56 h. ago Edward Enninful: ‘Britain feels less tolerant now than we were in the 90s’

The former British Vogue editor reflects on his early years in London, the importance of celebrating diversity and why he takes comfort in the younger generationWhen Edward Enninful was scouted on the tube travelling through London in 1988, it changed his life. The Ghanaian teenager, newly arrived in Britain, was drawn into the capital’s creative scene of the 90s – as a model, then stylist and, by 18, the fashion director of i-D magazine.“It was the height of the YBA [Young British Artists] movement – Jay Jopling, Tracey Emin. I met Kate [Moss] at a casting,” he recalls. “Then Naomi [Campbell] for a cover, and I knew we’d be great friends. We all hung out across disciplines. Friday rolled into Saturday into Sunday. I miss that rawness.” Continue reading...

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63 h. ago The great Polish exodus: The arrival of 100,000s of Poles changed the face of Britain, but now they're returning home in droves for a better life in their low

New statistics reveal that while 7,000 Poles arrived in the year ending last June, 25,000 returned home: a net outflow of 18,000. The UK's total Polish population has shrunk to 750,000.

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1 week ago ‘Each speaker is the price of a car’: How listening bars changed Britain’s big night out

As the UK’s clubbing scene struggles to survive, a new nightlife offering is on the rise. Lydia Spencer-Elliott investigates the appeal of London’s listening bars, which are still keeping the capital dancing

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1 week ago ‘A joyous and emotional journey’: immersive exhibition charts Coventry’s south Asian heritage

Hardish Virk uses photography, film, music and his family’s memorabilia to tell a wider story of migration and community resilienceAs you enter the living room at the Stories That Made Us exhibition, a stereo plays the Hindi anthem Yeh Dosti Hum Nahi Todenge. It’s a ballad celebrating friendship and love from the epic film Sholay. Beside the stereo, sits a bottle of Johnnie Walker and a red glass decanter. On the table are copies of the Punjabi newspaper Des Pardes, which translates as “home abroad”.The scene, which depicts the childhood home of Coventry-born curator and artist Hardish Virk, is one of several spaces in an immersive exhibition at the city’s Herbert Art Gallery & Museum. It traces four decades of the experiences of south Asians as they arrived and adapted to the social, political and cultural changes in modern Britain. Continue reading...

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1 week ago London publican: The business rates increase will 'change the face of Britain' as pubs will close

Tim Skinner has worked in the pub industry since 13 and said it’s never been so tough

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2 w. ago 'Things have to change, Britain is a mess. Trump is throwing his full weight behind Nigel': Inside the MAGA plot to make Farage Prime Minister... and why it could happen sooner than anyone thinks

Donald Trump has vowed to 'throw his whole weight' behind Nigel Farage to help him to become Prime Minister by 2027, sources on both sides of the Atlantic have told The Mail on Sunday.

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2 w. ago Good Morning Britain viewers demand format change after awkward on

One star on Good Morning Britain faced an awkward moment on the ITV show during Friday's episode.

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2 w. ago Bride panics when £100 AliExpress wedding dress arrives at door

A bride-to-be shared her experience of buying a wedding dress online from AliExpress

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2 w. ago ‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement

At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recoveryThe manically melodic song of the nightingale is a rare sound in Britain these days, but not at Maple Farm. Four years ago, a single bird could be heard at this secluded spot in rural Surrey; this summer, they were everywhere. “We were hearing them calling all night, from five different territories,” says Meg Cookson, lead ecologist for the Youngwilders, pointing to the woodland around us. A group of Youngwilders were camping out at the site, but the birds were so loud, “we couldn’t sleep all night,” says Layla Mapemba, the group’s engagement lead. “We were all knackered the next day, but it was so cool.” An expert from the Surrey Wildlife Trust came to help them net and ring one of the nightingales the next morning, Cookson recalls: “He’d never held a nightingale in his hands before. He was crying.”Rewilding is ...

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2 w. ago Kremlin rejects peace proposal from Europe as it rains death on Zelensky's war

Britain, Germany and France had proposed key changes to the contentious 28-point peace plan which was put together by White House and Kremlin officials last week.

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3 w. ago What does the left want? A wealth tax. What will that accomplish? Very little | Aditya Chakrabortty

Imposing a 1% levy on the super-rich isn’t a policy, it’s pantomime. Tackling inequality in Britain will require much more far-reaching changesBy this time next week you will be digesting the budget, you lucky thing. Yet even before Rachel Reeves has commended a single damn thing to the house, her efforts have been written off as a “shambles”, from a “chaotic” government that is Labour in name alone. Which begs the question: what is the leftwing alternative?Because there is one, on which agreement stretches from Labour backbenchers to many of their opponent MPs and far beyond. Whether you listen to Zack Polanski or Zarah Sultana, the TUC or the YouTubers, they all call for a wealth tax – stinging the rich to pay for schools and hospitals. Who could be against such a thing?Aditya Chakrabortty is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Russian spy ship targeted RAF pilots with lasers, says UK defence secretary

John Healey warns that Britain’s rules of engagement have been changed in response to Yantar’s activities

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4 w. ago Contactless travel ban to major London airport and dozens of commuter towns to be scrapped

Tens of thousands of people have been hit with £100 fines on arriving at Stansted airport

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4 w. ago UK government set to make support for asylum seekers ‘discretionary’

Home secretary expected to change system to deny help to those who can work or who have assetsShabana Mahmood is expected to announce changes to Britain’s asylum system on Monday in an attempt to quell rising fears about immigration.The home secretary plans to amend laws that guarantee housing and financial support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute. Continue reading...

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