We believe in freedom Free press. Free speech. Free markets. If you share these values, join us today. One year for £25. | | One of Hockney's new self-portraits, "Richard Watching Me Paint This Seated on a Chair with Big Wheels, September 2025" |  | Alastair Sooke Chief Art Critic | “I don’t know how long I’m going to live,” David Hockney tells me, “But I assume I’ll die soon, rather than later, and so I want to work every day.”
There was a stage where I doubted I’d be sitting there listening to him tell me these words. When the call came through last month confirming that he was up for an interview, I felt excited – and nervous. In Paris, before the opening of his superb retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton earlier this year, he’d seemed infirm. Some back-and-forth over the date and nature of the interview intensified my apprehension. I was told I could speak to him for only 45 minutes on Zoom – at around 5pm on an as-yet unspecified day, after the 88-year-old had finished working. “It will definitely happen in the next two weeks" – but would it? | Hockney at his April 2025 exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris | Then I heard that Hockney wanted to show me his new paintings – in person (result!) – at his studio in Kensington. Three days later, I met one of his friends on the side street, where, behind a gate, the artist has maintained a space since the 1970s. She led me through – and there he was, stylishly turned out and sitting in a wheelchair, surrounded by glorious new work. A few other people were also present, including Hockney’s partner and a nurse. Tess, Hockney’s dachshund, scampered in and out.
He speaks slowly now, and I worried I wouldn’t have enough time. I’d been told that I mustn’t tire him out. Yet, once we were up and running, he talked, with fluency and wit, for more than 90 minutes, and was still going as I was packing up. Before I left, he signed – using a Montblanc fountain pen – a tiny but beautiful book reproducing a lecture he once gave about Pablo Picasso. This had belonged to my grandfather and, almost as a talisman, I’d brought it along. Now, on its title page, there are two words: “Picasso” and “David”, in a slightly wobbly purple script. Continue reading ➤ |  | Jeremy Warner Assistant Editor | Nearly 100 years after the Great Crash, the global economy is showing eerie echoes of 1929. Stock markets are overvalued, central banks are warning of an AI bubble, and political leaders are too divided or powerless to respond effectively. Meanwhile, gold and Bitcoin are replacing the dollar as go-to safe havens.
History shows that these booms rarely end without a bust. Rarely, if ever, have the fortunes of the world economy depended so precariously on the judgment of such a small cluster of tech billionaires. These titans argue that it’s a “good bubble” and, when it bursts, only the strongest will survive. Yet with debts rising, markets reacting and investors fleeing, this autumn feels particularly akin to previous “Black Octobers”.
Is it déjà vu? A market correction may not be imminent, but the warning signs are flashing. The question now is not if the reckoning comes, but when. Continue reading ➤ | | Camilla Tominey Nearly all of Britain’s problems today go back to decisions made by David Cameron and George Osborne Continue reading ➤ William Sitwell Tom Daley’s mocking of ‘flabbergasted’ Kate Garraway shows how far we’ve fallen Continue reading ➤ Angela Epstein Trump has put Starmer to shame Continue reading ➤ | Sharpen your talking points Explore incisive opinion from Britain’s leading comment writers One year for £25. | | Russia’s president has his back against the wall. He is losing the economic war faster than he is gaining any military advantage in Ukraine, with Moscow’s much-feared offensive having sputtered out over the summer. Meanwhile, the Russian home front is cracking. But as the clock ticks for Putin, the danger facing Europe only grows worse. Continue reading ➤ | | | An artist's impression of the lunar glass habitat structure | | Here’s an extraordinary look at how humans could colonise the Moon. Nasa plans to build giant, super-strong glass domes that could one day house astronauts. Their construction is the ingenious part – the space agency will make the structures using moon dust. Continue reading ➤ | | | Before having her first baby, Sarah Martinez-Murray enjoyed an exciting sex life. But after giving birth, she found that her libido had disappeared and showed no sign of returning. “I felt like