29 h. ago Nature reserve vandalists steal expensive flowers and logs 'for their trendy middle class wood burners'

Volunteers at a community garden in New Milton, Hants, are up in arms after snowdrop flowers and logs had been stolen by a green-fingered thief.

Events

4 d. ago Voices: Let’s end the performative hell of compulsory World Book Day costumes

I’m not saying social media is fetishising the act of reading as a nostalgic, middle class pursuit regardless of the child’s actual interests, but what I am saying is there are an awful lot of Pippi Longstocking outfits on Instagram, writes Emma Kernahan

Politics

8 d. ago Salman Rushdie out, Dan Brown in: why it’s time to detoxify our middle

Drop the pretence: instead of parading a love of highbrow literature, just enjoy the books you want to readToughen up. It’s the end of the line for soft, middle-class authors. Lefty-baiting headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh has declared that “gentle parenting” advice books by middle-class writers are sabotaging families by insisting adults become friends with their children.She’s probably got a point – most mums and dads have watched with a cocked eyebrow as a Boden-clad parent has tranquilly informed little Johnny that punching another child in the face while playing in the sandpit “might not be what they like” – but I say Birbalsingh is not going far enough. Why stop with the parenting books? Why not fillet the whole damn bookcase of toxically middle-class ideas? Visionaries such as Chairman Mao have tried it before – with, admittedly, mixed results – but this time we’ll do it right. Continue reading...

Events

9 d. ago Pretty UK seaside town is one of the cheapest in England with £109k homes

This heritage-rich coastal town boasts nature reserves, cycle tracks, and sandy beaches, while also being one of the most affordable coastal towns to buy a home in the UK

Economics

1 week ago Inside the crimes of Britain's worst paedophile as video of 'joking' arrest revealed

One the surface, Matthew Falder was a respectable, middle-class university professor, but he led a dark double life which saw him blackmail a teenager into raping a boy aged four

Events

2 w. ago How middle class is YOUR makeup? Here's what your beauty products REALLY say about you and the two products you'd never have

A middle class make-up bag is the grooming equivalent of a Barbour jacket - it's filled with cosmetics that are reliable, practical and not too fussy.

Politics

2 w. ago Beloved feral goats on Langholm Moor nature reserve to be culled by rewilding company

Members of the community said the wild beasts ‘mean a lot to people’.

Politics

2 w. ago BRIAN VINER reviews I'm Still Here: Chilling reality behind the glitz of Pele's Brazil

BRIAN VINER: I'm Still Here tells the true story of the affluent, middle-class Paiva family whose comfortable life was ripped apart following that sound in all totalitarian countries: the knock on the door.

Politics

2 w. ago 'Magnificent' raptor from Scottish nature reserve disappears under 'suspicious circumstances'

RSPB Scotland said police had carried out a search for the bird, but cannot find it

Events

2 w. ago Are mushrooms REALLY the new wonder drug? Read our ultimate guide to the 'shroom boom'

It's been dubbed the 'shroom boom' - the huge increase in demand for products containing 'medicinal' mushrooms...

Events

2 w. ago Rare Scots bird vanishes near grouse moors where several others disappeared

The young Hen Harrier, named Red by local schoolchildren, hatched in 2024 in Tarras Valley Nature Reserve, near Langholm in Dumfriesshire.

Events

2 w. ago I've found the secret to hosting the perfect dinner party in my 50s... giving this very misunderstood drug to my guests. It's taking over my middle

This weekend I am giving a dinner party that will have a little something extra - a sprinkling of ingredients with exotic names like 'liberty cap'

Society

2 w. ago Lockerbie Wildlife Trust members enjoy a talk on the history of Eskrigg Nature Reserve

Jim Rae's illustrated talk called Eskrigg Nature Reserve 1986-2025 was enthralling and full of details.

Politics

3 w. ago To these Black retirees, the federal civil service now under attack was a path to the middle class

The federal civil service that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are dismantling has been a way for people of color, in particular Black Americans, to get a toehold into the middle class for decades, as other occupations were closed off because of racial discrimination or patronage

Events