The protagonist’s inner life is hidden from the reader in this highly original novel David Szalay wins 2025 Booker prize for ‘dark’ Flesh Reflecting on the Booker judging process, chair Roddy Doyle stressed the “singularity” of Flesh, the most unusual novel on the shortlist. In his sixth book, Hungarian-British writer […]
Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weapons Gotcha! The BBC’s enemies have taken two scalps and inflicted maximum damage. The shock resignation of the director general, Tim Davie, and the head of news, Deborah Turness, make it […]
Influencers tend to give hair care advice based on vibes. We asked medical professionals Trying to grow your hair? If so, here’s what social media suggests: shampoo daily; don’t shampoo daily; avoid sulfates; embrace sulfates; use protein treatments; absolutely don’t use protein treatments; trim your hair regularly, but not too […]
Whether you want boozy treats, foodie indulgence or crafty delights, we opened the doors of 26 Advent calendars to see which are worth the countdown • The best beauty advent calendars The countdown to Christmas is approaching rapidly, and that means one thing: Advent calendars. Whether it’s for an excitable […]
The defending Premier League champions spent big over the summer, but it’s hard to see how the new players fit Sign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson here What was it supposed to look like? Amid all the talk around Liverpool and their disappointing form at the start of this […]
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 […]