ALEXANDRA SCHULMAN: Nothing makes people appreciate spending than watching the real thing disappear from the wallet and it teaches our children the value of money.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Few of my friends had small babies, the house seemed stiflingly silent (bar my son's crying) and both the days and the nights felt endless.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN:One set of my grandparents fled the Ukrainian pogroms early last century to build a life in Toronto, starting with nothing.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: One afternoon last week I was sitting on the top deck of a London bus when a middle-aged woman was followed by a clearly mentally disturbed man waving a beer can at her.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: The American singer-songwriter Lizzo (pictured) stormed the Brit Awards, massive in her leather corset and again heralded as a torch-bearer for body positivity.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: I won't be so cravenly woke as to pretend that attractive youth isn't still admired in our society and that its currency doesn't still exist.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Arriving at a lunch last week, my host introduced me to the other guests as 'a coronavirus denier'.This was because I went to a party with people who had been to Milan.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Despite our best efforts to prove otherwise, the coronavirus is making some of us consider that we might, in fact, be old.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Paying attention to our appearance as the world falls apart isn't shallow - it fulfils a deep-seated psychological need.

The shattering news that Boris had been admitted to intensive care will be remembered as one of the defining moments of the coronavirus outbreak, ALEXANDRA SHULMAN writes.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Covid-19 is so powerful that it is tearing up life as we have previously known it. It is everywhere around us, dominating everything- yet we can't see it.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: We might be horribly restricted in who we can see and chat to in the flesh but we are still in touch with our friends. Possibly more than usual.

Devoted to good causes, a loving father and grandfather, Charles had shed the angst that once seemed to bedevil him and was clearly determined to make his time as king-in-waiting worthwhile.

Prince William is certainly a man of his word. In the TV documentary marking Prince Charles’s 70th birthday, Wills said he admired his father’s work but insisted that he wanted to do things his own way.

As the presenter of the Antiques Roadshow, Fiona Bruce should be able to differentiate between a priceless chalice and a poisoned one. She has been offered the job of presenting Question Time.

AMANDA PLATELL: After Kate Middleton broke up with Prince William at one stage during their courtship, she was phoned by a journalist.

AMANDA PLATELL: Few things are more desperate than the plight of children who self-harm. Hospital admissions for such injuries have more than doubled since 2011.

AMANDA PLATELL: Yes, Brangelina are a silly Hollywood couple - they split in hysterical haste after Jolie accused Pitt of drunkenly yelling at their son Maddox aboard their private jet.

AMANDA PLATELL: The details of George's last wishes were so poignant and seemed so well organised, they gave me pause for thought.

AMANDA PLATELL: Aides aren't ruling out Harry and his wife opening an office in America, a perfect platform for Megs and her British Prince. But one that's so distant from Kensington Palace.

This week her first child, Prince William, proved himself to be a true carrier of his mother's torch in the way he demonstrated his support for the gay community.

AMANDA PLATELL: Naomi Campbell delivered a message of hope to inner-city secondary school children living in an area blighted by gang violence, near where she herself grew up.

PLATELL'S PEOPLE: With his mop of ginger hair, geeky glasses and hoodie, Ed looks as though he's just fallen out of the local Oxfam shop.

AMANDA PLATELL: Headmistress Nina Gunson (pictured above) is encouraging her pupils to learn comedy, offering them an eight-week course of stand-up classes

AMANDA PLATELL: Freddie Bentley, 22, a reality TV star, is seemingly 'gobsmacked' that we should rake over our past, saying schools should no longer teach pupils about World War II.

AMANDA PLATELL: Experts believe a new disorder should be added to the lexicon of mental health illnesses. It's called BSD, Buying-Shopping Disorder - an addiction to shopping online.

AMANDA PLATELL: As revealed in the Mail yesterday, the man who threw the child to what he hoped would be his death, Jonty Bravery, had warned, even bragged of, his plans.

AMANDA PLATELL: The most unscrupulous baby farmers demanded money up front rather than a monthly payment because it meant they profited if the child died, preferably quickly.

PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Many will ask why she ever put her trust in internet dating. But why wouldn't she? Millions of people, young and old, use dating apps all the time.

AMANDA PLATELL: Whatever we do, wherever we roam, a mother's love is unconditional, unextinguishable. They are the ones who are always our rocks.

AMANDA PLATELL: Like millions I threw open my window on Thursday just before 8pm to join in the 'clap for carers'. The cheering transformed my deathly quiet North London community.

AMANDA PLATELL: The most reliable, and dare I say wooden, member of the younger royals stole the show with a comic turn on the BBC's fundraiser The Big Night In.

In March, Adam Lambert confirmed his romance with model Jaci Costa Polo after being single for almost five years.

Earlier this year, he spoke about his battle with mental health.  

Adam Lambert has revealed he no longer uses antiperspirant deodorant.

Carrie Underwood has spoken of the trauma of suffering three miscarriages before her son Jacob's birth, saying she would 'put on a happy face then go home and fall apart.'

Katharine Mcphee is a married woman. The American Idol alum shared her new name on on Saturday saying, 'Introducing Katharine Foster.' She married her boyfriend David Foster.

And it seems the 28-year-old singer is set to welcome a son as he shared a shot of himself and Alison lyng on either side of a cute baby onesie with the word 'Gentleman' on the front.

Katharine McPhee revealed there was even more to her showstopping wedding gown than met the eye, during the 35-year-old's interview with Vogue.

The celebrity couple told People on Wednesday they're expecting a son early next year who they will name Luka: 'Katie and I are beyond excited for baby Luka to arrive early 2020!'

Robbie Williams has revealed he was 'unable to leave the sofa' for three years as he battled with the crippling disorder agoraphobia.

American Idol champ Kelly, 37, has advised Love Story hitmaker Taylor, 29, to 're-record all her songs' amid her feud with producer Scooter, 38, over her master recordings.

Robbie Williams proved he was a true entertainer as he took to the stage during British Summer Time Hyde Park festival in London on Sunday.

The 71st Emmy nominations were announced by presenters Ken Jeong and D'Arcy Carden from Los Angeles on Tuesday/ And there were plenty of names left off the long list.

On Wednesday, the Grammy-nominated artist Jordin Sparks, now 29, showed up in New York City on her way into the Build Talk Series at AOL to discuss National Waterpark Day.

Antonella Barba, 32, faces a minimum of 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to charge that she tried to deliver almost two pounds of Fentanyl to a stash house in New Jersey.

The unsuspecting third and fourth graders had been rehearsing their rendition of the 36-year-old country crooner's hit The Champion at Nissan Stadium in Nashville

The trio will be returning to their roles as judges for the upcoming third season, the executives announced in a statement on Monday. Bobby Bones will also be returning as in-house mentor.

Ryan Seacrest has been reported to be returning as American Idol host as he gets close to finalizing a new massive deal with Disney.

American Idol star Adam Lambert, 37, from Indiana, has listed his 'enchanting oasis' three bedroom and three-and-a-half bathroom property in the West Hollywood Hills for $3.35million.