We need to start accepting that Christmas ‘experiences’ are hell on earth and lower our expectations
As another Santa’s grotto leaves kids in tears and parents on the warpath, Helen Coffey wonders if we’ll ever learn our ...
Inside the ‘pink pilling’ tactics the misogynist far right uses to recruit women
The internet right now is such a swirling vortex of far right content. Sometimes it’s almost harder to avoid it than it is to ...
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Yvette Cooper says relations with China ‘complex’ amid Prince Andrew spy row
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Geminid meteor shower: How and where to catch a glimpse of ‘intense’ meteor storm over UK
Alongside the Quadrantids, the Geminid meteor showers are they only which don’t originate from a comet. The shooting stars ...
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Two-year-old boy killed in hit-and-run involving stolen Porsche
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Starmer’s government hails joining CPTPP - two years after he said impact would be ‘very small’
Sir Keir’s business secretary said the agreement would ‘boost trade and create opportunities for UK companies abroad’ ...
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Foreign Office admits it does not know how much money has been spent on Chagos deal so far
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Another WSL shock as Man City stunned by Everton
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Chris McCausland is a heroic Strictly winner in a series struck by one controversy after another
The 20th anniversary run of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ has finally drawn to a close. Rachel McGrath looks back on an eventful ...
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2024’s TV heroes on their unmissable cultural picks of the year
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What happened to Russell Crowe’s career? Where did it go wrong?
For a while, the ‘Gladiator’ star was one of the finest actors around. Now, he’s slumming it in the terrible new Marvel adaptation ‘Kraven the Hunter’. Louis Chilton looks at how Crowe lost his way ...
'Tis the season for roasting chestnuts. But in the US, native ones are almost gone
Right now chestnut enthusiasts are cozying up next to their open fires (or toaster ovens) to roast a holiday snack that has ...