The prime minister is promising to crack down on ‘rip-off’ business practices Andy Burnham has announced he will ban fake discounts and make it easier to cancel unwanted subscriptions in an effort to improve life for UK consumers. In the long run, these so-called “everyday fixes” may not make as […]
Month: August 2026
From One Night Only to The Invite, a wave of new movies are a raunchy antidote to gen Z celibacy The first alarm bells sounded nearly 10 years ago, and since then, a deluge of books, podcasts and roundtables has tried to get at the bottom of the problem: why […]
Political leaders have kicked the can of public protection tariff reform down the road for years – causing hopeless inmates to take their own lives In January 2015, Tommy Nicol told his family that he was suffering “psychological torture of a person who is doing 99 years”. Nicol had been […]
Amid world pressure from heatwaves and fertiliser shortages, billionaire’s business has invested in circular farming and biomethane There is a distinctive smell of cow manure in the air at the Duke of Westminster’s dairy farm near Chester. It is a world away from the collection of grand West End properties […]
Its mucus, which can kill crabs and cockroaches, could be the basis of new insecticides It’s the shuddery stuff of nightmares for some, but for a select group who admire extending ladders, giraffes and the Odyssey, one of the longest animals in the world is bound to appeal. This creature […]
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonThis prequel to the TV series has one joust after another, spectacular stagecraft and plenty of modern resonance During the RSC’s 65 years, numerous Lears have lost their minds and frequent Caesars been slaughtered by their courts. Now, though, a tyrant new to its stages faces both […]
After being on the brink of divorce, Antonia and Rob have experienced a radical revival of their sex life • How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymously The perfect storm of work stress, menopause and raising kids meant our sex life slowly slipped out […]
Black people are more prominent than ever in the UK’s politics and culture. But are they overwhelmingly from the middle class, as Brown argues in his new book? And if so, why isn’t anyone talking about it? Symeon Brown and David Lammy went to the same primary school in Tottenham, […]
Whitehall wants to triple their number in the UK. Yet in Slough, I saw the impact they’re having on communities Amid headlines about the UK’s drought, Europe’s wildfires and impossible global temperatures, it was 28C when I arrived in Slough last Monday. I was there to look around Slough Trading […]
Bombus dahlbomii, a giant ginger bumblebee fondly known as the flying mouse, is in decline in its native Patagonia due to commercial farming Revealed: the top 10 invertebrates of the year We all love bumblebees. Not only are they beautiful, busy and social, they perform pollination services that are crucial […]