CAMPAIGNERS celebrated a ”huge victory for democracy” today after the Court of Appeal ruled key anti-protest legislation was ...

Labour is hanging on in some areas, but Reform came a very close second in the North Tyneside, Doncaster and West of England ...

THE title of the new play currently showing at Wyndham’s Theatre dangerously invites comparison with the Ibsen classic on which it is loosely based. Comparisons are always odious but here would be a ...

PUBLICATION can often be something of a long game. From commission through writing to hitting the bookstands, months and sometimes even years can have elapsed. If you’re writing something even vaguely ...

IT’s never been easy for non-London painters to gain recognition. The art world, like that of publishing, music, performing arts, and the media, is headquartered in the capital, and is as insular and ...

DREAMS, from the earliest times, have been topics of fascination, and even fear. What do they mean? Why do we have them? Despite the psychoanalytical theories of Freud and Jung there are as yet no ...

CHRIS SEARLE wallows in an evening of high class improvised jazz, and recommends upcoming highlights in May So many good people are leaving us right now. Yes, it has something to do with being 67, I ...

MEDIA pundit and former TV presenter Russell Brand allegedly raped a woman in a hotel room when she attended a Labour Party conference, a court heard today. Brand listened intently in the dock as it ...

BRITAIN'S four biggest banks are on track to report annual profits 14 per cent higher than last year, when they made a record-breaking £45.9 billion, new analysis shows. Today, Natwest Group revealed ...

THE COURT of Appeal in Belfast has affirmed a High Court ruling ordering the British government to hold a public inquiry into the murder of Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA) official Sean Brown. The ...

LABOUR-HELD seats will be the worst-affected by government plans to cut disability benefits, a study has found. The most deprived areas stand to lose nearly three times more of their local economies ...

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners rebuked Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney as “all talk and no action” today after he urged politicians from all parties to “recommit” to tackling climate change.