Two things can be true about the spectacular fall of the youngest ever professor employed by Cambridge, says Ava Vidal – he was pursued viciously by people who wanted to see him fail, but was also a m...

As the British actor pulls out of the race to be 007, avid Bond girl Ava Vidal says that fans who are lobbying for a non-white actor to inherit the role will end up discrediting the franchise

The former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has realised that people treat vapers differently – and so has ditched her habit in order to take over from Keir Starmer, says Ava Vidal

Easter is still my favourite holiday, says Ava Vidal, who was brought up in a Christian household – sandwiched between two bank holidays, it’s a rare long weekend when the entire country seems in a go...

Reform candidate Corey Edwards’s decision to withdraw from the Welsh elections amid a ‘Hitler salute’ row is the latest reminder that the party attracts awful people – but just as chilling is that mil...

The owner of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp has been found liable by a court in New Mexico.

The Tourette’s campaigner who involuntarily shouted a racial slur at two Black Hollywood actors was unfortunate – but those who castigate him really should know better, says Ava Vidal

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The Tourette’s campaigner who involuntarily shouted a racial slur at two Black Hollywood actors was unfortunate – but those who castigate him really should know better, says Ava Vidal

The Tourette’s campaigner who involuntarily shouted a racial slur at two Black Hollywood actors was unfortunate – but those who castigate him really should know better, says Ava Vidal

As the model and world-famous nepo baby Apple Martin addresses false rumours that she was expelled from school for bullying, Ava Vidal is baffled by how playground indiscretions can follow you through...

The government intends to save £100 million by abandoning this elected ‘non-police-y police’ role – but, says former Bedfordshire PCC Festus Akinbusoye, if anyone thinks the savings will be reinvested...

Kemi Badenoch delivered a blistering speech this week in which she took aim at her former frontbenchers who have defected to Reform UK – and, my goodness, it was absolutely marvellous.

Stand-up comedian Ava Vidal says the panel show's gladiatorial format makes it difficult for women to get a word in – and encourages everyone who appears on it to punch down. It’s just one of the reas...

Stand-up comedian Ava Vidal says the panel show's gladiatorial format makes it difficult for women to get a word in – and encourages everyone who appears on it to punch down. It’s just one of the reas...

Other lives: US artist who settled in the UK in the 1960s

When I was a prison officer, inmates who wanted to go on the run needed more than a cleric error to be released – their jailbreaks were properly creative, says Ava Vidal

If the Georgians could find the money to compensate slave-owners after abolition, modern Britain can pay out £18 trillion to the descendants of those who actually did the work, says Ava Vidal

If the Georgians could find the money to compensate slave-owners after abolition, modern Britain can pay out £18 trillion to the descendants of those who actually did the work, says Ava Vidal

If the Georgians could find the money to compensate slave-owners after abolition, modern Britain can pay out £18 trillion to the descendants of those who actually did the work, says Ava Vidal

Thanks to a viral TikTok video featuring a dreadlocked Scottish ‘fitfluencer’, African-Americans are discovering that some Black people come with Glaswegian accents – let’s not judge them too harshly,...

Thanks to a viral TikTok video featuring a dreadlocked Scottish ‘fitfluencer’, African-Americans are discovering that some Black people come with Glaswegian accents – let’s not judge them too harshly,...

After a messy online spat between Whitney Adebayo and Lochan Nowacki, the show’s former star couple, Ava Vidal – who has been in ‘swirl’ partnerships – says she and her friends can attest that it does...