Wednesday November 12 2025
The Times & The Sunday Times
One million more people claim benefits without need to look for job

Number of universal credit claimants reaches record high of 8.3 million — almost half of whom are not required to seek work

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer holding a wreath with poppies, flanked by former Prime Ministers Gordon Brown and Tony Blair, at the Remembrance Sunday ceremony.
Starmer prepares to defend leadership as ‘feral’ Labour MPs gather

Wes Streeting forced to deny rumours he is among those plotting a challenge in the days after the budget

Labour set to protect licence fee for ‘light on the hill’ BBC

Lisa Nandy praises the ‘national institution that belongs to all of us’ after the departure of its director-general, Tim Davie

Donald Trump speaking at a rally behind a podium with the Presidential Seal, flanked by American flags.
Panorama editors did not realise Trump speech had been doctored

The splicing together of two parts of the president’s speech in Trump: A Second Chance went unnoticed until David Grossman, a BBC editorial adviser, spotted it

Headshot of a bald man with a dark blazer and a light blue checkered shirt.
MATTHEW SYED
The BBC is on the defensive but needs to be more reflective

The broadcaster can still bring value to a polarised nation but it needs to listen to all voices

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, waves as he departs the Royal Courts of Justice.
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, waves as he departs the Royal Courts of Justice.
Key witness in Harry’s case against Daily Mail claims statement forged

Gavin Burrows denies writing a 2021 statement in the High Court case allegedly claiming he carried out unlawful information gathering for the paper

Headshot of a bald man with a dark blazer and a light blue checkered shirt.
MATTHEW SYED
The BBC is on the defensive but needs to be more reflective

The broadcaster can still bring value to a polarised nation but it needs to listen to all voices

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, waves as he departs the Royal Courts of Justice.
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, waves as he departs the Royal Courts of Justice.
Key witness in Harry’s case against Daily Mail claims statement forged

Gavin Burrows denies writing a 2021 statement in the High Court case allegedly claiming he carried out unlawful information gathering for the paper

UK stops sharing Caribbean drug intelligence with US over strikes

The Trump administration has been accused of violating international law by carrying out lethal raids against suspected smugglers

Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Trump backer and financier partner wanted after ‘racist attack’ in London
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
Alice Figueiredo, who died at Goodmayes Hospital.
Alice Figueiredo, who died at Goodmayes Hospital.
Hospital trust fined £565,000 over woman’s suicide
David Lammy MP speaking in Parliament.
David Lammy MP speaking in Parliament.
POLITICAL SKETCH
A watertight defence: I can’t be hiding what I don’t know
A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat and a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Caribbean Sea.
A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat and a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Caribbean Sea.
UK stops sharing Caribbean drug intelligence with US over strikes
A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat and a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Caribbean Sea.
A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat and a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Caribbean Sea.
UK stops sharing Caribbean drug intelligence with US over strikes
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Trump backer and financier partner wanted after ‘racist attack’ in London
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Trump backer and financier partner wanted after ‘racist attack’ in London
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
Alice Figueiredo, who died at Goodmayes Hospital.
Alice Figueiredo, who died at Goodmayes Hospital.
Hospital trust fined £565,000 over woman’s suicide
Alice Figueiredo, who died at Goodmayes Hospital.
Alice Figueiredo, who died at Goodmayes Hospital.
Hospital trust fined £565,000 over woman’s suicide
David Lammy MP speaking in Parliament.
David Lammy MP speaking in Parliament.
POLITICAL SKETCH
A watertight defence: I can’t be hiding what I don’t know
David Lammy MP speaking in Parliament.
David Lammy MP speaking in Parliament.
POLITICAL SKETCH
A watertight defence: I can’t be hiding what I don’t know
UK stops sharing Caribbean drug intelligence with US over strikes

The Trump administration has been accused of violating international law by carrying out lethal raids against suspected smugglers

Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Trump backer and financier partner wanted after ‘racist attack’ in London
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat and a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Caribbean Sea.
A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat and a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Caribbean Sea.
UK stops sharing Caribbean drug intelligence with US over strikes
A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat and a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Caribbean Sea.
A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat and a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Caribbean Sea.
UK stops sharing Caribbean drug intelligence with US over strikes
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Trump backer and financier partner wanted after ‘racist attack’ in London
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Trump backer and financier partner wanted after ‘racist attack’ in London
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
Alice Figueiredo, who died at Goodmayes Hospital.
Hospital trust fined £565,000 over woman’s suicide

