Harry Wallop

The quest for passion has leached from career advice to recruitment policies. But most jobs are, often, soul-suckingly tedious

A growing cult insists on braving the cold and cooking the most important roast of the year on the Big Green Egg. Harry Wallop reports

The unilateral professional services shutdown, and Network Rail engineering works, make it hard for those who cannot afford to take time off

It's dolloped on eggs, slathered over ice cream: chilli sauce mania has gripped Britain, igniting a multibillion-pound industry in its fiery wake

It's dolloped on eggs, slathered over ice cream: chilli sauce mania has gripped Britain, igniting a multibillion-pound industry in its fiery wake.

Sending thousands of emails is of no use to the planet or productivity

A four-sentence email landed a British firm a £400 million deal. Cold mailing, once dismissed, is proving surprisingly potent

In the late 2000s a change to a 180-year-old law led to a craft gin revolution. We sank bottle after bottle of the stuff in lockdown. But have we fallen out love with our favourite tipple, asks Harry Wallop. Plus Will Lyons picks his top five gins

Shoplifting is the one British industry that is thriving – and whoever is to blame, it is heaping even more pressure on our troubled high streets

Unpaid housework fuels capitalism, a new book reveals. It is time to reconsider the economic value of caring and who should pay