46 m. ago How to bag a bargain in premium economy: Here's how to get up to 63 per cent off your holiday flights

Can't afford first or business class but want something more comfortable than economy? That's why 'premium economy' was invented.

Economics

1 hour ago To Rest Our Minds and Bodies by Harriet Armstrong review – a singular new voice

This blackly comic debut is an astute and funny examination of the pain and pleasure of first loveThe heart is a peculiar organ. It wants what it wants, as Emily Dickinson wrote. Especially when you’re young and have no previous experience of love and desire, or the deleterious effects of time on both. This is the core subject of 24-year-old Harriet Armstrong’s debut novel, To Rest Our Minds and Bodies, published by the consistently adventurous independent press Les Fugitives.When the unnamed narrator, a third-year psychology student, meets fellow student Luke in their campus kitchen, she falls hard. They begin sharing meals and confidences in her room, which bears a “suicide beam” running the length of the ceiling. This memento mori is archly juxtaposed with the narrator’s breathless infatuation, which feels as if “some great transition was occurring inside me, something was aligning, I could actually feel it”. She finds herself “wide open and completely soft like a small trem...

Events

2 h. ago Love Island winner looks unrecognisable 20 years after winning the show

Celebrity Love Island was the original version of the ITV dating show and ran for two series between 2005 and 2006

Politics

3 h. ago Voices: A ‘lower body spray’ for boys? What in the fresh hell is this?

Women and girls have been targeted for years by so-called ‘feminine hygiene’ products, so perhaps a new version for teenage boys is simply levelling the playing field, writes Georgina Fuller. But as a mother, I find it more than a little disturbing

Politics

5 h. ago UK's most affordable seaside towns where you can buy a home for as cheap as £122k

You can bag a bargain property by the sea in one of these 10 coastal areas

Economics

7 h. ago Home Bargains' 'soft' £30 coat looks 'just like' £175 Dryrobe version

The two waterproof changing robes look very similar - but there's a huge price difference

Economics

8 h. ago Popular soft play cafe reopens with delicious pastries and cakes

I'm loathed to tell you about it really

Politics

13 h. ago Oasis reunion tour: the band close out their first tour date in Cardiff – follow the reaction live!

Noel and Liam Gallagher got back together on stage for the first time since 2009. See how it unfolded here – from setlist to stadium singalongs – and follow the reactionWhile the Oasis subreddit is overspilling with speculation and excitement about the first gigs of the reunion tour, the Cardiff subreddit has been driven up the wall by banal questions from non-locals about travel logistics. It’s inspired increasingly deranged spoof posts about the so-called Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, that green Oasis® foam used for floral arrangements, the fruity soft drink Oasis and where you can weigh your sister in the city geddit oh-weigh-sis.Fans have been soaking up the atmosphere – though I’m not sure that cardboard Liam is too happy about it. Continue reading...

Society

15 h. ago Oasis reunion tour: the band play their first tour date in Cardiff – live!

It’s the most anticipated tour date in recent memory, bringing Noel and Liam Gallagher back together on stage for the first time since 2009. See it unfold here – from setlist to stadium singalongsWhile the Oasis subreddit is overspilling with speculation and excitement about the first gigs of the reunion tour, the Cardiff subreddit has been driven up the wall by banal questions from non-locals about travel logistics. It’s inspired increasingly deranged spoof posts about the so-called Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, that green Oasis® foam used for floral arrangements, the fruity soft drink Oasis and where you can weigh your sister in the city geddit oh-weigh-sis.Fans have been soaking up the atmosphere – though I’m not sure that cardboard Liam is too happy about it. Continue reading...

Society

16 h. ago Oasis reunion tour: the band begin their first tour date in Cardiff – live!