Mother of Alice Figueiredo, 22, accused NHS staff of ‘cruelty’ over her daughter’s treatment

David Lammy MP speaking in Parliament.
David Lammy MP speaking in Parliament.
POLITICAL SKETCH
A watertight defence: I can’t be hiding what I don’t know

David Lammy’s turns at the dispatch box are becoming a masterclass in fending off difficult questions — or even easy ones

A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat and a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Caribbean Sea.
UK stops sharing Caribbean drug intelligence with US over strikes
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Trump backer and financier partner wanted after ‘racist attack’ in London
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
Alice Figueiredo, who died at Goodmayes Hospital.
Alice Figueiredo, who died at Goodmayes Hospital.
Hospital trust fined £565,000 over woman’s suicide
David Lammy MP speaking in Parliament.
David Lammy MP speaking in Parliament.
POLITICAL SKETCH
A watertight defence: I can’t be hiding what I don’t know
A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat and a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Caribbean Sea.
A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat and a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Caribbean Sea.
UK stops sharing Caribbean drug intelligence with US over strikes
A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat and a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Caribbean Sea.
A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat and a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Caribbean Sea.
UK stops sharing Caribbean drug intelligence with US over strikes
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Trump backer and financier partner wanted after ‘racist attack’ in London
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Trump backer and financier partner wanted after ‘racist attack’ in London
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
Alice Figueiredo, who died at Goodmayes Hospital.
Alice Figueiredo, who died at Goodmayes Hospital.
Hospital trust fined £565,000 over woman’s suicide
Alice Figueiredo, who died at Goodmayes Hospital.
Alice Figueiredo, who died at Goodmayes Hospital.
Hospital trust fined £565,000 over woman’s suicide
David Lammy MP speaking in Parliament.
David Lammy MP speaking in Parliament.
POLITICAL SKETCH
A watertight defence: I can’t be hiding what I don’t know
David Lammy MP speaking in Parliament.
David Lammy MP speaking in Parliament.
POLITICAL SKETCH
A watertight defence: I can’t be hiding what I don’t know
A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat and a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Caribbean Sea.
UK stops sharing Caribbean drug intelligence with US over strikes
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Trump backer and financier partner wanted after ‘racist attack’ in London
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat and a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Caribbean Sea.
A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat and a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Caribbean Sea.
UK stops sharing Caribbean drug intelligence with US over strikes
A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat and a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Caribbean Sea.
A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat and a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Caribbean Sea.
UK stops sharing Caribbean drug intelligence with US over strikes
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Trump backer and financier partner wanted after ‘racist attack’ in London
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Collage of a man and a woman in two different settings.
Trump backer and financier partner wanted after ‘racist attack’ in London
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
BitQueen jailed as chancellor eyes up her seized £5bn wealth
Alice Figueiredo, who died at Goodmayes Hospital.
Alice Figueiredo, who died at Goodmayes Hospital.
Hospital trust fined £565,000 over woman’s suicide
David Lammy MP speaking in Parliament.
David Lammy MP speaking in Parliament.
POLITICAL SKETCH
A watertight defence: I can’t be hiding what I don’t know
Pub manager Rob Hardie and assistant manager Bobby Bruen at The Barking Dog pub.
How pub staff finally rumbled a winning quiz team

Workers at the Barking Dog in Urmston, Manchester, watched carefully when the same middle-aged team won every weekly quiz — and a £30 bar tab

Food & Drink
Penguin Lessons author investigated over historical sex abuse allegations

Tom Michell, whose real name is Mike Thompson, denies all the claims and said if any abuse occurred he was not responsible

Penguin Lessons author investigated over historical sex abuse allegations

Tom Michell, whose real name is Mike Thompson, denies all the claims and said if any abuse occurred he was not responsible

Starmer poised to replace Lord Mandelson with a low-key successor

One diplomatic source says PM must pick an ambassador to the US ‘who has not slagged off’ President Trump

