49 minutes ago Born of prosperity, sunlight and optimism, California’s dream homes now lie in ashes | Rowan Moore

Magnificent, irreplaceable 20th-century architecture made with craft and imagination was destroyed in the Palisades wildfiresPacific Palisades and its surrounding neighbourhoods, which have burned so ferociously over the past three weeks, happen to be the location of some beautiful and magnificent 20th-century architecture. Or were, as the fire has taken a terrible toll.Houses by the émigré Austrian modernist Richard Neutra have gone, as have most of the Park Planned Homes of 1948, an idealistic experiment in affordable modern living by the architect Gregory Ain. Stone chimney stacks are all that remain of the scaled-up cabin that was Will Rogers’ ranch house. His 30-horse stables, in their centre a rotonda like an equine chapter house, are ashes. Continue reading...

Politics

4 hours ago Dim the lights, add a flat sheet and turn down the heat : Hoteliers reveal how to get the best night’s sleep at home

Hospitality experts, sleep consultants and interior designers share their tips for creating dream conditions in your bedroomHave you ever slept better in a hotel than at home, but are not sure why? Perhaps it’s the sheer fact of not being at home, surrounded by to-do lists – but according to these sleep, design and health experts, there’s a science behind a good night’s sleep.From the size of your bed to the cotton of your sheets, to the clutter in your bedroom to the lighting in your bathroom, they share their tips and best buys for a great sleep, wherever you are. Continue reading...

Society

33 minutes ago Ellen DeGeneres clashes with Cotswolds neighbours over extension ‘breach’ at £15m home

DeGeneres has been accused of increasing flood risk and disturbing Roman ruins with modifications to her property

Economics

3 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Villa close in on Rashford as Spurs turn to Garnacho and Tomori, plus Chelsea latest

The transfer window is approaching its final week as clubs in the Premier League and across Europe seek to close out deals

Sport

55 minutes ago Philadelphia plane crash latest: No survivors on board medical jet that was carrying six people, including a pediatric patient

Air ambulance flight crashed near Roosevelt Mall about 30 seconds after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, potentially killing six

Events

12 hours ago How to watch Bournemouth vs Liverpool and why massive game not being shown on TV

Liverpool and Bournemouth's top of the table clash hasn't been selected for TV this weekend and Daily Star Sport has all the details on how to watch the game as fans continue to be locked out

Culture

24 hours ago Hospice fears town's parking charges will affect patients and families undergoing 'difficult times'

Vale of Glamorgan Council plans to bring in new on street parking charges to increased the turnaround of traffic in two seaside towns

Science

9 hours ago Bus driver who weighed 32 STONE and spent thousands on takeaways looks unrecognisable now

Salford bus driver Gary spent more than £100 on takeaways a week

Transport

79 minutes ago Pleasure experts claim adding one thing to sex life could 'prevent cheating'

Damien Muretti, 40, from Essex, is the founder of Bed Nerdz, and he claims he can help boost people's pleasure with a few simple tips, and potentially stop them from cheating

Politics

5 hours ago ‘No one but Jews lost their apartments’: how homes taken by Nazis in wartime Paris were never given back

New book reveals tens of thousands of Jews who survived WW2 were not allowed to return to homes in French capitalThe 1935 photograph shows Israël and Hélène Malowanczyk standing on the balcony of their second-floor apartment at 118 Avenue Parmentier in Paris’s 11th arrondissement.The couple – he a hatmaker from Poland, she a French dressmaker – are smiling. Like almost all Parisians at the time, they rented their home, a two-room flat where they lived with their two young daughters. Continue reading...

Society

3 hours ago HMRC issues message over '£100 fines' to Barclays customers affected by outage

The outage started on the day thousands of people will have been trying to submit their tax returns

Economics

4 hours ago Arsenal transfer news: Ollie Watkins makes decision as Alexander Isak exit stance clear

Arsenal are desperate to add a new striker to their ranks before the January transfer window slams shut next week and Mikel Arteta is running out of time to get a deal over the line

Sport

94 minutes ago London protests LIVE: Five people arrested as Tommy Robinson supporters march amid heavy police presence

Robinson was sentenced to 18 months in prison in October

Events

20 hours ago Scots author tells Davina McCall 'number one reason why people will never give up alcohol'

Challenges like Dry January and Sober October present an opportunity to go teetotal for a while, but the effects of hitting the booze are never too away.

