Landlords take control demanding more and more rent upfront
Dan Wilson Craw, of Generation Rent, a tenant campaign group, warned the rise would lock Britain’s most vulnerable tenants out of the rental market. “Because people who…
Britain’s new commuter hotspots where house prices are on the up
Leeds had already established a reputation as a seat of financial services in the North, and has recently experienced a mini tech boom. Now Channel 4 has…
Ask the expert: ‘How can we recommission our car after it’s stood idle during Covid?’
Alex Robbins is contributing editor at Telegraph Cars where, as well as responding to readers’ queries, he also contributes reviews of new and used cars, together with…
UK’s rarest cars: 1978 Chrysler Alpine S, one of only 13 left on British roads
Chris Salter’s eclectic collection of vehicles includes one of the most obscure Car of The Year contest winners. Strange, perhaps, but true: the Alpine defeated the BMW…
Mother’s Day 2022: How Anna Jarvis’ campaign led to the official celebration of mums
Mother’s Day, the celebration of mums far and wide, will soon be upon us, with children set to present flowers, cards and chocolates to their maternal figures as a thank…
The best kettles for your morning brew, tried and tested
Finding the ‘best’ kettle is harder than you may think, given its primary purpose is just to boil water. But a kettle is not just a kettle….
The ultimate guide to a perfect last-minute Valentine’s Day
Just don’t pair it with champagne, or most sparkling wine for that matter, says Telegraph columnist Susy Atkins. Though both are classic romantic gifts, and with good…
The unpalatable truth about biodynamic wine
You know how it is, you’re browsing the shelves in Waitrose looking for a bottle to take to a dinner party, pondering whether to go cheap and…
Best Valentine’s Day gifts for her: last minute present ideas for the woman in your life in 2022
Last-minute Valentine’s Day gifts have a bad reputation. Fair enough, a hastily-wrapped box of chocolates picked up on a last minute supermarket dash on February 14th is…
Liz Truss and the photos that show her Margaret Thatcher makeover
“This can’t be a coincidence,” says Anand Menon, director of the UK in a Changing Europe think tank. “She’s appealing to the electorate, which is pretty sensible…It’s…
I love posh food, but I just can’t resist instant coffee
1. Lavazza Intenso, £4.75 This is a million miles from the barista-level coffee Lavazza produces. Looks like woodchips, and has a fish food smell. Two big spoonfuls…
Emmanuel Macron has made peace in Ukraine less likely
There are few western leaders with the political inexperience of Emmanuel Macron. Ten years ago he was a banker, doing very well for himself at Rothschild &…
Why the world’s genomic revolution is incomplete
The last few decades have seen a genomic revolution. Researchers like us have interrogated the genomes of millions of people and uncovered gene variants that increase risks…
Keir Starmer’s battle against Corbynism is far from over
There are few more prominent hate figures for the hard-Left than Lord Mandelson. This is in part because of the key role he played, alongside Sir Tony…
The Met could benefit from hiring an outsider
In many ways Cressida Dick epitomises everything that we should look for in a senior police officer. She is tough, intelligent and articulate. She appears to be…
Remain’s useful idiots can’t stop talking Britain down
John Major appears to have finally found his forte. He may have proved a terrible prime minister, losing most of Margaret Thatcher’s majority in 1992 before being…
The new ‘porn laws’ could be the vaccine passports of the internet
The Government’s announcement this week that children will be better protected from online porn has been warmly welcomed. But this headline-grabbing policy has a lot of devil…
European elites can no longer turn a blind eye to Putin’s imperial ambition
Today, Europe is on the verge of war. Military conflict is no longer an unlikely scenario. It is a real option. For many generations of young Poles…
Joe Biden is the most dangerously radical president in US history
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Boris Johnson lacks the leadership to fight inflation
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John Bercow, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye
Poor John Bercow. The former Commons speaker was voted off in one of the early rounds in a celebrity edition of the BBC television programme The Weakest…
The UK economy is doing a lot better than its implacable critics will admit
What does worry me is that business investment is still running at 10.4pc below its pre-pandemic level. This is despite Rishi Sunak’s “super deduction”, a cut in…
The best beauty products every woman over 50 needs in their skincare routine in 2022
I used to think it was just my bathroom cabinet that was out of control. Recently though, a friend, despairing about her ever-expanding beauty routine, showed me…
William Sitwell reviews Thornbury Castle Hotel, Bristol: ‘No chef should send out a roast potato without crunch’
If one wanted to build or extend a dwelling to make it a castle in the early 16th century, there was an additional burden in obtaining planning…
‘I’m sick of living in a show home – should I confront my obsessively house-proud partner?’
Dear A&E, I’m fed up of living in a show home. I’m afraid to sit on the sofa for fear of de-plumping the (thousands of) cushions; my…