2 h. ago 'When people first visit our pub, they’ll come in as a stranger and leave a friend'

Our Pub of the Week feature continues as we head over to Eccles for a historic celeb-haunt of a venue

Politics

61 h. ago Six things you need to know as former boxer leaves friend for dead

Thomas Griffiths killed his friend Christian Dean in Porth, Rhondda

Events

4 d. ago International sport star, 25, dies as sad tributes paid to 'cherished' team

Former Polish national rugby team player turned jiu-jitsu star Polina Krakowska has died, with tributes paid to the "friend and soulmate who will leave behind a void"

Events

5 d. ago ‘Lunch could last all day – and night’: inside Coco Chanel’s sun

The French fashion designer’s lavish Mediterranean villa was frequented by everyone from Dalí to Garbo to Stravinsky to Churchill. It has now been lovingly restored – with a thrillingly bolstered libraryIt is the place where Salvador Dalí painted The Enigma of Hitler, a haunting landscape featuring a giant telephone receiver that seems to be crying a tear over a cutout picture of the Fuhrer. Conceived in 1939, the work seems to anticipate war. It is also the place where Winston Churchill penned parts of his multi-volume A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, and painted its dappled-light view. Somerset Maugham would visit, too, as well as novelist Colette, composer Igor Stravinsky and playwright Jean Cocteau, partaking in lunches that lasted all day and night, with debates and discussions around artistic ideas.This place is La Pausa: the Mediterranean villa in the hills of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, once owned by husband-and-wife writing duo Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Murie...

Politics

5 d. ago The one change that worked: sharing ‘accountability’ notes has made life better for both of us

Would telling a buddy my to-do list was done – before I’d done it – really make it more likely to happen? But leaving her a voice note every day has increased my productivity, and deepened our friendship When my friend Rosamund suggested we try a productivity technique of leaving each other a voice note every day, I immediately said yes – even if I suspected, deep down, that we might not keep it up for long. I was circumspect because we both lead busy lives, 3,500 miles apart. She lives in London and I’m based in Brooklyn. It is hard to keep in touch sometimes. Even talking on the phone feels tough, what with the time difference and our schedules. Adding another thing to do every day, even a small, two-minute task, felt like a challenge.The technique is simple enough. You send a friend a voice note in the morning saying what you “did” that day. You always speak in the past tense for accountability. The theory is that once you tell a friend you have “done” something, you will be more...

Economics

1 week ago UKHSA 'do not visit loved ones' alert as people urged to stop 'outbreaks'

'You should stay home for 48 hours after symptoms stop'

Events

2 w. ago Birds will keep visiting garden if 1 item is placed outdoors in December

There's a simple thing people can do to encourage birds to visit their gardens time and time again. While many focus on bird feeders, there's actually something they need even more during winter

Politics

3 w. ago David Beckham wows children with football skills during India visit

Sir David Beckham met with children and young people during a visit to Mumbai, India, with the charity Unicef.

Events

3 w. ago Brutal twins 'attack' mum before leaving their friend for dead in pool of blood

Keiron and Jordan Lewis, both 26, turned on lifelong friend Curtis Williams before viciously beating him until he lay in a pool of blood before he was rushed to hospital

Events

3 w. ago Horror as young man decapitates friend and then drives 12 miles home

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT John Kemper Hutcherson made a decision that would change the course of his life forever - and leave his best friend dead after being decapitated in a horror car accident

Events