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Brexit has damaged British construction through a self-inflicted skills shortage and higher prices for imported raw materials

What is behind this new wave of bullying allegations? Part of the answer lies in the UK's political system and Westminster's bizarre culture

You don’t need to be some sort of Victoriana re-enactment freak in order to appreciate the beauty of gas lamps

From a Nordic baby boom to a drop in Lithuania and Romania, how birth rates compare across the continent

Classical music's challenge today is to revolutionise thinking and reinvigorate interest. A new, showy Messiah is one step

What attracts French film-makers to the DH Lawrence novel that scandalised Britain?

There is no doubt that in order to save British business we need to learn to live with high migration. The only question is how

No amount of effort can get over this dime-a-dozen children's show's innate tiredness

Over the years this enormously popular production has taken on a life of its own

Brexit created an economic black hole. But, some politicians would still rather fall in it than fill it in

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A shocking outbreak of violence shows that a multicultural society is open to radical ideas from abroad

Brexit sent the message that we have detached ourselves from economic reality. With that, investors' confidence evaporated

Ex-Defra secretary George Eustice has admitted that post-EU trade deals are a disaster for our farmers. But agriculture’s problems don’t end there

Many of those who backed leaving the EU now admit that it has damaged Britain. Are we near a tipping point?

Britain has collapsed under Brexit. Now, the Tories must pay for this crisis with a generation out of power

Holding the tournament in the red planet’s temperate deserts would be more hospitable and less oppressive for fans

This pared-down production is theatre at its most basic and minimalist

This farce is a limp, boring and painfully unfunny exercise in folie de grandeur

They drive inequality, entrench the outmoded attitudes about our past and hold back the natural talents outside the gilded circles of wealth and privilege

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Seaside towns like Skegness are yet to experience the 'merits' of Brexit and levelling up just isn't cutting it

The government’s Brexit policy has devastated the sector – and opened up a £7bn black hole in public finances

Britain is no longer fit for purpose. It should voluntarily become a colony of India

The arrival of the Anglo-Saxons pushed what was once Britain’s dominant language into three unconnected regions

These zones will not only protect women from abuse and intimidation; they will also make the law more coherent when it comes to access

A collage exposing the dark heart of the British countryside gets a musical makeover. But what will the Europeans make of it?

The minister who helped negotiate the Australia trade deal now admits it was rubbish. Might Sunak be heading for a similar revelation – on Brexit itself?

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Climate campaigners are blocking roads and defacing artworks. But is anyone listening?