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Many TV comedy actors come a cropper when they turn to serious stage roles, but the League of Gentlemen star captures Sir John magnificently

A failure to invest in training will ensure Britain misses out on another booming sector

ITV’s Youth Tracker found 86% of 18-25-year-olds in favour

Instead of a sensible housing policy, the government is considering whether to restart George Osborne’s disastrous scheme

Forget the headlines. Children's reading comprehension is on the decline, and their books are to blame

In October 1984, Margaret Thatcher escaped death at the hands of the IRA by seconds. A new book details how close they came

The government’s egregious Rwanda policy won’t stop the boats. It will only cause more suffering for anyone who attempts the journey

As food shopping gets more expensive across Europe, new checks will make things even worse here

A major rethink is needed to reverse years of vast geopolitical insecurity

From Tucker Carlson to Andrew Bridgen and GB News, populists have lost their grip on the narrative

One of the greatest Impressionists, Berthe Morisot’s work offered perceptive, unusual glimpses of domestic life

This could be the last coronation of a monarch of the United Kingdom. But, be careful what you wish for

Here are a few more empty ceremonies that could be held to distract the masses from the country’s ongoing elective death spiral

Post-Brexit, there’s even less use for a royal family than there was when we were an important nation

If we are serious about levelling up, we need to ensure all children have a voice

A new play about Sidney Poitier is a fitting allegory for our immoral times

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

The German media can see the damage Brexit has done, even if the Europhobes can’t

It will be no easy task – but this is what we need to do

Now just 800 of a proposed 4,000 EU laws will be scrapped, and the ERG are furious

Everything the former prime minister touched, he sullied. The former BBC chairman is more collateral damage

Post-Brexit Britain does not have the money or the political will to respond to challenges from the US and EU

Can a plutocrat King in a country ravaged by Brexit and the cost-of-living crisis reinvent the monarchy to keep it alive?

Claims that Remainers are lying about the true cost of leaving the EU are more ridiculous than ever

My inexplicable inability to call out the bigotry of the far right during an appearance on Question Time nearly a decade ago still rankles to this day

The Americans call it zee, but it is not the only letter pronounced differently in certain parts of the English- speaking world

Each year, spring toys with our emotions but the wait makes its delights all the sweeter

Dominic Raab’s pathetic conspiracy theories are yet another example of how the Conservative edifice continues to crumble

Two new novels evoke the eeriness thrumming through small coastal towns, where lives wash up like the debris on the beach

Trump is back, Carlson is gone - it’s all about the money for Murdoch. The real-life Logan Roy is bigger than fiction

The anti-Starmer slur isn’t catching on. If the prime minister is stuck, there are some better insults to reach for