Starmer poised to replace Lord Mandelson with a low-key successor
Dignitaries and public watch The British Army Band Catterick perform during a Remembrance Sunday parade.
What has Britain become? Remembrance Day reveals divisions

At events in Sunderland and Saffron Walden, The Times found that while the day was as important as ever, many were concerned the country was polarised

Dignitaries and public watch The British Army Band Catterick perform during a Remembrance Sunday parade.
What has Britain become? Remembrance Day reveals divisions

At events in Sunderland and Saffron Walden, The Times found that while the day was as important as ever, many were concerned the country was polarised

Chinese state-linked gangs ‘using students to launder money in UK’

A Rusi report states that China provides ‘tacit support’ for the groups and claims that the relationship must be ‘mutually beneficial’

A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
NEW
Seagulls know when you’re angry — and it does scare them away
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Are you for real? Here’s how to spot AI-generated faces
Cows grazing on a cricket pitch with divots in the grass.
Cows grazing on a cricket pitch with divots in the grass.
Cricket club on sticky wicket after closing pitch to New Forest ponies
Rachel Reeves speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
Rachel Reeves speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
Six-figure earners to lose £50,000 under Reeves’s salary sacrifice raid
Large stacks of £10, £20, and £50 notes bundled together with rubber bands on a white surface, possibly a table, with parts of a blue couch visible around it.
Large stacks of £10, £20, and £50 notes bundled together with rubber bands on a white surface, possibly a table, with parts of a blue couch visible around it.
Chinese state-linked gangs ‘using students to launder money in UK’
Large stacks of £10, £20, and £50 notes bundled together with rubber bands on a white surface, possibly a table, with parts of a blue couch visible around it.
Large stacks of £10, £20, and £50 notes bundled together with rubber bands on a white surface, possibly a table, with parts of a blue couch visible around it.
Chinese state-linked gangs ‘using students to launder money in UK’
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
NEW
Seagulls know when you’re angry — and it does scare them away
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
NEW
Seagulls know when you’re angry — and it does scare them away
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Are you for real? Here’s how to spot AI-generated faces
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Are you for real? Here’s how to spot AI-generated faces
Cows grazing on a cricket pitch with divots in the grass.
Cows grazing on a cricket pitch with divots in the grass.
Cricket club on sticky wicket after closing pitch to New Forest ponies
Cows grazing on a cricket pitch with divots in the grass.
Cows grazing on a cricket pitch with divots in the grass.
Cricket club on sticky wicket after closing pitch to New Forest ponies
Rachel Reeves speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
Rachel Reeves speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
Six-figure earners to lose £50,000 under Reeves’s salary sacrifice raid
Rachel Reeves speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
Rachel Reeves speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
Six-figure earners to lose £50,000 under Reeves’s salary sacrifice raid
Chinese state-linked gangs ‘using students to launder money in UK’

A Rusi report states that China provides ‘tacit support’ for the groups and claims that the relationship must be ‘mutually beneficial’

