The most expensive cars in the world to maintain

The most expensive cars in the world to maintain

The McLaren F1 is perhaps the badge’s best-known model Car maintenance is an annoying obligation. Car maintenance is expensive, inconvenient and, for many, baffling. It’s generally an unwanted job that can put a significant dent in a household’s finances, even if the car only requires a modest amount of work. Combine that with the impracticality … Read more

Grand National 2024 explained: Date, time, when the horses will be announced

Grand National 2024 explained: Date, time, when the horses will be announced

Conflated will carry the heaviest weight after the latest series of scratches – Getty Images / Seb Daly With the Cheltenham Festival in the rear-view mirror, attention can now turn to Aintree and the 176th running of the Randox Grand National. A total of 22 horses have been withdrawn from the race – including the … Read more

Nutrition, health benefits and foods to add and avoid

Nutrition, health benefits and foods to add and avoid

The Atlantic Diet, also known as the Atlantic Maritime Eco-Diet (AMED), is a diet inspired by the traditional eating habits of people on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. It shares numerous similarities with the Mediterranean diet, but includes a unique blend of foods and culinary practices specific to the regions along the Atlantic coast. … Read more

How Tenerife swapped a full English breakfast for Michelin stars

How Tenerife swapped a full English breakfast for Michelin stars

Tenerife has raised the bar in the culinary field – Reinhard Schmid/4Corners Images As a resident of the Canary Islands, I can proudly say that times are changing on the island of eternal spring. What was once a holiday destination with all-English vending machines and cheap chips is growing into a place for more refined … Read more

The Francis Scott Key Bridge failure provides an opportunity for future engineers to learn how to better protect the public

The Francis Scott Key Bridge failure provides an opportunity for future engineers to learn how to better protect the public

The cargo ship collision that destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024, is raising questions about how much engineers can do to prevent such catastrophes in the future. Here, Michael J. Chajes, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Delaware, discusses how bridge design codes have changed over the … Read more

Meet the man who trains Premier League players, boxing champions and millionaire CEOs

We tend to assume that professional athletes are the strongest people on earth. But how fit is the man who keeps the fittest people on earth fit? Dan Lawrence, with the physique and face of a Thor body double, is that man. In any case, he is one of a select group of performance coaches … Read more

The 21 best new plays and musicals you can book tickets for in spring 2024

Dujonna Gift in Two Strangers (carry a cake through New York) – Marc Brenner Withnail and me Bruce Robinson has adapted his own beloved 1987 Brit film, about two squiffy, on-their-upstairs actors from the 1960s. Robert Sheehan plays the acerbic Richard E Grant role of Withnail, Adonis Siddique is his fresh-faced friend Marwood and Malcolm … Read more