Culture

32 hours ago A £1.65m hope for blood disorder patients is now on offer in Manchester

The gene-editing therapy is expected to offer a cure for some people with the inherited blood disorder

Science

14 hours ago ‘Genius’ parking tip from drivers in one of world’s busiest cities baffles people

People are in disbelief over this driving hack.

Transport

80 minutes ago Quarter of young people are making the same dangerous food storage change to save money

Official data from the Food Standards Agency show the number of young people taking dangerous measures to cope with rising energy costs - which campaigners say is "beyond messed up"

Politics

25 hours ago Scotland's 'most romantic' beach walk near cosy restaurant with roaring fire

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, the Daily Record has returned with an extra-romantic Walk of the Week that takes in some truly spectacular sea views.

Society

3 hours ago 'I sell old clothes on Vinted – three easy hacks made me £400 in four weeks'

The cost of living crisis is hitting everyone's wallets, but there's a way to make a few extra pounds. A Vinted seller has shared her top tips for sellers to boost their earnings on the app

Economics

4 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Spurs turn to Garnacho, Man Utd latest, Villa eye Rashford, Chelsea chase Ferguson

The transfer window is approaching its final week as clubs in the Premier League and across Europe seek to close out deals

Sport

2 hours ago ‘It’s incredible, the place just swarms with birdlife’: inside England’s biggest bird sanctuary

The reserve in Geltsdale in the north Pennines has been expanded by a third after RSPB buys land for £4mIt covers more than 50 square kilometres of blanket bog, heath, meadows and woodland and rises from a valley floor to the 640m summit of Cold Fell in the north Pennines. This is RSPB Geltsdale, and it will now be the organisation’s largest English bird sanctuary when the society announces this week that it has bought land that expands the existing reserve by a third.“This is going to be a reserve on a different scale from many of our other sites in England,” said Beccy Speight, the RSPB’s chief executive. Continue reading...

Events

23 hours ago Primary school's neighbours blast plan for 100 extra pupils when parents already block drives, park on zigzags or abandon their cars on school run

Maidstone Borough Council's Planning Committee voted unanimously to expand Marden Primary Academy in the village of Marden, just outside Maidstone, Kent.

Culture

84 minutes ago 'There had been rumours that Ryan Giggs' restaurant would be sold for weeks'

George's in Worsley has been shut with 'immediate effect', staff have beeen told

Politics

28 hours ago The NINE things you can do to instantly make your home more sellable and attractive to buyers... by one of Britain's top property experts

The start of the year is the busiest time for the UK property market. It's no surprise: people can finally focus on listing their home after the hullabaloo of hosting family at Christmas.

Society

5 hours ago 'I'm a money saving guru – Aldi hack makes Valentine's meal for two for just £2.70'

A money saving account on TikTok – known as Cost of Living Crisis tips, shared his top tips for a three course meal for Valentine's Day for two people that costs just £2.70

Economics

5 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Tel wants Man Utd after snubbing Spurs, Garnacho latest, Villa eye Rashford, Chelsea chase Ferguson

The transfer window is approaching its final week as clubs in the Premier League and across Europe seek to close out deals

Sport

2 hours ago Portland police chief apologizes to mass shooting victims falsely said to be armed

Investigation first published by the Guardian proved volunteers at 2022 Black Lives Matter protest were unarmedThe chief of police in Portland, Oregon, acknowledged this week that the force had misled the public about a deadly attack on traffic-safety volunteers before a Black Lives Matter protest in 2022, by wrongly telling the media that the gunman had been confronted by “armed protesters”.In fact, as a visual investigation by the research group Forensic Architecture first published by the Guardian last year showed, the traffic-safety volunteers at the 19 February 2022 protest were unarmed, and trying to de-escalate the rightwing gunman when he opened fire. Continue reading...

Events

23 hours ago Council orders 'noisy' pub to tear down 32ft unauthorised teepee after locals' complaints over loud music blaring all day and night

Councillors ordered the Eagle and Child pub in Ramsbottom, Lancashire, to tear the teepee down last October after rejecting a retrospective planning application for it to remain permanently.

Culture

84 minutes ago 'Rumours surrounded Ryan Giggs' restaurant in weeks before it suddenly shut'

George's in Worsley has been shut with 'immediate effect', staff have beeen told

Politics

38 hours ago Heathrow airport expansion will smash our community, say nearby villagers

Hundreds of homes could be demolished in the west London villages of Harmondsworth and Longford if the expansion gets the green light.