A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
NEW
Seagulls know when you’re angry — and it does scare them away
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Are you for real? Here’s how to spot AI-generated faces
Large stacks of £10, £20, and £50 notes bundled together with rubber bands on a white surface, possibly a table, with parts of a blue couch visible around it.
Large stacks of £10, £20, and £50 notes bundled together with rubber bands on a white surface, possibly a table, with parts of a blue couch visible around it.
Chinese state-linked gangs ‘using students to launder money in UK’
Large stacks of £10, £20, and £50 notes bundled together with rubber bands on a white surface, possibly a table, with parts of a blue couch visible around it.
Large stacks of £10, £20, and £50 notes bundled together with rubber bands on a white surface, possibly a table, with parts of a blue couch visible around it.
Chinese state-linked gangs ‘using students to launder money in UK’
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
NEW
Seagulls know when you’re angry — and it does scare them away
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
NEW
Seagulls know when you’re angry — and it does scare them away
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Are you for real? Here’s how to spot AI-generated faces
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Are you for real? Here’s how to spot AI-generated faces
Cows grazing on a cricket pitch with divots in the grass.
Cows grazing on a cricket pitch with divots in the grass.
Cricket club on sticky wicket after closing pitch to New Forest ponies
Rachel Reeves speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
Rachel Reeves speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
Six-figure earners to lose £50,000 under Reeves’s salary sacrifice raid
Large stacks of £10, £20, and £50 notes bundled together with rubber bands on a white surface, possibly a table, with parts of a blue couch visible around it.
Chinese state-linked gangs ‘using students to launder money in UK’
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
NEW
Seagulls know when you’re angry — and it does scare them away
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Are you for real? Here’s how to spot AI-generated faces
Cows grazing on a cricket pitch with divots in the grass.
Cows grazing on a cricket pitch with divots in the grass.
Cricket club on sticky wicket after closing pitch to New Forest ponies
Rachel Reeves speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
Rachel Reeves speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
Six-figure earners to lose £50,000 under Reeves’s salary sacrifice raid
Large stacks of £10, £20, and £50 notes bundled together with rubber bands on a white surface, possibly a table, with parts of a blue couch visible around it.
Large stacks of £10, £20, and £50 notes bundled together with rubber bands on a white surface, possibly a table, with parts of a blue couch visible around it.
Chinese state-linked gangs ‘using students to launder money in UK’
Large stacks of £10, £20, and £50 notes bundled together with rubber bands on a white surface, possibly a table, with parts of a blue couch visible around it.
Large stacks of £10, £20, and £50 notes bundled together with rubber bands on a white surface, possibly a table, with parts of a blue couch visible around it.
Chinese state-linked gangs ‘using students to launder money in UK’
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
NEW
Seagulls know when you’re angry — and it does scare them away
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
NEW
Seagulls know when you’re angry — and it does scare them away
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Are you for real? Here’s how to spot AI-generated faces
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Are you for real? Here’s how to spot AI-generated faces
Cows grazing on a cricket pitch with divots in the grass.
Cows grazing on a cricket pitch with divots in the grass.
Cricket club on sticky wicket after closing pitch to New Forest ponies
Cows grazing on a cricket pitch with divots in the grass.
Cows grazing on a cricket pitch with divots in the grass.
Cricket club on sticky wicket after closing pitch to New Forest ponies
Rachel Reeves speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
Rachel Reeves speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
Six-figure earners to lose £50,000 under Reeves’s salary sacrifice raid
Rachel Reeves speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
Rachel Reeves speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
Six-figure earners to lose £50,000 under Reeves’s salary sacrifice raid
Large stacks of £10, £20, and £50 notes bundled together with rubber bands on a white surface, possibly a table, with parts of a blue couch visible around it.
Chinese state-linked gangs ‘using students to launder money in UK’
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
NEW
Seagulls know when you’re angry — and it does scare them away
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Are you for real? Here’s how to spot AI-generated faces
Large stacks of £10, £20, and £50 notes bundled together with rubber bands on a white surface, possibly a table, with parts of a blue couch visible around it.
Large stacks of £10, £20, and £50 notes bundled together with rubber bands on a white surface, possibly a table, with parts of a blue couch visible around it.
Chinese state-linked gangs ‘using students to launder money in UK’
Large stacks of £10, £20, and £50 notes bundled together with rubber bands on a white surface, possibly a table, with parts of a blue couch visible around it.
Large stacks of £10, £20, and £50 notes bundled together with rubber bands on a white surface, possibly a table, with parts of a blue couch visible around it.
Chinese state-linked gangs ‘using students to launder money in UK’
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
NEW
Seagulls know when you’re angry — and it does scare them away
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
A woman seated on a bench struggles to protect her chips from multiple seagulls flying around her.
NEW
Seagulls know when you’re angry — and it does scare them away
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Are you for real? Here’s how to spot AI-generated faces
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Collage of AI-generated faces of various people.
Are you for real? Here’s how to spot AI-generated faces
Cows grazing on a cricket pitch with divots in the grass.
Cows grazing on a cricket pitch with divots in the grass.
Cricket club on sticky wicket after closing pitch to New Forest ponies
Rachel Reeves speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
Rachel Reeves speaking at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
Six-figure earners to lose £50,000 under Reeves’s salary sacrifice raid
Two blue and yellow macaws at New Delhi Zoo.
Dazzling macaws at a zoo in India — and other news in pictures

