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Abdel Bari Atwan, a prominent Arab journalist in the UK, said: ‘It will be seen as a way of provoking Arabs by a British Royal.’ Two Arab countries, Jordan and Iraq, took part in the 2018 Games in Sydney. Both are due to compete in the next tournament. … [Read more...] about Prince Harry faces backlash over plans to invite injured Israeli soldiers to Invictus Games despite investigation into alleged war crimes in Palestinian Territories

Sir Simon added: 'By the end of this week, we will be able to do double the number of tests that were available last week and we want to start with critical care nurses, with A&E staff, with ambulance personnel, and then expand that to a much wider group of NHS staff over the coming days and weeks.' … [Read more...] about Grim photos reveal refrigerated morgue inside new NHS Nightingale Hospital in London’s ExCel Centre – as army adds finishing touches to giant 4,000-bed emergency unit to treat capital’s coronavirus sick

The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club  Where'd they go? The Beatles appeared short on friends as a once packed cover now just shows the four of them in their Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band released in 1967 … [Read more...] about The Jackson 5 (feet apart!) Artist re-imagines iconic album covers to obey social distancing rules amid coronavirus pandemic

In the 40s Medawar had proved that “foreign” tissues are usually rapidly destroyed by the same immune system that also fights infections. Billingham, Brent and Medawar began their landmark experiments inspired by previous observations. The US immunogeneticist Ray Owen had shown in 1945 that dizygotic (fraternal) twin calves have red blood cell chimerism, the red blood cells of each mingling with others originating from their twin while in the womb. Owen postulated that precursor red cells must have been exchanged before birth, that the foreign cells had been accepted, and that they had established their own lineage. … [Read more...] about Leslie Baruch Brent obituary

Philip Glenister (above) plays bluff businessman James Trenchard: his brother, of course, is fellow actor Robert, but what you might not realise is that their father John Glenister was a successful TV director for decades, working on hits such as Rumpole, A Touch Of Frost and The Six Wives Of Henry VIII … [Read more...] about CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews the weekend’s TV: Look who’s lording it with the aristos… Liver Bird Beryl’s lad