Radical new techniques are fuelling a boom in cosmetic surgery by cutting recovery times by more than half. The new procedures – aimed at women who cannot afford to take too long off work – include breast enlargements that do not require implants and the “executive facelift” which allows patients to return to work within [...]

Her face has begun to look ugly.
There was nothing passive about the images “supermodel Kate Moss snorting a fat line of cocaine”. It is not a new image: the rebel woman baring her teeth, snake-haired and wild She is uncontrollable She is predatory She is, frankly, not very ladylike at all. It is of course [...]

But by last year’s conference, he had survived and was focused on how to win the election.
Amateur constitutionalists pronounced gravely on how it was unprecedented for a prime minister to term-limit himself in this way: that it would weaken him and power would start to drain away. It seems, at the end of 2003, that [...]

But equally, Italy lost the option of periodic devaluations to bring its costs into line with its trading partners. Those costs went on rising, Italy became less competitive, growth slowed and this year stopped altogether.The result: calls to bring back the lira “as a temporary measure” by the Northern League. That is not going to [...]

Last year’s dual Oaks and Breeders’ Cup heroine returned to the winner’s circle to a tremendous reception from the faithful, but one tempered hugely by relief from those closest to her, for the race had been more or less make-or-break for the brilliant filly after an injury-plagued year. “I was taken across, I stayed put [...]

Although it took a sharp low save from Paddy Kenny to turn away an El Hamdaoui shot on the turn with 12 minutes remaining.”I love Peschi,” said Warnock, with a mellowness that is becoming increasingly characteristic “For us to win and him to score is ideal. We defended 20 yards too deep, but after all [...]