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Business secretary takes aim at ‘presenteeism’
Labour has pledged to end the “culture of presenteeism” in Britain’s workplaces, saying that a default right of flexible working will make staff more productive and loyal. Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, said that giving employees the right to work from home or ignore work emails and...Labour has pledged to end the “culture of presenteeism” in Britain’s workplaces, saying that a default right of flexible working will make staff more productive and loyal. Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, said that giving employees the right to work from home or ignore work emails and...Labour has pledged to end the “culture of presenteeism” in Britain’s workplaces, saying that a default right of flexible...
Interview
Labour may be about to unveil the biggest overhaul of workers’ rights in a generation, but Jonathan Reynolds insists it is not returning to the past. “We’re not dependent on the unions,” he says. “They’re always a part of the Labour movement and a welcome one. But to try and present this as some sort of 1970s paradigm is a bit clichéd and...Labour may be about to unveil the biggest overhaul of workers’ rights in a generation, but Jonathan Reynolds insists it is not returning to the past. “We’re not dependent on the unions,” he says. “They’re always a part of the Labour movement and a welcome one. But to try and present this as some sort of 1970s paradigm is a bit clichéd and...Labour may be about to unveil the biggest overhaul of workers’ rights in a generation, but Jonathan Reynolds insists it is not...
in depth
Huw Edwards is “a complex individual” who had “a psychologically challenging upbringing”, the court was told. When Edwards, 63, pleaded guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children in July, Judge Paul Goldspring ordered a pre-sentence report to “read and hear more about you, your motivation, your...Huw Edwards is “a complex individual” who had “a psychologically challenging upbringing”, the...Huw Edwards is “a complex individual” who had “a psychologically challenging upbringing”, the...
If you are overweight but hit the gym, tot up 10,000 daily steps or complete a weekly Parkrun, do the extra pounds...If you are overweight but hit the gym, tot up 10,000 daily steps or complete a weekly Parkrun, do...If you are overweight but hit the gym, tot up 10,000 daily steps or complete a weekly Parkrun, do...
first person
If you were planning to fly-tip some old furniture would you dump it on your doorstep? Thought not. But that’s...If you were planning to fly-tip some old furniture would you dump it on your doorstep? Thought not.If you were planning to fly-tip some old furniture would you dump it on your doorstep? Thought not.
POLITICAL SKETCH
In the midst of a scandal over lavish gifts from party donors, the prime minister held a press conference in which he announced he is considering sending asylum seekers to a foreign country to have their claims processed. Why do I feel so sure...In the midst of a scandal over lavish gifts from party donors, the prime minister held a press...In the midst of a scandal over lavish gifts from party donors, the prime minister held a press...
To the sound of the national anthem Deborah Scholes and Ann Rich launched their gas balloon into the sky and set off...To the sound of the national anthem Deborah Scholes and Ann Rich launched their gas balloon into...To the sound of the national anthem Deborah Scholes and Ann Rich launched their gas balloon into...
Further taxes on sugar and alcohol must be imposed to prevent a surge in long-term sickness that will cost taxpayers...Further taxes on sugar and alcohol must be imposed to prevent a surge in long-term sickness that...Further taxes on sugar and alcohol must be imposed to prevent a surge in long-term sickness that...
A teenager who admits killing a 16-year-old boy during a New Year’s Eve celebration has told a court he carried a...A teenager who admits killing a 16-year-old boy during a New Year’s Eve celebration has told a...A teenager who admits killing a 16-year-old boy during a New Year’s Eve celebration has told a...
the times diary
It is not all tribal rancour in parliament. In a display of cross-party affection, the Tory MP for Hamble Valley...It is not all tribal rancour in parliament. In a display of cross-party affection, the Tory MP...It is not all tribal rancour in parliament. In a display of cross-party affection, the Tory MP...
david charter analysis
Has there ever been an American election like it? Two brazen assassination attempts, the withdrawal of a broken president and vicious rhetorical attacks that only increase national tensions. “The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of,” President Biden said after a gunman hit Donald Trump’s ear and killed a member of his...Has there ever been an American election like it? Two brazen assassination attempts, the...Has there ever been an American election like it? Two brazen assassination attempts, the...
profile
Ryan Wesley Routh is a former Donald Trump supporter whose disillusionment with the Republican presidential nominee...Ryan Wesley Routh is a former Donald Trump supporter whose disillusionment with the Republican presidential nominee led him to a dark place. “I will be glad when you are gone,” the man suspected of trying to kill Trump on Sunday posted in a message directed at the former president two months ago, shortly after...Ryan Wesley Routh is a former Donald Trump supporter whose disillusionment with the Republican presidential nominee led him to...
