Friday August 22 2025
The Times & The Sunday Times
Anti-migrant protesters march in Epping, UK, carrying signs that read "Clear them out."
Wave of protests planned at migrant hotels this weekend

Anti-racism groups are co-ordinating counter protests, warning that towns and cities could experience the worst disorder since the riots last summer

Politics
Quarter of Labour members set to back Corbyn’s new party

Survey finds 28 per cent considering voting for the former Labour leader’s new left-wing, pro-Gaza movement at next election

Politics
Britain summons Israeli ambassador over plan to divide West Bank
Politics
Woman harvesting seeds from a Wollemi pine tree.
Money grows on trees … if it’s a lonesome ‘dinosaur tree’

A couple bought a Wollemi pine sapling, a species thought extinct for millions of years, which has now produced seeds that will be sold for charity

A student receives her GCSE results, sharing the news with a woman, possibly a parent or teacher.
Endless resits of maths and English to be scrapped in GCSE reform
The Lundy Explorer RIB traveling on the water.
Passenger on Devon sea safari paralysed after ‘kamikaze seat’ accident
Photo of Shannon Burns outside a tribunal centre.
Sacked executive who slept in sauna wins disability claim over ADHD
Brigadier Philip Kimber at Army Warfighting Experiment 2021.
Ex-army officer ‘advised’ Israeli firm bidding for £2bn MoD contract
Protestor holding a sign reading "Putin, when you had Navalny assassinated... did you not realize that... like the Kennedys in the US) true heroes of Russia never die?".
Russian anti-war dissident ‘took own life’ after asylum rejection
Politics
A student receives her GCSE results, sharing the news with a woman, possibly a parent or teacher.
Endless resits of maths and English to be scrapped in GCSE reform
A student receives her GCSE results, sharing the news with a woman, possibly a parent or teacher.
Endless resits of maths and English to be scrapped in GCSE reform
The Lundy Explorer RIB traveling on the water.
Passenger on Devon sea safari paralysed after ‘kamikaze seat’ accident
The Lundy Explorer RIB traveling on the water.
Passenger on Devon sea safari paralysed after ‘kamikaze seat’ accident
Photo of Shannon Burns outside a tribunal centre.
Sacked executive who slept in sauna wins disability claim over ADHD
Photo of Shannon Burns outside a tribunal centre.
Sacked executive who slept in sauna wins disability claim over ADHD
Brigadier Philip Kimber at Army Warfighting Experiment 2021.
Ex-army officer ‘advised’ Israeli firm bidding for £2bn MoD contract
Brigadier Philip Kimber at Army Warfighting Experiment 2021.
Ex-army officer ‘advised’ Israeli firm bidding for £2bn MoD contract
Protestor holding a sign reading "Putin, when you had Navalny assassinated... did you not realize that... like the Kennedys in the US) true heroes of Russia never die?".
Russian anti-war dissident ‘took own life’ after asylum rejection
Politics
Protestor holding a sign reading "Putin, when you had Navalny assassinated... did you not realize that... like the Kennedys in the US) true heroes of Russia never die?".
Russian anti-war dissident ‘took own life’ after asylum rejection
Politics
A student receives her GCSE results, sharing the news with a woman, possibly a parent or teacher.
Endless resits of maths and English to be scrapped in GCSE reform
The Lundy Explorer RIB traveling on the water.
Passenger on Devon sea safari paralysed after ‘kamikaze seat’ accident
Photo of Shannon Burns outside a tribunal centre.
Sacked executive who slept in sauna wins disability claim over ADHD
A student receives her GCSE results, sharing the news with a woman, possibly a parent or teacher.
Endless resits of maths and English to be scrapped in GCSE reform
A student receives her GCSE results, sharing the news with a woman, possibly a parent or teacher.
Endless resits of maths and English to be scrapped in GCSE reform
The Lundy Explorer RIB traveling on the water.
Passenger on Devon sea safari paralysed after ‘kamikaze seat’ accident
The Lundy Explorer RIB traveling on the water.
Passenger on Devon sea safari paralysed after ‘kamikaze seat’ accident
Photo of Shannon Burns outside a tribunal centre.
Sacked executive who slept in sauna wins disability claim over ADHD
Photo of Shannon Burns outside a tribunal centre.
Sacked executive who slept in sauna wins disability claim over ADHD
