‘Dirt doesn’t matter’ is the feminist mantra we really need
A fun time was had by all at the Oxford Literary Festival at the weekend. I was sorry to miss the session featuring Rachael Wiseman, one of…
Government and big businesses are treating customers like an inconvenience
It is a common, and growing complaint across Middle England: why are taxpayers treated as supplicants, rather than as empowered consumers? In an interview with this newspaper,…
How becoming a tarot reader helped me when my life fell apart
The Queen’s Gambit actor Anya Taylor-Joy said recently that she carries her tarot cards around everywhere. Of course, famous and powerful people looking to seemingly ‘alternative’ sources…
I’m inviting strangers to live with me so they can help with my DIY
Decorating and DIY have become my life. I wake up and drink my morning coffee while painting kitchen cupboards pink. I fall asleep reading plastering tips. Now…
Dear Richard Madeley: ‘My friend wants to separate her sons after her divorce – and I’m appalled’
Dear Richard, Recently and without warning, a friend from the school gates with two sons the same age as mine left her husband for a man 20…
5 ways to stay motivated to work out
Londoner Afsaneh Parvizi-Wayne, 56, founder of natural period-care brand Freda, was a keen Parkrunner who relished “getting fit in a very social way” with her friends, but…
Fixing my gut health made me feel and look ten years younger
Last week, Goop’s former chief content officer spoke out on social media denouncing “all cleansing”. For Elise Leohnen, it had become synonymous with dieting and restriction. “I…
Why your neck is an ageing giveaway – and what you can do to solve it
But it’s not all misery. There are non-invasive skin-tightening treatments you can have in a doctor’s chair, targeted products for the neck and décolletage to help with…
The dress you can wear all year round – and any occasion
A good green dress is like having a best friend tucked away in your wardrobe: it has the potential to cheer you up, plus it can cope…
Meet Harris Reed, the new gender-fluid darling of London fashion: ‘I’m about breaking boundaries’
A week later, on the day we meet, Reed is sitting by the open fire at the Standard Hotel in London’s Kings Cross, a picture of serenity…
Ukrainian mother raped by Russian soldier as she sheltered in school
A Russian soldier repeatedly raped a young mother while holding a knife to her throat, amid growing evidence of sexual violence being used as a weapon of…
Ukraine afternoon briefing: Five developments as bodies of 410 civilians found near Kyiv
Good afternoon. Ukrainian prosecutors investigating possible war crimes by Russia have found the bodies of 410 civilians in tows near Kyiv following the retreat of Russian troops,…
‘New Srebrenica’: Mass graves found around Kyiv as Russia accused of genocide
Mr Kuleba told Times Radio: “We understand they were killing civilians while leaving, while withdrawing, while staying there in this town of Bucha and also in other…
Russia strikes Odesa with missiles, in first major attack on Ukraine’s strategic Black Sea port
Russia struck the city of Odesa with missiles on Sunday, in the first major attack on Ukraine’s strategic Black Sea port since the start of the invasion….
Russia must face justice for ‘war crimes’ against civilians, says Boris Johnson
But European diplomats were unconvinced that Berlin would drop its opposition to an outright embargo on the import of Russian gas and oil in the light of…
How Imran Khan has fallen out of favour in Pakistan
Four years after his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party was elected, he stands on the brink of being pitched back into opposition. Snowballing political defections have seen him…
‘Prayer only thing getting me through,’ James Foley’s mother speaks out at trial of IS ‘Beatle’ who tortured her son
The story of Mr Foley’s years in captivity is being told to the court by European hostages of the Beatles who were released in return for ransom. …
Pakistan plunged into political chaos as Imran Khan sidesteps no confidence vote
Yet when Sunday’s session began, the information minister, Fawad Chaudhry asked the deputy speaker to dismiss the motion, alleging it was the result of collusion with foreign…
‘It’s like 1937’: Informants denounce anti-Ukraine war Russians
OVD-Info, a Russian human rights organisation, said other examples of people denounced by informers included a woman in Siberia who tied yellow and blue ribbons to a…
What the US takeover of a Swiss resort might mean for skiing in the Alps
However, Sawiris has long held the view that Andermatt needed a strategic ski operator to take it to the next level. Enter Vail Resorts, who are now…
The thrifty way to holiday this summer
So while prices have risen in lira, a cup of coffee in the popular destination of Marmaris, on the south coast, now costs just 59p on average,…
Government pressures video games firms to ban children from buying ‘loot boxes’
Companies represented at last week’s meeting included major games publishers such as Activision Blizzard, the developer of Call of Duty; and Electronic Arts, best-known for the Fifa…
Government pressures video games firms to ban children from buying ‘loot boxes’
Companies represented at last week’s meeting included major games publishers such as Activision Blizzard, the developer of Call of Duty; and Electronic Arts, best-known for the Fifa…
Michael Bublé: ‘I wasn’t ready for a comeback. I was still a wreck’
The album was initially set in motion when Bublé made a recording of Charlie Chaplin’s Smile for the late Captain Tom Moore when he was doing his…
Michael Bublé: ‘I wasn’t ready for a comeback. I was still a wreck’
The album was initially set in motion when Bublé made a recording of Charlie Chaplin’s Smile for the late Captain Tom Moore when he was doing his…