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Meet the revenge quitters: why people are ditching their jobs - and refusing to go quietly

From marching bands to TikTok takedowns, employees are resigning in spectacular fashion. While going viral seems risky, some find it opens new doors ...In 2011, Joey La Neve DeFrancesco had [...]

‘A class act’: Tim Allan, the former Blair ‘smoother’ recalled to Downing Street

Described as inscrutable and smart, the PR man has a job on his hands to turn around No 10’s communications effortTim Allan once acknowledged that under Tony Blair’s No 10 [...]

‘A gilded temple to the new world order’: inside the former US embassy that is now a super-luxe hotel

Even the cheap rooms cost £1,400 a night at London’s bling-heavy hangout for high net worth individuals. From mega-basement spa to gaudy rooftop bar, our writer takes a tourRumours have [...]

A moment that changed me: I bumped into my ex-boyfriend in the bar where we’d met 12 years before

At 16, I fell for Giacomo when I was on holiday in Italy. Our young love didn’t survive my move home to Scotland, but years later, quite unexpectedly, we found [...]

‘I was killed in virtually every film’: how trailblazing Chinese-American star Anna May Wong upended cinema

A retrospective at the BFI celebrates how Wong – whether typecast in orientalist fantasies or breaking taboos with a kiss – could always steal the showAnna May Wong is everywhere [...]

Women behind the lens: ‘A quiet act of resistance where words are silenced’

Fatimazohra Serri’s photography grew from a desire to question and resist roles imposed on Moroccan womenThis photograph is titled The Swing of Life. My aim was to illustrate the deep [...]

Pedro Sánchez: Europe’s response to war in Gaza has been a failure

Spanish prime minister says double standards over Gaza and Ukraine threaten to undermine west’s global standing‘You need solidarity and consistency’: Pedro Sánchez on the EU, Trump and fighting the far [...]

Xi Jinping says world faces ‘peace or war’, as Putin and Kim join him for military parade

Trump criticises victory day event as China caps off week of diplomatic grandstanding seen as rebuke to westXi Jinping said the world was facing a choice between peace or war [...]

New Green leader Polanski distances party from electoral pact with Corbyn

Leftist would need to see ‘very strong arguments’ before agreeing a deal with party launched by ex-Labour leaderThe new Green leader, Zack Polanski, has said he would need to see [...]

Yvette Cooper risks ‘Windrush-type’ scandal by rushing asylum response, says Amber Rudd

Exclusive: Home secretary warned by Tory predecessor not to repeat ‘hostile environment’ mistakes of ConservativesYvette Cooper risks another Windrush-style scandal by repeating the mistakes the Conservatives made in implementing a [...]

UK politicians must stop stoking division, says policing chief

Gavin Stephens says rows over asylum seekers have raised community tensions and put pressure on officersPoliticians should work to “reduce and defuse tensions” instead of stoking division, a senior chief [...]

Google will not be forced to sell Chrome, federal judge rules

Judge says tech giant can keep world’s most popular browser in ongoing battle over firm being ruled monopolyGoogle will not be forced to sell its Chrome browser, a federal judge [...]

Mother of Brianna Ghey joins Kate Winslet in call for smartphone ban in schools

Esther Ghey urges government to implement legal ban and says current guidance creates ‘postcode lottery’Esther Ghey, the mother of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey, and the Oscar-winning actor Kate Winslet [...]

London Pride parade chief investigated over alleged misuse of funds

Exclusive: Whistleblowers claim food vouchers for volunteers were spent on perfume and Apple devices insteadThe head organiser of the LGBTQ Pride parade in London is under internal investigation over claims [...]

North Korea: Kim Jong-un’s daughter makes international debut fuelling succession speculation

Kim Ju-ae’s arrival in Beijing ahead of China’s victory day military parade show she is her father’s preferred successor, experts sayThe appearance of Kim Jong-un’s daughter in China ahead of [...]

‘It kept me going’: halt to refugee reunion scheme in UK shatters hopes

Afghan man seeking asylum and permission to bring wife to Britain describes shock at home secretary’s announcementThe hopes of asylum seekers aiming to be reunited with their loved ones in [...]

Russian cinema full of fairytales and propaganda, says Ukrainian film-maker

Alexander Rodnyansky reflects on shift in Russian film as his documentary Notes of a True Criminal screens in VeniceThe Ukrainian film-maker Alexander Rodnyansky was once at the very centre of [...]

Young and in love: an intimate look at Los Angeles – in pictures

Paul Jasmin, who died in May, helped define the visual language of LA and its youthful dreamers – as these sensual, glowing portraits prove Continue reading [...]

‘It shaped his identity’: did Éamon de Valera’s ‘Spanish father’ ever exist?

Documentary on 50th anniversary of former Irish PM’s death looks into mystery of his paternityÉamon de Valera fought in Ireland’s 1916 rebellion and, as taoiseach and president, stamped his identity [...]

Pregnant or a new mum? How to cut costs when you’re expecting a baby

From free prescriptions and essential vitamins, to statutory maternity pay, a lot of assistance is availablePregnant women in England are entitled to free NHS prescriptions during pregnancy and for 12 [...]