Instead of seeing etiquette as a set of categorical rules, we should recognise that poor form can actually have good consequences, says writer Rachel Connolly ...

As pubs nationwide buckle under soaring costs, one Argyll village spent three years buying and restoring theirs – and has ambitious plans for the future ...

Life goes on in a vibrant Greater Manchester neighbourhood after a plan for an attack was thwarted ...

Big brands such as Sainsbury’s and M&S also selling directly in app through links in videos and livestreams ...

Singer’s final decades can’t really be called his creative golden years but there are touching contributions from his collaborators ...

Shroud-chewers, lip-smackers and suckers populate this fascinating study of ‘the unquiet dead’ across the centuries ...

It has been a year dominated by Donald Trump. It has not yet even been 12 full months since his return to the White House in January, but already the changes he has wrought – both in the US and around ...

Jennifer Reid sang workers’ songs, Malmin plumbed gnarly Norwegian hinterlands and Quinie rode across Argyll on a horse ...

Extreme weather and fragile supply chains are pushing up food costs – and raising fears of instability ...

The National Theatre’s Hamlet, Northern Ballet’s Merlin and the musical Scissorhandz are among the highlights of the Guardian photographer’s stage spectaculars ...

Richard Fishacre used his knowledge of light and colour to argue against ‘fifth element’ theories of the day ...

Witnesses quoted on Russian television said an explosion occurred around 1.30am on Wednesday ...