Brigadier Philip Kimber at Army Warfighting Experiment 2021.
Ex-army officer ‘advised’ Israeli firm bidding for £2bn MoD contract
Protestor holding a sign reading "Putin, when you had Navalny assassinated... did you not realize that... like the Kennedys in the US) true heroes of Russia never die?".
Russian anti-war dissident ‘took own life’ after asylum rejection
Politics
A student receives her GCSE results, sharing the news with a woman, possibly a parent or teacher.
Endless resits of maths and English to be scrapped in GCSE reform
The Lundy Explorer RIB traveling on the water.
Passenger on Devon sea safari paralysed after ‘kamikaze seat’ accident
Photo of Shannon Burns outside a tribunal centre.
Sacked executive who slept in sauna wins disability claim over ADHD
Brigadier Philip Kimber at Army Warfighting Experiment 2021.
Ex-army officer ‘advised’ Israeli firm bidding for £2bn MoD contract
Protestor holding a sign reading "Putin, when you had Navalny assassinated... did you not realize that... like the Kennedys in the US) true heroes of Russia never die?".
Russian anti-war dissident ‘took own life’ after asylum rejection
Politics
A student receives her GCSE results, sharing the news with a woman, possibly a parent or teacher.
Endless resits of maths and English to be scrapped in GCSE reform
A student receives her GCSE results, sharing the news with a woman, possibly a parent or teacher.
Endless resits of maths and English to be scrapped in GCSE reform
The Lundy Explorer RIB traveling on the water.
Passenger on Devon sea safari paralysed after ‘kamikaze seat’ accident
The Lundy Explorer RIB traveling on the water.
Passenger on Devon sea safari paralysed after ‘kamikaze seat’ accident
Photo of Shannon Burns outside a tribunal centre.
Sacked executive who slept in sauna wins disability claim over ADHD
Photo of Shannon Burns outside a tribunal centre.
Sacked executive who slept in sauna wins disability claim over ADHD
Brigadier Philip Kimber at Army Warfighting Experiment 2021.
Ex-army officer ‘advised’ Israeli firm bidding for £2bn MoD contract
Brigadier Philip Kimber at Army Warfighting Experiment 2021.
Ex-army officer ‘advised’ Israeli firm bidding for £2bn MoD contract
Protestor holding a sign reading "Putin, when you had Navalny assassinated... did you not realize that... like the Kennedys in the US) true heroes of Russia never die?".
Russian anti-war dissident ‘took own life’ after asylum rejection
Politics
Protestor holding a sign reading "Putin, when you had Navalny assassinated... did you not realize that... like the Kennedys in the US) true heroes of Russia never die?".
Russian anti-war dissident ‘took own life’ after asylum rejection
Politics
A student receives her GCSE results, sharing the news with a woman, possibly a parent or teacher.
Endless resits of maths and English to be scrapped in GCSE reform
The Lundy Explorer RIB traveling on the water.
Passenger on Devon sea safari paralysed after ‘kamikaze seat’ accident
Photo of Shannon Burns outside a tribunal centre.
Sacked executive who slept in sauna wins disability claim over ADHD
A student receives her GCSE results, sharing the news with a woman, possibly a parent or teacher.
Endless resits of maths and English to be scrapped in GCSE reform
A student receives her GCSE results, sharing the news with a woman, possibly a parent or teacher.
Endless resits of maths and English to be scrapped in GCSE reform
The Lundy Explorer RIB traveling on the water.
Passenger on Devon sea safari paralysed after ‘kamikaze seat’ accident
The Lundy Explorer RIB traveling on the water.
Passenger on Devon sea safari paralysed after ‘kamikaze seat’ accident
Photo of Shannon Burns outside a tribunal centre.
Sacked executive who slept in sauna wins disability claim over ADHD
Photo of Shannon Burns outside a tribunal centre.
Sacked executive who slept in sauna wins disability claim over ADHD
Brigadier Philip Kimber at Army Warfighting Experiment 2021.
Ex-army officer ‘advised’ Israeli firm bidding for £2bn MoD contract
Protestor holding a sign reading "Putin, when you had Navalny assassinated... did you not realize that... like the Kennedys in the US) true heroes of Russia never die?".
Russian anti-war dissident ‘took own life’ after asylum rejection
Politics
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Serena Williams holding a weight-loss medication pen.
Serena Williams: I used weight loss drug after having children

