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Fed up with stoned visitors and worried by hard-drug criminality, the mayor wants to clean up the city. But will it work?

There has been a widespread outcry from the residents of Lhasa, the capital of the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet, about how local authorities are managing a Covid-19 lockdown instated on August 9. Many people have gone online to post videos showing crowded quarantine centres, which they have nicknamed 'pigsties'.…

Children's entertainer Tom Harlow came under fire online from angry parents because he also works as an adult entertainer.

From heroin addiction to band breakups, the singer-songwriter opens up about his past and the agony of losing a son

Handing over the ‘boring stuff’ to a third party when sharing a house at university comes with its risks

Cakes, kofte, couscous and roast chicken are among our favourite dishes from the revered food writer

The writer explores the bond between two French teenagers in her profound and dramatic seventh novel

Moira Buffini’s damning satire imagining the Queen’s weekly meetings with Margaret Thatcher acquires poignancy; James Macdonald directs Chekhov in outer space; and a driving lesson for us all

David Malpass apologises after saying he ‘doesn’t know’ if he accepts climate science

She’s swum around the Toronto Islands and dived fearlessly into Lake Como but for It’s a Sin star actor Lydia West, the most thrilling experience is taking on ‘soul-enriching’ projects… Well, that and drinking cocktails with Stanley Tucci

Social attitudes are changing. However, so is the nature of the issues that provoke us