2022’s most exciting new films, TV, books and albums
Nightmare Alley Bradley Cooper plays a fairground conman on the make in Guillermo del Toro’s lustrous, malevolent new adaptation of William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel. With A+…
What’s on TV tonight: The Tourist, Doctor Who, and more
Channel 4, 9pmSitting somewhere between Porridge and Jimmy McGovern’s Time, Rob Williams’s (The Victim) deft, incisive and often very funny new prison drama does for prison officers…
New Year’s Day UK news briefing: Today’s top headlines from The Telegraph
Welcome to your early morning news briefing from The Telegraph – a round-up of the top stories we are covering on New Year’s Day. To receive twice-daily…
In Ralph Vaughan Williams’s 150th year, it’s time to put aside our silly prejudices about him
And that brings us to the point about Vaughan Williams: he was an innovator, an experimenter, a man who absorbed the currents of what was going on…
Remain hopeful and resist ‘temptation to despair’ over climate change, says Archbishop
The Archbishop of Canterbury has said “it is tempting to despair” over climate change, but insists there are reasons to be hopeful in his new year message….
Eamonn Holmes: ‘Where I’m from, cancel culture was getting a bullet in your head’
Holmes senior was a master craftsman. “He died on the job, lifting carpets, aged 64. I’m one of five boys and when Dad would get us to…
Pre-departure Covid tests for holidaymakers could be axed
But by the time border measures were strengthened again, a number of omicron cases had already been identified across the UK. They quickly multiplied, leading to widespread…
Vitali Klitschko calls Vladimir Putin a ‘gangrene’ as he begins training with Ukraine’s military reservists
However, Mr Klitschko has urged the West not to bow under Russian aggression, calling for tough retaliatory measures to get Mr Putin to back down as well…
Backlash at ‘craziest decision’ as tower blocks branded as eyesores bestowed with protected status
However, there has been significant backlash at Historic Environment Scotland’s bid to grant the buildings protected status. Kevin Stewart, Aberdeen Central MSP and a former SNP housing…
Scots evade their own New Year’s Covid rules – by invading England
Border’s watering holes expect surge in Scots On the border’s western edge, Carlisle was also seeing an upturn in Scottish-accented folk. Grahame Vallance, 58, who runs the…
Prince of Wales warns of ‘dire humanitarian situation’ in his first New Year message
The Prince’s New Year message, to be distributed across the world through British embassies and on social media, focuses on themes that prevail through both his and…
Highrove’s retail arm makes pre-tax loss after Covid forced Prince Charles to shut up shop
The retail arm of Highgrove made a pre-tax loss of almost £900,000 last year after the Covid crisis forced the Prince of Wales to shut up shop….
How to cure your New Year hangover… and the ‘remedies’ that definitely won’t work
Hair of the dog may be all bark and no bite when it comes to curing a hangover, and raw egg will likely leave the sufferer just…
‘If the police had listened, Stephen Port’s other victims might still be alive’
‘When we were growing up we had bedrooms next to each other and at bedtime we would communicate by how many knocks we did on the wall….
Prince Andrew will probably avoid the potential fallout of a perjury case against Ghislaine Maxwell
Mark Stephens, of London law firm Howard Kennedy, said: “There will be no appetite to pursue these charges, not least as perjury is notoriously difficult to prosecute…
American actress Betty White dies aged 99
White reached a new level of success on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” playing the host of a home-making television show, the snide, lusty Sue Ann Nivens,…
Call me a thespian not an actor says Nicolas Cage – as ‘acting’ sounds like ‘lying’
Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage does not like being called an ‘actor’ because he says it implies he is a great liar, and would prefer to be…
‘Like a mouse praising an elephant’: Justin Welby pays tribute to Desmond Tutu in no-frills funeral
Retired Bishop of Natal, Michael Nuttall, a long time friend and colleague delivered the sermon and recalled the nickname, ‘The Arch’, which many used when referring to…
Enough Covid tests secured for every school to reopen safely, Education Secretary reveals
Mary Bousted, the joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said on Friday: “As keeping schools and colleges running with the least amount of disruption is…
UK shelves plans to manufacture lateral flow tests amid fears over ‘chumocracy’ legal challenge
Doris-Ann Williams, the chief executive of the British In Vitro Diagnostics Association, said that Lord Bethel, the junior health minister, had encouraged a consortium of companies to…
One third of England’s Covid hospital patients not being treated primarily for virus, figures show
A third of patients in hospitals in England with Covid are not being treated primarily for the virus, new figures show. Of the 8,321 patients with coronavirus…
Chris Whitty and Jonathan Van-Tam knighted as Covid heroes make up a fifth of New Year Honours list
The awarding of honours to the most senior members of the nation’s Covid response will be interpreted as a sign that the Government believes the worst of…
New Covid restrictions must be ‘absolute last resort’, says Sajid Javid
Restrictions on freedom “must be an absolute last resort” and the UK must look to “live alongside” coronavirus in 2022, the Health Secretary has said. Sajid Javid…
Only a quarter of electric vehicle chargers installed last year allow ‘rapid’ charging
Only one in four electric vehicle chargers installed last year allows for ‘rapid’ charging within half an hour, latest figures have revealed. Analysis by the RAC showed…
Farmers fight back against Veganuary ‘misinformation’ in push to keep meat on the menu
British farmers are launching a campaign to promote eating meat during Veganuary to counteract “misinformation and false truths” on social media. The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board…