49 h. ago Middle class types wanting to soothe their liberal guilt and 'save the planet' are to blame for so much... and we all suffer for it: STEPHEN DAISLEY

Ross Greer and Gillian Mackay, the new co-leaders of the Scottish Green Party, fill me with existential dread.

Politics

3 d. ago Life in the middle class town with the worst debt per person in Britain: How locals are facing endless cuts as its council owes more than £2 BILLION

But the commuter town in Surrey is hiding a financial crisis - so deep that its council is £2 billion under and has the highest levels of debt per person in Britain.

Economics

5 d. ago Everyone's seen the video of the terrified British schoolgirl who seems to be brandishing a knife and axe. This is the horrendous reality: STEPHEN DAISLEY

It is a grim portrait straight from the streets of broken Britain. A teenage girl filmed allegedly brandishing a knife and an axe in Dundee last Saturday.

Economics

6 d. ago Everyone's seen the video of the terrified British schoolgirl who seems to be brandishing a knife and axe. This is the horrendous truth: STEPHEN DAISLEY

It is a grim portrait straight from the streets of broken Britain. A teenage girl filmed allegedly brandishing a knife and an axe in Dundee last Saturday.

Economics

8 d. ago I know what's really behind Nicola Sturgeon's latest antics... and this is why I'm starting to believe some of those conspiracy theories: STEPHEN DAISLEY

I'm not one for conspiracy theories but I'm beginning to wonder if Nicola Sturgeon is secretly working for Westminster.

Politics

1 week ago Lucy Connolly's jail torment revealed: Truth about the middle

Roughly handcuffed, she was bundled to another wing housing violent inmates and treated so forcefully that she was left in agony.

Events

1 week ago Great British Sewing Bee judge laments ‘loss of pride in making things’

BBC show’s judge feels the arts are now pastimes that middle-class people pay money to do

Events

1 week ago A man from Shiraz bares his scars: Shayan Sajadian’s best photograph

‘Censorship in Iran is pervasive. The state is unwilling to allow an honest portrayal of public life. I focus on the overlooked’Shiraz, my home town, is widely known as the city of Hafez and Saadi – two of Iran’s greatest poets. It is celebrated for its poetry, wine, and the scent of orange blossoms. But beneath this beauty lies a darker reality that I feel compelled to expose through my lens.I was born into a middle-class family, and grew up quite isolated from the outside world. My grandfather had been addicted to drugs and alcohol, and my mother’s childhood was often filled with conflict and violence. Her deep-seated fear of harmful people and bad influences led her to become extremely distrustful of others, and she built a metaphorical wall around us. Despite financial difficulties, my parents made an effort to raise us in a more affluent area. I had almost no real understanding of Shiraz or its people and only started exploring its older, historical districts after returning fr...

Culture

2 w. ago DAN HODGES: Palestine Action IS a terror group. But its liberal, middle

Deborah Hinton had been left in 'a state of trauma'. 'I was shaking,' the 81-year-old former magistrate explained as she reclined in her stylish armchair in her home in Gorran Haven, Cornwall.

Events

2 w. ago Student from 'poor' background admits plot to sell drugs at Creamfields festival to make money so she 'could keep up with her middle class friends'

Student Jasmine Mattis, now 20, decided to smuggled drugs into Creamfields music festival to make money because she struggled to ape her former classmates' lavish lifestyles, a court heard.

Events

2 w. ago The empires strike back as Premier League enters uncertain new era

The Premier League’s remarkable capacity for storylines continues and the new season sees the old big six having raided the ‘middle class’ for their best talent

Politics

3 w. ago A&E waits fuel 4,000 attacks on NHS staff a year: One worker is attacked every two hours in 'tinder box' hospitals as nurses face violence and gun threats

Middle-class patients and their families are among those driven to rage by long waits and dehumanising care in corridors, the Royal College of Nursing said.

Events

3 w. ago Environment groups are too white and middle class, says green boss

Asad Rehman (pictured), who became the first person of colour to lead Friends of the Earth this week, said more needed to be done as he pledged to develop a diverse movement.

Events

3 w. ago Scientist reveals how many burgers you should eat every month to save the planet

Whether you have yours with pickles or extra cheese, a burger can be one of the most satisfying meals to tuck into. But you should only eat one once every two weeks to help curb climate change.

Science

3 w. ago Brits should only eat a burger once every 2 WEEKS to save the planet, climate scientist claims

Whether you have yours with pickles or extra cheese, a burger can be one of the most satisfying meals to tuck into. But you should only eat one once every two weeks to help curb climate change.

Science

4 w. ago The Confessions of Samuel Pepys by Guy de la Bédoyère review – sex and the city

Newly decoded extracts from his diaries expose the celebrated 17th-century diarist and naval administrator as a rapacious sexual predatorSamuel Pepys’s diary, which covers 1660 to 1669, is regarded as one of the great classic texts in the English language. Words spill out of Pepys – 1.25m of them – as he bustles around London, building a successful career as a naval administrator while navigating the double trauma of the plague and the Great Fire of London. Historians have long gone to the diary for details of middle-class life during the mid‑17th century: the seamy streets, the watermen, the taverns and, as Pepys moves up the greasy pole, the court and the king. Best of all is his eye for the picturesque detail: the way, for instance, on the morning of 4 September 1666, as fire licks around his house, Pepys buries a choice parmesan cheese in the garden with the intention of keeping it safe.Not all of the diary is in English, though. Quite a lot of it is in French (or rather Frangla...

Politics

4 w. ago The Confessions of Samuel Pepys by Guy de la Bédoyère review – journal of a predator

Newly decoded extracts expose the celebrated 17th-century diarist and naval administrator as a rapacious abuserSamuel Pepys’s diary, which covers 1660 to 1669, is regarded as one of the great classic texts in the English language. Words spill out of Pepys – 1.25m of them – as he bustles around London, building a successful career as a naval administrator while navigating the double trauma of the plague and the Great Fire of London. Historians have long gone to the diary for details of middle-class life during the mid‑17th century: the seamy streets, the watermen, the taverns and, as Pepys moves up the greasy pole, the court and the king. Best of all is his eye for the picturesque detail: the way, for instance, on the morning of 4 September 1666, as fire licks around his house, Pepys buries a choice parmesan cheese in the garden with the intention of keeping it safe.Not all of the diary is in English, though. Quite a lot of it is in French (or rather Franglais), Latin, Spanish and a ...

Politics