It’s Friday night in rural Alexandra and a dozen high school students are dancing down a makeshift catwalk in woollen underwear, as Ria Mae’s Clothes Off blares from the speakers. Despite New Zealand’s reputation as a...

Britain’s biggest payday lender, Wonga, is teetering on the brink of collapsefollowing a surge of customer compensation claims in recent weeks that could cause it to call in administrators. The flood of claims relates to loans taken out...

The British economy is failing to deliver stronger growth in workers’ pay, as the mounting risk of a no-deal Brexit turns up the pressure on household finances, according to a Guardian analysis of economic developments over the past...

One of my preferred shapes of pasta is mezze maniche – literally half or short sleeves. I still have to concentrate when I say it though – med-zay man-e-kay – which, typed here, seems as much a name...

Many years ago I went to Georgia on a last-minute trip accompanied by a gang of political journalists wanting to write about an attempted coup. While they assessed the state of the nation, I had a...

This week’s FaceTime is dedicated to an unforgettable and joyous Pridecelebration. We danced in the streets, and swirled unashamedly in exhilaration for being alive and in love with all forms of love. Margate Pride 2018 was a...

As wordy designs become all the rage, a pop-up tattoo studio at Melbourne writers’ festival is inscribing idiosyncratic sentiments into the skin of ardent book fans. The Melbourne writers’ festival has already, in its opening weekend, sparked lively...

Born in New York, Apfel, 96, went to art school before working on Women’s Wear Daily. Having co-founded Old World Weavers with her husband in 1950, she became an authority on antique textiles and took on design...

Emmanuel Macron’s climate commitment to “make this planet great again”has come under attack after his environment minister dramatically quit, saying the French president was not doing enough to meet environmental goals. Nicolas Hulot, a celebrity environmentalist and...

China is mulling scrapping its controversial birth restrictions, reversing nearly four decades of family planning policies as birth rates fall. Chinese couples are limited to two children at present, after rules were relaxed from the infamous one-child...