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‘We put a stink bomb in Stephen Fry’s shoe’: Vic and Bob on the inspired idiocy of Shooting Stars

‘Christians complained about the stuffed buzzard wearing a crucifix round its neck. Birds can’t be Christians, they said. It’s the most complaints we ever got’The first time I saw what was to become Shooting Stars was Vic Reeves – AKA Jim Moir – doing The Big Quiz...

Trump’s Greenland threats open old wounds for Inuit across Arctic

Demand by US that it take control of Arctic island is for many a reminder of troubling imperial pastOn a bitterly cold recent morning in the Canadian Arctic, about 70 people took to the streets. Braving the bone-chilling winds, they marched through the Inuit-governed...

Anti-ICE protests, brilliance by Bieber and the Dalai Lama’s first win: the 10 biggest moments at the 2026 Grammys

From the Cure winning their first Grammys to a posthumous award for Chick Corea, it was a night of heartening wins and robust politics• Grammy awards 2026: list of winnersThere are arguments to be made about the efficacy or not of celebs making political statements at...

Mandelson quits Labour as Epstein documents reveal he urged bank to ‘threaten’ Labour chancellor over banker tax – UK politics live

The peer said he resigned his membership of the party to avoid causing it ‘further embarrassment’Olivia Bailey, an education minister, was giving interviews on behalf of the government this morning. Asked if she agreed that Peter Mandelson should have his peerage...