'When we got in the car on the day of our escape, I turned to Latifa and said, 'We're like Thelma and Louise'," says Tiina Jauhiainen, with a small smile at the bittersweet memory. "But then Latifa cried out, 'No, no, don't say that! Their story doesn't have a happy ending'."
Who's laughing now? Everyone thought I was daft a few weeks ago when I was stocking up on face masks. My face masks could be my fortune now as I auction them off to the highest bidder.
Katherine Johnson, who died last Monday aged 101, was the human "computer" charged with calculating the paths of the flights that sent Americans into space and - eventually - put Neil Armstrong on the Moon.
Hosni Mubarak, who died last Tuesday aged 91, ruled Egypt for three decades until being forced from power in February 2011 during the so-called "Arab Spring" that engulfed much of North Africa and the Middle East.
From one moment to the next in Italy, the earth has moved beneath our feet. We have been plunged into a hazy nightmare where it seems that the apocalypse might not be exactly now but, in truth, it is only a matter of minutes away.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds yesterday announced their engagement and also said they were expecting their first child.
Carrie Symonds maintained a low profile after moving into Downing Street with Boris Johnson's in July last year, following his victory in the Tory leadership contest - but it was not for any lack of character.
