Proud to be British Read more from journalists who champion our culture, history and values One year for £25. | | From the first furtive sip of lukewarm beer as an underage teenager to enjoying a glass (or three) of red in retirement, drinking alcohol is a habit woven seamlessly into almost every life stage.
If you’ve ever had a hunch that your hangovers have worsened with age, then you’d be right – there are certain timeframes in our lives when alcohol’s effects on our brains and bodies are particularly magnified.
Here, we take a closer look at why there are ages at which alcohol is most harmful – and the 11 years you are more likely to get away with it.
Read in full here ➤ | .png) | Eir Nolsøe Economics Correspondent | The list of wealthy people fleeing the UK is growing longer by the day. This week, Nik Storonsky, the billionaire Revolut founder, joined the exodus, heading for Dubai.
While the flight of highly mobile international people such as Storonsky was expected after changes to the non-dom regime, home-grown British entrepreneurs are also eyeing the exit.
As Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, mulls further tax rises to plug a gaping hole of as much as £50bn in the public finances, she risks sending more wealthy Britons permanently abroad.
Those who have left say they regret nothing.
“It just felt like the country was falling apart, and we were paying more and more towards a system that was fundamentally broken,” says Simon Barr, a British businessman who, together with his wife, has built two successful media companies.
They left for Dubai with their two daughters days before Labour took power.
“We were putting no strain on the system. We were paying for private healthcare. We were paying for private education. All we were doing was putting in, and we were getting zero benefit,” Barr says.
Reeves has piled plenty of pain on a relatively small group of people. Private school fees have gone up, selling a business is less lucrative, and passing one down has become more fraught.
Going after them again would be her biggest gamble yet.
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| | Janet Daley Encouraging welfare dependency and punishing self-improvement is a cruel denial of social mobility Continue reading ➤ Daniel Hannan Britain has given so much to civilisation. Now the barbarians are inside Continue reading ➤ Jake Wallis Simons Israel won its war, but the West’s is only just beginning Continue reading ➤ | Time spent wisely See another side to today’s biggest stories with Britain’s leading comment writers One year for £25. | | In 2013, Channel 4’s fly on the wall series, Educating Yorkshire, set at Thornhill Community Academy in Dewsbury, became famous for a sequence in which 16-year-old Musharaf “Mushy” Asghar overcame his severe stammer thanks to guidance from Matthew Burton, his English teacher. Twelve years on, the show is back, with Mr Burton now the head teacher. Anita Singh caught up with them both. Continue reading ➤ | | | With rooms at London’s five-star hotels going for more than £1,000-a-night, value for money is more important than ever. We asked one of our local experts to visit 16 of these top-tier establishments and give us her take on their merits and shortcomings. Her findings, from sumptuous spas to dirty crockery, might surprise you. Continue reading ➤ | | | As Britain debates digital IDs, critics have warned of a slippery slope to a high-surveillance future. The spectre raised is invariably China and its Big Brother-esque “Social Credit” system. The reality, reports Thomas O’Malley – a former resident of China who spoke to numerous people on the ground – is more nuanced. Continue reading ➤ | | | Despite the advent of the digital camera and then the smartphone, the photobooth has endured – and now it’s celebrating 100 years of crystallising fleeting moments into lasting memories. Here, six Telegraph writers recall their best snaps behind the curtain, from first dates and fake IDs to final photos with a soon-to-be-absent father. Continue reading ➤ | | | A new study based on interviews with thousands of members of the establishment – including civil servants, academics, judges and medical professionals – shows they are more likely to have voted for Left-of-centre parties, supported remaining in the EU and questioned whether capitalism is best for society. Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, says the findings show the British establishment is more out of touch than ever. Continue reading ➤ | | | It’s that time of year again – the days are getting shorter, the weather’s getting chilly and the dreaded cold and flu bugs have started going round. But what can you actually do to stave off sickness as we head into winter? We asked Daniel Davis, an immunology professor, what actually works – and which trusty remedies are actually little more than old wives’ tales. Continue reading ➤ | |  | | Every Sunday, Sarah Knapton, our Science Editor, and Joe Pinkstone, our Science Correspondent, demystify your supernatural experiences. From ghoulish encounters to bizarre coincidences, there’s always a scientific explanation and nothing is as strange as it seems...
A baffled reader writes...
“My son was born in 1999. In September 2001, I asked him why he was upset, as I could see no reason. He said that aeroplanes were going to crash. The next day, 9/11 unfolded.
“Then, in late January 2003, he looked upset again. This time he said a space ship was going to explode. The next day, the Columbia Shuttle blew up.
“I tried asking him for predictions on many other occasions and got nothing. I also tried asking him to pick me lottery numbers, and again zilch. He gave me two scary predictions, none containing any useful facts I could do anything with, both came true with a matter of hours, and he’s not made similar predictions of doom before or since. Weird.”
Cliff
Sarah and Joe answer...
Blimey, Cliff. There are few things creepier than a disaster-divining toddler, and you’re probably grateful that your son’s doom-laden prophecies were confined to a 16-month window of pre-school weirdness.
Yet tales of seeing into the future are as old as history itself. The birth of Jesus was foretold in the Old Testament, and details of how the world will end are embedded into most major religions.
It is said that Nostradamus, the 16th century French astrologer, predicted the Great Fire of London, the rise of Hitler and the atomic bomb – although, to be fair, most of his pronouncements were so vague that they could have been easily retrofitted to any cataclysmic event.
In contrast, your son’s predictions were far more specific, occurring just a day before each of the disasters.
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Plus, send in your questions for them here ➤ | | Lucy and Beetle Rhind decided to escape their small London flat in pursuit of a family life in the countryside, but struggled to find an affordable option. Instead, they turned a Devon barn into a stunning, light-filled family retreat, thanks to planning laws that allow agricultural buildings to be converted into residential dwellings – and creative budgeting.
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Below are two more articles that I hope will brighten your weekend: |  | In 1962, Sir John Gurdon, who has died at the age of 92, successfully cloned a tadpole from a single cell, writes Andrew M Brown, Obituaries Editor.
This paved the way for stem cell technology and eventually the cloning of an adult mammal, Dolly the sheep, more than 30 years later. In 2012, Sir John would share a Nobel Prize with Shinya Yamanaka for their work on reprogramming cells.
The Nobel Prize was particularly satisfying for Sir John, who, as a young schoolboy, had been judged “mentally subnormal”. His biology master at Eton had written him off in a searing school report, saying: “I believe he has ideas about becoming a Scientist; on his present showing this is quite ridiculous, if he can’t learn simple Biological facts, he would have no chance of doing the work of a Specialist, and it would be a sheer waste of time, both on his part, and of those who would have to teach him.”
As well as the fascinating science of cloning, a theme runs through Sir John’s life story – that, as he put it, “many people who have some achievement in life do not start that in school. They luckily have other chances.”
You can see his school report card and read much more in our obituary. ➤
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