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‘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 …
Atkinson hat-trick sparks England with series win over New Zealand in sight
It was still 10.13pm on Friday evening in Barbados and while the fish fryers were doubtless cooking up a storm at Oistins, 8,600 miles away in Wellington, 3.13pm local time on Saturday, their boy, now England’s bat, was doing something similar.
Jacob Bethell, zero professional centuries to his name, was …
Agency that brought heavily indebted Indonesian workers to UK loses licence
A British recruitment agency that brought Indonesian farmworkers to the UK owing debts of thousands of pounds to foreign brokers has had its licence revoked by the labour exploitation watchdog.
AG Recruitment was once the largest supplier of international labour to British agriculture, bringing more than 1,450 Indonesians to pick …
Revealed: the business dealings of Royal Mail bidder Daniel Křetínský
On a cool June day in 2016, as Britain reeled from the outcome of the Brexit vote, a private jet soared into the skies from RAF Northolt, charting a course for Moscow.
Onboard the 37-seater Embraer ERJ was the billionaire Daniel Křetínský, nicknamed the “Czech Sphinx” because of his low …
Recasting masculinity: the cheerleaders subverting Austria’s gender stereotypes
Dressed in short shorts and tight T-shirts, they bounded on to the gymnasium floor. After the female roller derby teams had pushed, pounded and smashed into each other, the men and their pompoms were now on the same court in Vienna, ready to offer up the exact opposite: a hip-shaking, …
Money, lawyers or boosting Farage on X: how Elon Musk could affect UK politics
Elon Musk appears to have many obsessions. The world’s richest man is evangelical about electric vehicles, space travel and Donald Trump. Another of his interests may yet have profound consequences for the UK: British politics.
The billionaire is reported to be thinking of becoming the biggest donor in history with …
Ghana heads to the polls amid deepening economic crisis
Millions of Ghanians head to the polls in a presidential election on Saturday after a campaign dominated by what many see as the west African country’s worst economic crisis in a generation.
Twelve candidates are vying to to take over the baton from Nana Akufo-Addo. The vice-president, Mahamudu Bawumia, of …
Netanyahu claims Melbourne synagogue attack linked to Albanese government’s ‘anti-Israel position’
The Australian government’s support for a UN resolution calling for an end to Israel’s occupation of Gaza is to blame for a widely condemned arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue, the Jewish state’s prime minister says.
“It is impossible to separate the reprehensible arson attack from the federal government’s extreme …
Israel seeks Elon Musk’s influence in resolving hostage situation in Gaza
Starmer may view Whitehall reform as essential to his missions
It was a reset designed to invigorate Keir Starmer’s premiership after flagging opinion polls, a scandal over the transport secretary and worries about the economy.
setting outnew milestones
– fleshing out the missions of his government with targets on …