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Chronic ill health was rising before Covid; now a report warns it explains almost 88% of the increase in economic inactivity

African countries’ efforts at restitution of artifacts from institutions in Europe are now blossoming with the return of pieces that once were thought unattainable

Jim Morton, 62, has been walking the country's coastline since last April

The French takeover of a satellite company shows we’re not learning from the current crisis

The result of the referendum cannot be ignored, but a bespoke deal with the EU has to be pursued if we are to avoid a shrinking economy

The literature and research on the abolition of slavery in places like Gold Coast (modern day Ghana) has tended to have a Eurocentric focus. Most has focused on colonial anti-slavery legislation and the abolitionist activities of Europeans. The contributions made by local Africans have been almost entirely ignored. When mentioned…

Two people are running to be Britain’s next prime minister, but a third presence looms over the contest: Margaret Thatcher

The Ukrainian and UK governments will send the public letters thanking them for the ‘UK’s largest offer of help to people fleeing war since 1945’.

Provence or Gloucestershire? Cornwall or the Med? Here are England’s most beautiful backdrops

Britain’s biggest retailers have urged the former chancellor to cut business tax