Whereas we humans experience life as a chain of chronological events, the angel, Benjamin writes, faces the past and watches a tower of debris growing taller and taller, burying the victims of history ...

If you look at the bestselling books of 2025 on Amazon, you might be surprised to see a cookbook in second place. Jamie Oliver's Easy Air Fryer is second only to Onyx Storm (a popular fantasy novel).

There's been a raft of announcements in recent months that mean higher bills for consumers - but something you may not have noticed is that many of the price increases will hit at once. On 1 April ...