With the majority of property sales in London being flats, you would think that the public’s understanding of the ownership of a leasehold interest would be thorough, when in fact it is far from that. If the Taylor Wimpey leasehold housing scandal has taught us anything it is that the ...

Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 21, try to claim he was "brainwashed" by his ISIS fighter uncle he "hero worshipped"

“It happened as quickly as it began,” says Mbira, percussionist, vocalist and marimba Zimbabwean musician John Falsetto.  He’s commenting on a musical journey that has so far lasted two years for himself and his fellow artists who have helped create the album Sounds of Refuge. Mohamed Sarrar, a Sudanese musician, ...

While high income households gain financially by switching to metering, a study suggests that less well off families are, on average, around £10 worse off

During 1898, diamond magnate Woolf Joel hosted a dinner for fourteen guests at The Savoy – one of London’s most iconic hotels. Just before dinner commenced, one of Joel’s guests cancelled, reducing the party size to thirteen. Against the behest of more superstitious guests, the host decided the dinner should ...

Janbaz Tarin, 21, was being hunted by police after Raneem Oudeh, 22, and her mother Khaola Saleem, 49, died from stab wounds in the early hours of Monday (27/8)

For my money, one of the major new cinematic talents discovered in recent years was not an actor, a director or a screenwriter but 37-year-old cinematographer Lukasz Zal, who was camera operator on Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida. Zal stepped in as DP just after just a few days when Ryszard Lenczewski ...

Tripe, eel and tongue have been added to a “critically endangered foods” list after new research revealed some of our most traditional culinary treats may be on the way out. With popular cuts of meat now widely available at affordable prices the days of nose-to-tail cooking seem to be drifting ...

Amid all the pouts, glitter and motivational quotes that dominate our Instagram feeds, it’s easy to miss the tobacco advertising which is slyly slipping into the background. New research has shown the tobacco giants have a new favourite marketing trick: using Insta influencers as Trojan horses to infiltrate the youth ...