The Novak Djokovic quandary reveals Australia’s Zero Covid failure
Novak Djokovic, the world’s No 1 ranked tennis player, is no stranger to court victories but none has been as dramatic as his legal battle to win the…
Ultra low rates have created a new generation addicted to debt
Have low interest rates created broader problems than politicians and people realise? In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, interest rates were slashed from 5.25…
‘Boring’ or a masterpiece? The great Power of The Dog divide
If being watched by precisely no one was any kind of excuse for the Golden Globes to go rogue, you’d never know it from the winners they…
Prince Charles at the Garrison Chapel: paintings that convey an awed wonder at nature
Early morning at Kilphedir Pool, Sutherland, and the slow-flowing river reflects a radiant sky. The painting has an exhilarating air. Executed by HRH The Prince of Wales,…
Enid Blyton book to get modern makeover with lesson about sexism
The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton’s beloved children’s adventure, is to get a modern makeover with a lesson about sexism. Jacqueline Wilson is writing a new version…
The double life of Munich’s ‘good German’ – and would-be Hitler killer – Adam von Trott zu Solz
In 1939, Trott made several trips back to England to lobby British officials and his friends – which included his meeting with the Astors and Chamberlain while…
‘He’s broken… filling a hole in his soul’: how Batman’s darkness engulfed Ben Affleck
Whedon got the project over the finish line. But the quippy style he had pioneered with Buffy and with the first two Avengers film landed flat. There…
Hacks was the best comedy of 2021 – why isn’t it shown in the UK?
What the show is far more interested in proving is how similar these women are, beneath the trappings of generational idiom. Again, it’s obvious from that very…
Euphoria, series 2 episode 1 review: this show is determined to shock – but Grange Hill did it first
My first instinct was to tell you not to watch Euphoria (Sky Atlantic) if you are the parent of teenagers. You will experience it not so much…
What’s on TV tonight: Couples Therapy, Junior Bake Off, and more
Monday January 10 Couples TherapyBBC Two, 10pm; NI, 11.15pmBought in from American cable network Showtime, this docuseries trains hidden cameras on four New York couples (aware,…
Netflix is gunning for Oscars glory. That’s bad news for cinema
For battle-scarred cinephiles, this presents a quandary. Obviously we want Scorsese to be able to spend whatever he likes on a book adaptation he’s been mulling since…
Ex-Tory MP who raped wife told her ‘everyone thinks I’m fabulous’ and no one will believe you, it is claimed
“I remember saying to him, I’m going to go to the police. And he said to me, nobody’s going to believe you Kate,” she claimed on a…
Scots could wear face masks for years under Nicola Sturgeon’s plan for living with Covid
“Sometimes when you hear people talk about learning to live with Covid, what seems to be suggested is that one morning we’ll wake up and not have…
Boris Johnson: Number of people catching Covid in hospital is ‘unacceptable’
On Monday, Prof Graham Medley, the chairman of the Spi-M modelling group, which advises the Government on the virus, said ministers would reach a stage where mass…
Food importers face more pain from Brexit charges
Importers are set to face hundreds of pounds of extra charges when the next wave of post-Brexit checks affecting food products are introduced this summer, port bosses…
Boris Johnson urges ‘restraint’ over £2,000 pay rise for MPs
Lord Lamont told The Telegraph: “The alternative, which I would prefer, would be to lessen the social and environmental levy, which accounts for 12 per cent of…
Michael Gove: Tony Blair was an ‘outstanding statesman’ and anyone fair-minded would agree
Tony Blair was an “outstanding statesman” and any fair-minded person would agree, Michael Gove has said after calls for the former Prime Minister to be stripped of…
From symptoms to transmission – why we must listen to South African scientists on omicron
“You have to empower people by telling them what is going on, but I get the feeling that some of the UK scientists didn’t want to use…
Novak Djokovic affair exposes Australia’s Covid policy as hysterical and paranoid
After two years of fiercely policed lockdowns and restrictions, Australians, like Britons, feel rightly outraged when they perceive one rule for the elites – be they participants…
Omicron has humiliated Britain’s dismal lockdown establishment
By rights, omicron ought to have humiliated the pro-lockdowners. Their apocalyptic narrative has spectacularly collapsed. Daily deaths remain relatively stable, at less than a sixth of the…
Rishi Sunak backs call for Covid isolation to be cut to five days
Beyond the Chancellor, the Telegraph has been told that others who would favour the move because of potential economic benefits are Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, Anne-Marie…
Boris Johnson among 100 invited to lockdown-busting ‘bring your own booze’ Downing Street party
On Monday Adam Wagner, a leading lawyer and expert on Covid regulations, said: “This looks unlikely to be legal for attendees. Being outside the home was illegal…
Michael Gove clashes with Treasury over bid to boost manufacturing
Michael Gove has clashed with the Treasury over plans to overhaul British manufacturing because of concerns about the costs involved, in a blow to his levelling up…
Row erupts over Special Boat Service ‘using run-down pool’ to train for combat
“It’s all a matter of money,” Mr Drax added. “If we are going to ask these brave men to do these things, the least we could do…
Firearms holders face long wait for new gun licences as system grinds to a halt amid chaos
A number of police forces have stopped issuing new gun licences, it has emerged, amid claims the system has fallen into chaos. “Untenable” delays to the processing…