The curious reason why the Spanish eat so absurdly late
You could happily spend all day eating and drinking wherever you are in Spain, and I frequently do. One thing just sort of slides into the next…
The great Easter escape? Digging a tunnel would probably be quicker
Surely this can’t be as bad as that memorable Easter weekend when I caught the train from Euston a couple of decades ago, on a rainy Maundy…
In the world’s present darkness, a light shines
Today, Trafalgar Square echoes with the noise of crucifixion. It is filled with the shouts of a crowd, the brutal orders of a centurion, the hammering of…
As a lifelong Democrat, I am ready to vote Republican to remove radical Biden
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Labour offers no viable alternative for tackling illegal migration
Political parties are under no obligation to support any policy just because they may have supported it in the past. Such an insistence on eternal consistency is…
Traditionalists, rejoice! Speaker Bernard Weatherill’s wig has been found
Good news for traditionalists who want to see the Commons Speaker in a full-bottomed wig for the state opening of Parliament. Sir Lindsay Hoyle promised to consider…
Getting the travel and tourist industry back up and running is critical to the economy
The Easter weekend has arrived and with it the traditional transport chaos. This year the usual litany of road closures and track engineering work on the railways…
Olaf Scholz must choose between an energy embargo on Russia, or a moral embargo on Germany
Germany made a choice to increase its reliance on Russian hydrocarbons after the invasion of Crimea in 2014, and is responsible for its own predicament, unlike the…
The Bank of England is running out of time to undo its terrible mistakes and avoid recession
He’s not exactly a household name. If the average Briton has heard of Andrew Bailey, it’s probably only because he’s the guy who told them not to…
The bizarre true story of Havana syndrome: covert sonic warfare or a case of mass hysteria?
When the detailed clinical manifestations of Havana syndrome emerged in February 2018, courtesy of Dr Douglas H Smith and his team’s preliminary paper in The Journal of…
My husband hasn’t seen me naked for 10 years – how do I stop hating my normal ‘mum bod’?
Dear A&E, I hate my body. I’m not a 15 year-old girl, I’m a 43 year-old woman with two children and a happy marriage but my husband…
Why Champagne’s sparkling year surprised everyone
We all know about the hemline index: the idea that skirt lengths rise and fall with the stock market. You’d imagine there might be a similar pattern…
Why every man secretly longs to look like Gatsby
There’s also a Fitzgeraldian glamour to the new Downton Abbey movie trailer. Set in the 1930s, the action decamps to the south of France, with the men…
Ukraine afternoon briefing: Five developments as over 900 bodies found in Kyiv
Russian strikes have pounded a military factory near Kyiv that makes the missiles Ukraine claims it used to sink the Moskva naval flagship. The Vizar military factory…
Germany ‘open to Russian oil ban’ as pressure grows on Berlin over energy embargo
Germany is “ready” to endorse an EU boycott of Russian oil amid mounting pressure on Berlin to put an end to Moscow’s lucrative energy exports. The move…
‘This is genocide’ says forensic examiner at Ukrainian morgue overrun with corpses
Throughout the war, Mr Maksymchenko has seen mainly shooting victims. A few have been killed by explosions and a smaller number from rocket strikes. Those that have…
‘I’ll ban the Muslim headscarf in public’ says Marine le Pen as veil enters French presidential race
Mr Macron, 44, has sought to capitalise on the issue, which critics argue is part of a wider push to stigmatise millions of French Muslims that includes…
Macron attacks ‘astronomic’ pay for bosses as French election battle heats up
Emmanuel Macron has launched an assault on highly paid bosses as he battles the populist policies of Marine Le Pen, his Hard-Right challenger for the French presidency….
Meet the extinctus, a flower found alive after being presumed dead for decades
“It was my first time planning an expedition where we weren’t sure we’d even enter a forest,” added Mr Pitman. “But as soon as we got on…
Bodybuilders in shock after US champion becomes third to die in months
“I can’t keep food down for some reason. It creates some stupid a– hiccups. I’m hiccupping all day long and half the night. Any time I try…
The shocking evidence that damned British IS ‘Beatle’ El Shafee Elsheikh
Elsheikh’s lawyers contend that he lied about being a “Beatle” in the interviews so he would be transferred to the US instead of being put on trial…
Joe Biden mocked for shaking hands with thin air after speech
Earlier this month, Mr Biden was outshone at the White House by a returning Barack Obama. Mr Biden was captured on camera raising his hands in the…
More than 150 injured in clashes at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque
The clashes, not only coinciding with Ramadan, but also with the Christian and Jewish festivals of Easter and Passover respectively, come at a tense period in Israel…
Shanghai police ‘beat elderly and women’ as homes are seized for Covid quarantine
The financial hub is in its third week of lockdown and continues to see more than 20,000 fresh Covid infections daily. Everyone who tests positive must go…