Fresh splits in the unity of the West
The Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary have left little room for uncertainty about the strength of the UK’s position on the Ukraine crisis. We won’t compromise…
The Fear Index, review: a thriller with all the urgency of a hedgehog pottering across your lawn
Robert Harris’s The Fear Index was a relatively understated novel by the blockbusting standards of the author of Fatherland and Pompeii, in so far as that it…
Kate Garraway’s Life Stories, review: Nadiya Hussain bolsters her status as the nation’s sweetheart
In 2015, Nadiya Hussain was statistically more popular than the Prime Minister. Some may suggest that accolade has since been slightly tarnished because the PM in question…
The Glad Game, Hampstead theatre, review: a mesmerising portrait of hope in the face of horror
Midway through her mesmerising autobiographical one-person play The Glad Game, which receives its London debut at Hampstead Theatre after premiering at Nottingham Playhouse last year, Phoebe Frances…
Peter von Kant, review: gender-flipped remake of a 70s classic falls short
François Ozon owes a thing or 12 to the great German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder, whose work still blazes with cruel fire. Ozon came to the Berlin…
The Da Vinci Code, Theatre Royal Plymouth, review: Vatican gets an easy ride in this breathless take on a bestseller
The Da Vinci Code is a byword for “international publishing phenomenon”. It’s also a shorthand for iffy writing: “A novel so bad it gives bad novels a…
Scottish secondary pupils can take off face masks during lessons, says Nicola Sturgeon
In a signal that the SNP will not follow suit in Scotland – creating the largest gulf in Covid rules since the pandemic started – Mr Yousaf…
Andrew Bailey attacks Brussels over plans to cut City off from European banks
Andrew Bailey has warned Brussels against “seeking to fragment the international system” after commissioners vowed to cut off access to the City’s £80 trillion clearing market. The…
France to use UK funds for CCTV network to stop Channel migrant crossings
Although the cameras are funded by Britain, officers from the UK Border Force and National Crime Agency will not have access to any of the images. They…
Trump denies flushing White House papers down the toilet
Donald Trump has denied claims that he periodically flushed documents down a bathroom toilet at the White House. A new book claims White House staff found documents clogging a toilet and…
Read Dame Cressida Dick’s resignation statement in full
Dame Cressida Dick has said that with “huge sadness” she will stand aside as Metropolitan Police Commissioner because “it is clear” that London Mayor Sadiq Khan “no…
The runners and riders who could replace Dame Cressida Dick as Met Police Commissioner
Despite retiring from his career in the police in 2018, Sir Mark Rowley is a potential candidate to succeed Dame Cressida. Prior to his retirement, he was…
What Cressida Dick’s resignation means for Boris Johnson and the ‘partygate’ investigation
Met Police insiders insisted on Thursday that “partygate” was too far down the track for its outcome to be influenced and that too many officers were already…
Whisper it, but I’m beginning to see how Boris just might survive this
He’d never admit it, but Boris Johnson was all set to lock down the country last December. He was saved by his weakness. He had (again) been…
Is the Met’s top job a poisoned chalice?
Just hours before her dramatic resignation, Dame Cressida Dick had been reassuring radio listeners that she was staying put as the head of the country’s largest police…
Scotland’s chief medical officer apologises after Tories accuse him of breaking civil service code
Opposition parties at Westminster have argued that the announcement was an effort to woo Tory backbench MPs as they weigh up where to submit letters to the…
End to Covid isolation could force companies to increase mask-wearing and social distancing
Headteachers also warned it would be “naive” to think lifting the rules would end school disruption with the threat of more teachers and pupils going off sick…
Dame Cressida Dick to resign as Metropolitan Police Commissioner
While Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, praised Dame Cressida, saying she had “exemplified the increasingly diverse nature of our police”. In a statement, she said: “I’d…
John Major’s speech in full: Read his attack on Boris Johnson
We are living through a time of uncertainty and political turbulence – at home and overseas. At home, we take democracy for granted: we should not. It is…
Boris Johnson will not get taxpayer-funded lawyers to navigate ‘partygate’ investigation
The Telegraph understands that the dozens of civil servants and political advisers who attended the 12 events being investigated by police are not getting tailored government legal…
The world has changed – and BP looks like a better investment than Facebook
Meta’s future may be even more exciting, although it is probably far less certain to be so than BP’s looks. In the short term, it too is…
Where to buy a home near a grammar school for less than £300k in 2022
Previously, parents would send their children to school from areas outside Birmingham such as Warwickshire. Local landlords rented out properties to teenagers who would live near their…
Why you should say no to getting a smart meter
Though these issues should not affect new smart meter users, they are indicative of the problems that have plagued the rollout. These meters are being enrolled onto…
Questor: these UK-focused trusts are primed for a ‘great rotation’ from growth to value stocks
Daniel Lockyer, fund manager at Hawksmoor Investment, says the split capital trust looks attractive on three fronts. “Firstly, the portfolio looks cheap and has scope for a…
‘I have £70k in cash, how do I protect it from inflation?’
Peter Grant, portfolio manager at Waverton Investment Management, said: Investing for the first time can be daunting in the most benign of environments, nevermind during the recent…