Hay fever had become increasingly common during the Victorian period and was thought to affect a better class of person – the educated before the ignorant Symptoms only struck those with the requisite constitution. By the 1940s, specialists such as the psychoanalyst Helen Dunbar were arguing that a predisposition to asthma was linked to a [...]

“I was begging them, I asked them to spare my life,” he said. Mr Kahar, with his right arm still in a sling, said he was given no warning before being shot in the chest. “He (the officer) looked at me straightaway and shot and I fell on the floor,” he said. “I did not [...]

They are paid a pittance and stand for hours come rain or shine wielding heavy advertising boards promoting anything from golf to language schools. Now the sandwich board men of central London could be a thing of the past under new rules aimed at “decluttering” the capital’s teeming pavements.. When people ask writer Ashley Perry [...]

But we have to take advantage of that now.”* Lewis Hamilton is hoping to land a Formula One test drive soon after continuing his dominance of the GP2 series. With five races remaining, the McLaren prot? now has a 22-point lead after clinching back-to-back victories at Silverstone this weekend. Following his win in the 36-lap [...]

Nadal served out for victory, secured with a smart drive volley. The Spaniard lay on his back in the clay he so adores, shaking with emotion at his achievement, before climbing into the stands to celebrate with family and friends. At the presentation ceremony he stressed his admiration for his opponent ­ “Roger Federer is [...]