The Indian-Irish poet on the Mahabharata retelling that inspired her to write, Arundhati Roy’s courage, and the poetry of Lucille Clifton ...

Newcastle’s Amar Dedic is unlikely to face a club sanction after being spotted holding a bow and arrow in the Northumberland countryside and sparking a major police pursuit involving an armed response ...

Thomas Tuchel has named his squad for England’s Nations League games against Croatia and Spain ...

Mark Rowley says he would not be surprised if many more people emerged with allegations against convicted rapist ...

She started acting at six and by 16 was starring in Even Stevens with Shia LaBeouf. Then her career fell apart. Here, she explains how she survived growing up in the spotlight ...

The star is excellent in her return as a midlife assassin. But her whiny son is so annoying, the drama disintegrates into a soggy spy sitcom – he might just have killed the whole show ...

YouGov survey finds support for tree planting and emissions taxes but opposition to air travel and fuel levies ...

October drop of 0.6% leaves average price of property at £296,285, says Lloyds, as high mortgage rates hit market ...

Ben Duke’s clever, witty and wholly unpredictable new show, The Last Hamlet, takes big liberties with the story that pay off ...

Workers’ rights campaigners say measure will help young people and women in particular achieve more equal pay ...

Asian and European markets follow Wall Street with sharp fall as FTSE down 1.5% ...