Technology » 3 weeks ago
Once rivalling film premieres for theatrics, could Smyths’ revival of the midnight launch tap into a desire for shared real-world experience?There was a time when certain shops would resemble nightclubs at about midnight: a long queue of excitable people, some of them per...
Lifestyle » 3 weeks ago
Google searches for Speedos are up 41% in the UK, and some high street shorts now come with 3in in-seamsRecent victims of shrinkflation have included butter, mouthwash and teabags. The next casualty? Men’s shorts.In-seams are rising with retailers repor...
Sport » 3 weeks ago
With the first summer window fast approaching, we look at 10 of the top talents who could be on the moveIt’s good news for anyone who enjoys the chaos of transfer deadline day: this summer there’s not one but two to look forward to in the Premier League. Due to an unique ...
Sport » 3 weeks ago
Melbourne City 1-0 Melbourne VictoryYonatan Cohen’s 10th minute strike seals title for CityJubilation for one side of Melbourne, despair for the other. Melbourne City are champions of the A-...
Technology » 3 weeks ago
From a radio host replaced by avatars to a comic artist whose drawings have been copied by Midjourney, how does it feel to be replaced by a bot?Mateusz Demski, 31, journalist, Kraków, Poland ...
Technology » 3 weeks ago
It is not the cryptocurrencies message that is raising eyebrows, it is Reform’s broader tax and spending policiesThe message Zia Yusuf wanted to send was clear. With a backdrop of the City of London behind him, from the 34th floor of the Shard, the Reform UK chair laid ou...
Politics » 3 weeks ago
Trump announced on Friday night that he planned to double rates on imported steel, piling more pressure on the industryThe UK’s trade secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, will meet his US counterpart next week to thrash out a timeline for exempting the UK from US steel and alumi...
Politics » 3 weeks ago
Exclusive: Giving social housing same status as roads and energy would mean more investment in sector major providers say is at breaking pointThe head of one of the UK’s biggest non-profit housing providers has called for social housing to be classed as “critical national...
Politics » 3 weeks ago
Exclusive: Ex-minister to call for wealth tax, and Andy Burnham to demand focus on housing and educationNext month’s spending review must be an “economic reset” based on a bold wealth tax and higher public investment, the former cabinet minister Louise Haigh has said, as ...
Entertainment » 3 weeks ago
High above a Swiss mountain village, an American holidaymaker found herself enchanted …It was the last day of Jennifer Newitt’s holiday in the Swiss Alps, and she and her husband were hankering after one more excursion before their flight home to the US. High above Wengen...