They still do flourish: that poem became a sensation and the poppy became a symbol of remembrance. From the end of October, poppies—sold by the Royal British Legion ( rbl) to raise money for veterans ...

We ask doctors to cure us of incurable illnesses, and we ask lawyers to take on the doctors who haven’t. We are frightened and we are angry; we look to expert intervention for the fears, and to comic ...

Who’d have thought glamping was a thing here? Not us. And yet, the options – ranging from Hobbit burrows with hot tubs to retro-style pods – are seriously good.

The author’s latest political satire offers a thinly disguised polemic wrapped in a well-plotted murder mystery ...

The U.K.’s opposition Conservative Party on Saturday named its new leader, following a long-drawn-out runoff after the Tories ...

Somedays, when I get down with the world, I think about the time I felt most proud about my Irishness. Given that there’s ...

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Discrediting his moments of rhetorical or aesthetic flair as the work of nasty impulses ensures the Democrats will never ...

At the Tory conference, Jenrick provoked a backlash from two of his leadership rivals by claiming that British special forces were “killing rather than capturing terrorists” because of human rights ...

DONALD Trump is speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania as the presidential campaign comes down to a final push on the eve of Election Day. The ex-president is doing four rallies across three states ...

How the eagle spread its wings. The Independent almost wasn’t The Independent. When the founders of the paper were taking the ...

In the Tory leadership race, Robert Jenrick has admitted regret over his decision to order the removal of murals depicting cartoon characters ... Here’s the bit of Brexit that’s really going ...