my body was failing me,” she admits. But after a diagnosis of perimenopause, everything suddenly made sense. Now she’s sharing the steps she took to regain her sex drive in the hope of helping other women who are in the same position she was. Continue reading ➤ | | | If a motorist breaks the rules of the road, they are fined – or worse. So why not cyclists? As the City of London unveils plans to clamp down on bikes that jump red lights, Emily Retter went to one of the capital’s busiest junctions to see the scale of the problem for herself. What she witnessed turned her blood cold. Continue reading ➤ | | Life is tough, and anything from a relationship crisis to a rail replacement bus service can get a person complaining about their lot. But just how easy is it for a serial complainer to quit moaning? Our chronically grumpy writer George Chesterton decided to find out how negativity can often become our normal – and if it really is possible to change our mindsets. Continue reading ➤ | | | Many thought it was goodbye forever when Ozzy Osbourne died in July – but few knew that he’d been working on a memoir, Last Rites. It’s full of stories, from Sharon stabbing him with a fork on a plane, to the most expensive bender of his life... Our critic has rounded them all up. Continue reading ➤ | | Are you planning a trip to Europe, perhaps for a last blast of autumn warmth? Be warned – from tomorrow, the EU’s new entry-exit system (EES) will be in force, meaning Britons must submit fingerprints and a facial scan, as well as answering a questionnaire before entering the Schengen Area.
In the UK, new touch-screen kiosks are in place at St Pancras International, the Eurotunnel terminal in Folkestone and the Port of Dover. For air passengers, checks will be carried out on arrival in Europe.
Having visited Dover this week, Greg Dickinson does not anticipate a Europe-wide travel meltdown – but he does have several concerns, and believes confusion and delays are likely.
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Here’s everything you need to know ➤ | Andrew Baker’s Saturday Quiz |
Gather round for the latest instalment of my Saturday quiz.
You can find the answers at the end of the newsletter. - Henry John Heinz, food magnate, was born on this date in 1844. What was the first packaged food that he marketed, with Heinz Noble & Co?
- The Most Noble Order of the Garter, the most senior order of knighthood in the British honours system, was founded in 1348 by which monarch?
- Garter, corn, grass and milk are all species of what?
- Which Shakespearean character is said to be “Too full o’the milk of human kindness”?
- Which animals are the most closely related to humans?
| Weekends are for crowd-pleasers A brunch, a bake, and the start of roast season | Mocha loaf cake with brandy-soaked prunes and cardamom recipe |  | Eleanor Steafel Feature writer and recipe columnist | First things first – let’s see about a hearty breakfast. Diana Henry’s baked sausages with beans, eggs and feta ought to do it. Feel free to tweak according to what you (or the nearest obliging shop) have in stock. A mound of buttered toast on the side, a pot of coffee, and the weekend can really get going.
Then there’s this afternoon to think of. As soon as there is even a slight crispness in the air, I feel the need for a cake – and this mocha loaf with prunes looks tempting. Or how about these apple flapjacks? You could even consider making them tomorrow for pudding after your Sunday roast and eating them, while still warm, with cold cream.
| Cauliflower cheese baked potatoes | Speaking of roasts, are you planning a cauliflower cheese to go with your chicken tomorrow? I think it’s time. Why not make extra while you’re at it so that you can have these cauli cheese-stuffed jacket potatoes on Monday?
Happy cooking, and see you next Saturday!
P.S. I write a weekly Recipes Newsletter every Friday. Sign up here. | | Find as many words as you can in today’s Panagram, including the nine-letter solution. Visit Telegraph Puzzles to play a range of head-scratching games, including PlusWord, Sorted, and Quick, Mini or Cryptic Crosswords.
The solution to yesterday’s clue was FURROWING. Come back tomorrow for the answer to today’s puzzle. | | Thank you for reading. Have a fulfilling day and I hope to see you tomorrow. Chris Evans, Editor
P.S. Please send me your thoughts on this newsletter. You can email me here. | Quiz answers: - Bottled horseradish
- Edward III
- Snake
- Macbeth
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