Times picture editors select photos from Britain and around the world including President Zelensky in Kherson, a veteran and his dog and Rosamund Pike

Two blue and yellow macaws at New Delhi Zoo.
Dazzling macaws at a zoo in India — and other news in pictures
Air passenger who made rape and death threats has sentence tripled
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David Szalay holding his Booker Prize trophy for the novel "Flesh."
INTERVIEW
David Szalay: ‘The Booker prize money hasn’t gone up in 20 years’

The author, who was awarded the £50,000 prize for Flesh this week, talks about masculinity, risky writing and how losing in 2016 inspired his winning novel

Books
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Inspirational leader or toxic influence — who is the real Jude Bellingham?
Football
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The end of the yummy mummy: here’s what’s next
Fashion
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I had a glamorous life but was unhappy — so I became a supply teacher
Health & Fitness
Tom Hiddleston as Jonathan Pine from The Night Manager S2 stands by a pool.
Everything we know about The Night Manager series 2
TV & Radio
Comedian Dom Joly with a black dog licking his face.
CELEBS AND THEIR PETS
Dom Joly: ‘Pigs are the smartest animals I’ve ever owned’
Property & Home
Collage of Kris Jenner, Mariah Carey, and Bill Gates at Kris Jenner's party.
What does a billionaire give to a momager? Inside the (second) richest party of the year
Fashion
Collage of Laura Jane Williams and a generic classroom.
I had a glamorous life but was unhappy — so I became a supply teacher
Health & Fitness
Tom Hiddleston as Jonathan Pine from The Night Manager S2 stands by a pool.
Everything we know about The Night Manager series 2
TV & Radio
Comedian Dom Joly with a black dog licking his face.
CELEBS AND THEIR PETS
Dom Joly: ‘Pigs are the smartest animals I’ve ever owned’
Property & Home
Collage of Kris Jenner, Mariah Carey, and Bill Gates at Kris Jenner's party.
What does a billionaire give to a momager? Inside the (second) richest party of the year
Fashion
Collage of Jude Bellingham with a trophy, manager Thomas Tuchel, and the England football crest.
OWEN SLOT
Inspirational leader or toxic influence — who is the real Jude Bellingham?
Football
Collage of Jennifer Lawrence in three different casual outfits.
The end of the yummy mummy: here’s what’s next
Fashion

World

Collage of three men (José Antonio Kast, Gabriel Boric, and Augusto Pinochet) and the Chilean flag over a desert background.
IN DEPTH
Ghost of Pinochet returns to haunt the Chilean election

With the right set for a return to power, leftwingers are concerned that a revisionist history of the dictator’s rule is gaining traction

