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Lord of the ringtones: Nokia celebrates pop-culture status by opening design archive
“Everyone remembers their first Nokia,” says Mark Mason, who joined the telecoms company’s design team back in its 1990s heyday. “When you say the name, it evokes a memory.”
This is not as hyperbolic as it sounds – in 1998, the Finnish consumer electronics company was the bestselling phone brand …
What determines whether a PM will sink or swim? Look to their chancellor | William Keegan
The relationship between the prime minister and chancellor is one of the most crucial in British politics. My old friend Nigel Lawson (chancellor 1983-89) certainly thought so, which is why it pained him and Margaret Thatcher when they fell out over whether the UK should put the pound into the …
Starmer to meet Saudi crown prince in push for infrastructure cash
On wokeness, patriotism and change, Kamala Harris’s defeat has lessons for Starmer | Deborah Mattinson and Claire Ainsley
Given how events unfolded, it was never going to be easy for Kamala Harris. Many Democrats are convinced her campaign saved the party from an even worse result. To be fair, it achieved some real highs: she won the debate. But she never won the argument, at least not with …
Storm Darragh havoc isn’t over yet as strong winds continue across UK
Trump’s promise to tax imported goods could spell trouble for US auto industry
Few vehicles are as emblematic of the American auto industry’s might as the Ford F-150 pickup truck, the nation’s best-selling vehicle for over 40 years. But the F-150 is much less American than its image suggests. A fact that could present unique challenges for the company as Donald Trump moves …
‘Gun control is dead, and we killed it’: the growing threat of firearms that can be made at home
Long before he started making guns with a 3D printer, Viljam Nyman was a kid who was bullied. In a document police later found on his computer, titled “The life story of how I became a far-right extremist”, Nyman described his childhood in Lahti, a city in southern Finland, being …
Europe may have to double its aid for Ukraine under Trump, diplomats fear
European military aid to Ukraine may eventually need to be doubled if Donald Trump cuts off US funding, European diplomats fear, but Ukraine is confident with already announced US aid this year that it has the military and budgetary support to keep fighting through 2025.
The former EU foreign affairs …
‘I feel I’ve upset a few people over the years’: actor Brian Cox on overrated co-stars, charmless politicians and the joy of smoking weed
As I leave the office, my editor wishes me luck. “Hope he’s not too grumpy!” she says. A moment later, the deputy editor asks where I’m off to. To see Brian Cox, the actor, I say. “Oh!” she says, with a rather-you-than-me look. “Hope he’s not too grumpy!”
Cox has …
Woolworths workers vote to return to work, ending two week strike action
Woolworths has reached an agreement with workers at four of its warehouses, bringing a strike of more than two weeks to a close.
Around 1,500 warehouse staff in NSW and Victoria have been on strike since 21 November over pay and workplace conditions, leading to bare shelves in many of …