From London to San Francisco, haute cuisine is joining the food revolution. Michelin-starred chefs explain they’re going meat-freeAlexis Gauthier used to sell 20kg of foie gras a week. Now the chef, whose London-based restaurant became entirely vegan i…
Britain got it wrong on Covid: long lockdown did more harm than good, says scientist
A new book outlines the mistakes and missteps that made UK pandemic worseThere was a distinctive moment, at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, that neatly encapsulated the mistakes and confusion of Britain’s early efforts to tackle the disease, says M…
After her conviction, let’s call Ghislaine Maxwell what she is – a sex trafficker, not a socialite | Joan Smith
The glamorous past of Epstein’s procurer might blind some to her shocking crimesFor years, she was described as a “socialite”, a word that conceals more than it explains. Socialites are almost always women from a wealthy if not an aristocratic backgrou…
Keir Starmer is making headway, but has he got enough to worry the Tories? | Anne McElvoy
With a seven-point poll lead and a bolstered shadow cabinet, the Labour leader is finally making his markIf champagne socialism did not have such a bad rap, there should be a decent bottle or two open at Keir Starmer’s place this new year weekend. The …
After rightwing attacks on rescues, UK lifeboat charity has record fundraising year
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has had ‘significant’ increase in annual donations after it went to the aid of asylum seekersThe Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is on course for the highest annual fundraising total in its near 200-ye…
The Observer view on Britain’s climate crisis targets | Observer editorial
The UK’s green energy initiatives are failing just at the moment when we hold the leadership of Cop26Britain’s electricity generation went through an unfortunate phase last year. According to the UK-based website Carbon Brief, it got dirtier for the fi…
Jason and Laura Kenny become knight and dame in sport’s New Year honours
Emma Raducanu made an MBE after US Open triumphTom Daley and Hannah Cockroft recognised with OBEsBritain’s Olympic and Paralympic heroes from Tokyo dominate the New Year honours list, with golden couple Jason and Laura Kenny receiving a knighthood and …
Johnson lists returning crowns to pint glasses as a key Brexit success
New year message makes no mention of Northern Ireland amid boasts of ‘cutting back on EU red tape’Boris Johnson has named returning the crown stamps to pint glasses and scrapping a ban on selling goods in pounds and ounces on his list of the “key succe…
New year honours feature Covid experts with Chris Whitty knighted
Tennis player Emma Raducanu, Olympians and Paralympians, and actor Daniel Craig also among 1,122 people receiving awards Leading figures of science and medicine during the coronavirus pandemic have been feted in the Queen’s new year honours list, inclu…
Lib Dems set sights on Tory seats in south of England
Candidates to be placed in 30 constituencies where party would need 12% swing to topple sitting ToryThe Lib Dems have identified 30 Tory seats mostly in the south of England where they want to “turn the blue wall yellow” at the next election, including…