39 h. ago TOM UTLEY: Imagine the furore if Dame Mary Beard had celebrated the demise of 'thicko black rugger buggers' at Cambridge!

Explaining why she thought Cambridge had become a more intelligent university since she and I were there in the 1970s, the celebrity classicist Dame Mary Beard came out with a remark...

Politics

3 d. ago Alan Titchmarsh stuns Mary Berry with email 10 days after appearing on show

Dame Mary Berry has revealed how she was left surprised after former Gardeners' World star Alan Titchmarsh emailed her after a recent TV appearance together

Politics

5 d. ago Dame Mary Beard says Cambridge is better without the 'thicko' rugby players of her day

The revered classicist and art historian believes that Cambridge has been 'transformed for the better' since her time there because 'there aren't any of those thick white rugger buggers'.

Sport

7 d. ago How a tiny French village became a hub of royals and rock stars

Ros Wynne-Jones visits a French retreat once revered by royalty and now loved by Hollywood legends. In 1660, King Louis XIV and his mum Anne of Austria made a pilgrimage to the Notre Dame de Grâces church here, to thank the Virgin Mary for Louis’ miraculous birth

Politics

8 d. ago TOM UTLEY: Are today's young really so pathetic they need help telling the difference between Rioja and Ribena?

During my misspent youth there were more occasions than I care to remember when I would stagger to work in the morning with the mother and father of all hangovers.

Politics

1 week ago Mary Berry opens up on Bake Off issue and says 'I didn't want a drama'

Dame Mary Berry has been a TV regular for more than five decades, but it was her time on the Great British Bake Off that made her a household name across the UK

Events

1 week ago Mary Berry admits 'I didn't want drama' as she shares Bake Off struggle

Former Great British Bake Off judge Dame Mary Berry has spoken about her time on the now Channel 4 programme and her thoughts about managing the contestants and their baking adventures

Events

2 w. ago My secrets to living to 90: Ditch the gym, eat toast every day and get a dog... MARY BERRY reveals the diet and daily habits that keep ageing at bay

It's DAME MARY BERRY's 90th birthday year. The national treasure talks to Richard Godwin about love, loss and her recipe for living well

Events

2 w. ago 'Don't go the gym, eat toast every day and get a dog': MARY BERRY reveals her secrets to living well at 90

It's DAME MARY BERRY's 90th birthday year. The national treasure talks to Richard Godwin about love, loss and her recipe for living well

Politics

2 w. ago TOM UTLEY: It's cruel and immoral of Reeves not to tell us whether she plans to snatch away tax

On the advice of my financial planners, this week I joined the stampede to grab a tax-free lump sum from my pension pot before next month's Budget , which so many of us dread.

Politics

2 w. ago Big Brother Late & Live’s celebrity House Guest lineup revealed as JoJo Siwa and Danny Beard return

BIG Brother has revealed its Late & Live celebrity lineup ahead of the new series. The ITV spin-off show will be reviewing all the in-house action over the course of the 25th anniversary series. Bringing their reality show expertise are JoJo Siwa, Oti Mabuse, Chloe Burrows, Danny Beard, David Potts, Angellica Bell and Harriet Rose....

Society