Society

6 hours ago 'I'm a Vinted seller – making three simple adjustments earned me £400 in weeks'

A successful Vinted seller has shared her three top tips on how she started earning hundreds of pounds for selling her kids' old items on the reselling app - and it's easier than you might think

Economics

7 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Man Utd want Tel as Spurs rejected, Garnacho latest, Villa eye Rashford, Chelsea chase Ferguson

The transfer window is approaching its final week as clubs in the Premier League and across Europe seek to close out deals

Sport

2 hours ago The low keep getting lower, as shown by Trump’s response to the DC plane crash

When asked about his plans to visit the crash site, Trump made a joke: ‘The water? You want me to go swimming?’Every day, the world seems to get stupider and stupider and our leaders seem to get nastier and nastier. Nobody expects empathy or accuracy from Donald Trump but, even by the extremely low standards to which he is held, his reaction to the tragic mid-air collision in Washington DC that killed 67 people on Wednesday night was shocking. Continue reading...

Events

38 hours ago AP PHOTOS: The moment to restore broken baby Jesus figurines has come in Mexico

It might cost more to repair them than to buy new ones. But baby Jesus figurines have such sentimental value in families that every January an area in downtown Mexico City is full of people with the broken religious sculptures looking for a workshop for hands, legs, nose, eyes, eyelashes or fingers.

Culture

88 minutes ago I Who Have Never Known Men: the lost dystopia finding new readers after buzz on TikTok

First published in 1995 then virtually forgotten, a bleak tale of women caged by men has been embraced as a gen Z Handmaid’s TaleTwo people a year, or maybe three, used to buy Jacqueline Harpman’s novel I Who Have Never Known Men. Her story of a girl locked in a cage with 39 women in an underground bunker on a nameless world was published in 1995 then slid into obscurity.Something has changed since then, because the novel’s tale of sisterhood and survival has become one of the hottest reads this year, drawing comparisons to Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Octavia E Butler’s Parable series of novels. Continue reading...

Politics

7 hours ago The Taliban have no legal right to multibillion dollar Afghan fund, says US watchdog

The watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan says the Taliban have no legal right to billions of dollars in funds set aside to help Afghan people

Economics

22 hours ago France vs Wales LIVE: Six Nations 2025 match stream, latest score and rugby updates today

Six Nations kicks off tonight in Paris

Sport

3 hours ago UK's best takeaway coffee revealed as expert ranks flat whites from the 10 biggest chains

Which coffee chain serves the best beverage of all? Coffee expert, the self-styled Flat White Frank has been on a mission to taste and rank the offerings from the UK's most popular outlets.

Events

95 minutes ago Princess Beatrice 'may have extended olive branch to Harry and Meghan' after birth of Athena, expert says

Jennie Bond, the former BBC royal correspondent, said Beatrice may have 'pinged a picture of two [of Athena] to Harry and Meghan' after the birth.

Politics

9 hours ago We tried to spend £20 in Chinatown between two people and this is what happened

There was still some value to be found in the popular neighbourhood

Economics

23 hours ago Father recalls 'darkest hours of his life' after being told to say final goodbyes to his baby boy during emergency open

Joe Silver, 32, who lives in Harrogate with his wife of five years, Charlotte, also 32, said their first and only child, Billy, was not breathing when he was born four weeks prematurely.

Sport

3 hours ago 'Philadelphia air ambulance crash saw little girl's life snatched away in cruellest way imaginable'

A little girl was among six people dead after a plane careered into a residential Philadelphia neighbourhood – the youngster was travelling with her mother and four others in the Learjet 55, a medical transport jet, when it crashed.

Events

1 hour ago Virologist Wendy Barclay: ‘Wild avian viruses are mixing up their genetics all the time. It’s like viral sex on steroids’

The British scientist on the risk of humans contracting bird flu, how people would cope with new lockdowns and being asked to pour the tea because she is a womanWendy Barclay is a leading British virologist and head of the department of infectious disease and the Action Medical Research chair in virology at Imperial College London. An expert on the pathogenesis and transmissibility of influenza viruses, she served on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) and the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag) during the Covid-19 pandemic, providing advice on the risks posed by the coronavirus and appropriate medical countermeasures.What prompted you to study virology? After I graduated from Cambridge with a degree in natural sciences I thought I might get a job with a pharmaceutical company. Then I saw that the Common Cold Unit in Salisbury was looking for a PhD to work on rhinoviruses, the viruses that cause the common cold. I hadn’t studied virus...

