The rise of ‘low contact’ family relationships: ‘I said, Mum, I need to take some space’
Many people are now opting for minimal contact with their parents and other relatives. But while this can provide time to think, it is fraught with emotional complexities
Mandelson should hand back US ambassador payout, says cabinet minister
Pressure grows on Keir Starmer as Labour peer reported to have received payment worth three months’ salary when he quit in September
Maxïmo Park review – Newcastle band play the hell out of their jaggy and angsty debut album
Paul Smith and the band play tracks old and new with a dash of humour and the sort of chops you develop from years on the road
Japan election: Sanae Takaichi’s ruling conservatives on course for landslide victory
Exit polls point to public endorsement of new prime minister, after day hit by blizzards and freezing conditions
Failure to compensate pelvic mesh implant victims ‘morally unacceptable’, say campaigners
Thousands of women with life-changing complications still in limbo two years after call for financial redress
Veteran French politician quits as head of prestigious institute after Epstein links revealed
Former culture minister Jack Lang resigns from Arab World Institute in Paris and is also subject of tax investigation
Why has Elon Musk merged his rocket company with his AI startup?
SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI creates business worth $1.25tn but whether premise behind deal will work is questioned
This Black History Month, the leaders of the past can teach real resistance
Movements are not born fully formed – they begin when ordinary people decide to act
Canada is no stranger to separatism but push for Alberta to join US is a new peril
While Quebec parties have long sought independence, the secret meetings by unelected Albertans with US officials have been branded treasonous by some
‘A pollster’s nightmare’: stakes are high in three-way fight for Gorton and Denton
Labour faces a battle to hold on to its 13,000 majority, with the Greens the bookies’ favourite and Reform hoping to gain from split vote on left
‘Hurry for justice’: Windrush victims dying without redress, commissioner says
Clive Foster says action needed now to deliver justice to UK residents who had been wrongly classified as illegal immigrants
Dining across the divide: ‘Tariffs are the one thing I agree with Donald Trump on’
Two Cornishmen agreed on the problems facing their home county. Would they see eye to eye on the solutions?