Tennis star revealed her use of the GLP-1 medication Zepbound to lose weight after giving birth to two daughters

Aerial view of Dorchester, England, showing the countryside slated for housing development.
Concrete jungle ‘will desecrate the land Hardy loved’
Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi at the Stranger Things 4 premiere.
Millie Bobby Brown reveals she has adopted baby girl
Blue dragon sea slug.
Beaches closed over rare blue dragon sea slug with perilous sting
Lil Nas X wearing underwear, cowboy boots, and a traffic cone on his head.
Grammy winner hospitalised after roaming LA streets in underwear
Cole Palmer of Chelsea FC celebrates a goal.
French vineyard takes on Chelsea’s Cole Palmer in trademark row
Football
Blue dragon sea slug.
Beaches closed over rare blue dragon sea slug with perilous sting
Blue dragon sea slug.
Beaches closed over rare blue dragon sea slug with perilous sting
Lil Nas X wearing underwear, cowboy boots, and a traffic cone on his head.
Grammy winner hospitalised after roaming LA streets in underwear
Lil Nas X wearing underwear, cowboy boots, and a traffic cone on his head.
Grammy winner hospitalised after roaming LA streets in underwear
Cole Palmer of Chelsea FC celebrates a goal.
French vineyard takes on Chelsea’s Cole Palmer in trademark row
Football
Cole Palmer of Chelsea FC celebrates a goal.
French vineyard takes on Chelsea’s Cole Palmer in trademark row
Football
Blue dragon sea slug.
Beaches closed over rare blue dragon sea slug with perilous sting
Lil Nas X wearing underwear, cowboy boots, and a traffic cone on his head.
Grammy winner hospitalised after roaming LA streets in underwear
Cole Palmer of Chelsea FC celebrates a goal.
French vineyard takes on Chelsea’s Cole Palmer in trademark row
Football
Blue dragon sea slug.
Beaches closed over rare blue dragon sea slug with perilous sting
Blue dragon sea slug.
Beaches closed over rare blue dragon sea slug with perilous sting
Lil Nas X wearing underwear, cowboy boots, and a traffic cone on his head.
Grammy winner hospitalised after roaming LA streets in underwear
Lil Nas X wearing underwear, cowboy boots, and a traffic cone on his head.
Grammy winner hospitalised after roaming LA streets in underwear
Cole Palmer of Chelsea FC celebrates a goal.
French vineyard takes on Chelsea’s Cole Palmer in trademark row
Football
Cole Palmer of Chelsea FC celebrates a goal.
French vineyard takes on Chelsea’s Cole Palmer in trademark row
Football
Motorcyclist performing a jump on a Red Bull-branded ramp on a truck.
Red Bull biker’s backflip over bridge — and other news in pictures
Fisherman who met King jailed for £18m drug smuggling plot
THE TIMES DIARY
Jeremy Corbyn faces hard Labour
Politics
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Editor's picks

Portrait of Paul Merton and Suki Webster.
INTERVIEW
Paul Merton: how I found happiness after heartbreak and loss

