This is the day when politicians and amateur commentators talk more doggybollox than on any other day of the year Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Neither actually. It’s a bizarre hybrid, an altered hallucinogenic universe. Where up is down and down is up. Everything always slightly […]
Month: November 2025
It’s important to express your disagreement: for their sake as much as yours, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. But first decide on what you aim to accomplish Read more Leading questions How do I respond to someone who contributes to a conversation with “I’m not racist, but … ” and […]
As L’Atalante is re-released, we count down the best movies set largely on ships, boats, barges, yachts, steamers and trimarans. Submarines banned, as they’re under water Stephen Sommers’ sci-fi horror pulp follows a bunch of scene-stealing character actors playing mercenaries hired to destroy the cruise ship Argonautica for insurance purposes. […]
Cherries fans wait on word of Semenyo, Gueye’s red card could leave Everton blue and Nuno needs new plans With Thomas Frank, Bryan Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa, Christian Nørgaard and Mark Flekken leaving Brentford in the summer, the Bees looked the established club most likely to go down, thereby allowing a […]
Now a hugely popular photographic genre, many women pay thousands to have intimate portraits taken of themselves by a professional. What do they get out of it? A few hours into Brittany Witt’s boudoir shoot, with the mimosas kicking in and the music going strong, the photographer asked: “How do […]
Black Friday isn’t all about pricey electronics. Here are all our favourite 2025 deals under £50 • How to shop smart this Black Friday• The best Black Friday deals on the products we love Garmin watches and iPhones whose prices fall from insanely unaffordable to merely very expensive may be […]
From picking your guests (always add a random) and your outfit, to coping with drunks and nudity, this is what you need to know When I was young, I thought the worst thing you could do, as a host, was to run out of booze. Then, when I was less […]
The TV equivalent of raiding a bare cupboard, the supposed extra hour here is cobbled together from previous DVD extras – but you can’t miss the tension between Harrison and McCartney There’s no doubt that the arrival of The Beatles Anthology in 1995 was a big deal. The TV series […]
If you aren’t getting the quality time or intimacy you need, try these connection experiments to shake up interactions Lately, life has felt like Groundhog Day: work, gym, sleep, repeat. Between a punishing work schedule, the grim weather and my desire to hibernate, my social life has suffered. I feel […]
Bloomberg publishes extraordinary transcripts of secret discussions, but their provenance remains unclear Bloomberg’s scoop showing how Trump aide Steve Witkoff coached the Kremlin on the best way to get into Trump’s good graces is extraordinary for what it tells us about Witkoff’s dubious loyalties and the Kremlin’s potential influence over […]