British photographer Polly Alderton likes to put her family in the spotlight, capturing every intimate moment from cuddles with the cat to sibling scraps Continue reading…
Should we work less?
A shorter working week could benefit society, the environment – even the economy. Is it time to reassess our relationship with our jobs? For the last year and a half, most people have fallen into one of three categories: the unemployed, whose jobs disa…
Blood donation rules changed to attract more donors with rare subgroups
‘Discriminatory’ questions on sexual activity in sub-Saharan Africa to be removed for donations in EnglandMinisters will remove questions on sexual activity in sub-Saharan Africa for blood donations to encourage more donors in England after a long camp…
Louis Wain’s anthropomorphic cats to go on display at Bethlem museum
Eccentric artist was famed for outlandish drawings produced while a patient at ‘Bedlam’ psychiatric hospital“He has made the cat his own,” HG Wells once said of Louis Wain. “English cats that do not look and live like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of the…
NHS staff face rising tide of abuse from patients provoked by long waits
Chronic underfunding, Covid and staff shortages blamed for increase in physical and verbal assaultsNHS staff across the UK are facing a “growing tide of abuse” including assaults from patients, which they say is being caused by frustration at long wait…
UK’s ‘strictest’ headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh made social mobility chief
Opponent of woke culture who founded outstanding London free school takes government appointmentThe headteacher of a school dubbed the strictest in Britain who has attacked “woke culture” has been appointed as the government’s new Social Mobility Commi…
Devon teenagers inspire English schools with mental health resources
Spark UK was formed by four children who have developed lesson plans, newsletters and videosThey are busy studying for GCSEs and A-levels but four teenagers from Devon have also found time to develop lesson plans, newsletters and videos on mental healt…
Life expectancy gap in England ‘a growing chasm’ exacerbated by Covid
Difference in expected lifespan between some of wealthiest and poorest areas has more than doubled since early 2000s, research findsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEngland’s richest people are living for a decade longer than…
The Tories have persuaded voters there’s a threat worse than fuel shortages | Nesrine Malik
The goal of the ‘war on woke’ is to make people think that while things are bad, they could be a lot worse if the left was in powerThe British historian Alex von Tunzelmann explained to me a few years ago why we are unable to discuss empire without den…
Two-fifths of police forces in England and Wales lack rape units
Exclusive: campaigners concerned after FoI revelation that 17 forces do not have specialist Rasso unitsAt least two-fifths of police forces in England and Wales do not have specialist rape and serious sexual offence (Rasso) units, the Guardian can reve…