The best graphic novels of 2023, from broken families to a duck named Norbert

Slice of life: Ellice Weaver’s Big Ugly – Avery Hill Some of us don’t watch television, and that’s fine. Some never go to the theater; different strokes. Some never listen to music; the gustibus, etc. Me? I avoid West End musicals. But to to boast that you never do X or Y, wear it like … Read more

How Nigel Farage became the last well-dressed man in the sky

Nigel Farage wore an elegant strawberry sherbet blazer and linen shirt on his recent return to Britain – PA Say what you will about Farage’s politics, but the man can dress. Tweed and wax jackets are the norm. But this week at Heathrow, when he returned from his stint I’m a celebrity, he made something … Read more

The 12 top tables of Christmas – or where to have a really raw lunch

Let’s Have Lunch: Christmas is a Time for Enjoyment (Big Night film still/YouTube) It’s grown-up Narnia, isn’t it, sitting down to a damn good lunch? When a lunch is good, time stops, it’s like falling in love. You’d think that every restaurant would have the capabilities to make this kind of luxury bedding possible, but … Read more

Andre Braugher, actor who played memorable detectives in Homicide and Brooklyn Nine-Nine – obituary

Braugher as Det Frank Pembleton in Homicide: Life on the Street – NBCU Photo Bank Andre Braugher, who has died aged 61, gained international recognition for playing intense big-city police detectives in the television drama Homicide: Life on the Street and later in the comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine; was also an award-winning stage actor who played … Read more

Is heliskiing worth the cost? I traveled to his hometown to find out

Heliski photo taken by Matt Ray in British Columbia, Canada, for The Telegraph – Matt Ray The pristine carpet of fresh powder snow lay before me as I floated through the silent forest, the burnt trunks in stark contrast to the white, British Columbian mountainside. My eyes picked out the gaps between the trunks as … Read more