The former Prime Minister has opted to endorse knighthoods for four of his closest pro-EU cabinet colleagues Philip Hammond, Michael Fallon, Patrick Mc Loughlin, and David Lidington despite their minor Brexit mistake
Women, not men, propel the cult of motherhood and spread the frightening notion that life will never be truly complete without a baby, and that no career plaudit can compare
The authorities already seem sympathetic to the banking industry. How else to explain the decision last December by the Financial Conduct Authority to ditch its proposed inquiry into the culture, pay and behaviour of banking staff?
The traditional role of the honours system was to reward those who devoted their lives to public or charitable service and who were, conventionally, not well-paid. But this has been warped over time
For the first time, pensioner incomes are higher than those for working age households. And the policies May has inherited from David Cameron and George Osborne will make the generation gap even wider
She looked the way you might imagine a beauty queen: tall and thin, unblemished and tanned, her blonde hair still gorgeous behind a hastily-tied ponytail. We sat outside a Starbucks together and discussed what it was like to be a pageant competitor. And here's a shocker: not once did we discuss her looks
Prom 18: Connolly/Tiffin Boys' Choir/LSO/Haitink and Prom 20: Monteverdi/NYCS/ORR/Gardiner
I was told that one side effect of my treatment would be infertility – but when I went to freeze my sperm, the embryologist was genuinely shocked to find out I wasn't straight
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'People think their own romantic partner has a much lower chance of cheating than the average member of the opposite sex'
Residents are at odds over the i360 tower, which opens next week. Does it symbolise a golden future or encroaching corporatism? And why does a city with so many other problems need it? Kashmira Gander reports
Mike Dyer, behind Exposure's concept, book, lyrics and music, is a musician who's toured with Thin Lizzy, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Black Sabbath, and made the unlikely transition from stadium rock to British musical theatre
When I faced Caroline Flint MP on Radio 4 this week, I wanted to talk to her about sexism in wider society – but she wanted to paint my movement as violent. She looked at me, a young activist, and simply saw a proxy for the trolls – none of them, as far as we know, Momentum members – who send death threats on Twitter
Woman have monkeys to thank, researchers say
