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The PM’s wife reflects on a tumultuous week and seeks solace in Shakespeare and her fave Swedish band

Vitaliy Kim, the taekwondo-practising governor of Mykolaiv region, is famous for making anti-Russian gags on his social media channels, but deadly serious about defeating his foe in the Kremlin

New York Police Department (NYPD) officers have taken on a new strategy for “deterring criminal activity” on the city’s subway: dressing up as mechanics, subway employees or even delivery workers to catch would-be criminals off guard. Since mid-June, several photos and videos shared online document the new tactic, which our…

Written with warmth and candour, the actor’s new memoir chronicles her alcoholism and MS diagnosis – alongside tales of dressing up with Carrie Fisher

This tale of a curious young woman in 18th-century Amsterdam finds the writer at the top of her game

In these revealing late-life chats, the two doyennes of US journalism display all the acuity and intellectual toughness that made them household names

When it comes to recall, it’s very much a case of ‘use it, don’t lose it’. Here’s how you can improve yours, at any age...

‘Very’ or ‘remarkable’ are infinitely preferable. That the word is so ubiquitous is, frankly, beyond belief

Overseas students have vanished from courses and then been found working in exploitative conditions