The Pope has angered French Catholics by snubbing an invitation to lead the first Mass at the restored Notre Dame cathedral, prompting some to claim that he dislikes the country. President Macron had been counting on Francis’s attendance at the...The Pope has angered French Catholics by snubbing an invitation to lead the first Mass at the...The Pope has angered French Catholics by snubbing an invitation to lead the first Mass at the...
José Antonio Morante de la Puebla, regarded by many as the greatest bullfighter of all time, has withdrawn from...José Antonio Morante de la Puebla, regarded by many as the greatest bullfighter of all time, has...José Antonio Morante de la Puebla, regarded by many as the greatest bullfighter of all time, has...
The son of Norway’s crown princess has been arrested by police at a remote hunting lodge over allegations he violated...The son of Norway’s crown princess has been arrested by police at a remote hunting lodge over...The son of Norway’s crown princess has been arrested by police at a remote hunting lodge over...
A quiet town on the Portuguese-Spanish border has once again found itself at the centre of a dispute between the two countries that has dragged on for 200 years. Nuno Melo, Portugal’s defence minister, has rekindled a diplomatic row over the...A quiet town on the Portuguese-Spanish border has once again found itself at the centre of a...A quiet town on the Portuguese-Spanish border has once again found itself at the centre of a...
Nearly 65 years after Spanish director Carlos Saura made the film which instantly catapulted him to fame and is now regarded as a masterpiece, The Delinquents has finally overcome the censors of the Franco era. Ten months of painstaking work has...Nearly 65 years after Spanish director Carlos Saura made the film which instantly catapulted him...Nearly 65 years after Spanish director Carlos Saura made the film which instantly catapulted him...
Jobs to be lost but shipyards expected to continue trading under new ownership
Harland & Wolff, the shipyard that built the Titanic, is set to fall into administration for the second time in only five years. The Belfast-based company said a review had concluded that Harland & Wolff Group Holdings, its holding company, was “insolvent on a balance sheet basis”. An...Harland & Wolff, the shipyard that built the Titanic, is set to fall into administration for the second time in only five years. The Belfast-based company said a review had concluded that Harland & Wolff Group Holdings, its holding company, was “insolvent on a balance sheet basis”. An...Harland & Wolff, the shipyard that built the Titanic, is set to fall into administration for the second time in only five years.
BP will quit the American onshore wind market with plans to sell ten wind farms as its new boss tries to simplify the business and boost returns. The FTSE 100 energy group will divest its existing US onshore wind farms, which span seven states and have a combined capacity of 1.7 gigawatts. BP intends to launch the sales process “shortly” in...BP will quit the American onshore wind market with plans to sell ten wind farms as its new boss tries to simplify the business and boost returns. The FTSE 100 energy group will divest its existing US onshore wind farms, which span seven states and have a combined capacity of 1.7 gigawatts. BP intends to launch the sales process “shortly” in...BP will quit the American onshore wind market with plans to sell ten wind farms as its new boss tries to simplify the business...
Amazon employees have been told to return to working from the office five days a week from the start of next year, as the giant online retailer reverses a host of pandemic-era policies. Hot-desking will be scrapped in offices which were previously designed to have allocated desks for individuals. Layers of...Amazon employees have been told to return to working from the office five days a week from the...Amazon employees have been told to return to working from the office five days a week from the...
business commentary
When GOD himself and Jim O’Neill, a deity from the economics firmament, interject, perhaps we all have to listen. Gus...When GOD himself and Jim O’Neill, a deity from the economics firmament, interject, perhaps we all...When GOD himself and Jim O’Neill, a deity from the economics firmament, interject, perhaps we all...
mehreen khan
The incoming leadership of the European Commission was given two important looks into its past and future last week.The incoming leadership of the European Commission was given two important looks into its past...The incoming leadership of the European Commission was given two important looks into its past...