Politics

9 hours ago Hamas releases two Israeli hostages to Red Cross under Gaza ceasefire deal

A total of 33 Israeli hostages are expected to be released in initial six weeks of truce

Economics

24 hours ago Tierney Celtic return could be on THIS week, what next for Gerrard and will Rangers win the Europa League – watch Game On

Join our team every Friday for a mix of serious debate and a lighter look at the major sporting events

Sport

3 hours ago Washington DC plane crash Black Hawk Army chopper 'was on president evacuation training drill'

The Black Hawk helicopter destroyed this week when it collided with an American Airlines flight landing in Washington DC had been on a drill in preparation of evacuating the president

Events

2 hours ago Meghan Markle joins Jessica Alba to celebrate Kerry Washington's birthday in spiritual gathering

Meghan Markle made a surprise appearance at Kerry Washington’s birthday this week.

Politics

9 hours ago Hamas releases three Israeli hostages to Red Cross under Gaza ceasefire deal

A total of 33 Israeli hostages are expected to be released in initial six weeks of truce

Economics

25 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal's Watkins update, Man Utd want Geovany Quenda, Tel fee agreed

The transfer window is approaching its final week as clubs in the Premier League and across Europe seek to close out deals

Sport

4 hours ago Chilling American Airlines crash 'evacuation conspiracy theory' confirmed by defence sources

Wednesday's collision between an American Airlines flight and a US military helicopter in Washington DC was the US' deadliest aviation disaster in more than two decades, killing 67 people

Events

2 hours ago Netflix viewers provide one verdict as The Recruit returns for season two

Popular spy series returned this week

Politics

10 hours ago LookFantastic slashes price of 'lovely' designer perfume to £40 in weekend flash sale

Dubbed 'one of the best perfumes I have ever smelled' by a smitten shopper, it seems that Diamonds are a girl's best friend after all.

Economics

27 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal's Watkins bid, Man Utd want Geovany Quenda, Tel fee agreed

The transfer window is approaching its final week as clubs in the Premier League and across Europe seek to close out deals

Sport

4 hours ago US Army refuses to name third pilot killed on Black Hawk chopper in DC plane crash

Three Army pilots in the Black Hawk helicopter were killed when it collided with the American Airlines flight 5342 in Washington DC on Wednesday, with 67 people killed in the tragedy

Events

2 hours ago Ron DeSantis tried to crusade against undocumented students. Florida is fighting back

Latest anti-immigration agenda pushes to strip in-state tuition rates from tens of thousands of college studentsIt was a week in which two of Ron DeSantis’s flagship culture war crusades – education and immigration – collided. And it did not end well for Florida’s hard-right Republican governor.Alongside a revolt by previously loyal lawmakers upset by DeSantis’s “power grab” in trying to write and impose immigration law, he also found himself under fire from tens of thousands of undocumented college and university students furious at his push to strip them of in-state tuition rates. Continue reading...

Politics

15 hours ago ANDREW NEIL: Will we EVER escape the malevolent shadow of Covid? It wrecked Britain's work ethic, added a trillion to our national debt, crippled the NHS

It was five years ago this week that the first folk on British soil - two Chinese nationals staying in a York hotel, as it happens - tested positive for coronavirus.

Economics

27 hours ago Enzo Maresca admits transfer talk has '100 per cent' impacted Chelsea players

Blues have slumped in recent weeks ahead of clash against West Ham

Sport

4 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners and detainees released as Rafah crossing opens for first time since May

Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon all released on SaturdayHere are images coming in of people in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square watching a screen broadcasting news footage of this morning’s hostage releases.The Guardian’s Peter Beaumont is reporting on these latest hostage releases. Continue reading...

Events

15 hours ago Bank of England 'trusted less by women as they feel inflation first', study finds

They tend to do the weekly food shop so notice rising prices sooner, it showed. A lack of understanding of monetary policy and lower financial confidence also dented women's trust in the Bank.

