What piece of luggage takes its name from the French for “carry cloak”? It is also used for terms in which two separate words combine to make a new one.

Is it OK to use superglue to close small wounds? I cut my thigh climbing over some barbed wire rambling in Yorkshire last month and was surprised when one of the group produced some glue from her ...

Warm, muggy days, high pollen and rumbling thunder are all familiar features of a British summer. But occasionally that combination can trigger a sudden surge in wheezing and breathlessness known as ...

According to recent YouGov Ratings data, tangerines are Britain’s second-most-popular fruit (strawberries top the poll), with clementines coming in at number 11. Oranges and satsumas do not even make ...

Ricky Gervais is describing himself. “He’s a fat, middle-aged slob who’s overconfident, but not as cocky as he thinks he is. He thinks he’s the smartest, but deep down, he’s not. He’s like the classic ...

I recently visited a local café and, after enjoying a couple of cups of coffee, I went to the counter and got out my wallet to pay only to be told that I couldn’t use cash anymore. The café had gone ...

Most travellers dream of ticking a few destinations off their bucket list, but Sue Rogers has gone considerably further. In fact, more people have been to space than have travelled to all the193 ...

Around half of people over 50 have experienced some degree of knee trouble in the past year – whether full-on pain or just a sense that their knees aren’t as strong as they once were. Many of us ...

The latest episode of Saga’s podcast, Experience is Everything: The Health Edition, is now live and this time it’s all about the knees. Renowned consultant orthopaedic knee surgeon Jonathan Bell joins ...

“The customer is always right” is a motto that was coined by the founder of which well-known UK department store? What is by far the most popular white wine grape used in Australian wine? Its vines ...

What kind of a child were you? I was always laughing and singing and obsessed with superheroes, but then aged ten, I went to boarding school in Plymouth, which was awful. Boarding schools are wrong.

We’re only halfway through the year, yet it’s already brought seismic change for Lorraine Kelly. In January, her beloved dad John died aged 84 after slipping and falling on an icy path. That same ...