The restaurants helping Ukraine, one plate at a time
The Carousel menu will feature classic Ukrainian dishes, such as pickled vegetables with trout, borsch with duck and prunes, vareniki dumplings with potatoes and porcini and Ukrainian…
The best exercises to do for a good night’s sleep
A new study presented at the American Heart Association’s health conference has revealed that not only is strength and resistance training more effective than cardio or aerobic…
Melinda French Gates and the tech ex-wives going it alone
Since the divorce, Melinda, who met Bill in 1987 when she started working as a product manager at Microsoft, the company Gates had co-founded 12 years earlier,…
MoD corporals have nothing on my bootcamp in East Anglia
When I heard about a British soldier suing the Ministry of Defence for £1.5 million because he was told, among other unrepeatable things, to “man up” when…
Where in the world Russian oligarch yachts are heading to now
“In general, crew or anyone who works for a large corporation, focuses on their job at hand and maintaining standards. But the way the sanctions are structured,…
Paulette Hamilton’s election raises questions for Keir Starmer
It would be churlish to rain on the parade of a newly elected MP, especially one who has made history as the first black MP to represent…
Cochrane’s Scotland: MSPs were strangely muted on one of the most contentious measures ever to come before Holyrood
That said, Ms Forbes is not having the happiest of times at present. A strange ‘omerta’ has descended over the entire SNP Government this week, following the…
Russia’s actions demand an urgent reassessment of the Net Zero target
This week, ministers were keen to downplay the risks posed to Britain’s energy security by Russia, Europe’s largest supplier of natural gas. They are right to say…
The economic myth that has sustained Vladimir Putin in power is now in tatters
In 2000, Vladimir Putin made an unspoken pact with the Russian people: stay out of politics and I will deliver economic stability. He kept his side of…
Sir Gavin’s gong is a national embarrassment
It was last September when I first caught wind that Gavin Williamson was to be given a knighthood. As I reported at the time, “there are suggestions…
If we play chicken with Kiev the Leghorns get it next
Sainsbury’s has just renamed its chicken Kiev as chicken Kyiv. Perhaps they took notice of my colleague William Sitwell, who urged the change a couple of days…
Is London ready for Mayor John Bercow?
How to explain John Bercow’s enthusiasm for appearing on prime time television? In the past few months, he has been spotted on both The Weakest Link and…
Putin’s energy shock is broadening into a world food crisis, so brace for rationing
“Loading is at a standstill. It is not just the ports: you can’t get a ship in there. Nobody wants to get stranded,” said Mr Abbassian. Lloyd’s…
The best scented candles for your home, tried and tested
Nothing says “cosy” like a scented candle. I’ve burnt around 50 scented candles for hundreds of hours in researching this piece over the past year, so I’m…
William Sitwell reviews Pulpo Negro, Alresford: ‘Ought to be the most famous thing that has ever happened in Alresford’
Alresford is one of those words that reminds me of a South African friend of my father who came to London in the ’50s and tried to…
I fancy a single dad at the school gate – but I’m too shy to ask him out
Dear A&E, My divorce was finalised last month and I find myself single – for the first time in 20 years – at 45, with a violent…
‘I was wildly depressed when I was pregnant – but there’s so much secrecy, shame and guilt’
Chillingly, the idea of a state-sanctioned universal standard for successful mothering isn’t entirely a product of Chan’s imagination, but was inspired by a New Yorker article she…
Yes, there is such a thing as English whisky – and it rivals the Scots
Two decades ago, you could reasonably assume that a distillery in Scotland would be making whisky and one in England, gin. But this simple division no longer…
Yes, pencil skirts can be worn by all women in 2022 – here’s how to style yours
Black tweed pencil skirt, £179, LK Bennett Whether you have an hourglass figure, or a straight up/straight done column shape, or are more of an ‘inverted triangle’…
Prince Edward proves men can still have fun with their wardrobes at 57
If eight years as Men’s Style Editor at the Telegraph has taught me anything, it’s that men tend to settle into a style rut as they grow…
The bald truth about hair transplants – and why the future is bright for men’s hairlines
But growing hand-in-hand with this niggling dread is the increasing social acceptance of treatments. The stigma is disappearing. “Today, it’s okay to talk about hair loss. Just…
What nuclear weapons does Russia hold and how likely is Putin to use them?
Are Nato countries taking Putin’s threat seriously? The United States immediately denounced the latest escalation by the Russian President. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the United…
Ukraine-Russia evening briefing: Five developments as nuclear plant attack branded a ‘threat to European security’
Read: How worried should we be about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant fire? 2. Russians should not assassinate Putin, says Boris Johnson Boris Johnson does not want Russians to…
How worried should we be about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant fire?
One major advantage in comparison to older style nuclear plants, is that the core of the reactor contains less uranium, which lowers the risk of additional fission…
Friday evening UK news briefing: Nuclear attack that took Europe to brink of disaster
Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, referenced alleged US biological sites in the country, prompting suggestions Russia may be readying to use chemical weapons in its war…