‘I left my career behind and I didn’t need to’: Why we need to talk about menopause at work
Sometimes things really escalate. “There’s a small but increasing number of tribunals related to menopause discrimination, and I’m surprised there aren’t more when you consider how many…
HRT and menopause: How it works, and the possible side effects to know about
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) will soon be available to women over the counter, with watchdogs set to propose a reclassification of the medication. The proposal would be…
Jeremy Corbyn is too much of a narcissist to retire
Do you remember the joy in 2017 when Jeremy Corbyn won a stunning election victory? This was just a year after the divisive referendum had been settled…
How to reset your midlife metabolism and lose weight
There is a new buzz-phrase being touted as the way to ditch the midlife extra pounds, as well as prevent chronic disease like Type 2 diabetes, without…
BMW M5 CS review: the king of super-saloons – despite its £140,000 price
In the rear, the standard M5’s bench has been replaced by two more individual carbon bucket seats, which means it’s only a four-seater. But who cares? Barely…
Is the class of 2022 angry about all the wrong things?
Most one-time undergraduates can recall marches against the war in Vietnam, say, or protests over Israel-Palestine – but the vocal minority organising over internal institutional spats is…
Harry and Eugenie: The rise of the royal outliers
If just a few short years ago, Prince William and Prince Harry were inseparable brothers at the centre of the public’s love for the Royal Family, they…
Freeports in Scotland should result in a major economic boost
Boris Johnson paid a flying visit to Scotland yesterday, where he is said not to be very popular, but there is little doubt that the majority of…
We should not entertain Nato membership for Ukraine
As more than 100,000 Russian troops sit tight around Ukraine’s borders, an intensive series of negotiations involving international leaders is taking place. Yet I believe it is…
Keir Starmer’s Brexit U-turn takes the public for fools
Sir Keir Starmer was presumably optimistic that his latest pronouncement on Brexit – namely that there now exists “no case” for Britain rejoining the European Union –…
China’s Olympics have been a catastrophic failure
It’s difficult to overstate just how bad the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have been So bad, in fact, that the hashtag “OlympicFlop” is giving “GenocideGames” a run…
Absurd Covid travel rules are still ruining people’s holidays
A twitchy flyer at the best of times, I’ve spent the past two and a half years studiously avoiding foreign holidays. So when we emerged bleary-eyed and…
Here’s what 20 years of being sober has taught me
Over the last 20 years, I have learned two essential things about my alcoholism. The first is that the voice – the voice of despair and anxiety,…
Are you a murderer? Please tick yes or no
The Metropolitan Police’s approach to investigating the Downing Street parties has prompted considerable puzzlement. Instead of interrogating the suspects in person, they’ve sent each one a written…
Putin is close to winning in Ukraine
Russia today has a semi-autarkic economy, and its chief trade partner is China. The copious document signed by Mr Putin and Xi Jinping at the Beijing Winter…
John Major has swallowed the politics of the Blob
In his recent speech to the Institute for Government, Sir John Major won headlines for his claim that “at No 10, the Prime Minister and officials broke…
For 50 years this family saloon has been BMW’s best-kept secret
Soon after came the M535i version of the top-selling 5 Series – a high performance car that didn’t sport the supercar angles of the M1 but for…
I lost my identity after having a baby… but one fashion item helped me find my way back
Before her birth, I spent many a lockdown-and-pregnant evening naively reading feminist literature around juggling careers and babies, but once my daughter was born I realised the…
How Naomi Campbell went from being the model to being the story
A decade on and Campbell at 51 is as much of a celebrity as she has always been – although the controversies have been replaced by viral…
Monday evening UK news briefing: Prince Andrew cuts a deal with Virginia Roberts Giuffre
Ahead of tonight’s mouth-watering Champions League clash with Real Madrid, PSG’s 6ft 5in Italian shot-stopper Gianluigi Donnarumma talks to Jason Burt about training with Messi, ‘mad’ goalkeepers…
Window for peace in Ukraine is open, say Joe Biden and Boris Johnson
Another government source said: “You genuinely have to take in good faith the possibility of a diplomatic outcome, but in the back of your mind remember the…
Former Russian spies sent into Ukraine to carry out ‘false flag’ operations as a pretext for Putin to invade
Mercenaries could also be used to carry out targeted assassinations and to deploy sophisticated weaponry. A senior US official said Joe Biden had raised concerns over potential…
Asian online content farms fuelling trucker protests in Canada and the US
Administrators for these Facebook groups included accounts tied to the Bangladeshi firm that promoted calls for donations to the Ottawa organisers GiveSendGo crowdfunding platform and pointed members…
Craftsman who made Putin’s meme-inspiring table says he hopes it will bring ‘good luck’
He has been amused by the memes that popped up on the internet. “They were really funny. Clearly the table made a big impression. I saw that…
Donald Trump tells Eric Zemmour how to win French presidential elections
A daily Ifop poll on voter intentions saw Mr Zemmour drawing level on 15 per cent with conservative Republicans rival Valérie Pécresse, a day after her first…