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Many family names in Britain seem likely to have descended from bynames of Norwegian and Danish origin

This month, the fish is in the last throes of its season, but there’s still a fair bit about. Let’s make the most of it, then

HV Morton was a pioneering travel writer of genius.. and also a philandering, racist snob

The word also makes us think of 'trust'. Then we realise that 'Truss' has nothing to do with that at all, writes one reader

Travellers have suffered through long delays on the M20 heading into the port. But even more red tape is on the way

With Nineteen Eighty-Four more relevant than ever, a group of Orwell enthusiasts – in special company – visits the remote house on the Inner Hebridean island of Jura where he wrote his dystopian masterpiece

Truss has the potential to be a prime minister who makes the Johnson era look like one of calmness and stability

Yet, the words 'prime minister Liz Truss' will soon be part of our language and landscape

The country is somewhat starved of feel-good stories. So, here are some ways the government could cheer everyone up

Kate Fleetwood plays a delectably wicked Cruella de Vil for all she’s worth, but this is otherwise a dog's dinner

The story is improbable but star Scott Karim can make just about any character seem convincing

Insider shares ‘great disappointment’ at how claims against leading writer were dealt with

The man who wants to rip up his own deal with Europe is wrong about our absolute right to drive

I found her rudeness breathtaking and her eagerness to take credit for the work of others disconcerting

The younger man succeeded Paul Dacre as editor of the Daily Mail. Now he might pip him to a peerage

Genomics England is looking for a head of internal communications amid whispers of a sell-off

Truss and those around her haven't exactly reached great levels of success, even outside of governing, over the years

Both Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have opted to more or less pass themselves off as singletons during the leadership race

Unless an owner with extremely deep pockets comes forward, the publication may not make it to Christmas, one source tells MANDRAKE

Liz Truss’s promises are as empty, illogical and deceitful as Boris Johnson’s. No wonder she’s favourite to win the Tory leadership

Both Tory leadership contenders clearly want to be tough on immigration to appease the many ultras in their party, writes one reader

We don’t need a pragmatic or evolutionary reason to value butterflies. There's a simple joy in seeing them

Will Self on the new, colour-conscious Madama Butterfly

Anyone coming into No 10 with the slightest hope of fixing Britain would need to acknowledge it is actually broken, and neither of the Conservative leadership candidates can do that

Its promise of a new patriotism was dashed by Brexit, but some say it was built on a mirage all along

The words 'Prime minister Liz Truss' finally spell doom for the satire industry

As competence joins fact-based debate in the dustbin of Brexit Britain’s history, queues mount at airports and Eurotunnel terminals

Delays on the rail network saw the former Liberal leader's long-delayed farewell party delayed even longer

Damian Aspinall's Aspers UK Holdings ran up a £16.2m loss on £13.4m in sales in 2021

The former chancellor's wife has been hit with a £5m loss at Acamar Films, in which she holds 2,000 shares through her investment arm, Catamaran Ventures