Economics

28 hours ago Manchester City to face Real Madrid in Champions League playoff; transfer news: football – live

Champions League playoffs: Bayern to face CelticTen things to look out for this weekend | Mail SimonUefa are still preambling. I have learned that one side of the draw will be silver and the other side will be blue.Uefa are going big on the preambles here, so I’ve got time to remind you of the basic rules. There are eight seeded teams and eight unseeded teams. The two seeded teams with the highest league finish will be drawn against the two unseeded teams with the lowest league finish and so on, until everyone’s paired up. So Atalanta will play Sporting or Brugge, and Borussia Dortmund will play the other one, while PSG will play Monaco or Brest and Benfica will get the other one. You can play teams from your own country, and teams you played in the group. Got it? Great. Continue reading...

Sport

5 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners and detainees released as Rafah crossing opens

Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon all released on SaturdayHere are images coming in of people in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square watching a screen broadcasting news footage of this morning’s hostage releases.The Guardian’s Peter Beaumont is reporting on these latest hostage releases. Continue reading...

Events

3 hours ago WWE Royal Rumble 2025: Start time tonight, live stream and confirmed match card

The road to WrestleMania officially begins this weekend

Politics

21 hours ago Instagram boss Adam Mosseri reveals popular user 'hack' for boosting likes and views DOESN'T actually work

Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri, 42, shared some secrets to optimizing users' presence on the social media app, in an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com this week.

Economics

30 hours ago Champions League and Europa League playoff draws, transfer news: football – live

European playoff draws due to begin at 11am (GMT)Ten things to look out for this weekend | Mail SimonChelsea have joined the race to sign the Brighton & Hove Albion striker Evan Ferguson. Brighton are willing to sell or loan the Republic of Ireland international, who has been the subject of interest from Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Bournemouth, Everton Tottenham and West Ham.Champions League and Europa League draws will be happening over the next couple of hours: the Champions League goes first, at 12pm CET/11am GMT, with the Europa League an hour later. Continue reading...

Sport

5 hours ago Second body found in search for sisters who disappeared more than three weeks ago

A second body was found on Friday evening, Police Scotland confirmed

Events

4 hours ago Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China: will they spark a trade war?

As the US president imposes import taxes on three major trading partners, we examine the potential repercussionsDonald Trump has vowed to impose sweeping tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China this weekend.There will be 25% tariffs on goods coming into the US from Canada and Mexicoand 10% on imports from China. Continue reading...

Politics

23 hours ago Instagram boss Adam Mosseri shares algorithm secrets and reveals popular tool for boosting likes DOESN'T work

Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri, 42, shared some secrets to optimizing users' presence on the social media app, in an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com this week.

Economics

32 hours ago Sports quiz of the week: Six Nations, big deals, big hitters and Champions League

Have you been paying attention to the big (and small) stories in football, rugby, cricket, tennis, golf and NFL? Continue reading...

Sport

6 hours ago Thousands of Brits left furious as they are hit with huge energy bills as suppliers break rules to charge them for 'back bills'

BBC Radio 4's Money Box reported 3,308 people complained to the energy ombudsman about receiving 'back bills' in the year to September 2024 despite the practice being outlawed

Events

4 hours ago Lindsay Lohan shares rare snaps of son, Luai, 18 months, on sweet family trip

Hollywood star, Lindsay Lohan, gave birth to her first child, Luai, who she shares with husband, Bader Shammas, 18 months ago, but rarely shares snaps of the tot

Politics

23 hours ago Is current account switching boom driven by cash carrots on offer from banks

More than a million people switched current account last year - the second time it has ticked over the 1m mark.

Economics

33 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal's Watkins bid, Man Utd set Garnacho price amid Chelsea interest, Tel fee agreed

The transfer window is approaching its final week as clubs in the Premier League and across Europe seek to close out deals

Sport

6 hours ago Is THIS Britain's unluckiest holidaymaker? Dad could have his legs AMPUTATED after catching horror disease on family holiday

Jeff Zvonova, 44, spent a week in Bulgaria with his wife Jelena and youngest son Andrew as they took a break from their busy schedules, but the holiday quickly became a nightmare.

Events

4 hours ago After Nestlé confirms it is discontinuing rare Kitkat bar, it launches three ‘game

Nestlé has introduced new designs to ‘create moments of connection’ between people sharing the chocolate bar.

Politics

23 hours ago The Lib Dem council pleading poverty as it tries to hike taxes by 25 per cent... while one of its senior executives is 'Working From Home' 3,500 miles away in Kyrgyzstan!

It's a long way from the cobbled streets of Windsor to the Central Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan. Three-and-a-half thousand miles, in fact.

