New continent. new adventure. same sandwich.

THE timing of it! How unfair can it be?” Gilly Hyde clamped her hands to the sides of her head in despair, and immediately regretted it. She had spent an hour on her hair that morning. She took her ha

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

THE INSIDE STORY

As Slow Horses returns to TV, we meet the man behind the books that inspired it

ANOTHER look at the dashboard clock: 21.06. The plane’s due to leave in under two hours. With the turn-off for the airport within sight, I ease on to the accelerator, suppressing a groan as the cars i

Julian Fellowes and his cast look back on 15 years of triumph and tragedy, above and below stairs, as Downton Abbey returns for its last hurrah