Sam Wollaston

A student and a salesperson disagreed about drug​ policy and HS2, but would they see eye to eye on the Edward Colston statue?

Sam Wollaston Joe, 20, Southampton OccupationGeography student Voting recordGreen in the last general and local elections.

At 60, Davies is less of a hell-raiser than he once was – but a great deal happier. He talks about the excesses of the 90s, the sexual abuse that made him such an ‘angry boy’, his recent bladder cancer, and fatherhood

It looks as if Alan Davies is in the wrong place. Not as in the wrong venue: he's here at the Pleasance theatre in Islington, a north London fringe theatre and comedy venue, where we arranged to meet.

An ‘apolitical’ retired IT manager and a ‘far left’ biologist disagree over tackling global heating – but are they in harmony over truth and reconciliation?

2-8A Rutland Gate had jewel-encrusted bathroom suites and gold wastepaper bins in its 45 rooms, but has lain empty for years. With many people desperate for secure housing, what does the abandonment of this palace tell us about the UK?

When it last changed hands, in 2020, 2-8A Rutland Gate was Britain's most expensive house, selling for £210m . The word "house" hardly does it justice; palace is probably more accurate.

Why are so many luxury homes in London lying empty? Sam Wollaston reports

A comms director and a charity worker disagreed on taxation, but how did they fare on the climate crisis?

Sam Wollaston Emma, 34, London Occupation Thinktank comms director Voting record Tory or Lib Dem until 2024, when Emma spoiled her ballot “because I was annoyed at everybody”