The cost of a cup of coffee is expected to rise after a prolonged bout of dry weather in Brazil and a deadly typhoon in Vietnam. Arabica coffee futures reached a 13-year high of above $2.60 per pound in New York on Monday. The rise comes as...The cost of a cup of coffee is expected to rise after a prolonged bout of dry weather in Brazil...The cost of a cup of coffee is expected to rise after a prolonged bout of dry weather in Brazil...
tempus
Shares in the British Airways owner International Airlines Group, otherwise known as IAG, are still trading a third...Shares in the British Airways owner International Airlines Group, otherwise known as IAG, are...Shares in the British Airways owner International Airlines Group, otherwise known as IAG, are...
comment
After three years at a very high level, inflation finally returned to target. In the 25 years before the recent surge...After three years at a very high level, inflation finally returned to target. In the 25 years...After three years at a very high level, inflation finally returned to target. In the 25 years...
market report
Compare and contrast the fortunes of two of London’s leading listed engineering companies. TI Fluid Systems, the car...Compare and contrast the fortunes of two of London’s leading listed engineering companies. TI...Compare and contrast the fortunes of two of London’s leading listed engineering companies. TI...
More industries across Britain’s economy were hiring than at any time in the past 16 months in August, according to...More industries across Britain’s economy were hiring than at any time in the past 16 months in...More industries across Britain’s economy were hiring than at any time in the past 16 months in...
SIX FROM THE BEST
As a woman at the forefront of tech-enabled firms, Hannah Seal managed eBay’s consumer marketplace and set up the general merchandise business for Ocado. Now a partner at Index Ventures, she specialises in backing visionary entrepreneurs. Here she shares her advice for business leaders as they grow their companies. 1. Embrace “spikes”. Focus on people’s...As a woman at the forefront of tech-enabled firms, Hannah Seal managed eBay’s consumer...As a woman at the forefront of tech-enabled firms, Hannah Seal managed eBay’s consumer...
recruitment
Forget plush penthouse office suites or imposing designer desks, the latest CEO must-have is a personal executive coach.Forget plush penthouse office suites or imposing designer desks, the latest CEO must-have is a personal executive coach. In the USA, an estimated 25 to 40 per cent of Fortune 500 companies invest in executive coaching for their leaders, with stellar business names from Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to the former Google CEO...Forget plush penthouse office suites or imposing designer desks, the latest CEO must-have is a personal executive coach. In the...
champions league | james gheerbrant
Every new manager’s new era has to face its first really bad result. For Jürgen Klopp, nine years ago, it arrived on an autumn day at Anfield: a bathetic, bubble-bursting defeat by Crystal Palace. “It’s not a problem to lose,” he said afterwards. “It happens all the time in football. But we have...Every new manager’s new era has to face its first really bad result. For Jürgen Klopp, nine years ago, it arrived on an autumn day at Anfield: a bathetic, bubble-bursting defeat by Crystal Palace. “It’s not a problem to lose,” he said afterwards. “It happens all the time in football. But we have...Every new manager’s new era has to face its first really bad result. For Jürgen Klopp, nine years ago, it arrived on an autumn...
tom curry interview
Last November Tom Curry was on his way to pick up his dachshund, Toby, from a dog walker when his telephone rang. The incoming news was such a shock that it made the England flanker cry. Navdeep Singh Sandhu, the Sale Sharks physiotherapist, was ringing with scan results. Sandhu had noticed that Curry was limping at the back end of the...Last November Tom Curry was on his way to pick up his dachshund, Toby, from a dog walker when his telephone rang. The incoming news was such a shock that it made the England flanker cry. Navdeep Singh Sandhu, the Sale Sharks physiotherapist, was ringing with scan results. Sandhu had noticed that Curry was limping at the back end of the...Last November Tom Curry was on his way to pick up his dachshund, Toby, from a dog walker when his telephone rang. The incoming...
Erik ten Hag has told the £88million flop Antony that he must “earn the right” to start for Manchester United — even refusing to confirm his place in the team against League One’s Barnsley. The Brazilian winger, the second-most expensive signing in the club’s history, has played only one minute of first-team...Erik ten Hag has told the £88million flop Antony that he must “earn the right” to start for...Erik ten Hag has told the £88million flop Antony that he must “earn the right” to start for...