It’s the most anticipated tour date in recent memory, bringing Noel and Liam Gallagher back together on stage for the first time since 2009. See it unfold here – from setlist to stadium singalongsWhile the Oasis subreddit is overspilling with speculation and excitement about the first gigs of the reunion tour, the Cardiff subreddit has been driven up the wall by banal questions from non-locals about travel logistics. It’s inspired increasingly deranged spoof posts about the so-called Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, that green Oasis® foam used for floral arrangements, the fruity soft drink Oasis and where you can weigh your sister in the city geddit oh-weigh-sis.Fans have been soaking up the atmosphere – though I’m not sure that cardboard Liam is too happy about it. Continue reading...

Society

21 h. ago We pick out the cheapest men's sportswear in the incredible Gymshark 70% + 20% summer sale

Consumer writer Gareth Butterfield has trawled through hundreds of Gymshark products to find the biggest bargains in an amazing double discount sale

Politics

22 h. ago I have £100,000 in savings and investments and plan to retire by 40

London-based Mia Rose McGrath, 24, has 'almost £100,000 in savings and investments' and plans to 'soft retire' at 40. The savvy saver delivered a few financial home truths to her fans.

Economics

28 h. ago The Tour de France’s version of VAR? Get ready for yellow card controversy

Aggressive, dangerous or unsporting behaviour will be subject to review, as will ‘anything that arouses suspicion’The 2025 Tour de France could see yellow cards issued for bad behaviour by riders thanks to cycling’s answer to football’s VAR. Every touch of shoulders, switch of wheels, dramatic acceleration and multilingual insult in the peloton will be scrutinised by a growing number of in-race cameras and UCI commissaires.As part of the UCI’s bid to expand its repertoire of disciplinary and investigative tools, cards can be awarded for everything from celebrating a teammate’s win to riding on the pavement. The card system was trialled last year and is now being integrated into World Tour racing. Continue reading...

Politics

30 h. ago In a country where alcohol is banned, Pakistan’s top brewery is betting on soft drinks

Pakistan's top brewery has healthy financials despite an alcohol ban for Muslims in the Islamic country

Events

38 h. ago New Trump portrait goes on display after ‘the worst’ version taken down

A portrait with Donald Trump's approval has replaced a previous one in the Colorado Capital after the president described the original painting as "truly the worst."

Politics

38 h. ago Michael Madsen’s brooding charisma needed Tarantino to unlock it | Peter Bradshaw

The Reservoir Dogs and Donnie Brasco actor had a rare, sometimes scary power, as well as a winning self-awareness and levityMichael Madsen, star of Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill and Donnie Brasco, dies aged 67Michael Madsen– a life in picturesUntil 1992, when people heard Stuck in the Middle With You by Stealers Wheel on the radio, they might smile and nod and sing along to its catchy soft-rock tune and goofy Dylan-esque lyrics. But after 1992, with the release of Quentin Tarantino’s sensationally tense and violent crime movie Reservoir Dogs, the feelgood mood around that song forever darkened. That was down to an unforgettably scary performance by Michael Madsen, who has died at the age of 67.Stuck in the Middle, with its lyrics about being “so scared in case I fall off my chair”, was to be always associated with the image of Madsen, whom Tarantino made an icon of indie American movies, with his boxy black suit, sinister, ruined handsomeness and powerful physique running to fat, playin...

Politics

42 h. ago The hidden detail in Bryan Kohberger plea deal legal experts say everyone is overlooking

An Idaho prosecutor was slammed for offering quadruple-murderer Bryan Kohberger a plea deal, but legal experts have now revealed a key detail in the bargain they say guarantees justice.

Economics

43 h. ago Stop throwing away gin bottles because saving them could make you £10

Bargain hunter Kirsty is a part time eBay and Vinted seller, who managed to make a whopping £8,000 last year by getting rid of her unwanted items like gin bottles

Economics

46 h. ago Amazon Prime Day LIVE: these are the best tech, home and beauty deals to watch

Grab yourself a bargain with the best deals in the Amazon Prime Day 2025 sale rounded up here.

Politics

46 h. ago 'Luxury' £378 Elemis skincare set slashed by 78% at Home Bargains

The Elemis Skin Revival Serum and Mask Set is available to buy from Home Bargains at a fraction of its usual price

Economics