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Month: December 2025
It was 1995, and I had spent the evening carousing and drinking neat vodka. Now I was trapped in a friend’s flat in Paris, with no phone – and he had flown to New York Winter 1995: I wake to the sound of a vacuum cleaner repeatedly striking the door […]
It’s all there: more apprenticeships, more rights for workers and renters – and most of all, a focus on children. What a shame Labour wavers about saying so Warning. This column contains good news, when it is an (un)truth widely acknowledged that only grim stories attract public attention. News must […]
From pub chic to sofa-ready, we’ve got looks for every kind of NYE celebration, including the New Year’s Day walk • The best party dresses Whether you’re curled up at home watching Jools Holland’s Annual Hootenanny, braving the cold to catch a fireworks display or escaping to the countryside with […]
Rich Stockdale says model of ‘regenerative capitalism’ would maximise profits by planting trees, restoring peatlands, and installing windfarms across its estates The founder of an investment firm buying large estates across Britain to restore woods and peatland has said it is “unashamedly and proudly” capitalist, and plans to make tens […]
In the first 10 months of this year, South Korea imported $159m worth of kimchi, almost entirely from China, while exporting $137m The pungent scent of red chilli powder hangs in the air at Kim Chieun’s kimchi factory in Incheon, about 30km west of Seoul. Inside, salted cabbage soaks in […]
Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany’s new TV drama is flat, airless and banal. It’s a crass affair with a thin, half-hearted performance from Sharpe Here’s my position. If you are going to create a miniseries about the life, death and music of one of the defining geniuses of the last […]
Emulating the bike-friendly highways enjoyed by our continental neighbours will take a lot more money and political will Ever since Team GB’s velodrome successes at the 2008 Olympics, campaigners and government ministers have confidently predicted that Britain is about to become a nation of cyclists. There is just one problem: […]
While many use our phones predominantly to doomscroll, smartphones have a range of little-known functions that could make life better and easier – from heart monitoring to even developing camera film Our smartphones are magical things – far more than dopamine drip providers and a way to keep in touch […]
The health and fitness coach on his difficult childhood, why he’s never been single – and doing his first YouTube workout with a broken hand Born in Epsom in 1985, Joe Wicks is a health and fitness coach and author. He studied sports science at St Mary’s University and started posting […]