Twenty-four hours before the game’s superstars were set to line up in the revamped Champions League, the eyes of millions across the Atlantic were on a match in the English third tier famous for everything but the football. Tom Brady-backed...Twenty-four hours before the game’s superstars were set to line up in the revamped Champions...Twenty-four hours before the game’s superstars were set to line up in the revamped Champions...
Ezri Konsa interview
Champions League
Martyn Ziegler
The Premier League investigation that led to 130 charges — it was originally thought there were 115 separate alleged...The Premier League investigation that led to 130 charges — it was originally thought there were...The Premier League investigation that led to 130 charges — it was originally thought there were...
premier league | martin samuel
The modern game was just a twinkle in avaricious eyes the last time Arsenal won three straight league matches away to...The modern game was just a twinkle in avaricious eyes the last time Arsenal won three straight...The modern game was just a twinkle in avaricious eyes the last time Arsenal won three straight...
first person
The twice-divorced TV presenter is having the time of her life. But for male grey daters, new midlife relationships are more complicated, says Simon Mills
Lung diseases are a big cause of death in the UK. Experts tell Elisabeth Perlman how to keep your lungs healthy
In his new memoir, the Princess of Wales’s brother describes his parents’ reaction to his depression — and how a psychiatrist helped him
Obese exercisers have healthier belly fat than overweight people who are inactive, says a new study
robert crampton
We’re told self-service tills are more efficient, but they’re not. And why do we need Botox to cure tech-neck?
When I saw the Booker prize shortlist — the strongest in years, for my money — I almost didn’t notice the most obvious theme. Five out of the six authors who have made the cut are women. So commonplace has it become for females to dominate prize...When I saw the Booker prize shortlist — the strongest in years, for my money — I almost didn’t...When I saw the Booker prize shortlist — the strongest in years, for my money — I almost didn’t...
REVIEW
The artist’s latest reinvention as a sculptor, at White Cube Bermondsey, promises to be her most exciting period yet
FIRST NIGHT REVIEW
first night review
first night review
Wagner has become the Saffron Opera Group’s special thing, so for its tenth anniversary, they gave us a passionate performance of his midsummer comedy
MINDGAMES
MindGames
Viewing GUide
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TELEVISION
Whether you are a flashy design lover, craft connoisseur or Euro technocrat, there is a luxury backpack for everyone
emma freud
Emma Freud on the pleasures of maturity, including chatting to birds and the perfect cheese toastie
Chiara Brown rounds up the oddest celebrity knick-knacks to go under the hammer, from Freddie Mercury’s moustache comb to Winston Churchill’s false teeth
Gavanndra Hodge
Switch to EV mode when you’re cruising through a rural village and you’re able to hear the birds sing
Once the freshers’ week fog fades, your fledgling student will be ready for a visit. Don’t miss these things to do and eat in Cambridge, Cardiff and more. Remember, you’ll be paying
video
Vilnius has affordable Michelin-starred dining with a side order of history. Linger for a weekend to find out why it does so well in the World Happiness Report
Now’s the time to plan ahead for your Christmas travels – and this easy trip to Belgium’s Renaissance city packs in culture, history and all your meals for just over £300
video
Arty Folkestone is the latest contender for the crown of coolest Kent town, thanks to street food, speakeasies and a shiny new place to stay
Thailand
Heading to the Land of Smiles but can’t decide which islands to include on your travels? Whether you want uber-luxe or cheap chic, our expert pick is all you need
WHERE WAS I? COMPETITION
video
There’s really no bad time to visit the Spanish capital. Madrid, the hub of culture and powerhouse of tradition, is magical in summer — but you can enjoy its brilliant cuisine (including some of the world’s best tapas), art galleries, pristine...There’s really no bad time to visit the Spanish capital. Madrid, the hub of culture and...There’s really no bad time to visit the Spanish capital. Madrid, the hub of culture and...
video
The Times has been publishing life stories of the great and the good (and the not so good) for more than 170 years. Now the obituary is also becoming a podcast, explains Anna Temkin
weather eye
IF YOU belong to Christ Jesus, you won’t be punished. The Holy Spirit will give you life that comes from Christ Jesus...IF YOU belong to Christ Jesus, you won’t be punished. The Holy Spirit will give you life that...IF YOU belong to Christ Jesus, you won’t be punished. The Holy Spirit will give you life that...
