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Jess Bacon

I’m Jess, a freelance journalist and editor. As an English graduate with an MA in Creative Writing, I love to write about everything from Jane Austen to Marvel.

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Jools Stone

Jools Stone is a lively, experienced Brighton-based journalist and copywriter with specialisms in music, arts, travel and lifestyle topics. My work has been published in the Guardian, the New European, …

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Stef Bottinelli

I am a digital editor, journalist and content strategist. I have worked as an editor at Food Matters Live, The Daily Telegraph, Heart Radio (Global), Yachting and Boating World at …

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Cheri Morris

Hello! I’m a highly-skilled creative writer and content producer with six years’ experience writing for major print/online publications and a fast-paced marketing agency.

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Charles Lipson

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Georgina Wilson-Powell

Hello there. I'm Georgina, the founder of pebble magazine, eco expert, author and speaker focusing all of my energies on making sustainable living more approachable, interesting and stylish.While pebble is …

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Latest Articles

Daniel Mays: ‘Culture and the arts should never be for the privileged few’

Best and worst is a regular interview in which a celebrity reflects on the highs and lows of their life Actor Daniel Mays began his career working with director Mike Leigh in All or Nothing and Vera Drake. Since then, he’s appeared in Ashes to Ashes, Line of Duty, Made …
By Elizabeth Aubrey
• The Telegraph

Why Jolene remains the best country song of all time

Within minutes of Beyoncé releasing her new album, Cowboy Carter, there was one song dominating online discourse. Ten tracks into the brave, brilliant country-themed album, the RnB superstar drops in a cover of Dolly Parton’s 1973 classic Jolene, introduced by the same acoustic guitar picking that makes it one of …
By Siobhan Grogan
• The Telegraph

Israel admits it may not be able to destroy Hamas now US has turned its back

Israel may not be able to destroy Hamas despite five months of intense fighting in Gaza, intelligence officials have admitted. The main objective of the Gaza invasion faces failure as international support turns against Israel, sources warned. Israel believes it has dismantled Hamas’s main command and control structure in central …
By Melanie Swan
• The Telegraph

In Israel’s deserted north, your nearest neighbour can be a Hezbollah fighter who wants to kill you

The beautiful tree-lined roads up the mountainside have been turned into muddy tracks by tanks, with soldiers now patrolling where children once played freely in the 750-strong community. “I miss my children, my wife, the life we lived, the simplicity,” he said, his eldest of two just three years old. …
By Melanie Swan
• The Telegraph

The day Starsailor fired Phil Spector: ‘He span around, frothing at the mouth’

It was December 2001 when Starsailor first crossed paths with legendary producer Phil Spector, a pivotal moment for a fêted young band with a no2 debut album under their belt and hopes to break America. Spector, meanwhile, hadn’t worked in more than 20 years, and, two years later, in February …
By Siobhan Grogan
• The Telegraph

The definitive Taylor Swift tour of London – and five more hotspots fans won’t want to miss

A kebab shop in Kentish Town is not the first place you’d associate with the most famous woman in the world. This tiny no-frills joint on the main high street is plastered with laminated pictures of the menu, has a traffic jam honking outside the front door and serves food …
By Siobhan Grogan
• The Telegraph

Iranian bombs dropped on Israel are transported on ships using European ports

Iran is using European ports to provide cover for shipments of weapons to Hezbollah, The Telegraph can reveal. The Lebanese terror group has received missiles and bombs on ships that go on to dock in ports in Belgium, Spain and Italy, sources said. Hezbollah and Israel are close to all-out …
By Melanie Swan
• The Telegraph

Israel will be forced to ‘cut deals’ for individuals if Hamas refuse complete hostage release

Hamas will not release all of its hostages, forcing Israel to “pay a lot of money” through individual deals to free its citizens, a member of Israel’s negotiating team has said. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the negotiator said there was “no way on earth” the terror group would cut …
By Melanie Swan
• The Telegraph

