Since the summer recess, the public discourse, stirred by Nigel Farage’s weekly press conferences, has altered radically What the hell just happened? When parliament rose for the summer recess, the debate about immigration was still – just about – the right side of toxic. There was a pretence at least […]
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey are back, talking through all of the challenges the government faces as MPs return to Westminster. Plus, they discuss the prime minister’s shake-up of his Downing Street team Continue reading…
Larmer Tree Gardens, WiltshireFull of warmth despite the rain, highs include Mexico City experimentalists Titanic and Vermont songwriter Lily Seabird’s gorgeously open-hearted voice Near End of the Road’s second stage is a billboard with an “extremely sophisticated, algorithmic” flow chart asking very specific questions to determine which artist you should […]
Whether it’s her housing, clothes, the restaurants she goes to, or the fact she watches opera and drinks wine, she can apparently do nothing right It is hard to keep up with the tabloids’ rage at Angela Rayner, because it moves so fast. The Daily Mail and the Sun are […]
At 54, the comic has found a new lease of life by embracing his first love – pottery. He talks about agoraphobia, ADHD and creating ceramic cuddles In a cavernous room in an old pottery factory, Johnny Vegas is approaching his work and his face is a delight. “Is it […]
Philip Larkin wrote that ‘days are where we live’. Even in the bleakest of times, there are things you can do to improve yours. Former children’s laureate Rosen has some suggestions … It hardly needs saying but I’ll say it anyway: we live in hard times. Things that some of […]
Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz are doing it, Guy Ritchie is doing it – and some people are even doing it with a Mary Poppins impersonator to officiate. Here, couples share why they’ve tied the knot for a second time When Jade Foster-Jerrett married Dean in 2015, the couple decided […]
The comeback of Channel 4’s fly-on-the-wall series is perfectly timed. It’s a moving, uplifting look at how children can shine with support. What a tonic for all the bad news stories about education in Britain The trailer for the new series of Educating Yorkshire is a work of art. Shot […]
The third season of the Amazon teen drama has become a certified phenomenon, encouraging watch parties and intense fan reactions It’s after work on a Wednesday night, and I’m at a sports bar in downtown Manhattan. It looks exactly like what you’d expect of a bar in the Financial District. […]
Famed for his cubist portraits, the Spanish genius also created costumes for the Ballet Russes and loved the intensity of bullfights. A new show at the Tate explores the dramatic side of an uncompromising artist She is called the Weeping Woman, but that is an understatement. She grinds her teeth […]