We’re obsessed with narratives about powerful men and how they got that way. But our mania for founder myths obscures an ideology of inequality One Saturday in the spring of 2021, a little achy after receiving our first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, my husband and I decided to stay […]
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After a lifetime of making his own, our columnist put a selection of shop-bought mayos to the test. Which brands are rich and satisfying, and which smell like a pickled egg? • The best food processors and mixers – chosen by chefs I’ve spent my whole adult life making mayonnaise […]
Pioneering light-rail tech poised to revamp network after chancellor announces £15bn transport boost In a sidestreet in central Coventry, a possible vehicle of the future has been making its first public foray: a 60-seat, battery-powered miniature tram. On smooth, almost silent, test runs, its pioneering wheel system allows it to […]
There are sudden moments of ecstatic joy, but it’s terrifying to realise what you want to be and everything you’ve forced down You’re fairly sure your skin has always been a problem. A problem before you even realised, lurking in the background of your earliest memories. Never with a clear […]
Coverage of the three-year family ‘feud’ has been extraordinary, and nothing seems off the table in the media If the biggest feud of the week belongs to Donald Trump and Elon Musk, then the longest running is arguably “Beckxit”. The name given to the fallout between one of the most […]
Commentators on Black masculinity are popular pundits on Sean Combs’s case – but they’ve taken a clear side When the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs began last month, there was one man who stood apart from the journalists, legal eagles and YouTube gossips queuing up for seats inside the New […]
What one did to Twitter and Tesla, the other is doing to the United States of America. Their feud is revealing a fatal flaw in the Maga project The scriptwriters of Trump: the Soap Opera are slipping. The latest plot development – the epic falling-out between the title character and […]
(Columbia)The one-time TikTok dancer’s remarkably cohesive debut spans Jersey club to R&B, and defies an obsession with ‘lore’ to suggest that the best pop isn’t that deep When Madonna came to the height of her powers in the late 90s and early 00s, it felt as though she had perfected […]
The party is making inroads among people who once chose not to vote. But as Zia Yusuf’s resignation shows, chaos still reigns If you were doubting that Nigel Farage had a serious chance of heading a hard-right British government in 2029, the people of Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse just poured […]
From being attacked for gentrifying New York to gen Z calling her toxic, Sarah Jessica Parker’s most famous role isn’t shy of controversy. As Carrie Bradshaw returns, she talks about being an antihero – and the death of fashion Carrie Bradshaw was undoubtedly not intended as a hate figure when […]