MindGames and Brain Boost puzzles to print and solve at your leisure
Unanimous vote after six-hour meeting of parks authority puts an end to proposed £40 million development at Balloch
A plan for a £40 million holiday village featuring a monorail, water park and craft brewery on the banks of Loch Lomond has been rejected. The Lomond Banks project was brought forward by the owners of the Flamingo Land theme park in Yorkshire. The board of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National...A plan for a £40 million holiday village featuring a monorail, water park and craft brewery on the banks of Loch Lomond has been rejected. The Lomond Banks project was brought forward by the owners of the Flamingo Land theme park in Yorkshire. The board of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National...A plan for a £40 million holiday village featuring a monorail, water park and craft brewery on the banks of Loch Lomond has...
A third of businesses have felt an impact on staffing and investment as a result of the Scottish government’s income tax policy, researchers have found. The Scottish Business Monitor (SBM), produced by the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde, showed 17 per cent indicated it was having a significant effect on their...A third of businesses have felt an impact on staffing and investment as a result of the Scottish government’s income tax policy, researchers have found. The Scottish Business Monitor (SBM), produced by the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde, showed 17 per cent indicated it was having a significant effect on their...A third of businesses have felt an impact on staffing and investment as a result of the Scottish government’s income tax policy...
MAGNUS LINKLATER
I had seven minutes with David Cameron that night. It was September 16, 2014, there were two days to go to referendum day and the polls were uncomfortably close. One had put the No vote on 52 per cent but the Daily Telegraph was reporting the gap closer, with momentum shifting towards the Yes camp. Here, then, was...I had seven minutes with David Cameron that night. It was September 16, 2014, there were two days...I had seven minutes with David Cameron that night. It was September 16, 2014, there were two days...
Mark Palmer
These are, of course, very early days in life after Matt O’Riley, but the initial indications are that Celtic may have closed the transfer window with a more complete, more varied suite of midfield options than when the £30million man was still aboard. Two new midfielders — Arne Engels and Luke McCowan — joined on the final day of summer trading, and having made a...These are, of course, very early days in life after Matt O’Riley, but the initial indications are...These are, of course, very early days in life after Matt O’Riley, but the initial indications are...
Michael Grant
Hearts are in negotiations with Brighton and Hove Albion chairman Tony Bloom about an investment deal potentially...Hearts are in negotiations with Brighton and Hove Albion chairman Tony Bloom about an investment deal potentially worth £10million to transform their player recruitment. Bloom wants Hearts to use his Starlizard sports analysis company to sign and sell on players using the same recruitment data model as Brighton have...Hearts are in negotiations with Brighton and Hove Albion chairman Tony Bloom about an investment deal potentially worth...
Mark Palmer | URC
Scottish Business Digest
Comment
Lack of strong leaders puts Europe in peril
William Hague
Three looming crises are threatening the Continent — unless they’re addressed they will overwhelm it in ten years
melanie phillips
Canada’s assisted death rush is a grim warning
sarah ditum
Clamp down on the cosmetic tourism touts
Giles Coren | notebook
How these presenters say Kyiv is my pet peeve
Libby Purves
BBC managers have questions to answer over Huw Edwards
Georgia heneage | notebook
Do we really need yet another Prince Andrew drama?
The Newsnight interview with which Prince Andrew crashed his reputation has proved to be ripe fodder for the small screen. And why not? It was stranger than fiction, Prince Andrew telling Emily Maitlis that he couldn’t have had sex with the...The Newsnight interview with which Prince Andrew crashed his reputation has proved to be ripe...The Newsnight interview with which Prince Andrew crashed his reputation has proved to be ripe...
Leading Articles
Meloni’s Medicine
The Italian prime minister’s solutions to the migrant crisis, while showing success, will be unpalatable to Sir Keir Starmer. France remains key to halting small boats
Worse for Wear
The prime minister has stumbled badly in accepting gifts of clothing from a donor
Iberian Beef
An obscure border dispute between Spain and Portgual dating back to the Napoleonic era is arousing old passions
letters to the editor
Free clothes for prime minister and his wife
Sir, Let us assume that the omission of the declaration of the sartorial gifts to Lady Starmer from Lord Alli was indeed an oversight (“Starmer’s wife had £5,000 of clothes paid for by donor”, Sep 16). Surely, though, it was wrong to accept...Sir, Let us assume that the omission of the declaration of the sartorial gifts to Lady Starmer...Sir, Let us assume that the omission of the declaration of the sartorial gifts to Lady Starmer...
