Our approach to refugees is failing everybody – we need to change it
Among members of the Government and their advisers, it is difficult to find anybody willing to defend its record when it comes to helping Ukrainian refugees. In…
Jeremy Kyle: Death on Daytime, review: the damning truth about the cruellest show on TV
Some documentaries have a hole at their centre when the key player doesn’t take part. Not Jeremy Kyle: Death on Daytime (Channel 4), because everything we need…
The Ipcress File episode 2, review: thank goodness they didn’t make Harry Palmer into an action hero
Joe Cole is a year older than Michael Caine was when The Ipcress File came out in 1965 – 33 to Caine’s 32 – yet looks as…
Only Stephen Graham can save this plodding final series of Peaky Blinders
Stephen Graham is exactly what Peaky Blinders (BBC One) needs as it tries to shrug off the gloom that has accumulated around this stodgy farewell season of…
Baftas 2022 review: host Rebel Wilson’s wrecking-ball comedy made for an uneven tone
The return to normality after two years of lockdowns, social distancing and Zoom quizzes has been a shaky experience for many. And as the 2022 Baftas (BBC…
The Power of the Dog’s Bafta win is a triumph for Netflix – but not cinema
After two years of misery for cinemas, backing a film that was overwhelmingly watched in living rooms feels like a pointed choice. But Bafta’s 7,000 or so…
Baftas 2022 winners: The Power of the Dog is named Best Film
Editing Belfast: Úna Ní DhonghaíleDune: Joe WalkerLicorice Pizza: Andy JurgensenWINNER: No Time To Die: Tom Cross, Elliot GrahamSummer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be…
Nicola Sturgeon will take in a Ukrainian refugee ‘if needed’
But Michael Gove, the Levelling Up Secretary, insisted the Homes for Ukraine scheme would be the “fastest way” of proving support. Britons can apply to sponsor refugees…
Michael Gove says he did not know of any security concerns about Evgeny Lebedev
Mr Gove told Sophy Ridge on Sunday on Sky News: “I have met Lord Lebedev in public, and nobody has ever suggested to me that that was…
No tax cuts despite cost-of-living crisis, warns Michael Gove
Mr Gove admitted that further measures would be kept “under review” but said that he did not feel the National Insurance rise should be postponed from its…
Tory MP: Bullying drove me to brink of suicide
Last month a former government advisor called on ministers to improve access to mental health help – and in particular, to boost provision of mental health nurses,…
Attempts to sanction Russian oligarchs slowed by fears over historic £1.3bn payout
One government source said: “If an oligarch is going to sue over sanctions, then the one place it is going to happen is here.” Another warned that…
Valerie Pécresse sinks to fifth place as French Right implodes
Mr Zemmour, the other candidate often mentioned here, has drawn mixed reactions. On Saturday, while campaigning in Moissac, south-western France, he was egged again. Some in Neuilly-sur-Seine…
‘A huge shock is coming’: landlords eye rent rises as supply crisis threatens energy works
More than half of landlords will increase rents to cover energy efficiency improvements, a survey has shown, after the cost of eco-upgrades drastically increased. Investors now need…
Questor: as gold tests new highs we’re bullish on the prospects for this FTSE 100 miner
This could counteract the impact of an increasingly hawkish Federal Reserve, which would normally be expected to cause interest-paying assets to become more attractive relative to the…
‘I sold all my furniture – then my house sale fell through’
First-time buyers Natalie Quail, 31, and her husband Nick, 34, have a tale of woe from the other end of the property ladder. The couple lived with…
Journalist Richard Ingrams: ‘The Lord Lucan case nearly bankrupted us’
Richard Ingrams, 84, co-founded the satirical magazine Private Eye in 1961 and became editor in 1963, a post he retained until 1986. He was a regular on…
‘Currys has insured my VHS since 2002 but now won’t repair it’
Dear Reader, I asked Currys when it stopped selling and repairing video recorders and it declined to say. Newspaper cuttings from 2004 show the retailer’s sister firm,…
‘Irresponsible’ energy firms resort to door-to-door sales tactics
Octopus Energy confirmed it deployed field sales teams in the Autumn. It said that until recently the teams had offered customers deals that locked them in for…
‘The energy crisis forced me to move supplier seven times’
He switched to Symbio, an electricity-only supplier, from Together Energy, in May, paying £184 a month to heat and power his large Victorian house. He said: “It went…
Ask the expert: ‘Is paint protection treatment on a new mini worth the cost?’
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…
Creeping midlife weight gain – and how to stop it
Some of us are blessed with genes that make us less likely to succumb to middle-age spread. But consume more energy than you burn and you’re likely…
Does the cure for cancer lie in the gut?
Could a faecal transplant save your life? This is the new line of research being pursued by an increasing number of cancer specialists around the world, as…
How to recover from long Covid symptoms
A Swedish study of more than 300 people confirms that anosmia is the most persistent problem that dogs people who have had even the mildest Covid symptoms….
I had a hoot cavorting at Claridge’s with Country Life’s girls in pearls
I know I may strike some of you as a lightweight sort who flits from social gathering to social gathering, perhaps dashing off a column in between…