Growing number of schools are giving pupils and staff a fortnight off, but some parents complain of childcare costs For many schools across England it is now October half-term – but while it used to be standard for state schools to have just one week, increasingly pupils and staff are […]
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Nige suffers through lacklustre PMQs to seize the spotlight with drive-by demand to get further away from Europe Sarah Pochin is unwell. She hasn’t been seen for days. Not at any of the three Reform press conferences on three consecutive days this week. It’s not as if Reform has so […]
Find an appealing activity and stick with it even if you lack skill, says Karen Walrond, author of In Defense of Dabbling Tell us: have you fallen in love this year? All my life I’ve been bad at sports. At school I was always successfully “sick” on the annual sports […]
I was sued over my film that gave a voice to the committed ‘amateur’ whose pivotal role in the search for the remains of Richard III was drowned out by louder voices in academia About 15 years ago, Philippa Langley set out on a mission to find the remains of […]
Jeans can be so much more than your standard weekend staple. Pick the right style, add the right accessories and you’ve got yourself a sharp, fresh look A funny thing happened at the Venice film festival this year: Julia Roberts turned up in jeans. A film festival red carpet usually […]
As the singer and former Canadian PM get together, we look at the history of romances between artists and politicians His dad dated Barbra Streisand and his mother partied with the Rolling Stones, so perhaps it is no shock to see the former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau romantically linked […]
A man with no experience of government is to prepare the party … to govern. What could possibly go wrong? Nigel Farage too Marmite for you? Lee Anderson too Lee Andersony? Richard Tice too smooth? Sarah Pochin a bit too racisty? Don’t worry. These things happen. But all will be […]
Whether it’s Parton’s Jolene, Beyoncé’s Becky with the good hair and now Madeline on Allen’s new album, the ‘other woman’ is everywhere – but gossip risks spoiling these songs So, to quote Lily Allen – who the fuck is Madeline? As mysteries go, this one didn’t seem to last long. […]
Forget Halloween! Real scares can happen to actors any night of the year. Big name performers, including Zachary Hart and Harmony Rose-Bremner, recall their worst moments – and how they overcame their fears Derek Jacobi had a bout of it during a world tour of Hamlet. Bill Nighy wrestled with […]
A nuclear clear up, a bloody massacre, an extremely fraught game of marbles … From The Bear to Blue Lights, here are television’s most heart-pounding outings Tell us: what is the most intense TV show you have seen? Television is supposed to be relaxing. Flop on the sofa, lose yourself […]