Studio apartment with a bed suspended over the stairs went up for sale for £125,000

A studio apartment with a bed suspended over the stairs and a bookcase to stop you ‘falling to your death’ shocked Twitter users after it went up for sale for £125,000.   The flat, which was listed on real estate site OnTheMarket before being taken down earlier this week, was promoted as a ‘spacious and well-converted’ … Read more

Random acts of kindness are more rewarding than volunteering and planned generosity, study finds 

Random acts of kindness are more rewarding and improve the wellbeing of the do-gooder more than volunteering and planned generosity, study finds Researchers analysed the findings of more than 200 studies on generosity They found a ‘modest link’ between doing good and mental health wellbeing The link was at its strongest when the good deed … Read more

Pharmaceutical firms GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi launch human trials of promising coronavirus vaccine

Drug companies GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Sanofi are joining the race to discover a Covid-19 vaccine and starting human clinical trials this week.   The pharmaceutical giants have enrolled more than 400 people for the phase one and two trial, which will assess the safety of the vaccine candidate.  The UK Government signed a deal with the … Read more

Hair salon ‘happy’ stylist advert is banned by job centre as it “discriminates” unhappy people’ 

A hair salon owner has been told she cannot place a job advert for a ‘happy’ new stylist – because the word is ‘discriminatory’ against unhappy people.  Alison Birch, who runs AJ’s Unisex hair salon in Stroud, Gloucestershire was amazed when an official at the local job centre said she could not stipulate happiness as … Read more

Tilda Swinton at photocall of her new movie The Human Voice at Venice Film Festival

Tilda Swinton continued her triumphant trip to the 2020 Venice International  Film Festival on Thursday, with a photocall for her new film. After picking up the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award earlier in the week, Tilda was busy promoting her short film The Human Voice. Ahead of the film’s premiere in the evening, the acclaimed actress … Read more

Novavax’s experimental coronavirus vaccine triggered antibodies in 100% of trial participants

Novavax’s experimental coronavirus vaccine triggered antibodies in 100% of trial participants, study reveals Novavax published ‘positive data’ from a phase 1 trial of its coronavirus vaccine in the New England Journal of Medicine on Friday  All 108 volunteers dosed with the vaccine developed a antibodies to coronavirus after their second shot  Novavax is launching its … Read more

Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, Pez candy and Jelly Bellys: The world’s most intriguing food factory tours 

These fascinating factory tours certainly provide some food for thought.  MailOnline Travel has scoured the world to find some of the food companies that allow visitors to catch a glimpse of how their products are made, from peanut butter to parmesan and from candy to crisps.  Graze your way down to see some of the … Read more