Sergiy Kyslytsya, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, sitting at a wooden table.
Sergiy Kyslytsya, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, sitting at a wooden table.
INTERVIEW
Ukraine’s peace negotiator on what was said in the room with the Russians
Russia-Ukraine war
Collage of a mugshot of Salah Abdeslam and a mourner kneeling at a memorial.
Collage of a mugshot of Salah Abdeslam and a mourner kneeling at a memorial.
IN DEPTH
A decade on from the Bataclan attack, France’s wounds are yet to heal
Rosalía's new album cover for "Lux."
The ecstasy of ‘Saint Rosalía’: Spain goes wild for pop sensation
A man with short grey hair working out on a cable machine, pulling two handles towards him.
A man with short grey hair working out on a cable machine, pulling two handles towards him.
‘What I want is war’: first trailer of Jude Law playing Putin released
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam speaking to reporters outside Parliament after his dismissal.
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam speaking to reporters outside Parliament after his dismissal.
How ‘the dismissal’ still haunts Australian politics 50 years on
Rosalía's new album cover for "Lux."
Rosalía's new album cover for "Lux."
The ecstasy of ‘Saint Rosalía’: Spain goes wild for pop sensation
Rosalía's new album cover for "Lux."
Rosalía's new album cover for "Lux."
The ecstasy of ‘Saint Rosalía’: Spain goes wild for pop sensation
A man with short grey hair working out on a cable machine, pulling two handles towards him.
A man with short grey hair working out on a cable machine, pulling two handles towards him.
‘What I want is war’: first trailer of Jude Law playing Putin released
A man with short grey hair working out on a cable machine, pulling two handles towards him.
A man with short grey hair working out on a cable machine, pulling two handles towards him.
‘What I want is war’: first trailer of Jude Law playing Putin released
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam speaking to reporters outside Parliament after his dismissal.
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam speaking to reporters outside Parliament after his dismissal.
How ‘the dismissal’ still haunts Australian politics 50 years on
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam speaking to reporters outside Parliament after his dismissal.
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam speaking to reporters outside Parliament after his dismissal.
How ‘the dismissal’ still haunts Australian politics 50 years on
Rosalía's new album cover for "Lux."
The ecstasy of ‘Saint Rosalía’: Spain goes wild for pop sensation
A man with short grey hair working out on a cable machine, pulling two handles towards him.
A man with short grey hair working out on a cable machine, pulling two handles towards him.
‘What I want is war’: first trailer of Jude Law playing Putin released
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam speaking to reporters outside Parliament after his dismissal.
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam speaking to reporters outside Parliament after his dismissal.
How ‘the dismissal’ still haunts Australian politics 50 years on
Rosalía's new album cover for "Lux."
Rosalía's new album cover for "Lux."
The ecstasy of ‘Saint Rosalía’: Spain goes wild for pop sensation
Rosalía's new album cover for "Lux."
Rosalía's new album cover for "Lux."
The ecstasy of ‘Saint Rosalía’: Spain goes wild for pop sensation
A man with short grey hair working out on a cable machine, pulling two handles towards him.
A man with short grey hair working out on a cable machine, pulling two handles towards him.
‘What I want is war’: first trailer of Jude Law playing Putin released
A man with short grey hair working out on a cable machine, pulling two handles towards him.
A man with short grey hair working out on a cable machine, pulling two handles towards him.
‘What I want is war’: first trailer of Jude Law playing Putin released
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam speaking to reporters outside Parliament after his dismissal.
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam speaking to reporters outside Parliament after his dismissal.
How ‘the dismissal’ still haunts Australian politics 50 years on
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam speaking to reporters outside Parliament after his dismissal.
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam speaking to reporters outside Parliament after his dismissal.
How ‘the dismissal’ still haunts Australian politics 50 years on

Comment

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DANIEL FINKELSTEINWoke right is a new and dangerous force

Obsessed with identity and victimhood like its left-wing counterparts, this trend has split the Maga movement — and it’s coming here

Illustration of a woman holding a red box with "SCRAP TWO-CHILD CAP" and "INCOME TAX INCREASE" papers, while a man tied to a chair with a Union Jack rope expresses distress, under text that reads "DRIP DRIP..."

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ALICE THOMSONSorry kids, Greens’ fantasy politics don’t add up
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ROGER BOYESTrump’s silence on Sudan is storing up trouble
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TOM WHIPPLE | NOTEBOOKSwan fight on the river seemed darker than rivalry
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ROSS CLARK | THUNDERER‘Ethical’ investing is a kind of corporate cancel culture
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ALICE THOMSONSorry kids, Greens’ fantasy politics don’t add up
a man wearing glasses and a striped shirt smiles for the camera
Headshot of Tom Whipple.
Headshot of Ross Clark, smiling slightly and wearing a brown corduroy jacket over a light blue collared shirt.
a woman with blonde hair and blue eyes is wearing a blue jacket
a man wearing glasses and a striped shirt smiles for the camera
Headshot of Tom Whipple.
Headshot of Ross Clark, smiling slightly and wearing a brown corduroy jacket over a light blue collared shirt.
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Life & Style

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INTERVIEW
Traitors’ Joe Marler: I got £30k. We weren’t all paid the same

Former rugby player Joe Marler was the breakout star of The Celebrity Traitors. He reveals what it was really like inside the castle