Economics

6 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners released as Rafah crossing opens

Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon all released on SaturdayHere are images coming in of people in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square watching a screen broadcasting news footage of this morning’s hostage releases.The Guardian’s Peter Beaumont is reporting on these latest hostage releases. Continue reading...

Events

4 hours ago Only those with 'expert' eyesight can spot snake hiding in less than 30 seconds

An optical illusion challenge is asking people to find a Kenyan sand boa snake hiding in a photo - but only those with perfect attention to details are able to spot it on their first try

Politics

24 hours ago Salford’s social housing tenants to pay up to £20 a month more after rent hike

The city council pushed through the new rates this week

Economics

6 hours ago 7 best indie games released in January 2025 – small treats to kick off the year in style

January was a good time to be a fan of indie games, with plenty of quirkier titles releasing between the huge, tentpole AAA releases.

Events

4 hours ago ‘People wanted change’: Scranton felt the pinch – but are Trump tariffs the answer?

Voters in Biden’s home town turned to Trump to lower prices, but some are wary of the president’s economic plansThe annual Downtown on Ice festival is under way in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Ice sculptures are dotted around the city – there was little chance of them melting as an Arctic blast pulled temperatures down to 15F (-9C).Inside Boscov’s, a 100-year-old department store, Sue Sloan says she can’t wait for spring. The 60–year-old housekeeper says she’s also looking for other changes. “Everything is so expensive,” she says. “Food prices, eggs, meat, gas, electricity, everything. It’s terrible,” she says. Continue reading...

Politics

24 hours ago Manchester City to face Real Madrid in playoff, Brighton reject £75m Mitoma bid: football – live

Champions League playoffs: Bayern to face CelticTen things to look out for this weekend | Mail SimonUefa are still preambling. I have learned that one side of the draw will be silver and the other side will be blue.Uefa are going big on the preambles here, so I’ve got time to remind you of the basic rules. There are eight seeded teams and eight unseeded teams. The two seeded teams with the highest league finish will be drawn against the two unseeded teams with the lowest league finish and so on, until everyone’s paired up. So Atalanta will play Sporting or Brugge, and Borussia Dortmund will play the other one, while PSG will play Monaco or Brest and Benfica will get the other one. You can play teams from your own country, and teams you played in the group. Got it? Great. Continue reading...

Economics

7 hours ago Matt Grimes and partner release personal statements after shock Swansea City exit

The former Swans' captain had just bought a new house in Swansea with his family, and just weeks later he signed for Coventry City in a big money deal

Events

5 hours ago Barbara Hepworth’s string sculptures exhibited in public for first time

Artist’s fascination with string is focus of show opening next week with works not seen beyond private collectionsFor more than 60 years, Barbara Hepworth’s Winged Figure has loomed over London’s Oxford Street, hanging off the side of its John Lewis store. Made of aluminium and incorporating slender rods, it is one of dozens of “string” sculptures the Cornwall-based artist created during her five-decade career.Unlike Winged Figure, many of these works have never been publicly displayed. That is about to change as they go on show in a London gallery in the first ever dedicated exhibition on Thursday. Continue reading...

Politics

24 hours ago Musselburgh Cheltenham Trials has Henry Brooke buzzing as David Power Jockeys’ Cup adds spice to bumper £400k weekend

The east Lothian course is staging a bumper two-day meeting this weekend

Economics

7 hours ago Is THIS Britain's unluckiest holidaymaker: Dad could have his legs AMPUTATED after catching horror disease on family holiday

Jeff Zvonova, 44, spent a week in Bulgaria with his wife Jelena and youngest son Andrew as they took a break from their busy schedules, but the holiday quickly became a nightmare.

Events

5 hours ago Steven Gerrard's huge Saudi earnings, Jordan Henderson disappointment, sacking statement

Steven Gerrard left his role as El-Ettifaq's manager in the Saudi Pro League this week after a turbulent tenure which saw Jordan Henderson abandon the project and key personnel sacked

Politics

25 hours ago BBC The Traitors' Alexander inspires £60k charity donation after touching ITV appearance

The Traitors star made a rare appearance on Good Morning Britain this week - and fans flocked to donate to his chosen charity after hearing his story

Economics

7 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Rafah crossing opens as Hamas releases three more Israeli hostages

Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon all released on SaturdayHere are images coming in of people in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square watching a screen broadcasting news footage of this morning’s hostage releases.The Guardian’s Peter Beaumont is reporting on these latest hostage releases. Continue reading...

Events