19 h. ago Beware moving to the 'wrong' country in retirement... you could miss out on £70k in state pension

Choosing to retire to one of the 150-odd countries around the world where the state pension is 'frozen' could mean your expat dream ends in poverty.

Economics

62 h. ago Orlando Bloom lets slip Pirates of the Caribbean 'return' during This Morning chat

Orlando Bloom has teased a return to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, saying he would love to 'get the band back together' on ITV's This Morning

Politics

5 d. ago After moving to the country I realised Soho is the real 'village' — now I never want to leave

Katie Glass left central London for Somerset, now she’s back — and argues Soho has far more ‘village’ appeal than the actual countryside

Politics

6 d. ago The hilarious reason you can be denied citizenship in Switzerland

Moving to Switzerland country offers numerous perks, including stunning natural scenery and a strong economy with great job opportunities.

Politics

7 d. ago Bruno Fernandes may be forced to abandon Man Utd exit plan after Al

Bruno Fernandes has been offered the opportunity to leave Manchester United for a lucrative contract in Saudi Arabia, but he has previously suggested moving to a different country

Politics

8 d. ago Morgan Wallen review – country’s biggest star sings of whiskey, heartbreak and more whiskey

Roundhouse, LondonPlaying a rare intimate show as new album I’m the Problem tops the charts, the laid-back American singer is hardly groundbreaking – but there are funny, moving momentsMorgan Wallen’s world domination continues apace. The country singer’s last two albums spent 29 weeks at the top of the US chart. This week his latest, fourth offering, I’m the Problem, had the biggest opening week of the year so far in the US as well as going straight in at No 1 in the UK.This prodigious achievement may owe a little to a canny release strategy: streaming metrics mean that longer albums often chart higher, and I’m the Problem weighs in at a staggering 37 tracks. Equally, all 37 are in the US singles chart this week, setting a new record – Wallen is a commercial phenomenon, the biggest country star to cross over to mainstream success since Taylor Swift. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Impossibly frustrating: why Mission: Impossible 8 was a major letdown

Audiences may have flocked to the Final Reckoning but Tom Cruise’s latest mission ends up being incredibly underwhelmingIf the title is sincere, and this really is the final reckoning, then it’s been a franchise of two halves. Mission: Impossible diehards tend to underrate the first half (which ran from Brian De Palma’s brisk 1996 original to 2011’s fun Ghost Protocol) as much as they overrate the second (which launched with 2015’s Rogue Nation). Yet the rumbles and grumbles emanating from public screenings suggests a disgruntled consensus is forming around the concluding instalment: that this is an altogether disjointed way to resolve the affairs of Ethan Hunt and his IMF crew, and a shaky way to ignite the movie summer season. Ninety minutes in which nothing happens over and over again, followed by 70 minutes of M:I B-roll.To better diagnose this latest glitch in the Hollywood machine, we need to return to the relighting of the fuse. This was the franchise to which Tom Cruise retr...

Events

1 week ago Colourful African country home to movie franchises is a £75 return flight from the UK

Morocco rocks - Sanjeeta Bains goes on a multi-centre mission most possible for fans of blockbuster movies such as James Bond, Mission: Impossible and the Bourne Ultimatum

Economics

2 w. ago Who is Doctor Who's Omega? All you need to know as classic villain returns

Doctor Who viewers will see a major villain return to the franchise after the latest episode set the scene for a reality to be torn apart to make way for evil

Science

2 w. ago Fear Street: Prom Queen review – disappointing Netflix teen slasher

After a surprisingly effective trilogy of horrors based on the RL Stine novels, a return to the throwback franchise is a frustratingly inert letdownThe Fear Street trilogy was one of the many casualties of the cinema-shuttering Covid pandemic, originally scheduled for an ambitious one-film-a-month summer release by Fox before being offloaded to Netflix. But while it was a little disappointing to see horror films made with such unusual cinematic flair released straight-to-smartphone, it was also a wise business decision, the unorthodox original strategy unlikely to have paid off.Based on the series of books by teen favourite RL Stine, the three films set up an exciting, expansive world, shifting between the 1660s to the 1970s to the 1990s, gliding from teen slasher to queer romance to supernatural fantasy and within a genre that typically fails to win critics over, they were surprise successes (each boasts a Rotten Tomatoes rating over 80%). It was a rousing win for writer-director L...

Politics

2 w. ago UK politics live: Net migration to UK plummets by more than 400,000 in a year

Difference between the number of people moving to the UK and leaving the country has fallen to the lowest level since the pandemic

Politics

2 w. ago Hannah Spearritt shows off new life with family in Costa Rica after quitting fame

S Club's Hannah Spearritt has been living in Costa Rica over the last few months after moving to the country from the UK with her husband and two children earlier this year

Politics

3 w. ago BBC's Jules Hudson says 'fingers crossed' as he makes major announcement

Escape to the Country star Jules Hudson took to social media to share a moving announcement ahead of an upcoming event, and the BBC presenter was inundated with support from fans.

Politics