The Supreme Court have dealt the first blow against Democratic lawfare

SCOTUS has decided unanimously decided that states cannot choose which presidential candidates to keep off the ballot. The DoJ should follow up by ensuring its own attorneys do not interfere in the election by holding trials close to the November vote. The trials can easily be be postponed until mid-November.
By Charles Lipson
• The Telegraph

Ghoulish ‘war safaris’ force Israeli kibbutzim to close doors to visitors

Kibbutzim in southern Israel have been forced to close their doors to visitors after busloads of souvenir-hunting tourists turned the sites of the Oct 7 attacks into a “safari”. Hundreds of people now arrive daily for “war tours” of the devastated communities to take selfies with the burnt-out homes and …
By Melanie Swan
• The Telegraph

Nigerian and Indian students shun British universities amid immigration clampdown

Nigerian and Indian students are shunning British universities amid government attempts to clamp down on immigration. Ucas (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) figures show the number of Nigerian students applying to start undergraduate degrees this year has fallen by 46 per cent compared to last year, to 1,590. Meanwhile, applications …
By Harry Torrance
• The Telegraph

‘Hot Houthi’ pirate says hijacked cargo ship’s hostages taken to Yemen

Yemen’s “Hot Houthi” claimed on Tuesday that the Iran-backed rebel group had taken 25 hostages from a hijacked cargo ship to a secret location on land. Rashid Al Haddad, 19, has emerged as the face of the Islamist militia after his TikTok videos on board the Galaxy Leader ship went …
By Melanie Swan
• The Telegraph

Parents could get alerts if children access harmful websites in wake of Brianna Ghey murder

Michelle Donelan, the Technology Secretary, was hoping to meet Brianna’s mother on Wednesday, but the talks were postponed until later in the week after Ms Ghey was caught in a major political row during a visit to Parliament. The spat broke out when Rishi Sunak mocked Sir Keir Starmer’s stance …
By Harry Torrance
• The Telegraph

Clapham attack suspect Abdul Ezedi ‘converted to Christianity’ with Baptist church

The suspect in the Clapham chemical attack converted to Christianity with a Baptist church that “welcomes strangers”, The Telegraph understands. Abdul Ezedi has been on the run for six days after allegedly dousing a 31-year-old woman and her two daughters, aged three and eight, with an alkaline substance and trying …
By Harry Torrance
• The Telegraph

Executions and public floggings rise in Yemen under Houthis’ reign of terror

The Houthis’ reign of terror in Yemen is growing ever more brutal, with executions and public floggings on the rise in the conflict-torn country, experts and civilians say. Human rights activists, media officials and even fishermen have been targeted in recent weeks by the Houthis, who, since November, have imposed …
By Melanie Swan
• The Telegraph

Police arrest dozens of journalists at protest by relatives of Russian troops mobilised in Ukraine

Russian police on Saturday detained a group of at least twenty journalists covering a demonstration by the wives of mobilised soldiers near Moscow’s Red Square. The officers appeared to target male reporters at the protest, a journalist at the march said. Video footage shows at least a dozen officers walking …
By Jörg Luyken
• The Telegraph

Watch: German farmers blockade country’s biggest airport

Farmers in Germany blocked roads around the country’s busiest airport on Saturday as protests over prices and red tape spread across the continent. Several hundred tractors blocked the streets leading to Frankfurt Airport in protest after a fuel subsidy cut was passed by the German parliament on Friday. Farmers in …
By Jörg Luyken
• The Telegraph

Erdogan’s party sets up political offshoot in Germany

The party of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish president, has set up an offshoot in Germany to contest European elections due later this year. The Democratic Alliance for Diversity and Awakening (DAVA), which is allied to Mr Erdogan’s AK Party, said it would run “highly decorated candidates” in the June …
By Jörg Luyken
• The Telegraph

Germany’s new rifle ‘inaccurate in battle’

The German army’s new assault rifle is not accurate enough and cannot be relied upon to work properly in battle, according to a classified report. The Bundeswehr was forced to lower testing standards for its G95A1 after it failed to pass trials using military-standard ammunition, said the report, which was …
By Jörg Luyken
• The Telegraph