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Two women I meet on our walk are way more interested in Jean than me – and insist she’ll clean up if we enter her in the local dog show It’s a

The perils of ageing and the horrors of finding post-divorce romance are laid bare in the new show from the creator of Motherland. It’s humungously funny, and so acutely observed it’s painful

From Alpine Rams and Rhein Fire to Giandujot and SuperCrema, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz 1 10,935 metres is the answer to which question, posed by an Irving Berlin song?2

In this week’s newsletter: From HBO’s incredible divorce drama War to the hilarious return of The Paper, there’s too much TV to choose from even for a confirmed addict like me For

Moment of reckoning for ‘Mr Nice Guy’ of music, who embraced Macklemore’s political cred only for pro-Palestine rapper to be dropped under pressure from billionaire Ed Sheeran has long been known as

As Gaza documentary wins cinematic acclaim, its directors face vitriol in Israel amid a febrile election campaign First there was a moment of stunned silence. Then, in the Sala Grande, the main

David (left), 34, a children’s doctor, meets Dec, 31, a culture and sex writer What were you hoping for? A sweet-hearted madman who would make me belly laugh. Continue reading…

Instead, constrain it legally and fight it politically. The world is watching Far-right nationalist populist parties are making the running everywhere from Washington to Warsaw. So why be so alarmed about a

Amid record-shattering heatwaves and popular demand for climate action, why are politicians often timid or in denial? It was, according to the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, the “summer of

Sumptuous, late-summer tomatoes cooked with cream and served on toast? Supper is served in 10 … OK, maybe 15 minutes Forty years ago, an antiquarian bookseller recommended to me Edouard de Pomiane’s