Finding love was the last thing on Paul Merton’s mind after his wife died in 2003. Then romance unexpectedly blossomed, thanks to brandy and Imodium

Comedy
Clare Balding with Sherlock, a fire brigade sniffer dog.
INTERVIEW
Clare Balding: My 10 favourite walking routes
Portrait of Inigo Phillbruck.
Inigo Philbrick pulled off history’s greatest art fraud — now he’s back
TV & Radio
Woman weightlifting.
Strength training: why strong not skinny is the hot body type now
Health & Fitness
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner drinking wine on Hove beach.
A (big) glass of wine on the beach? Angela Rayner is everywoman
Illustration of Christopher Robin with Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, and Owl.
Winnie-the-Pooh at 100: how EH Shepard brought a little bear to life
Books
Collage of four bottles of rosé wine.
JANE MACQUITTY
15 best rosés for the bank holiday weekend
Food & Drink
Woman weightlifting.
Strength training: why strong not skinny is the hot body type now
Health & Fitness
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner drinking wine on Hove beach.
A (big) glass of wine on the beach? Angela Rayner is everywoman
Illustration of Christopher Robin with Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, and Owl.
Winnie-the-Pooh at 100: how EH Shepard brought a little bear to life
Books
Collage of four bottles of rosé wine.
JANE MACQUITTY
15 best rosés for the bank holiday weekend
Food & Drink
Clare Balding with Sherlock, a fire brigade sniffer dog.
INTERVIEW
Clare Balding: My 10 favourite walking routes
Portrait of Inigo Phillbruck.
Inigo Philbrick pulled off history’s greatest art fraud — now he’s back
TV & Radio

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World

President Zelenskyy speaks to the press in Washington.
Biden made it impossible for Ukraine to defeat Russia, says Trump

US president says his predecessor’s ban on long-range US missiles meant Kyiv was unable to ‘fight back’

Russia-Ukraine war
Palestinians fleeing an Israeli airstrike in Gaza.
Netanyahu revives Gaza ceasefire talks as occupation plan is set
Collage of a man carrying a child amidst explosions and fleeing people.
Q&A
Why is Israel attacking Gaza City? What new offensive aims to achieve
Surfer riding a wave.
Not cool, man! French surfers face wave of ‘bourgeois’ tourists
Divers recovering a sunken artifact from the sea.
Remnants of 2,000-year-old sunken city lifted from Egyptian sea
Middle East
Iran: We had old missiles when Israel attacked — not any more
Iran: We had old missiles when Israel attacked — not any more
Surfer riding a wave.
Not cool, man! French surfers face wave of ‘bourgeois’ tourists
Surfer riding a wave.
Not cool, man! French surfers face wave of ‘bourgeois’ tourists
Divers recovering a sunken artifact from the sea.
Remnants of 2,000-year-old sunken city lifted from Egyptian sea
Middle East
Divers recovering a sunken artifact from the sea.
Remnants of 2,000-year-old sunken city lifted from Egyptian sea
Middle East
Iran: We had old missiles when Israel attacked — not any more
Iran: We had old missiles when Israel attacked — not any more
Iran: We had old missiles when Israel attacked — not any more
Iran: We had old missiles when Israel attacked — not any more
Surfer riding a wave.
Not cool, man! French surfers face wave of ‘bourgeois’ tourists
Divers recovering a sunken artifact from the sea.
Remnants of 2,000-year-old sunken city lifted from Egyptian sea
Middle East
Iran: We had old missiles when Israel attacked — not any more
Iran: We had old missiles when Israel attacked — not any more
Surfer riding a wave.
Not cool, man! French surfers face wave of ‘bourgeois’ tourists
Surfer riding a wave.
Not cool, man! French surfers face wave of ‘bourgeois’ tourists
Divers recovering a sunken artifact from the sea.
Remnants of 2,000-year-old sunken city lifted from Egyptian sea
Middle East
Divers recovering a sunken artifact from the sea.
Remnants of 2,000-year-old sunken city lifted from Egyptian sea
Middle East
Iran: We had old missiles when Israel attacked — not any more
Iran: We had old missiles when Israel attacked — not any more
Iran: We had old missiles when Israel attacked — not any more
Iran: We had old missiles when Israel attacked — not any more
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Comment

a man wearing a suit and a plaid shirt looks at the camera
JAMES KIRKUPRising food prices mean hefty obesity costs

