Oh god, the suffering. The bleak, bleak suffering. Katherine Kelly’s desperate drug-smuggling thriller – featuring distressing scenes set in a Bulgarian prison – is so claustrophobic it’s suffocating I wonder, sometimes, if Katherine Kelly misses her days as Becky McDonald in Coronation Street. Yes, Becky was a once-homeless, thieving ex-con […]
The festival’s best joke award may have been binned this year, but the one-liners keep coming. Here are our favourites • 10 of the funniest jokes from the 2024 fringe Olaf Falafel: We named our children War and Peace – it’s a long story. Andrew Doherty: At my lowest, I […]
Panorama’s new investigation into the convicted nurse is muddled and stuffed with conflicting theories. It feels more like radio phone-in bickering than serious journalism In May 2024, the New Yorker published an article with the headline “A British nurse was found guilty of killing seven babies. Did she do it?” […]
Keir Starmer’s government is treating voters with contempt. With the arrest of hundreds of protesters in London, for many, the feeling is mutual In the third month of this tense, parched summer, the British state is under severe strain. Stripped of resources by 14 years of reckless rightwing government, contorting […]
Waking up from a nap feeling groggy, tired or ill? Experts say it’s common. Here’s what could be going wrong Tell us: share your experiences of traveling with friends I woke up on the couch feeling nauseous and groggy, with a needle-jabbing-my-temples headache. Was it the flu? Did I eat […]
It’s the latest couples’ hack for the online age and involves splitting the evening into chunks – including one full hour without phones Name: The three-hour night. Age: Born on TikTok 18 months ago. Continue reading…
Grim predictions of ‘societal collapse’ and ‘civil war’ will hit home so long as Labour fails to address the country’s problems A last stretch of this strange, uneasy summer remains. Between now and September, there could conceivably be further outbreaks of the kind of violence that rightwing politicians and their […]
After a decade together, Zara and Max now have the freedom for work-from-home quickies and experiments with sex toys • How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymously We probably have sex less now than when we lived apart, but it’s amazing that when the […]
Beloved fashion brand whose Oxford Circus store closed in 2021 prepares to hold its first catwalk show in seven years London fashion week begins in mid-September but showgoers will be starting early this season, with Topshop’s first return to the catwalk in seven years taking place next weekend. Open to […]
It’s been the year of weight-loss drugs, with celebrities seemingly disappearing before our eyes. For those of us left behind, it’s both a torment and a temptation. Spoiler alert: I tried the jabs, too It is a balmy evening in early July. I have finally managed to get both of […]