3 d. ago In 2025 reparations became central to UK ties with the Caribbean and Africa – so how do we move forward? | Kenneth Mohammed

This year was a pivotal one, in which the issue of restorative justice began to frame the UK’s post-imperial relationship with the global southA little while ago, I was interviewed for a forthcoming book about reparations by a black British comedian and his co-writer. I approached it with modest expectations. It is a serious subject for me as a Caribbean man, and I wondered whether the complexity might be flattened or trivialised in the process.I got to read the book this week. In The Big Payback, Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder take a complex, controversial and deeply contested subject and do something both rare and necessary: they break it down into its constituent parts and explain – debunking and demystifying along the way – why so many of the stock objections to reparations are intellectually incoherent, historically illiterate or politically evasive. Continue reading...

Events

5 d. ago Is your turkey Polish? Supermarkets accused of misleading shoppers with turkeys imported from the EU as bird flu outbreak on British farms hits supplies

Some of the country's most popular stores - including Asda, Morrisons, Lidl and Aldi - are filling shelves with imported birds to meet demand amid a bird flu outbreak, campaigners claim.

Economics

8 d. ago Children's author David Walliams denies inappropriate behavior after publisher drops him

British children's author and comedian David Walliams has denied allegations of inappropriate behavior after HarperCollins decided not to publish his future books

Culture

9 d. ago 'Heartbreaking' movie starring Emma Thompson shows why 'she's one of the greats’ on Film 4 tonight

A comedy drama ‘gem’ written by famed British comedian and actress Katy Brand examines tricky and very personal subjects with award-nominated performances from the leads

Culture

1 week ago British comedian lands back in the UK after spending five months trapped in Turkey accused of shoplifting £100 of clothes from a Zara store

Nelmes, 47, was accused of stealing £110 worth of clothes from a Zara store in Istanbul on July 22, after garments were allegedly found stuffed inside her backpack.

Economics

2 w. ago Hong Kong court finds democracy advocate and media tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty of sedition

British citizen Jimmy Lai faces prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison after his landmark national security trial

Events

3 w. ago Turkey firm that supplies £170 birds to Harrods is accused of breaking animal welfare standards in shocking undercover footage

Hockenhull Turkeys in Lincolnshire has been suspended from a food standards assurance scheme after it was accused of breaking animal welfare standards.

Economics

4 w. ago What Chicago's fight against ICE can teach us all about how to resist oppression | Zoe Williams

A harrowing US podcast documents a community’s struggle against immigration raids – and warns us about herd mentalityEarlier this year, the Trump administration reversed the convention that nobody would be snatched by immigration and customs enforcement, or ICE, by a school, church or hospital. Since then, teachers have reported classrooms a third empty, as parents are too scared to send their kids in – volunteers walk them there and back.In the Rogers Park area of Chicago, a group of citizens are organising to resist such immigration raids. Sometimes, it’s simple non-violent tactics, such as slowing officers down by walking in front of them. Last month, 50 people rushed to a church, where the congregation was trapped, having got word that there were ICE agents waiting outside. Maybe their most evocative tactic is whistles – coded blasts for when a convoy is suspected to be ICE agents, a different code when it’s confirmed. They have numerous accounts of undocumented migrants warned ...

Politics