If people can’t afford a healthy diet, the whole economy suffers — so let’s put Nutrition Impact Bonds on the menu

Illustration of three figures representing different stages of British patriotism: flagging, flagon, and flagrant.

Cartoon by Morten Morland

a woman wearing a white sweater and gold earrings smiles for the camera
EMMA DUNCANAsylum crisis is taking Labour’s eyes off growth
a man with a beard wearing a suit and tie
Vision of Space Odyssey movie is now HAL on earth
Headshot of Sebastian Payne.
We must find a way to keep our brightest young people
Headshot of Dominic Green.
DOMINIC GREENThe Trump succession struggle has begun
a woman wearing a white sweater and gold earrings smiles for the camera
EMMA DUNCANAsylum crisis is taking Labour’s eyes off growth
a man with a beard wearing a suit and tie
Headshot of Sebastian Payne.
Headshot of Dominic Green.
a woman wearing a white sweater and gold earrings smiles for the camera
a man with a beard wearing a suit and tie
Headshot of Sebastian Payne.
Headshot of Dominic Green.

Life & Style

Photo collage of two women.
POLLY VERNON
Blimey! I may have had the same Stuff done as Karren Brady

The Apprentice star is upfront about having had tweakments

Beauty
Portrait of Russell Whitehead and Jordan Cluroe in East London.
Why we chose a demanding doer-upper in east London over the quiet life
Property & Home
Portrait of Geoff Norcott.
FAME AND FORTUNE
Geoff Norcott: I got £40 for my gig. Last year I made more than Keir Starmer
Money
Portrait of a man and woman sitting on a bench in front of a chalkboard covered in messages.
INTERVIEW
RELATIVE VALUES
Chief scout Dwayne Fields: ‘I taught my three-year-old to use a drill’
Woman sitting at ancient amphitheater.
Making friends (and losing knickers) on a singles holiday in Greece
Aerial view of Grand Comoro coastline.
The thrilling under-the-radar alternative to Mauritius
Silver Rolls-Royce coupe parked outside a garage.
A rebel Rolls Royce — electric-powered and extra fast
Luxury
Portrait of a man and woman sitting on a bench in front of a chalkboard covered in messages.
INTERVIEW
RELATIVE VALUES
Chief scout Dwayne Fields: ‘I taught my three-year-old to use a drill’
Woman sitting at ancient amphitheater.
Making friends (and losing knickers) on a singles holiday in Greece
Aerial view of Grand Comoro coastline.
The thrilling under-the-radar alternative to Mauritius
Silver Rolls-Royce coupe parked outside a garage.
A rebel Rolls Royce — electric-powered and extra fast
Luxury
Portrait of Russell Whitehead and Jordan Cluroe in East London.
Why we chose a demanding doer-upper in east London over the quiet life
Property & Home
Portrait of Geoff Norcott.
FAME AND FORTUNE
Geoff Norcott: I got £40 for my gig. Last year I made more than Keir Starmer
Money

