35 h. ago Jared Harris: ‘Dad knocked out an Irishman then brought him round by throwing Guinness in his face’

Ahead of his new film Brave the Dark, the star of Mad Men and The Terror (and the son of Richard Harris) answers your questions about his favourite pub, feeling seasick in Hamlet and playing John LennonYou seem to have a predilection to play real-life characters who die prematurely. Who would you like to play who lives to old age? NeilHVWell, I don’t know if that’s true. Captain Crozier [from The Terror] didn’t die, and Lane Pryce [from Mad Men] wasn’t real. I would love to play [the 19th-century US president] Ulysses S Grant. His history has largely been written by southern US historians and so his achievements have largely been denigrated. But his campaigns are taught in all the military academies around the world. Despite a pretty disastrous presidency, he still managed to [sign a] Civil Rights Act – and he destroyed the Ku Klux Klan.When the civil war broke out he sold firewood by the side of the road to try to put food on the table for his family. Eight years later, he was pres...

Politics

6 d. ago ‘Food is political’: the TikTok star shining a light on South African cuisine’s hidden gems

Nick Hamman wants to help the local economy by enticing people to seek out township barbecues and family-run sandwich shopsSolly’s Corner, a fast food restaurant in downtown Johannesburg, was bustling. Slabs of hake and golden chips sizzled, green chillies were being chopped and homemade sauces distributed liberally into packed sandwiches.Food influencer and radio DJ Nick Hamman stepped behind the counter and was greeted as an old friend by Yoonas and Mohammed Akhalwaya, the father-son duo behind the family business in Fordsburg, a historical south Asian and Middle Eastern area. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago BUCKTIN: 'Family values' politician laced granddaughters' ice

In this week's round-up of bonkers news from across the Pond: cocaine sundaes, fake drownings and the Queen of Doomsday who has enough food to keep her family alive for 25 years

Politics

2 w. ago Cafe says 'we're not a library' in major new rule as it slams 'rude' customers

Coffi in Liverpool's city centre introduced the new rule and slammed 'rude' customers for bringing in their own food - including one who tried to tuck in to a family-sized tiramisu dessert at the venue

Economics

2 w. ago Chubby Dumpling: Joe and Chantel Yeung on family, street food and their must

For Joe and Chantel Yeung, dumplings are more than street food – they’re a family story that stretches from Hong Kong to a London market in a vintage fire engine. Hannah Twiggs sits down with the pair behind Chubby Dumpling to talk heritage, hard graft and the recipes that keep people queuing

Society

2 w. ago Meet the family behind Chubby Dumpling, the food truck London can’t stop queuing for

Meet the family behind Chubby Dumpling, the food truck London can’t stop queuing for  The Independent

Society

3 w. ago Albanian murderer posts TikTok video from his British jail cell begging to be sent to prison in his home country 'because the food is terrible and he wants to see his family'

Eugert Merizaj, 32, has been repeatedly posting on social media after being handed a 32-year sentence in May 2022 for the shotgun killing of rival drug dealer Hemawand Ali Hussein.

Events

3 w. ago “I want everyone to live like a Mediterranean nonna”: Anastasia Miari on preserving food, family and freedom through grandmothers’ recipes

Food writer and journalist Anastasia Miari tells Ella Walker how her new cookbook ‘Mediterranea’ celebrates the formidable women of the Mediterranean – and why their recipes offer more than just dinner

Society