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It was 1995, and I had spent the evening carousing and drinking neat vodka. Now I was trapped in a friend’s flat in Paris, with no phone – and he had flown to New YorkWinter 1995: I wake to the sound of a vacuum cleaner repeatedly striking the door near my head. I’m...
Around 70% of Labour, Lib Dem and Green voters think PM should open talks on joining EU customs union – UK politics live
YouGov poll for the Times suggests even a quarter of Conservative voters support such a moveWes Streeting, the health secretary, used an interview with the Observer published at the weekend to suggest that he favours joining a customs union with the EU. This is...
The hill I will die on: ‘Small plates’ are fiddly and cost a fortune – ban them | Jonny Woo
A saucer of pomegranate seeds and something sprinkled with petals? No thanks: just give me dinnerIt’s lovely going out for dinner in London. It’s a gastro capital with cuisines from all around the world. One night, Indian, French the next, Peruvian, Ethiopian. You can...
UK consumers saving less as taxes squeeze incomes, data shows
ONS finds households’ savings ratio has dropped to lowest rate for more than a year across third quarterUK consumers saved less money during the third quarter of the year, as higher taxes squeezed disposable incomes.The households’ saving ratio – which estimates the...