The “lipstick index,” a term coined by beauty titan Leonard Lauder, posits that when purchases of small luxury items like a ...

The writer is president of Queens’ College, Cambridge, and an adviser to Allianz and Gramercy “We don’t guess, we don’t ...

The Scottish capital’s New Year celebrations are wild but can be overwhelming. Enjoy them to the full with a little strategic planning ...

But it gets much, much sillier. Breakthrough memecoin stars of 2024 include Moo Deng, based on a Thai pygmy hippo; PNUT — a nod to a euthanised squirrel beloved of the US rightwing, and Hawk Tuah, ...

Governments have long complained about disinformation undermining elections, inciting unrest and deepening societal divides. Businesses are now in the crosshairs, too. “Over the last couple of years, ...

This grand assemblage of exotic finery is, in fact, a fantasy, brought together by the curator Thierry Morel in A Cabinet of ...

Of course there is a fiscal gap to be bridged and debt levels need to be contained, yet it is increasingly clear that the Budget’s changes to national insurance taxation (in particular) were misguided ...

Artificial intelligence is threatening the North American electricity grid, according to your story ( Report, December 18). The piece says that thanks to the fact the grid needs to service such worthy ...

Re “Health chiefs ‘confused’ over Starmer’s priorities” (Report, December 12), there is no confusion. All governments want a Rolls-Royce NHS service on a Morris Minor budget. With an ageing, ...

The photo accompanying your article “Does the UK have enough workers to get Britain building” provides a perfect illustration of the productivity problem in construction (The Big Read, December 13).

Last Monday’s resignation of Canada’s finance minister Chrystia Freeland wasn’t shocking (Report, December 17). Poignantly, her letter illustrated and validated reports of rising tensions due to ...

While the holiday spirit will dominate the news agenda, there are notable developments to watch across the world, as the three defining themes of 2024 — elections, war and inflation — continue to hum ...