Rugby union
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Dr Mark Porter: I’ve got something positive to tell you about cancer
Health & Fitness
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Yes, binge drinking helped my career
Food & Drink
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How fitness apps really affect your health
Health & Fitness
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ROBERT CRAMPTON
Meghan and Mark have fallen victim to the poppy police witch hunt — I’m on their side
Melanie Griffith as Tess McGill holding a phone to her ear with a cigarette in her hand from the film Working Girl.
Yes, we women tried to ruin the office (but men were better at it!)
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She’s back! Can Martha Stewart turn me into a tradwife?
Woman checking pulse with a smartwatch after exercising.
How fitness apps really affect your health
Health & Fitness
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ROBERT CRAMPTON
Meghan and Mark have fallen victim to the poppy police witch hunt — I’m on their side
Melanie Griffith as Tess McGill holding a phone to her ear with a cigarette in her hand from the film Working Girl.
Yes, we women tried to ruin the office (but men were better at it!)
Collage of Charlie and Martha.
She’s back! Can Martha Stewart turn me into a tradwife?
A split image showing a man on the left and microscopic cancer cells on the right.
Dr Mark Porter: I’ve got something positive to tell you about cancer
Health & Fitness
Cathy Adams hosting the Times and Sunday Times Travel Awards in Matera, Italy.
Yes, binge drinking helped my career
Food & Drink

Business

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Bank defends QE after Nigel Farage warns of potential £120bn bill
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‘Big Brother’ Lloyds used staff bank data during pay talks
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Jack BarnettWill the Bank now play Santa with a December rate cut?
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David SmithJob market hit by budget fears while still reeling from past one
Restructured Vodafone raises dividend for first time in seven years
InstaDeep founder leaves UK as fears grow over wealth drain
Discounts ease grocery price inflation to 4.7% in October
Princes Group revenue declines after subdued flotation
Margherita Della Valle, CEO of Vodafone, sitting in a red circular seating area with the Vodafone logo.
Restructured Vodafone raises dividend for first time in seven years
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InstaDeep founder leaves UK as fears grow over wealth drain
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Discounts ease grocery price inflation to 4.7% in October
Tins of Princes Drained Tuna Fish.
Princes Group revenue declines after subdued flotation
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Jack BarnettWill the Bank now play Santa with a December rate cut?
a man in a white shirt and blue tie looks at the camera
David SmithJob market hit by budget fears while still reeling from past one

Sport

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OWEN SLOT
Inspirational leader or toxic influence — who is the real Jude Bellingham?

England midfielder is adored in Madrid, and those who work with him speak of unique talent who has burning desire to win. Owen Slot reports from Spain

Football
Ellis Genge, Jamie George, and Ben Earl of England on the bench before warming up for the Quilter Nations Series 2025 match.
ALEX LOWE
It’s official: England’s best can no longer expect to start. Egos must be parked
Rugby union
Al-Ahli forward Ivan Toney celebrating with the Saudi Super Cup trophy and fans.
COMMENT
MARTIN SAMUEL
Can Premier League clubs afford to shun Toney again?
Football
Ben Duckett wearing a Paul Smith x Castore black striped shirt while sitting on a suitcase.
INTERVIEW
MIKE ATHERTON
Duckett: I was treated unfairly in 2017 — but I’ve matured as a bloke
Cricket
England's Tom Curry during the warm-up before the Autumn Internationals match against Fiji.
Six Lions on bench as England keep faith with ‘Pom squad’ for All Blacks
Rugby union
Collage of a woman being lifted and catching a rugby ball.
Ace in the pack? Raducanu joins England team for lineout practice
Rugby union
The Championships - Wimbledon 2025.
Djokovic: So many red flags in way Sinner drugs case was handled
Tennis
Ben Duckett wearing a Paul Smith x Castore black striped shirt while sitting on a suitcase.
INTERVIEW
MIKE ATHERTON
Duckett: I was treated unfairly in 2017 — but I’ve matured as a bloke
Cricket
England's Tom Curry during the warm-up before the Autumn Internationals match against Fiji.
Six Lions on bench as England keep faith with ‘Pom squad’ for All Blacks
Rugby union
Collage of a woman being lifted and catching a rugby ball.
Ace in the pack? Raducanu joins England team for lineout practice
Rugby union
The Championships - Wimbledon 2025.
Djokovic: So many red flags in way Sinner drugs case was handled
Tennis
Ellis Genge, Jamie George, and Ben Earl of England on the bench before warming up for the Quilter Nations Series 2025 match.
ALEX LOWE
It’s official: England’s best can no longer expect to start. Egos must be parked
Rugby union
Al-Ahli forward Ivan Toney celebrating with the Saudi Super Cup trophy and fans.
COMMENT
MARTIN SAMUEL
Can Premier League clubs afford to shun Toney again?
Football
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Culture

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From David Szalay to Martin Amis, the top ten blokey books

The winner of the 2025 Booker Prize for Fiction, David Szalay’s Flesh, has been hailed as a triumph for masculinity. Which other books get the male psyche right?

