Rice pudding with Wordsworth and Wollstonecraft: the supper-club that tried to change the world
“Those who think much, for the most part, write little – those who write much, generally, think little,” offered Samuel Paterson in a collection of essays published…
The Mozart Question brings Morpurgo’s death camp novella to all-engulfing life
Since it opened in 2018, the Barn, Cirencester has become Michael Morpurgo Central, enjoying an unusually close creative relationship with the former Children’s Laureate. With the pandemic-delayed…
A heavenly retelling of Bach’s St John Passion, plus the best of March’s classical concerts
Bach St John Passion, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, South Bank ★★★★☆ A performance of one of Bach’s Passions, his dramatic retellings of the Arrest, Trial…
How the Dudleys played Tudor snakes and ladders – and lost spectacularly
A series of high offices followed in rapid succession: military commander of the Scottish borders, high admiral, governor of Boulogne, envoy to the King of France. More…
Peat ban ‘unnecessary’ as its use in compost has halved in a decade
Mr Barnes said that garden waste quality needed to be much higher to make it a viable alternative, with glass, plastic and metal contamination an issue with…
Care homes ‘quarantine Mother’s Day gifts’ to stop Covid spread
Visiting rules ‘do not match daily life’ The home, Nova House, in Seaford, East Sussex, is currently on its second lockdown in a month after positive cases…
Chaos as Joe Biden says Vladimir Putin ‘cannot remain in power’
Mr Biden took the stage for his speech minutes after Russia fired missiles at Lviv, 40 miles from the Polish border. Andriy Sadovyi, the city’s mayor, said…
Why Vladimir Putin will be happy with Joe Biden’s latest gaffe
The administration clarified the US “would not” use chemical weapons after the president said the country would respond “in kind” to any Russian chemical attack. They also…
Russian riot police officers fired for refusing to invade Ukraine take bosses to court
Kirill Alexeev, a lawyer and opposition politician from the town of Vladimir, east of Moscow, has told The Telegraph how he was being interrogated at a police…
Prince William suggests he may not succeed the Queen and his father as head of the Commonwealth
On Friday night, the Duke gave a speech at a black tie dinner in Nassau in which he addressed, for the first time, the issue that had…
Shanghai plunged into lockdown as Covid infections soar
China’s biggest city has been plunged into lockdown amid the highest level of cases since the early weeks of the pandemic. Shanghai will lock down its eastern…
Vladimir Putin ‘wants to split Ukraine like North and South Korea’
The Russian president justified invading Ukraine by accusing Kyiv of planning atrocities against the Luhansk People’s Republic and the Donetsk People’s Republic, which broke away from Ukraine…
Ukraine ambassador snubs German ‘solidarity concert’ featuring Russian musicians
The concert, organised by Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German president, and the Berlin Philharmonic, was held on Sunday morning. According to the Office of the Federal President, musicians…
Survivor of Russia’s deadliest attack in Ukraine describes moment hundreds were ‘killed on the spot’
“We arrived at the theatre on March 8. We spent the night standing. There was nowhere to lie down. Even though there was a parquet floor in…
Suffolk wind farm could derail No 10’s energy strategy
Boris Johnson’s energy security strategy risks being derailed by a Cabinet row this week over the decision to approve two controversial wind farms off the Suffolk coast….
Nature’s viagra on the menu as Kate tucks in at Bahamas ‘fish fry’
It is known as “nature’s viagra”, a local delicacy that would have most people running for the hills. Not so the Duchess of Cambridge, who gamely tried…
Henry VIII too ‘horrible’ for new BBC history series
Deller was speaking at the launch of the BBC Two series where the producer, Russell Barnes, confirmed that after hearing from Deller “we gave up on Henry…
Prisoner goes on the run in his pants and socks
Dorset Police said on Sunday that their search continues with the help of a National Police Air Service helicopter and the British Transport Police. Enquiries have revealed…
Revealed: How to work from a café without annoying other customers
A leading authority on British etiquette has revealed how to work in coffee shops in the wake of the new flexibility that came with the pandemic. Once…
Ode to a trigger warning: University warns students of ‘sexist’ content in John Keats poems
Bath Spa also said that works from Wordsworth, Keats and Shelley featured “violence, sexism, misogyny, death, mental illness, self-harm and suicide”. Although not mentioned, it is possible…
Sewage has left my river devoid of fish, says lord
Last December, officers from the Environment Agency visited the river but found no evidence of sewage pollution, it told Mr Lewthwaite’s MP Tim Farron in an email….
Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko exclusive: ‘This is genocide – we know every day could be our last’
Wladimir, an Olympic Games gold medallist, who reigned undefeated as world champion between 2006 and 2015, now has a more real, exacting challenge than he ever had…
Kate Rose interview: ‘We thought the Rose Ladies Series was just a stopgap – but interest has exploded’
“Justin didn’t have the time, as he was away on Tour,” Kate says. “I had no choice but to go along and listen to the women and…
Pressure from Chelsea fans could force bidders to throw off cloak of secrecy
Just seven days since Sir Martin Broughton declared that his bid for Chelsea, a consortium that would reflect the “global nature” of the club, would be “completely…
Manchester United women’s team to welcome fans to Old Trafford for the first time
Fans will be able to watch a Manchester United women’s team match at Old Trafford for the first time on Sunday, but this 112-year-old ground is not…