The comedian, actor and poet behind The Ballad of Wallis Island on stalking an England cricket captain, being evicted in Edinburgh and his love for fig rolls Your new film The Ballad Of Wallis Island scores an impressive 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. Who would you most like to hurl 96 […]
For years, speaking in public has triggered panic attacks. So to overcome them, I road-tested some popular methods, from psychotherapy to virtual reality My vision is fuzzy, my heart is racing and my lungs are emptying of oxygen. I’ve just been asked to speak in a meeting at my first […]
I’ve been accused of ‘anti-Russia narratives’ but Russia has many stories – including resistance against tyranny There is a Russian proverb: don’t blame the mirror if your face is crooked. I first came across it as the epigraph to The Government Inspector, Gogol’s 1836 masterpiece satirising corruption and hypocrisy in […]
She gets trolled on TikTok, but it just makes her chuckle – the Bake Off host is determined to find the happiness in everything. She talks giggling, golf buggies and Paul Hollywood’s expensive hands All Alison Hammond wants is to “bring happiness and spread joy”. She’s so devoted to this […]
This week’s collapse of the tycoon’s Yorkshire operations brought relief for some. It echoes insolvency steps at 15 of his companies Government takes over Liberty Steel’s South Yorkshire plants to protect 1,450 jobs A disparate collection of steelworks in Australia, the UK, Romania and the Czech Republic at the start […]
Investigations editor Paul Lewis talks through the Guardian’s successful defence against a libel action brought by the actor On Friday morning, a high court judge ruled against the actor Noel Clarke in his libel case against the Guardian. As the Guardian’s investigations editor, Paul Lewis, explains, it marks the end […]
Whether starting new careers, reconstructing houses or keeping children’s rooms the same, these parents are navigating a ‘rollercoaster’ The term “empty nest” first emerged in the late 19th century, gaining traction in psychological and sociological discourse by the 1940s. Originally, it evoked a singular image: a mother alone in a […]
A raid on property wealth and pensions is being signalled by the Treasury, and it has sound reasons for doing just that Dear baby boomer, the government is coming for you and your store of wealth. The property and pensions built up over the past 40 to 50 years are, […]
Who had an accent that could skin a corgi? Who was one of the greatest TV monsters of all time? And who did far too much flashing of their buttocks? We put television monarchs under the microscope Rejoice! For the historical fiction stork has descended from on high with another […]
The Guardian has visited three frontline hospitals to hear from women who say they have been left fearful of childbirth after more than 80 attacks on maternity units since Russia’s full-scale invasion It was one of the most horrifying targets of Russia’s war on Ukraine so far. Reports showed a […]