24 h. ago ‘Women were grabbed and dragged away like sacks’ – a history of British protest in pictures

Since 1963, when he photographed a fellow student being arrested, David Hoffman has turned his camera on rebels and rioters. His archive tells an alternative story of Britain, from Greenham Common to students marching on WhitehallDuncan Campbell on the power of protestFrom the suffragettes at the start of the last century to Reclaim the Night in the 1970s; from the battle of Cable Street against the British Union of Fascists in 1936 to the Anti-Nazi League marches four decades later; from the million marchers against the Iraq war in 2003 in London to the massive turnouts across the country two decades later against the war in Gaza, protest has been a vital and constant part of the fabric of British society. Continue reading...

Events

58 h. ago Danny Dyer joins Oasis hysteria! Actor, 47, leads the stars descending on Cardiff's Principality Stadium as Rob Brydon and Vernon Kay also step out at opening night of Gallaghers' epic reunion tour

Tens of thousands of fans have flocked from all over the continent to watch the much-anticipated comeback of one of the most popular bands in British history.

Politics

58 h. ago Danny Dyer joins Oasis hysteria! Actor, 47, leads the stars descending on Cardiff's Principality Stadium for opening night of Liam and Noel Gallagher's epic reunion tour

Tens of thousands of fans have flocked from all over the continent to watch the much-anticipated comeback of one of the most popular bands in British history.

Politics

61 h. ago Andy Murray rival who 'committed sackable offence' at Wimbledon absent after making history

Liam Broady made British tennis history at Wimbledon in 2023, but was criticised for his approach on commentary and branded a 'spanner' by Andy Murray last year

Politics

3 d. ago From Vladimir Putin to Rachel Reeves, which politicians have publicly cried?

Rachel Reeves, the first female chancellor in British history, appeared to cry in Commons on Tuesday night - which others

Politics

4 d. ago What's occurring? You can own piece of British TV history as house from iconic sitcom goes on sale for £220k

The house owned by potty-mouthed pensioner Doris in hit BBC One sitcom Gavin & Stacey is up for sale.

Economics

4 d. ago Miscarriage of justice watchdog chief quits after public confidence ‘badly damaged’

Karen Kneller resigns from Criminal Cases Review Commission, heavily criticised for bungling of Andrew Malkinson caseThe chief executive of the miscarriage of justice watchdog for England, Wales and Northern Ireland has resigned after serious failings in the case of Andrew Malkinson.Karen Kneller, who had held the position since 2013, has left her job at the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) after one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British legal history, it was announced on Wednesday. Continue reading...

Events

6 d. ago Katie Boulter stuns Paula Badosa to make British history at Wimbledon

Never before in the open era had seven British players won their singles matches in the same day.

Politics

8 d. ago One of the biggest drugs haul in history discovered at British port with £100m of cocaine seized

After the vessel was intercepted officers moved 37 large containers out of their way before locating the haul which weighed 2.4 tonnes worth an estimated £96m

Economics

2 w. ago Buy here now: Oasis to open series of merch stores before reunion gigs

Exclusive: first store opens in Spinningfields, Manchester, two weeks before band’s first gig in 16 years in CardiffWill the truce between the Gallagher brothers hold out? Will the most-hyped reunion in British rock history actually come off? And will fans be able to bag themselves an official Oasis tea towel?The answer to that final question, at least, has arrived. The first Oasis merchandise store will open in Manchester on Friday, two weeks before the band perform their first gig in 16 years at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago I don't know if Lucy Letby's innocent or guilty. But I was Health Secretary when many of those babies died

Few criminal cases in modern British history have played on the public conscience quite like that of Lucy Letby. A neonatal nurse convicted of killing babies under her care, writes JEREMY HUNT.

Society

2 w. ago Did the liberation of Africa start in Manchester? The biting play about a pivotal, forgotten moment

It was a turning point in the push for African independence – and it took place in Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall. We meet the writer of a play about the fifth Pan-African CongressOn the facade of the building that once housed Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall in Manchester sits a plaque commemorating a turning point in the push for African independence. The fifth Pan-African Congress in October 1945 was attended by future global leaders as well as activists and scholars from across Africa and its diaspora. But despite the event’s international importance, it has been largely overlooked by mainstream British history. Now a biting new play is set to remedy this.“I think a lot of Mancunians don’t know it happened,” says playwright Ntombizodwa Nyoni, who lectures in the same building, now part of Manchester Metropolitan University. “But it’s like: you’re part of such a phenomenal moment in history.” Eighty years later, her dramatisation of the event, Liberation, is about to receive its worl...

Politics

4 w. ago ‘I’m here to open doors’: Bernardine Evaristo on success, controversy and why she plans to donate her £100k award

The Girl, Woman, Other author has this week been awarded a one-off Women’s prize award for her outstanding contribution. She talks about her long road to recognition, and using her profile to support other writersBack in 2013, Bernardine Evaristo gave a reading in a south London bookshop from her novel Mr Loverman. Only six people showed up, a couple of them were dozing and she realised they were homeless people who had come to find somewhere comfortable to sleep. Last month, the hit TV adaptation Mr Loverman, about a 74-year-old gay Caribbean man set in Hackney, east London, won two Baftas, including leading actor for Lennie James, making him the first Black British actor to win the TV award in its 70-year history. “I checked Wikipedia!” Evaristo exclaims of this shocking fact when we meet in London.Evaristo’s long career is one of firsts and creating them for others. In 2019, at the age of 60, she became the first Black woman to win the Booker prize – shared with Margaret Atwood –...

Economics