This year-round churn profits shops and content creators, but not the rest of us. Nobody needs ‘autumn oven gloves’, says freelance writer Amelia Tait ...

League expansion offers top-flight teams a greater chance of staying up but jeopardy remains in contest to steer clear of finishing bottom ...

Partners on and off the ice talk about the tensions and joys of competing alongside the ones they love at the Winter Olympics ...

Ritualistic Spurs manager sacking is a marker in the year, but the failing lies with executives responsible for some really vague recruitment ...

To a backdrop of inflatable kangaroos, the 23-year-old ensured a two-gold haul for her country for the first time since Vancouver 2010 ...

Join Emillia Hawkins for all the previews, news and buildup to the weekend’s football action ...

European leaders have pledged to shoulder more of the burden of shared Nato defences to counter a hostile Russia ...

Line handily sums up people’s bewilderment at state of world, but it isn’t quite what the Marxist thinker wrote ...

Auditorium to remove bacon and sausages from cafe during stage run after request from campaign group ...

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes ​ ...

It’s an ideal time of year for snuggling up on a countryside break. We pick accommodation from shepherds’ huts in Somerset to a chateau in Wales ...