Cristiano Ronaldo has known some wonderful evenings in football, but not too many sweeter than this. Last night had it all, his two goals at the Nou Camp taking Real Madrid to the Copa del Rey final ...

Nick Hornby’s new novel, Just Like You, is about a white woman in her forties dating a black man in his twenties. Like all his work it is incredibly readable. U ...

A south Edinburgh suburb has been identified as the Scottish community hardest hit by the pandemic, having lost one in 100 residents to the virus last year.

A “yes” vote will bring an end to 167 years of French colonial rule, leading to the creation of a new country. It would also represent a setback to President Macron’s ambition to establish a ...

I went over to France for a few days recently. Nicola and Rachel came too – Sammy, who doesn’t get much holiday time at catering college, couldn’t make it. “Never mind, son,” I ...

Seventies chic Mid-century modern (the style of the 1950s and the 1960s) could be making way for a 1970s aesthetic. This does not mean the return of the avocado bathroom suite — yet — but renewed ...

Today there is Lycra. But before cyclists turned to figure-hugging shorts and other offences to fashion, there was the Bygrave Convertible Skirt. Now an academic has uncovered how Victorian women ...

The Royal New Zealand Ballet has come to London with a mixed bill that proves a very mixed bag. A quartet of diverse ballets showcases the dancers’ versatility, but we start the evening on a ...

Young Irish homeowners and those on tracker mortgages are most at risk of going into arrears if the European Central Bank raises interest rates, research has indicated. A study by the Economic and ...

The right back, whose performances this season have been under the microscope, has got his head down as he looks to get back to the level fans know he is capable of Alexander-Arnold has put in the ...

Most of England will fall under the toughest Covid-19 restrictions tomorrow as ministers warn that a new strain of the virus may be driving big rises in the southeast.

Donald Trump will lay out his vision for the Republican Party this weekend in his first public appearance since leaving the White House last month.For weeks the former president has been hunkered ...