Former officials say firing of BLS commissioner emblematic of president’s battle against established facts and history Donald Trump is waging a war on truth by firing top officials who present facts he finds unpalatable, while he banks on key loyalists at executive agencies to bolster his policies and powers by […]
Brothers Bruce and Scott hadn’t spoken for 15 years when finally one made the call that would reunite them. How do people recover from decades-long rifts? “What happened?” Scott, 82, asked Bruce, 78, when his younger brother picked up the phone and called him after a 15-year estrangement. “I grew […]
If you’re hoping The Princess Diaries will be the kind of show her mother would make, think again. This reality show about being an influencer is at times dull, and at others, deeply sad There is something slightly sweet about the new ITV2 show The Princess Diaries. It is a […]
Trump’s summit failed to achieve a ceasefire, but the Russian president will be very happy with how events are unfolding Donald Trump portrays himself as a hard-nosed dealmaker. Yet in the run-up to Friday’s summit with Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, his claim that the Russian leader held him in […]
They helped create the modern world but are dangerously overused. How can we harness them sustainably? In 1954, just a few years after the widespread introduction of antibiotics, doctors were already aware of the problem of resistance. Natural selection meant that using these new medicines gave an advantage to the […]
Schools and parents tell of inexperienced and absent tutors, and slow refunds alongside repeated demands to pay for services never wanted or received In April 2024, Hannah, a teacher in a Kent primary school where she is in charge of music, thought she had successfully set up weekly drum lessons […]
A married man’s hidden bisexual life; a PhD student’s sideline in sex work; a nun’s fear of pregnancy – over my long career, all have been laid bare in the intimate space of my consulting room To be human is to be uncertain, conflicted, divided, and yet we grow up […]
As part of the hugely successful girlband, she had to contend with an eating disorder, racism and a hostile tabloid press. Now JADE the solo artist is conquering the charts with her unorthodox pop bangers and unfiltered attitude It’s customary for former girlband members to shun their manufactured roots the […]
Some people with AI partners expressed dismay at the new GPT-5 model You’ve met the love of your life, someone who understands you like no one else ever has. And then you wake one morning and they’re gone. Yanked out of your world, and the digital universe, by a system […]
They’re a supermarket freezer staple, but when the chips are down, whose are spuds you like and whose are potato no-nos? • The best air fryers, tried and tested for crisp and crunch I’m not sure I’ve ever bought a bag of oven chips. My mum bought them in the […]