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How far do Elon Musk and Reform UK share a political vision?
The get-together last week of Elon Musk, Nigel Farage and Reform UK’s treasurer, Nick Candy, wasn’t just a gathering of Donald Trump fans. It was a meeting of minds.
Immigration, culture wars and shrinking the public sector all feature highly on their political agendas, developed under the umbrella of Trump’s …
Citizens theatre in Glasgow to reopen in 2025 after major refurbishment
The long-awaited reopening of the Citizens theatre in Glasgow will mark a turning point for Scottish drama in 2025, with new artistic leadership across venues, including the Hollywood star
Alan Cumming at Pitlochry Festival theatre
, and a renewed determination to champion work beyond London.The Citizens will …
Pitch perfect: why listening to cricket on radio soothes a world that won’t hear sense
My father was a man of his generation, which meant when summer rolled around and the cricket season started, he insisted on muting Channel Nine’s coverage and blasting the ABC’s radio commentary instead.
Ours was a complicated relationship but one thing for which I’ll be forever grateful was the way …
Time for the Swedish chef: Ikea’s furniture profits are down in Australia, but food sales are booming
It’s not unusual for a trip through one of Ikea’s labyrinthine stores to end with a $2 hotdog, but more Australians are skipping the flat-pack furniture altogether and heading straight to the dining section.
Ikea is seeing more growth from its in-store restaurants and food offerings than its home furnishings, …
Serbian schools to close early for winter break amid anti-corruption protests
Schools across Serbia will close for the winter holidays a week earlier than planned this year, as the government of the nationalist president, Aleksandar Vučić, seeks to stop anti-corruption protests that have gripped the country’s universities from spreading to the secondary education sector.
Serbia’s education minister, Slavica Đukić Dejanović, announced …
Usyk stakes claim as best man in boxing after making Fury eat his words
As Oleksandr Usyk walked towards us just after three in the morning, resplendent in his purple tracksuit while carrying Eeyore under his arm, his promoter let slip a gentle cry: “Here he comes, the best man in boxing …”
Alex Krassyuk is not a traditional boxing promoter, being a much …
UK banks’ trust account exodus cuts lifeline for disabled people, says charity
People with disabilities are facing potential hardship because banks are scrapping trust accounts that allow money to be managed safely on their behalf.
Victims awarded personal injury settlements and those with learning difficulties are among those facing “severe consequences” as accounts are closed or frozen by high street banks and …
Jewellery, buttons and a conceptual bra: how the Royal Mint boss found a new source of money
In the shadow of the Eiffel Tower in September, throngs of fashion elites were flocking to a makeshift catwalk along the French capital’s Avenue de Saxe.
Paris fashion week was in full swing. But as the likes of
Vogue
editor Anna Wintour and Olympic diver Tom Daley took their …Assisi braces for visitor influx as Jubilee year for Catholics starts on Christmas Eve
Inside a souvenir shop in Assisi, the face of a boy with thick black curly hair smiles out from wall tapestries, fridge magnets and key rings, outshining the flying cherubim, snow globes and other religious trinkets that cram the shelves.
But the owner, Elvira Boccacci, is struggling to explain to …
About 1 million people in UK yet to obtain eVisa days before deadline
About 1 million people who need to obtain eVisas to prove their right to live and work in the UK or return after travelling abroad have not yet done so even though the deadline to register is just over a week away.
The eVisa programme set up by the previous …