Online shopping made buying so easy that every time I picked up my phone I was in danger of adding to my outfits – and shrinking my bank account I’ve loved sustainable fashion since my early teens, always more interested in stealing my dad’s band T-shirts than anything remotely designer. […]
‘When it was screened in America, people hated it so much they wanted to burn the cinema down’ We’d done Kevin and Perry on Harry Enfield and Chums and thought it would be fun to make a Wayne’s World-y thing while we still had the impetus of the TV programme. […]
Reform is no place for racists, and every party has its bad apples. But the benchmark seems to be higher at Farage’s party It’s the hottest new competition in Westminster. The accolade some MPs will do anything to win. It’s Racist of the Week. To Robert Jenrick’s intense annoyance, the […]
Chris Ofili loves steel pans. Lindsey Mendick adores Self Esteem. And Ragnar Kjartansson enjoys everything from Bach to the Cure. Artists reveal the bangers that get their creative juices fizzing From Johannes Vermeer’s music lesson to Piet Mondrian’s tribute to boogie-woogie, with its small bars of colour flitting across the […]
In last week’s byelection in the Welsh constituency of Caerphilly, Reform UK were the hot favourites, and the focus of huge attention. But as John Harris and John Domokos saw close-up, a Reform win failed to happen thanks to a story most of the media didn’t see: how online fear and […]
From infrared saunas to LED beauty masks, a billion-dollar market has grown around the healing power of light. But where does the science end and the hype begin? Light therapy is certainly having a moment. You can now buy glowing gadgets for everything from skin conditions and wrinkles to sore […]
Behind every meme and message is creaking, decades-old infrastructure. Internet experts can think of scenarios that could bring it all crashing down … It is the morning after the internet went offline and, as much as you would like to think you would be delighted, you are likely to be […]
Would saying goodbye to every last newspaper clipping, button and book her parents had saved over decades help her mourn? In the autumn of 2023, I wanted to return to the house where I was raised in order to stand in the garage and look at some marks I made […]
As we approach the anniversary of the 2024 election, we awake to new horrors each day. But we must not give up hope One year ago, everything was so different. In late October 2024, before the US presidential election, thoughtful Americans could certainly acknowledge the deep flaws of their country […]
One’s a Keir Starmer believer, the other’s a reluctant Labour voter. Could this GP and teacher agree on public sector pay rises and Andy Burnham? Joe, 33, Brighton Occupation GP Continue reading…