The actor’s martial arts skills saw him rise to fame in the 70s, but he found his groove – and legions of fans – destroying furniture, revving muscle cars and firing heavy artillery in the 80s • Chuck Norris, prolific action star and martial arts champion, dies aged 86• Chuck […]
The Reform UK leader has belatedly clocked that most British people really don’t like the US president on whose coat-tails he has spent the past decade riding At last, the culture has thrown up a split more nauseatingly up itself than Gwyneth Paltrow’s from Chris Martin. It is Nigel Farage’s […]
One in three UK postcodes now has more dogs than children. Meet the Dinkwads (dual income, no kids, with a dog). Plus Tim Dowling’s guide to the best breeds for Dinkwads Bryan Bell was at home when his one-year-old Patti collapsed, shaking like a leaf in a gale-force tornado. She […]
Too many want to cast acts of violence and antisemitism as blows against Israel’s government. But the fear and terror land on real people, thousands of miles away Let us begin with a brief exchange on GB News, confirmed this week as the TV arm of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. […]
Evidence suggests saunas can boost heart health, but their real power may lie in bringing people together in an increasingly digital world From fields to floating pontoons, in horseboxes, barrels and beach huts, saunas are springing up across Britain. The British Sauna Society now lists about 640 saunas – up […]
MP for Warrington North shares her experience as a complainant in a rape trial where the man she accused was acquitted Standing up in parliament last week, Charlotte Nichols MP waived her right to anonymity as a complainant of sexual offences. “I care profoundly about rape victims facing intolerable delays […]
The Oscar-winning star of Bullets Over Broadway and Hannah and Her Sisters has three major movies coming up. To mark her 78th birthday, we cast an eye over an (almost) immaculate back catalogue Every great performer should have at least one baffling movie on their CV, and this curio, produced […]
Taking money from just about anyone is just the latest example of Reform’s leader following the Trump school of self-enrichment Nigel Farage will say pretty much anything for money. Write him a script, stuff a coin in the slot and off he goes: the man who would be prime minister […]
A happiness researcher called prolonged eye contact ‘the best thing ever’, claiming it can bring couples closer. Does it really work? In January, business professor and happiness researcher Arthur C Brooks appeared on the Modern Wisdom podcast to offer advice on optimizing morning and evening routines. His tips seemed reasonable […]
A chatbot won’t fix your family drama, but it might help you hear what someone’s really trying to say Sign up for AI for the People, a six-week newsletter course, here Last autumn, I was pacing my living room with my phone on speaker, trapped inside one of those looping […]