Savoy theatre, LondonState-of-the-art animatronics, imaginative staging, fabulous performances and some marvellous songs about marmalade make for an evening that will fill you with joy and melt your heart Here is the Peruvian bear as we have never seen him before – or so we are led to believe from the […]
Year: 2025
Last week’s budget left middle-income families anxious and angry. The party is turning its back on voters it can little afford to lose Just over 15 years ago, a realisation began to dawn on British politicians, triggered by the financial crash of 2008 and its effects on millions of ordinary […]
Women of all ages, especially older ones, are actively choosing to travel alone. What’s behind the trend? UK travel companies have reported an increase in bookings for solo travellers, primarily older women, often leaving partners behind to “explore on their own terms”. Last month, the tour operator Jules Verne said […]
That he stayed after relegation in 1978 and lifted the FA Cup with the team still in Division Two typified his commitment Some players embody a club but few have ever embodied their side more than Billy Bonds, who died on Sunday at the age of 79. He was not […]
Understanding the surprising mechanism behind apathy can help unlock scientific ways to boost your motivation We all know people with very different levels of motivation. Some will go the extra mile in any endeavour. Others just can’t be bothered to put the effort in. We might think of them as […]
The high-value council tax surcharge may only raise £400m but it’s the best opportunity for a bigger, fairer tax on wealth Rachel Reeves won little credit last week for lifting the lid on one of the most heated tax debates of the past three decades. Who in their right mind […]
Democracy, birds and hangover cures – famous fans put their questions to the visionary author After the phenomenal global success, not to mention timeliness, of the TV adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale in 2017, Margaret Atwood has been regarded as “a combination of figurehead, prophet and saint”, the author writes […]
Photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer capture the families, farmers and fishers who have been forced to leave their homes by extreme weather – and the landscapes they left behind. Introduction by Dina Nayeri In 2009, Swiss photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer set out to document the people suffering […]
Venues promoting destruction as stress relief are appearing around the UK but experts – and our correspondent – are unsure If you find it hard to count to 10 when anger bubbles up, a new trend offers a more hands-on approach. Rage rooms are cropping up across the UK, allowing […]
The Daily Mail owner has the Telegraph titles in his sights as part of a long-held ambition to create a dominant stable of rightwing newspapers Waiting two decades for another chance to snaffle a prized business acquisition is a luxury not afforded to many executives. The Rothermere family, however, takes […]