We looked at graduates’ satisfaction levels after leaving university – and while most were happy, up to a third wish they’d picked a different subject Gloomy headlines might claim that a degree is less worthwhile than it once was, but one sliver of good news is that the most recent graduates don’t regret their time on campus. When those who graduated in the summer of 2024 were surveyed 15 months later, more than eight out of 10 said they would still go to university ahead of any other option, despite a media drumbeat of pessimism about graduate jobs and increasing levels of student debt. Continue reading...

There is a courthouse in the City of London that hasn’t been used for a trial since 1737, but it’s still there - just in case.

From smallpox headgear to fairytale gowns and self-modelled ‘breast cups’, this lavish show reveals a very different person from the one depicted in the libellous fantasies of the French revolutionary press

These are dark times, but those who seek to divide us will not win. The capital’s soul and spirit are as inclusive and optimistic as ever, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

Highly educated Kenyans working for essay mills ghostwrite academic work that students pass off as their own

Hope Not Hate writes letter to PM as senior Labour MPs call for party to take firmer stand against far right

How one hotelier built an empire from beloved community assets — and a government struggling to cope with a surge in migration

The formidable Vogue boss said Meryl Streep’s subtle performance as a fictional fashion editor ‘had a lot of wit’ – adding that she attended the premiere wearing Prada without knowing its theme Anna Wintour, the outgoing editor-in-chief of Vogue, has addressed Meryl Streep’s performance as a formidable glossy fashion-mag editor widely perceived to be based on her in the 2006 comedy The Devil Wears Prada. Based on the novel of the same name by Lauren Weisberger, who previously worked as Wintour’s assistant, the film starred Anne Hathaway as an aspiring reporter who secures a post as a lackey to the ice-cold editor of fictional publication Runway. Continue reading...

It led to staff being left terrified by a deluge of phonecalls and even people coming into the hotel

Johnson’s office sent invoice to hedge fund manager, which was paid, weeks after meeting Venezuelan leader last year

The new soft-left group Mainstream could help propel the mayor to power.

Not really your typical bowl-of-noodes stopgap joint

I've long been a fan of scallops with bacon, and scallops with chilli, and this is my combination of the two, using chorizo — the sausages, not the salami — to ooze its paprika-hot orange oil over the...

Prosecution tells hearing Father Ted writer’s posts about Sophia Brooks, 18, were ‘oppressive and unacceptable’ Graham Linehan, the co-creator of Father Ted, “relentlessly” posted abusive and vindictive material on social media about an 18-year-old transgender activist, a court has heard. Linehan’s posts about Sophia Brooks were “oppressive and unacceptable”, the prosecution told a hearing at Westminster magistrates court. Continue reading...

Stronger demand and lower borrowing costs helped drive improvement

The BBC has found an international network of content creators profiting from AI generated posts on Facebook.

Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park