The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold The resignation of the BBC’s director general, Tim Davie, over accusations of bias comes as a shock and leaves a gulf at the top of […]
Attenborough’s latest extravaganza is packed with such high drama it’s like Game of Thrones … if Cersei was a hyena. If only it hadn’t been bumped down the schedules because of Strictly As I watch a leopard hunt in Kingdom, the BBC’s latest David Attenborough-narrated documentary, I find myself thinking […]
Jessica Guo hiked 30 miles a day, becoming the first woman to continuously hike two historic US trails in a calendar year Jessica Guo had only slept for two-and-a-half hours on an overnight bus when she arrived at the Mexico-US border near Lordsburg, New Mexico, in April. Out of the […]
Reform’s leader may hope to tread a similar path to Italy’s prime minister, but she is an experienced parliamentarian open to collaboration and compromise One of the more striking images from June’s G7 summit showed a small group of world leaders engaged in an impromptu and informal evening chat at […]
A handful of nuts a day can help manage obesity and reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and some kinds of cancer. Yet most of us don’t get enough. Here’s a no-fuss guide to getting your 30g a day How often do you eat nuts? The planetary […]
Fandom memes, influencers and TikTok deal helped secure industry’s holy grail: gen Z loyalty There are not many plaudits left for The Celebrity Traitors, which has delivered tension, crowd-pleasing ineptitude and the most famous fart in television history. Yet for all the show’s achievements, one in particular – a feat […]
Lynne Besant met Paul as a teenager. After 40 years apart, she discovered she still had feelings for him Find more stories from the moment I knew series In the mid-60s, my family followed my father’s work to a caravan park in Gladstone, central Queensland. He worked in construction and […]
Ruth was 14 years old and being treated for an eating disorder when she died after being detained under the Mental Health Act. She wasn’t allowed to see her family for more than a few hours a week. How did the system we trusted – and I worked for as […]
The budget could involve a range of rises – here’s how they would stack up for different levels of income In a gloomy state of the nation speech this week Rachel Reeves signalled that a rise in income tax could be on the cards in this month’s budget. Labour had […]
We tested various curry kits and found they offer astoundingly good value compared with takeaways. Did somebody say just heat? • The fair price for 14 everyday items, from cleaning spray to olive oil Takeaways are so eye-wateringly expensive these days, they’re often even more costly than eating out. Delivery […]
