slapped a “misogyny and racism” warning on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The playwright’s enduring comedy has been regularly performed at the three incarnations of London’s Globe Theatre for the past 400 years. The latest version, telling the tale of …

Lee and Andrew Child are among a stellar line-up as the world’s most famous crime writing festival celebrates its 20th anniversary this summer. The Jack Reacher creator, who now collaborates with his younger brother on the best-selling books about the ex-military cop, is returning to the Theakston Old Peculier Crime …

Paul McKenna (Image: GETTY) People often tell me: “I don’t want to be stressed, I don’t want to be anxious, I don’t want to be frightened.” They worry about worrying. In other words, they are focusing on what it is they don’t want so they tend to get more of …

A glorious view of The Milky Way (Image: Getty) Whenever you are, go out and enjoy the night sky this evening. Make the most of it, because experts have issued a stark warning that it’s about to change forever – potentially spelling the end of centuries of stargazing history in …

Tutankhamun: Expert discusses archaeologist Howard Carter He was a boy king who only reigned for nine years. But a full three millennia on from the death of Tutankhamun, new theories and evidence suggest that his burial tomb maybe hasn’t yet given up all of its secrets. In February 1922, British …

Winter in Scottish Highlands (Image: Getty) The Scottish author, who has sold more than 12 million books, had initially thought he would not write another novel. He had planned instead to make music at his manor house in south-west France after his last thriller, The Night Gate, was published in …

Since the worldwide Covid pandemic, obtaining a better work-life balance has moved up our list of priorities. A global survey of more than 21,000 adults in 27 countries in September 2020 revealed seven in 10 people wanted their life to change significantly rather than returning to how it was before …

GP says uncertainty is ‘killing people’ from Covid and mental health If I could give people just one ability from everything I’ve learnt, it would be to switch off anxiety and go into a state of instant calm at will. That’s because one of the greatest problems facing the world …