A mauling by MPs the day before took its toll on the work and pensions secretary amid yet more concessions to placate Labour rebels You’ve got to ask yourself one thing: Just how many Labour MPs really believe in the concessions – sorry, measures (I keep making that mistake) – […]
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We have laws to deal with crimes linked to protest. What this is really about is a government complicit in the Gaza atrocities seeking to silence dissent Juliet Stevenson is an award-winning actor Strongly worded emails are not doing it. Appeals to MPs are not doing it. Taking to the […]
Mary Dainton ‘stunned’ when police told her DNA evidence led them to man who raped and murdered Louisa Dunne Man, 92, convicted of raping and murdering Bristol woman in 1967 When police officers sat Mary Dainton down last year and told her they needed to talk about her grandmother, she […]
Not one member of the work and pensions secretary’s party came to her rescue as she laid out the government’s concessions – sorry, measures It was clear from the start that this was largely a domestic dispute. The Labour benches were as tightly rammed as they are for prime minister’s […]
The latest instalment marks a return to form after some recent duds, with all the expected Spielberg-style set pieces and excellent romantic chemistry between the leads What a comeback. The Jurassic World film series had looked to be pretty much extinct after some increasingly dire dollops of franchise content: Fallen […]
From vintage finds to Spotify and savings goals, four gen Zers share what budgeting looks like in their real lives From no-buy-years to second-hand shopping, gen Z seems to have its own unique spending habits. A global rise in the cost of living combined with a highly competitive job market […]
Pyramid stageWith a genuinely surprise appearance from the Cure’s Robert Smith and a magnificent theatricality to her lovelorn songs, Rodrigo totally steals the entire festival Olivia Rodrigo’s first Glastonbury appearance in 2022 was the stuff of minor legend. Aged 19, already the author of an 18m selling debut album, but […]
Through decades of anti-racist campaigning, I have seen that peaceful, direct action can be the only way to get results Suresh Grover is founder of the Southall Monitoring Group and has led campaigns to help the families of Stephen Lawrence, Zahid Mubarek and Victoria Climbié The facts are not disputed. […]
Although gen Z may be getting laid less than their elders, they’re resisting older definitions of sex and gender – in the face of the right’s bid for bodily control The journalist perched on a stool in a corner of the bedroom, pen in hand, ready to jot down the […]
Pyramid stageBacked by Mick Hucknall, Ronnie Wood and Lulu, Stewart brings fiddles, sax and star-spangled buttocks to this genial teatime set The triumphant blare of bagpipes, playing Scotland the Brave, announce the start of Rod Stewart’s set in the legends slot on Pyramid stage on Sunday. Despite the blazing heat, […]