What a bum deal! VAT is charged on toilet roll, as it’s classed as a luxury item – whereas caviar and helicopters dodge the charge, as they’re deemed as “essentials”. However, a study has revealed that seven in 10 Brits had no
While Western media kept their audience updated step by step as Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin appeared close to having his troops invade Moscow, mainstream Russian TV preferred to inform their viewers of other, perhaps less pressing, issues. Author Beth Knobel took
Comment on this story Comment Caviar — something we might imagine belonging to the crystal-and-silver-laden dinner tables of oligarchs, or the cocktail parties of one-percenters — is suddenly popping up far from those rarefied spaces. Bars are garnishing drinks with it. People