The pandemic has revived many things: knitting, baking and even Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams. The increase in “nostalgic consumption” has had a knock-on effect for fashion too. Since March, there’s been an increase in “soft-talgia” items such as Juicy Couture tracksuits and even Ugg boots. There
The British government should designate Iran‘s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, MPs have said. The House of Commons foreign affairs committee argued in a new report that the influential branch of the Iranian military should face sanctions. The US,
With less than two weeks to go until the end of the transition period, the UK is on the brink of no deal. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has even threatened to deploy Royal Navy warships to patrol British waters if no deal comes to
Vaccinating the population against Covid-19 will cost up to £12bn, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has disclosed, amid details of tensions between health bodies over the rollout. The National Audit Office said the government would spend up to £11.7bn on purchasing and manufacturing Covid-19
When was the last time that Manchester City took 26 shots or more at the Etihad in the league and failed to win? You probably remember the day, even if it seems like a decade ago rather than merely August last year. It was
When Jose Mourinho left Manchester United two years ago, just after what happened to be his last trip to Anfield, he fully expected to be back in the game in no time. The phone didn’t ring, though, and it prompted a conversation with a football figure
Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has opened up on his side’s inconsistency following their surprise 2-1 defeat to Wolves on Monday night. The Blues took the lead but conceded two second-half goals to ensure they leave Molineux with nothing to their name. And the Blues boss
A World Health Organization research mission to China is expected to arrive in Wuhan next month to investigate how the novel coronavirus jumped from animals to humans, and whether it emerged earlier or in a different place than originally thought. Fabian Leendertz, a biologist
Japanese prosecutors have charged a man with murder over the 2019 arson attack on Kyoto Animation in which 36 people died, the country’s national public broadcaster has reported, the country’s deadliest violent crime in decades. Shinji Aoba, 42, was detained in the aftermath
Donald Trump has added a morbid new distinction to his presidency – for the first time in US history, the federal government has in one year executed more American civilians than all the states combined. In the course of 2020, in an
