The BBC made a very odd documentary about the renovation of Claridge’s: The Mayfair Hotel Megabuild. They filmed, agog, as the hotel grew eight new storeys – three above, and five below – between 2014 and 2021 while staying open: guests slept and ate, unaware of ‘Narnia doors’ to the building site. (That Narnia is
Before Hayden Christensen took over the role, Darth Vader was famously portrayed by the combined talents of David Prowse and James Earl Jones, who lent his…
UK writer Alice Smellie investigates the latest anti-ageing trend: hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). It was originally developed to treat divers with the bends but is now beloved by the rich and famous.