Daily Universal Register
Briefing
UK: NHS Digital publishes statistics for routine childhood immunisations at one, two and five years. Data also includes statistics for people aged 65 and over immunised against seasonal flu; OEUK annual conference on the oil and gas industry, with the energy minister Michael Shanks among the speakers; the inaugural Desmond Tutu Annual Memorial Lecture is delivered at York Minster, by Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s daughter the Rev Nontombi Tutu; Sky Arts Awards; Great British Pub Awards.
Switzerland: World Cancer Congress begins in Geneva.
On this day
In 1864 Elizabeth Sinclair-Robinson, from Glasgow, bought Niihau, the seventh-largest inhabited Hawaiian island, for $10,000. Known as the Forbidden Isle, the island is off-limits to the general public, and remains in the hands of her descendants; in 1939 the Soviet Union invaded Poland, two weeks after Britain declared war on Germany for doing the same. The Soviet invasion was agreed with Nazi Germany in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which divided eastern Europe into spheres of interest for the two powers. In 1941 Germany broke the pact and invaded the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa); in 1953 a team of eight surgeons successfully separated conjoined twins (at the base of the spine) at a hospital in New Orleans, US. The first-recorded successful separation of conjoined twins was in 1689, in Switzerland; in 1976 Nasa unveiled Enterprise, the first full-scale prototype space shuttle. Fans of the TV series Star Trek had campaigned for the name to be changed from the proposed Constitution; in 1978 the Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat signed a framework for a peace treaty, brokered by the US president Jimmy Carter.
Nature notes
The few remaining corncrakes on these islands are slipping away now, night after night: setting out to fly thousands of miles to the Congo for winter, some alone, some joining up with other birds, stopping off here and there in Europe and western Africa to rest. It is an astonishing journey for a secretive, ground-dwelling bird, one that barely seems adapted for flight. Once common and widespread, their “thumbnail on a comb” call familiar to generations of our forebears, they were driven to near-extinction here by agricultural machinery and changing land management, clinging on only to a few places in Ireland and on the Scottish islands and coasts. Efforts to reintroduce corncrakes to Norfolk are giving grounds for cautious hope. Melissa Harrison
Melissa Harrison
Birthdays today
Lord (James) Timpson, minister of state for prisons, parole and probation, chief executive, Timpson Group (2002-Jul 2024), 53; Sir David Bintley, ballet dancer and choreographer, vice-president, Royal Academy of Dance, artistic director, Birmingham Royal Ballet (1995-2019), 67; Lord (Alec) Broers, a pioneer of nanotechnology, president, Royal Academy of Engineering (2001-06), vice-chancellor, University of Cambridge (1996-2003), 86; Mike Catt, rugby union player, England (1994-2007), 53; Lord (David) Craig of Radley, chief of the defence staff (1988-91), 95; Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece and Princess of Denmark, 56; Neal Froneman, chairman, World Gold Council, 65; Warren Gatland, rugby union player, head coach, Wales (also 2007-19), British and Irish Lions (2013, 2017), 61; Damon Hill, Formula 1 world champion (1996), 64; Serge Klarsfeld, Nazi hunter, 89; Baz Luhrmann, film director, Moulin Rouge (2001), 62; Des Lynam, broadcaster, 82; Shabana Mahmood, lord chancellor and justice secretary, Labour MP for Birmingham Ladywood, 44; Reinhold Messner, the first mountaineer to ascend all 14 peaks over 8,000 metres, 80; Narendra Modi, prime minister of India, 74; Charlie Nunn, chief executive, Lloyds Bank, 53; Urs Schwarzenbach, financier, founder of Interexchange, 76; David Shrigley, artist, Really Good (fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square, 2016), 56; Dame Ingrid Simler, lady justice of appeal, 61; Bryan Singer, film director, The Usual Suspects (1995), 59; Lord (Indarjit) Singh of Wimbledon, editor, Sikh Messenger (since 1984), 92; Alexander Howard, Earl of Suffolk, 50; Rear-Admiral Jude Terry, director (people and training) and Naval Secretary, the most senior woman in the Royal Navy, 51; Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, senior rabbi of Masorti Judaism in the UK, 67.