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The Merchant of Venice 1936 among four plays to feature at RSC’s reopened Swan theatre this summerA new take on Shakespeare’s controversial play The Merchant of Venice, set in London’s East End in the 1930s as the threat of fascism looms, will be among…
Citizens Advice analysis suggests 2.7m households in England struggle with damp, mould or excessive coldCampaigners have called for private housing landlords to be held to new standards set out after the death of Awaab Ishak, as research indicated that…
Feminist groups and TUC say public services with mainly female workforces will have rights affected by ‘draconian’ lawFeminist campaign groups have raised the alarm about the government’s anti-strike bill, which will enforce minimum service levels, say…
Piers Secunda will tell story of bullet-damaged wall and forensic examination supporting theory A dark chapter in the story of a tiny British island is to be depicted in a reproduction of a Nazi execution site created by an artist whose work explores t…
Farmers’ union president Minette Batters to say ‘volatility, uncertainty and instability are greatest risks to farm businesses’“The clock is ticking” to support Britain’s farmers battered by a storm of rising costs, labour shortages, bird flu and post-…
Family of British antiquities dealer Douglas Latchford, who died in 2020 while awaiting trial for art trafficking, returns 77 Khmer artefactsDozens of pieces of Angkorian crown jewellery stolen from Cambodia, many never seen by the public, have been re…
Charities find nearly 40% of people end the month with no money, and 67% say UK government not doing enough about crisisOne in four households regularly run out of money for essentials and voters do not believe the government is doing enough to help, a…
Nearly all companies taking part opt to continue with new pattern as staff report better work-life balanceThe vast majority of companies taking part in the world’s largest trial of a four-day week have opted to continue with the new working pattern, in…
Conflict came on top of our over-reliance on gas, says Energy and Climate Intelligence UnitThe UK’s over-reliance on gas has been blamed for pushing up bills as it emerged that the energy crisis stemming from the war in Ukraine had cost the equivalent …
Former PMs stressed weapons should be sent urgently to Kyiv during debate in House of CommonsBoris Johnson and Liz Truss have urged Rishi Sunak to send fighter jets to Ukraine during a debate in the House of Commons.Truss said she “could not wait to se…