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Andrew Scott – best known for his work in Fleabag, Sherlock and the James Bond film Spectre – could be about to become one of next year’s Oscars frontrunners thanks to a chilling new performance. Viewers got their first look at Elsinore, which hits cinemas in the US next month in a new trailer released…

Most of us associate menopause with symptoms like hot flushes and trouble sleeping. But there are actually over 60 symptoms associated with the life stage, including lesser-known changes like a “frozen shoulder” and foot pain. Additionally, it can be normal to experience some changes in focus and memory during perimenopause and menopause. Some women may…

There’s a sentence people say when someone is going through something difficult: “Let me know if you need anything.” It’s usually well-intentioned. Sometimes we genuinely mean it. But there’s something about that sentence that can make it feel less like the beginning of a conversation and more like the end of one. I’ve heard variations…

I was sitting in front of a room full of students at a youth empowerment camp on the Arizona-Mexico border when a disability justice advocate named Naomi Ortiz looked at me and said, calmly but directly, “What you’re doing isn’t helpful, Spencer.” I had just finished describing my proudest professional achievement: summiting Mount Kilimanjaro on…

Though I think Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell deserves more love, I have to concede she’s not exactly obscure: her work was on my university curriculum, and her novel North & South was even adapted by the BBC. But after picking up my first Dorothy Whipple book recently, I had my first true “how have I…

“Stop reading this. Go campaign in Holborn and St Pancras,” a sign declared at this year’s Green Party conference. It’s rare for political parties to tell attendees to leave their annual get-togethers. It’s even rarer for it to come from the party leader. But the banner was proudly draped across a stall set aside for…

Alison Hammond has assured fans that she’s doing well after abruptly leaving Friday’s edition of This Morning mid-show. During the live broadcast, Alison sparked concern when she was seen walking off camera clutching her chest and panting, and did not return. Fortunately, she shared an update with her Instagram followers that afternoon, revealing she was…

It was the week when Andy Burnham fired the starting gun on the next general election campaign. We may not yet know when exactly the prime minister will decide to go to the country, but the policy platform on which he intends to stand is clear. A vote for Labour will mean an end to…