Preferable to Starmer he may be, but there is scant sign of a sharp political break in Burnham’s policies so far — while left challenges aren’t making much of a running either, finds ANDREW MURRAY. How can socialism be put back on the map?
I DROVE up to Suffolk few weeks ago. I love that most easterly county for all sorts of reasons but when I get there my usual first delight is the sight of fields full of free-range pigs.
Pigs are gentle creatures with surprising intelligence. Studies have found they’re cleverer than dogs and even children as old as three years.
In each fenced-off field division is a small corrugated hut — they call them arcs — a water trough, another for food and a large sow mother pig surrounded by her family of piglets. In a sunny summer they can get sunburnt.
Innovation in biotechnology is changing how we conceive of meat, say ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT of SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
MAT COWARD takes a look at some of the options for keen gardeners as we enter 2026
Commiserations if you failed this year, MAT COWARD offers six points which, if followed religiously, will ensure you succeed next year



