‘Masterpiece’ 1910 novel that inspired BBC quiz show Only Connect

Before it became one of the BBC’s toughest brain teasers, Only Connect took its name from a very different kind of ...

How Britain's 'finance bros' hijacked padel to make it their favourite sport - while in Europe it is still the game of the people

Padel is becoming so exclusive in the UK, it has been dubbed the sport of the 'finance bros' on social media - with employees ...
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Why We Need a New Dickens

And a new biography of Dickens is getting prominent reviews, including front-page billing in The Washington Post Book World. But what’s been missing from the articles I’ve read about these works is ...

Whether it’s a ‘productivity puzzle’ or the ‘British disease’, the UK economy has been underperforming for decades

In 1964, a Labour government came to power in the UK with a pledge to curb inflation and to deliver growth. The growth plans ...

England now has a plan to end homelessness – here’s how to test whether it will work

The UK government has published a new homelessness strategy for England. The strategy speaks to different forms of ...

The radical wartime diet that saved Britain in World War II

Eighty years since the end of World War II, the British are recalling many battles fought on the path to victory. Yet one ...