Business

JCB factory worker assembling a yellow excavator.
New US tariffs will cost JCB ‘hundreds of millions’
Standard Chartered bank headquarters in London.
US rejects Standard Chartered whistleblower sanction claims
a man wearing glasses and a suit stands in front of a white background
Alistair OsborneWH Smith facing a long-haul flight
a bald man in a white shirt looks at the camera
Rhymer RigbyUsing cash is not that hard. How else can you spend a penny?
Ministers take control of part of Sanjeev Gupta’s steel group
IN DEPTH
WH Smith could pay heavy price for counting on America
INTERVIEW
LUNCH WITH THE TIMES
Chapel Down boss is pouring it all out to burst Champagne’s bubble
ANALYSIS
How will Rachel Reeves find a way out of her fiscal ‘trilemma’?
Aerial view of Liberty Specialist Steel's site in Rotherham, England.
Ministers take control of part of Sanjeev Gupta’s steel group
InMotion Entertainment store in Miami International Airport.
IN DEPTH
WH Smith could pay heavy price for counting on America
James Pennefather, CEO of Chapel Down, holding a glass of wine.
INTERVIEW
LUNCH WITH THE TIMES
Chapel Down boss is pouring it all out to burst Champagne’s bubble
Rachel Reeves speaking at a global finance forum.
ANALYSIS
How will Rachel Reeves find a way out of her fiscal ‘trilemma’?
a man wearing glasses and a suit stands in front of a white background
Alistair OsborneWH Smith facing a long-haul flight
a bald man in a white shirt looks at the camera
Rhymer RigbyUsing cash is not that hard. How else can you spend a penny?
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Sport

Collage of women playing rugby and celebrating a victory.
ELGAN ALDERMAN
Evolution of the Women’s Rugby World Cup

As hosts England prepare to kick off the tenth edition against USA on Friday, Elgan Alderman traces tournament’s history back to its 1991 inception

Rugby union
Crystal Palace players celebrating a goal.
CONFERENCE LEAGUE | GREGOR ROBERTSON
If Guehi goes I’ll put my boots on, says Glasner after seeing life without Eze
Football
Tottenham Hotspur players celebrating their UEFA Europa League victory.
ANALYSIS
TOM ALLNUTT
How fumbling Spurs were beaten at final hurdle in Eze pursuit
Football
Aston Villa player Morgan Rogers in an interview.
INTERVIEW
CHARLOTTE DUNCKER
Rogers: Rejection and pain I suffered in lower leagues made me player I am
Football
Emma Raducanu serving at the US Open mixed doubles match.
US OPEN
Draper and unseeded Raducanu will face qualifiers in US Open first round
Tennis
Illustration of two soccer coaches with a question mark between them.
BILL EDGAR’S QUIZ
At which club were Graham Potter and Enzo Maresca team-mates?
Football
Chloe Kelly of Arsenal holding the UEFA Women's Champions League trophy and medal.
Chloe Kelly’s next goal? Breaking Chelsea’s WSL stranglehold
Football
Aston Villa player Morgan Rogers in an interview.
INTERVIEW
CHARLOTTE DUNCKER
Rogers: Rejection and pain I suffered in lower leagues made me player I am
Football
Emma Raducanu serving at the US Open mixed doubles match.
US OPEN
Draper and unseeded Raducanu will face qualifiers in US Open first round
Tennis
Illustration of two soccer coaches with a question mark between them.
BILL EDGAR’S QUIZ
At which club were Graham Potter and Enzo Maresca team-mates?
Football
Chloe Kelly of Arsenal holding the UEFA Women's Champions League trophy and medal.
Chloe Kelly’s next goal? Breaking Chelsea’s WSL stranglehold
Football
Crystal Palace players celebrating a goal.
CONFERENCE LEAGUE | GREGOR ROBERTSON
If Guehi goes I’ll put my boots on, says Glasner after seeing life without Eze
Football
Tottenham Hotspur players celebrating their UEFA Europa League victory.
ANALYSIS
TOM ALLNUTT
How fumbling Spurs were beaten at final hurdle in Eze pursuit
Football

Culture

Jimi Hendrix and Kathy Etchingham sitting on a bed.
He liked John Lewis, Corrie and Monopoly — Jimi Hendrix’s London

