The government’s claims about immigration driving down wages are so demonstrably untrue, it’s hard to feel the appropriate level of outrage I would love to know what exactly happens, in the top-level meetings where the prime minister decides to be even tougher on immigration. Is there anyone in there saying: […]
US kids are falling prey to a sophisticated network of scammers who extort thousands – and push some victims to suicide A TikTok video shows a young man fanning out a stack of $100 bills. A second flexes his designer clothes. Another man posts a video of himself dancing and […]
She said, ‘Come and stay at my house. I’ll look after you and we’re going to get you into rehab’ Read more in the Kindness of strangers series By the time I was 19, my life had spiralled out of control – I was homeless and destitute, my infant son […]
What is the equivalent of a Couch to 5k or parkrun for swimmers? Do I need loads of expensive gear? And should I join a club? Here’s how I learned to love the pool Mine is a familiar story: I used to hate even the idea of running. But, in […]
Trump can have his ‘victory days’. I want something to commemorate Britain’s love of Judi Dench, or its hatred of a sleepless night I’m not being deliberately contrarian – I am a person of peace – but I’ve decided bank holidays are rubbish. They are on my mind because May […]
The dramatic results of weight-loss drugs often come with a side order of stigma, as though it’s ‘cheating’ not to stick to willpower, diet and exercise alone. Is that why so many are telling no one – not even their partners? Every Friday night, Claire, a 50-year-old woman in Berkshire, […]
As part of a Bafta TV special, the nominated actor talks carving out a niche playing people at breaking point, the ‘dreamy’ romcom she’s currently writing, and what she really thought of that Prince Andrew interview “I’ve had so many coffees, I feel hysterical,” says Billie Piper. The 42-year-old actor […]
Upmarket bucolic area notes big rise in number of US citizens scoping a plan B away from the States Thanksgiving in the Cotswolds is no small affair. Every November, Americans flock to the English market town of Stow-on-the-Wold to collect glazed turkey breasts, green bean casserole and a traditional sweet […]
The response to The Settlers has been humbling. But the ongoing displacement and intimidation of Palestinians is more severe than we could capture It wasn’t something I saw coming. A film about the situation in the West Bank – an evergreen story if ever there was one – going viral. […]
With almost 100% occupancy and a waiting list for pop-up spaces, the Disneyland-inspired fashion mecca is bucking trends Before a shopping centre selling past-season designer fashion at discounted prices opened its doors in April 1995, the site of Bicester Village had been “a wet field containing two old horses that […]