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The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register. The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers.

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Norman Miller

I'm an award-winning UK-based writer for outlets including the BBC, The Times, Guardian and Daily Telegraph, as well as leading specialist titles from New Scientist to Harpers Wine & Spirit. …

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Athina Bohner

Having graduated from the University of Glasgow with a First-class MA honours degree in International Relations in 2024, I am an award-winning student journalist who is fluent in English, German, …

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Sophie Hares

Content Marketing Writer | Journalist | Editor | Consultant

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Cal Gaunt

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Suzy Pope

***CURRENTLY ON MATERNITY LEAVE*** I'm an Edinburgh-based freelance writer and editor specialising in travel, food and drink. Since graduating with an MSc in Creative Writing from Edinburgh University, I've had …

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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

Six of the best restaurants with rooms in Scotland

In the Middle Ages, coaching inns, baronial mansions and castles provided hospitality for the weary traveller. Guests would feast on hearty stews, warm themselves by the open fire, then haul their bones upstairs and hit the hay (sometimes literally). Across Scotland, chefs are reigniting this food-first hospitality. No designated drivers, …
By Suzy Pope
• The Times

Why California’s insurance crisis leaves wildfire victims helpless

While the Los Angeles fires are still raging, having killed 25 people and caused billions of dollars’ worth of damage, Californians are also feeling the heat from a slower-burning crisis: the dysfunction of the state’s insurance market.Faced with the escalating costs of wildfires and burdensome state regulations, many insurance companies …
By Jennifer Kennedy
• The Times

Funeral director wins £60k over sacking during cancer recovery

A Scottish funeral director who was unable to work for two years with cancer has won more than £60,000 after bosses sacked her for not being on call.Janie Crampshee won the discrimination payout after an employment tribunal ruled that Dignity Funerals “didn’t give her a chance” when she returned to …
By Lowri Lewis
• The Times

Domestic abuse victims ‘will pay price of national insurance hikes’

Funding cuts and the increase in employers’ national insurance contributions will have dire consequences for victims of domestic and sexual violence, charities have warned.On Monday a group of victims’ and women’s charity leaders wrote to the prime minister warning him that the cash shortfall from funding cuts and a rise …
By Lauren Del Fabbro
• The Times

Nigella advises to leave the turkey outside… under a skateboard

Nigella Lawson has disclosed her secrets to achieving the perfect spiced and super juicy Christmas roast turkey.The television chef said she left the bird outside for several days to truly tenderise the meat. Her son’s skateboard was a protection against marauding foxes.In an email newsletter to fans, Lawson, 64, described …
By Lauren Del Fabbro
• The Times

Insolvent seafood company ignored manager’s safety warnings on dead crabs

A health and safety manager has been awarded more than £9,000 at an employment tribunal after his former bosses ignored his complaints about 12 tonnes of rotting dead crabs.John Coleman, who worked for the Orkney Fishermen’s Society, which subsequently fell intoadministration, told the tribunal that he witnessed a staggering amount …
By Lowri Lewis
• The Times

21 of the best places for short-haul sun (and low prices) this winter

By November, summer feels like a distant memory. When months of grey skies and dark mornings loom ahead, a mood-boosting blast of vitamin D can see you through until spring — and you don’t need to take a pricey long-haul flight to find it. Each year, I jet away in …
By Siobhan Grogan
• The Times

25 of the most epic adventures in the US

I’ve travelled to the United States so many times that a suspicious airport customs officer once queried why I visited so often. I’d barely noticed until he pointed it out: in fact, depending on the destination, focus and season, almost every trip had felt like visiting a different country. I’d …
By Siobhan Grogan
• The Times

Holi celebrations in India: where to go and what to do in 2025

India goes technicolour once a year, when the country welcomes spring with the Hindu festival of Holi. Held each March for centuries over one evening and the following day, the celebration has its origins in various legends. One tells of a female demon, Holika, who was so enraged by her …
By Siobhan Grogan
• The Times

Backlash over plans for private luxury golf resort near St Andrews

Plans to build an exclusive golf club near St Andrews have sparked anger from local residents amid fears over how accessible it will be to the public.The American consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal has submitted plans for a multimillion-pound golf club that will stretch across 100 hectares of land at …
By Stuart Moyes | Portfolio
• The Times

Shortlist for the best building in Scotland announced

Blending into the grit of Edinburgh’s Waverley Station, the Fruitmarket Gallery may appear unremarkable at first glance. But behind the chipped brick and smatterings of careless graffiti is an artistic space reborn and redefined through careful and extensive refurbishment.In November, the gallery has a chance to be crowned Scotland’s best …
By Stuart Moyes | Portfolio
• The Times

The underrated crowd-free alternatives to Venice

Foodie powerhouse Bologna sits 50 miles to the west; cultural corker Florence 90 miles southwest; needs-no-adjective Venice 90 miles to the north. But choose instead Ravenna and its little canal-laced coastal neighbour Comacchio and you’ll find this distinctive pairing mixes the magical elements of all three — but without the …
By Norman Miller
• The Times

The army of digital sleeper agents who propelled Labour to power

It’s mid-June and Emma Reynolds, now the MP for Wycombe, is doing what her colleagues are doing all over the country — knocking on doors. Treading the well-worn path of an election candidate, she picks a street and spends the day hoping to convince those over the threshold to vote …
By Geraldine Scott
• The Times