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Catch the latest Financial News EventsHow cocaine conquered the UK: in pubs, festivals and workplaces the drug has become an everyday habit
Previously considered a middle-class drug, price drops have made cocaine more widely available, and created a new set of problemsCocaine-linked crimes on the rise in Britain as consumption surgesAgeing users and record deaths – the data behind Britain’s £9.8bn-a-year...
From five-fingered trainers to the shoeless shoe: what’s with all the freaky footwear?
‘Ugly’ shoes, once the preserve of the catwalk, have gone mainstream. Why are so many people taking a walk on the wild side?Until recently, a busy commuter train would be packed with people wearing low-key, unobtrusive shoes. An elegant and inoffensive pump, a sporty...
‘I’d rather live through something publicly than escape it privately’: Jack Antonoff on survivor’s guilt, songwriting and his shock breakup
Whether he’s playing the role of soul-baring artist or starry producer, the Bleachers frontman strives to keep his integrity intact. He weighs in on Ed Sheeran, his love of working on ‘high-stakes’ albums and why he’ll never stop singing about the end of his...
This comedian jokes about deportation from Ireland … but it is happening for real
Despite job offers, Jaishree Malik has had visa renewal and extension requests delayed and denied, and she is not aloneJaishree Malik bounds on to the Cheeky Monkey comedy club stage and brandishes an envelope – it is a letter from the Irish government. Would the...