The worlds of publishing and screen have paid tribute to author Hilary Mantel, who died on Thursday (Sept. 22) at the age of 70. Peter Kosminsky, who directed the BBC adaptation of Mantel’s novel “Wolf Hall,” told Variety: “A great light has gone out. The word ‘great’ is used very easily these days but nobody […]

Meet Sienna and George, a couple who make up to £10,000 a month sharing their relationship online. Personal trainer Sienna Keera, 28, and actor George Keywood, 28, defy trolls who say plus-sized George is ‘punching’ and berate him over his weight, saying ‘size doesn’t matter’. Some people try to claim their love is fake, but […]

ALL working people in the UK must pay tax known as National Insurance once they reach a certain threshold. But the government has planned for a tax cut meaning millions will save £330 a year. A 1.25% point increase to National Insurance will be scrapped from November 6, announced in the Chancellor's mini-budget today. Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng said: […]

A HUGE overhaul of income taxes has been revealed by the Chancellor today as part of his mini-budget. Kwasi Kwarteng announced one of his budget 'rabbits' would be scrapping the very top rate of income tax for workers. Read more on our live blog here It means that anyone earning more than £150,000 will be […]

‘Is that an ashtray?’ asked one of the other women who happened to be in my local art centre, by way of making conversation.  ‘No, it’s a vulva,’ I answered truthfully.  ‘A what?’ she gasped, looking at me in disgust, before walking away shaking her head.  That’s when I realised just how disconnected so many […]

Sign up for the Hot Topics newsletter for hot style and sex tips We have more newsletters A woman who has been viciously labelled a “demon” by trolls opened up about her transformation, admitting that even her dad hadn’t been keen on her lifestyle choice at first. After growing up in a Christian household, Orylan’s […]

DUTY Free shopping will now be available OUTSIDE of airports – but the tax discount will only apply to non-British passport holders. Holidaymakers will be able to treat themselves to cheaper goodies across the UK in a major boost for the British economy. When shoppers buy products they pay a number of taxes on them, […]

Kate Middleton says Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis had been ‘beady-eyed’ about spotting drones in the sky as part of the security operation for Queen’s funeral Kate Middleton and Prince William took part in their first engagement yesterday  Princess of Wales said her children had been ‘beady-eyed’ about spotting drones Said they had […]

Anyone else get that ‘back to school’ feeling? Full-on dread coupled with a hazy memory of how to use a keyboard, as let’s face it, checking emails on holiday isn’t nearly as fun as not checking them. Every year it’s the same feeling, which is funny considering I haven’t been to school for 20 years, […]

For this week’s How I Do It, the series in which a stranger gives us a sneak peek into seven days of their sex life, we hear from Tanya*, who’s in a relationship with a man who lives two and a half hours away. Tanya, who works as a legal secretary and describes herself as […]