‘It’s only their silhouettes, but you can see how bored they were’: Sarah Lee’s best phone picture
Identical twin teenagers Joe and Duke were fed up. Walking to a local supermarket in the midday sun with their parents and photographer Sarah Lee,...
A vibrant celebration of Iranian rebel women – in pictures
In her series of paintings Rebel Rebel, artist Soheila Sokhanvari, who lives in Cambridge, celebrates 27 feminist icons from pre-revolutionary Iran, many of whom were...
Could peace deal between Prince Harry and family ever be brokered?
Not even the death of his grandmother warranted a ceasefire in the social media war of words against Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan. Five...
Labour’s Angela Rayner: ‘We’re very radical – but it’s radical and responsible and realistic’
Labour’s deputy leader, Angela Rayner, is up for a fight with the Conservatives along the old rules of engagement as her party heads to its...
Tim Dowling: We’ve been married 30 years – and I’m getting romantic in my old age
For our 20th wedding anniversary (the china one, I think) I got my wife a candle and a Breaking Bad box set – series one...
‘I’d rather eat an actual burger’: why plant-based meat’s sizzle fizzled in the US
At the start of the year, McDonald’s launched a plant-based burger “sizzled on a flat-iron grill, then topped with slivered onions, tangy pickles, crisp shredded...
James Bailey of Waitrose: ‘Every business in every sector will find winter really difficult’
‘It’s like being handed the crown jewels,” says James Bailey, who was given the task of running Waitrose, the upper-crust supermarket, just as the pandemic...
Scotland’s defenders of the seas: the volunteers standing up for sea life
Scotland’s coastal waters are in trouble. They contain some of the world’s richest and most diverse marine life: bottlenose dolphins, porpoises, minke whales and orcas...
Courtney Pine: ‘My music teacher said Black people like me shouldn’t go to university’
Born in London, Courtney Pine, 58, released his first album, Journey to the Urge Within, in 1986. His 1995 album Modern Day Jazz Stories was...
Sweetcorn and spicy salad: Joe Woodhouse’s recipes for grilled vegetables
Barbecue season may have passed, but all grilling – outdoor or indoor – imparts an addictive smokiness to food. Today’s Turkish salad uses the initial...