A swath of new policies are making travel to the US tricker than ever, despite a fall in visitor spending. So, why doesn’t ...

Crystal Palace welcome Nottingham Forest to Selhurst Park for their first home Premier League fixture of the new season. This is one of the most eagerly anticipated fixtures of the weekend, given the ...

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Tony Kennington’s Agave americana was just 18in tall in 2000 but it has now shot up to more than 20ft high and flowered for ...

Within minutes, I have convinced myself that I have created the next £1m app. The game running on my computer, Speedagrams, asks players to solve an increasingly difficult series of anagrams, giving a ...

Findings from the equality assessment show that those most likely to miss out on the winter fuel payment are white, ...

During storms, the so-called “smart” sewers can store waste in tanks, rather than creating toxic overflows. In the first such ...

Afterwards I was leading a happy and content life in my late 70s. I love the ballet and the opera, and I go to the theatre a lot. My social life was so busy I didn’t feel the need or have the time to ...

Stevenson’s icily imperious Emma of Normandy, mother of the English king Edward the Confessor ( Eddie Marsan ), stays largely ...

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“When I look back, the house I lived in as a curate, a council house in 1974, you’d have bought that for about £3,000, and my ...

From blackcurrant summer pudding to spotted dick, our favourite classic treats are remembered with stories and recipes ...