With a return to the office now a real possibility, workers in the UK are thinking about something they haven’t for a while: what to wear. This comes after 16 months at home with only a laptop for company – and only
Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has left Japan on a Vienna-bound plane after she refused to fly home earlier this week. The 24-year-old, who had sought refuge at the Polish embassy in Tokyo, had been expected to take a flight direct to Warsaw but switched
Taylor Wimpey, one of the UK’s biggest housebuilders, has returned to profit and upgraded its earnings targets after building a record number of homes in the first six months of the year. The High Wycombe-based firm built more than 7,300 homes in
You can’t argue with the magnificence of a beautifully executed black-winged eye. Except I would argue that its colourful counterpart is equally wonderful. A bit 80s yes, but it can, as per Valentino AW21, be super modern. A little colour tones down
China’s new envoy to the US, Qin Gang, struck a conciliatory tone in his debut press conference upon arrival in Washington on Wednesday. “I believe that the door of China-US relations, which is already open, cannot be closed,” Qin said, adding that
The US Senate voted on Wednesday to begin work on a $1.2tn bipartisan infrastructure deal after negotiators reached agreement on the major components of the package that is a key priority of Joe Biden. The agreement follows months of talks between Senate Democrats
Hungary’s opposition has called for ministerial resignations from Viktor Orbán’s far-right government over allegations it selected journalists, media owners and opposition political figures as potential targets for invasive Pegasus spyware. The allegations, published last week by the Guardian and other members of the Pegasus project
Rassie Erasmus, South Africa’s director of rugby, has filmed another extraordinary video calling into question the officiating during the current British & Irish Lions Test series. Erasmus has even suggested he will step aside from the final two Tests if it helps ensure the
Dominic Cummings personally called a former colleague on the Vote Leave Brexit campaign and asked if his company would work for the government on its response to the Covid pandemic, leading to the award of a £580,000 Cabinet Office contract with no
What can I make if my holiday kitchen is a dud? Julia, Telford, Shropshire “I once took a potato ricer with me to make mashed potato,” remembers Tommy Banks, chef-director of Yorkshire’s The Black Swan at Oldstead, Made in Oldstead and Roots. On coordinating its safe return after leaving it
London Fashion Week participants flying in from abroad will not have to quarantine, it has been agreed. According to The Times, ministers agreed on Wednesday that models, designers and photographers flying to the capital city for the biannual event from amber-list countries will be allowed to enter the UK
Denmark’s attempt to return hundreds of Syrians to Damascus after deeming the city safe will “set a dangerous precedent” for other countries to do the same, say lawyers who are preparing to take the Danish government to the European court of human rights (ECHR)