A major new exhibition was unveiled today by Tate Britain depicting the decline of British industry, infrastructure and the welfare state. The Asset Strippers by Mike Nelson was created for the annual Tate Britain Commission, supported by Sotheby’s, which invites artists to create a new artwork in response to the grand...
The Brexit Betrayal march got stuck in a bit of bother yesterday after attempting to cross the River Tees on the Transporter Bridge before realising it is closed on a Sunday. Protesters were forced to walk an extra five miles to get over the river at Newport Bridge, according to...
Johnny Lloyd has unveiled his latest single 'Rich and Poor' which questions whether the rise of the machines may be putting more between humans than just a screen. The acoustic artist is set to release a much-anticipated debut solo album ‘Next Episode Starts In 15 Seconds’ on 3 May via...
Whatever happens next, Brexit has inflicted unprecedented damage on the UK’s financial services industry, the founder and CEO of one of the world's largest independent financial advisory organisations has warned. The finance sector, which makes up about 6.5 per cent of Britain’s GDP, is heavily reliant on Britain's connections with...
The BBC has been accused of allowing its Comic Relief TV appeal to become ‘an advert for Jeremy Corbyn’ because it painted a bleak picture of deprivation in the UK. Tory MPs lambasted BBC bosses for peddling ‘socialist nonsense’ and making ‘absurd’ claims about the scale of poverty in Britain...
Theresa May has issued a last-ditch plea to MPs, warning that a failure to vote through her deal when it comes before the Commons this week would mean "we will not leave the EU for many months, if ever". In an article for the Sunday Telegraph, she said a third...
Chris Grayling could face a bill of up to £28 million from two ferry companies hired to help cope with a no-deal Brexit if the UK does not leave the EU at the end of March. The FT has reported that if parliament decides to postpone the UK's departure from the...
A letter to Nigel Farage published in the Sunderland Echo the day before a Brexit Betrayal march got underway in the region is garnering viral traction on social media. The piece, entitled "Nigel Farage is not a friend to the people of Sunderland", vents that the city is "isolated because...
Far-right Australian lawmaker Fraser Anning found himself, literally, with egg on his face yesterday after a protester smashed one on the side of his head at a Melbourne news conference. The Aussie senator had blamed the slaughter at two Christchurch mosques on immigration policies that "allowed Muslim fanatics to migrate to...