After Ann Widdecombe’s murder, Reform UK has criticised the Commons speaker, Lindsay Hoyle and suggested its MPs are not given enough security. Pippa Crerar tells Kiran Stacey what Hoyle’s team have been telling her Please keep sending your comments and questions to Pippa and Kiran at politicsweeklyuk@theguardian.com Please follow and […]
The new BBC documentary is so wondrous and awe-inspiring it will make you feel like a child again – and in Chris Packham, it has a presenter for the ages Evolution is a coronation. With this new, five-part BBC nature documentary, the presenter Chris Packham is effectively crowned the successor […]
Love’s Labour’s Lost offers a heady mix of passion and death – which makes the Spanish art form a perfect match, says director Indiana Lown-Collins. Our writer joins the theatre’s flamenco bootcamp On a heatwave day in London, Shakespeare’s Globe has turned into a fiesta. Hard-heeled boots strike the wooden […]
After a wild attack on the media, Reform’s deputy leader joins other MPs in the Commons offering tributes rather than speculation This is the third murder of either a sitting or former MP that I’ve covered in the last 10 years. It doesn’t get any easier or less shocking. Every […]
Doing a split may look impressive, but experts caution it should not be done without practice and it may not be for everyone On Love Island USA’s recent eighth season, contestant Kenzie Annis quickly distinguished herself with her ability to perform the splits, abruptly deploying the maneuver in fits of […]
From a seventysomething standup comedian to the founder of a highly successful spice business, seven people reveal why it’s never too late to embark on the life of your dreams Many of us feel stuck in a job we dislike and midlife is a common time to reassess what you […]
This documentary about the billionaires who want to rip up society’s rules in favour of CEOs somehow manages to be more entertaining than terrifying. Although at times it’s a close call … Matt Shea’s documentary is bookended by two stark facts. One is that the wealth of the world’s 12 […]
Her breakup memoir and Vogue column made her the voice of modern dating. As her debut is published, she talks about single life, oversharing and why she still believes she’ll find love There is a scene in Annie Lord’s novel that will be instantly familiar to any young person who has spent […]
These financiers want to remodel the UK into a form that suits them – one that could threaten to erode the barriers between crime and business This coming Tuesday, the government’s representation of the people bill comes back to the House of Commons for its third reading. It bundles up […]
When Mark Lanier and his young client Kaley faced the tech giants in an LA courtroom earlier this year, it seemed a bigger battle than David v Goliath. But they scored a landmark victory, proving that the social media giants had created ‘addiction machines’ that harmed mental health. How did […]