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A University of Nottingham course explores Tolkien's role in British myth-making, urging students to 'decolonise' fantasy rather than cancel it.

Police arrest four after a young Black man with special needs was assaulted at a Wolverhampton skatepark, reigniting debate over hate crime in the UK.

Employee Car Ownership Schemes set to be targeted by HMRC, but it could hurt industry, government revenue and car buyers

The pop star broke a number of UK chart records following the release of her 12th studio album, The Life Of A Showgirl.

Vogue report finds fall in number of ‘curve’ models, while widespread use of weight-loss drugs credited with normalising thinness

Science and technology select committee says complacency over social media content puts public at risk

The FTSE 100 index closed down 81.52 points, or 0.9%, at 9,354.57.

The Mercury prize almost always produces surprises – among them, Gomez not The Verve in 1998, and English Teacher not Charlie XCX in 2024 – but perhaps the biggest surprise is that the prize has survived for so many years. That it has been won this year by Sam Fender…

In the early days of the pandemic, “solidarity” became a buzzword. As COVID-19 appeared to directly threaten us all, the UK celebrated its key workers who were keeping the country running.

The alleged Chinese spying affair currently troubling the UK government after the collapse of a trial is markedly different from previous espionage scandals. That is because it is centred not on the actions of suspected spies, but on the behaviour of the government. How did this come to happen?

With 600,000 people attending, Hull Fair is the UK’s biggest – and has a thrilling but overlooked musical subculture. We follow the blaring soundsystems to meet the DJs and MCs facing off in waltzer battles