The guitar god found fame in the capital as well as a girlfriend, Kathy Etchingham. James Jackson visits his favourite haunts and the place where he died

Music
Photo of Charlie Rowe and Gloria Obianyo in a theatrical production of As You Like It.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Would Judi Dench be won over by Ralph Fiennes’s As You Like It? I’m not so sure
Theatre & Dance
Aerial view of Shanghai city traffic at night.
NEW
REVIEW
CHINA
Engineers vs lawyers — why China is overtaking America
Books
Brian Cox as The Controller in 007: Road to a Million.
NEW
REVIEW
007: Road to a Million — sorry Brian, but this is more Apprentice than James Bond
TV & Radio
Film still of the cast of The Thursday Murder Club: Celia Imrie, Sir Ben Kingsley, Helen Mirren, and Pierce Brosnan.
NEW
REVIEW
The Thursday Murder Club review — camp and quietly sad, a franchise is born
Film
4 minutes ago
Film still of two women lying on the ground.
REVIEW
Sorry, Baby is an unflinching portrait of a life upended by sexual assault
Film
Film still of sailors from Battleship Potemkin.
REVIEW
CLASSIC FILM
Purists may hate it, but the Pet Shop Boys’ music enhances Battleship Potemkin
Film
Brian Cox as The Controller in 007: Road to a Million.
NEW
REVIEW
007: Road to a Million — sorry Brian, but this is more Apprentice than James Bond
TV & Radio
Film still of the cast of The Thursday Murder Club: Celia Imrie, Sir Ben Kingsley, Helen Mirren, and Pierce Brosnan.
NEW
REVIEW
The Thursday Murder Club review — camp and quietly sad, a franchise is born
Film
4 minutes ago
Film still of two women lying on the ground.
REVIEW
Sorry, Baby is an unflinching portrait of a life upended by sexual assault
Film
Film still of sailors from Battleship Potemkin.
REVIEW
CLASSIC FILM
Purists may hate it, but the Pet Shop Boys’ music enhances Battleship Potemkin
Film
Photo of Charlie Rowe and Gloria Obianyo in a theatrical production of As You Like It.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Would Judi Dench be won over by Ralph Fiennes’s As You Like It? I’m not so sure
Theatre & Dance
Aerial view of Shanghai city traffic at night.
NEW
REVIEW
CHINA
Engineers vs lawyers — why China is overtaking America
Books

Travel

Villa Sashi, Scordia, is one of the best holiday villas in Sicily
Sicily has some of Italy’s loveliest villas. These are our favourites

This island has a fabulous selection of private accommodation, from volcano-framed pads with pools to rustic vineyard mansions. Here are the best

Floating cabins on an alpine lake.
My magical week in a houseboat on a French Alpine lake
Seychelles resort pool reflecting palm trees and sky.
10 of the best holiday deals for a late summer escape
Woman in black dress with an orange tent on a coastal landscape in the background.
My first British camping trip, aged 40 (plus 26 more glam options)
An overwater villa at The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands
REVIEW
This ritzy Maldives resort is a masterclass in sleek design
The Rozenhoedkaai canal in Bruges
These great no-fly cruises will get you out to sea sooner
Samarkand in Uzbekistan, a great destination for a Silk Road tour
Our expert guide to exploring the Silk Road
Woman in black dress with an orange tent on a coastal landscape in the background.
My first British camping trip, aged 40 (plus 26 more glam options)
An overwater villa at The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands
REVIEW
This ritzy Maldives resort is a masterclass in sleek design
The Rozenhoedkaai canal in Bruges
These great no-fly cruises will get you out to sea sooner
Samarkand in Uzbekistan, a great destination for a Silk Road tour
Our expert guide to exploring the Silk Road
Floating cabins on an alpine lake.
My magical week in a houseboat on a French Alpine lake
Seychelles resort pool reflecting palm trees and sky.
10 of the best holiday deals for a late summer escape
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