‘A real pioneer’: King Charles seeks to embody green values in royal estate | King Charles III

A pair of gas-guzzling Bentleys are not the most obvious candidates to burnish the monarch’s green credentials. But news that King Charles is converting his chauffeur-driven luxury vehicles to run on biofuels was this week billed as a small step in a bigger plan to reduce emissions – perhaps the equivalent of lesser mortals separating … Read more

What is ‘nature’? Dictionaries urged to include humans in definition | Language

It was last year, during a conference at the Eden Project, the botanic garden and conservation centre in Cornwall, that Frieda Gormley first heard the dictionary definition of nature. The businesswoman and environmental activist was answering questions about her plans to appoint a representative of nature to the board of her company, House of Hackney, … Read more

Ministers urged to act over physical and online intimidation in UK election | General elections

MPs and candidates who faced abuse on the campaign trail have pressed ministers to act over intimidation around polling stations and via social media algorithms that push incendiary material. Half a dozen MPs and candidates attended a roundtable meeting with Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, Dan Jarvis, the security minister, and Angela Rayner, the deputy … Read more

A Better Tomorrow: Life Lessons in Hope and Strength by Mina Smallman review | Autobiography and memoir

Four years ago, two of Mina Smallman’s grown-up daughters failed to come home from a summer evening picnic in the park. Vanishing like this was out of character for Bibaa, who had been celebrating her 46th birthday, and 27-year-old Nikki. So when the police didn’t launch an immediate search of the park, her friends and family started … Read more

As an MP, I’ve intervened in environments that would make the toughest men cry. By most standards I am nails | Life and style

When I was elected to parliament, I had been inside the building maybe two or three times before. My husband had only been to London once before. My politics comes from exposure to the worst of people’s lives. Communities ravaged by arson attacks, so scared of their neighbours that they turn on each other. Children … Read more

The German thirst for beer is waning – it’s not cool to be drunk any more | Nicholas Potter

The first cliche that comes to mind when many think of Germany is thigh-slapping oompah music, embroidered lederhosen and, above all, litre-sized mugs of beer. And Deutschland’s beer culture is best epitomised by Munich’s Oktoberfest. Millions of revellers descend on the Bavarian capital each September for 16 days of booze, bretzel and bratwurst. But it’s … Read more