You probably have a dusty tin of fruit lurking in the back of your cupboard – most likely pineapple, the nation’s favourite.Whether it’s within its use-by date is another matter. Yet it ...

Ahir Shah has revealed that a couple pretended to be his parents in order to sneak into his sold-out show at the Leicester Comedy Festival.

Even on the 2021-22 Ashes tour, when England were restricted to a Covid bubble during the preparation period, they had two warm-up matches against the Lions, even though persistent rain meant only ...

Chesterfield Parish Church and its famous twisting spire lookout across the town in 1930 (Photo: American Stock Archive/Getty Images) Those streets themselves are ripe for time-travelling too. It ...

Looking on the bright side of life, as Monty Python once advised, really is the key to a long and happy life, according to scientists. Research has found that people with an optimistic view not ...

He will be seen on screen alongside the show’s lexicographer, Susie Dent, and host, Colin Murray, for the next three weeks. Sir Stephen Fry will be in Dictionary Corner for Dr Crawford’s first show, ...

For the first time, dating apps are losing people (Photo: Flashpop/Getty Images) Now obviously online dating can lead to a range of bad scenarios, ranging from the most innocuous (he didn’t ask ...

Private Eye, the British satirical magazine, used its latest cover to issue a damning critique of President Donald Trump’s attempts to end the war in Ukraine — which Russia began with its invasion of ...

Ed Miliband’s claim that net zero will create hundreds of thousands industrial jobs is vastly overstated, Sir Tony Blair’s think tank has warned. The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change ...

“They can put down the child if they achieve anything, perhaps saying things like: ‘You’re always boasting’ or ‘You think too much of yourself’. Or there’s a reminder of a ...

Author and renowned lexicographer Susie Dent – the oracle in the Dictionary Corner on Channel 4’s Countdown – is coming to town to help raise funds for The Watermill. Susie Dent Pic ...

Impressive ladies dominate the line-up at this May’s Stratford Literary Festival, with bestselling writers and household names in broadcasting, stage and screen coming to the town, including Susie ...