Books
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REVIEW
FICTION
John Irving’s new novel — terrible prose with flashes of his former glory
Books
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REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Bob Vylan — tight, yes, but their rants are ultimately depressing
Music
Glen Powell as Richards in "The Running Man" wearing a red and black jumpsuit with two guards behind him.
REVIEW
The Running Man — a film about inequality made by clueless millionaires
Film
Chris Eubank Jr. and Chris Eubank Sr. after Eubank Jr. wins via decision.
REVIEW
Why this film about boxer Chris Eubank and son was a knockout
TV & Radio
Mac DeMarco performing, singing into a microphone.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Mac DeMarco — shrieking Gen Z hail the slacker-rock star
Music
Dancers Natalia Osipova and Patricio Revé performing "Middle Duet II" on a stage with an illustration of purple trees in the background.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Royal Ballet star Natalia Osipova provokes and bewitches
Theatre & Dance
Glen Powell as Richards in "The Running Man" wearing a red and black jumpsuit with two guards behind him.
REVIEW
The Running Man — a film about inequality made by clueless millionaires
Film
Chris Eubank Jr. and Chris Eubank Sr. after Eubank Jr. wins via decision.
REVIEW
Why this film about boxer Chris Eubank and son was a knockout
TV & Radio
Mac DeMarco performing, singing into a microphone.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Mac DeMarco — shrieking Gen Z hail the slacker-rock star
Music
Dancers Natalia Osipova and Patricio Revé performing "Middle Duet II" on a stage with an illustration of purple trees in the background.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Royal Ballet star Natalia Osipova provokes and bewitches
Theatre & Dance
Author John Irving in a blue shirt with arms crossed, leaning against a tree trunk.
REVIEW
FICTION
John Irving’s new novel — terrible prose with flashes of his former glory
Books
A man on stage holding a microphone and laughing.
REVIEW
FIRST NIGHT
Bob Vylan — tight, yes, but their rants are ultimately depressing
Music

Travel

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INTERVIEW
MY HOLS
Rufus Wainwright: ‘I cried when I saw the Highlands for the first time’

The singer on the underrated Italian city he fell in love with this summer, the best wiener schnitzels in Berlin and his favourite thing to shop for abroad

Paradiso is one of the best bars in Barcelona
Barcelona’s ultimate drinking dens
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REVIEW
A cool new Clerkenwell hotel with a historic pub at its heart
Barry statue in front of historic Independence Hall in Philadelphia during autumn.
This is the east coast’s most overlooked city
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WHERE WAS I? COMPETITION
Win a break in Hampshire worth up to £1,000 at Stanwell House
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Yes, you can find a cruise for less than £100 a day — here are nine great options
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The terrifying day I used Wizz Air’s emergency slide
Barry statue in front of historic Independence Hall in Philadelphia during autumn.
This is the east coast’s most overlooked city
A bedroom with a wicker headboard, white bedding, and decorative pillows. A light-colored nightstand with a lamp and flowers sits beside the bed.
WHERE WAS I? COMPETITION
Win a break in Hampshire worth up to £1,000 at Stanwell House
Manhattan island with the Queen Mary 2 in the foreground, one of the best affordable cruises under £100 per day
Yes, you can find a cruise for less than £100 a day — here are nine great options
Wizz Air cabin crew walking towards a pink and white Wizz Air airplane.
The terrifying day I used Wizz Air’s emergency slide
Paradiso is one of the best bars in Barcelona
Barcelona’s ultimate drinking dens
Lounge area of Hotel Indigo Clerkenwell with a red sofa, a bar in the background, and cameras displayed on the wall.
REVIEW
A cool new Clerkenwell hotel with a historic pub at its heart

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