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‘I hid my imposter syndrome by drinking daily – here’s how I stopped’

Head shot of Zoë Beaty

Dominic McGregor co-founded the start-up that went on to earn Dragons’ Den star Steven Bartlett millions. But, while he watched his business partner soar, booze became a crutch and his life spiralled. Here, he tells Zoë Beaty how he finally got sober and why he thinks more men are in crisis than ever

<p>McGregor starting relying on booze to help him deal with the stress of running a company at such a young age </p>

<p>Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, receives flowers upon her arrival in Lagos, the Nigerian capital </p>

Sean O’Grady

Might Harry and Meghan’s original Megxit plan actually have worked?

<p>Commander Magnus Frykvall of the P18 Gotland regiment in Sweden </p>

The Longer Read

To prepare for WWIII is it time consider conscription like Germany is?

<p>Mounjaro is the latest miracle weight loss jab to hit the UK </p>

Health and Wellbeing

Better than Ozempic? The ‘King Kong’ of weight loss jabs is here

Voices

<p>Why we are letting employers and perpetrators get away with this often illegal behaviour, which is then covered up with silence and a payout? </p>

Zelda Perkins

How gagging orders have silenced mothers for decades

<p>Those who love the former president will love him all the more</p>

Jon Sopel

Stormy Daniels has given Trump one thing he always wanted

<p>‘As we wait for the full report, I am reminded not just of my own hurts, but of all the maternity reports that have come before’ </p>

Seven easy ways to make maternity care safer for women

The Longer Read

<p>The Kremlin was accused of using the castle and its 30 acres of grounds to plot espionage operations against Britain</p>

Inside Story

How a Sussex manor house became a country club for Russian spies

Gifted to the former Soviet Union after the Second World War, this grand pile has long enjoyed hosting Russian diplomats for tennis days and musical soirees. But that all came to an end this week when it was stripped of its special status, much to the relief of the locals, who have been warning about suspicious goings on for years, says Mark Hollingsworth

<p>Eating healthy doesn’t have to be a chore – all it takes is a little bit of creative thinking and you’ll never have a boring meal again </p>

Health and Wellbeing

This is how I (just about) manage to eat 30 plants a week – and why you should too

<p>A photo of pioneering Impressionist Claude Monet in his famous gardens in Giverny, France, circa 1917</p>

Is Artificial intelligence is about to trigger an art revolution bigger than Impressionism?

Politics Explained

<p>The Labour leadership is negotiating with the Labour Trade Union Organisation in an effort to decide what the party’s next manifesto should say</p>

Politics Explained

Can Labour’s new deal for workers satisfy the unions and business?

<p>McVey is unhappy with public sector workers advertising their personal affiliations or sympathies while in the office </p>

Politics Explained

What’s behind Esther McVey’s attack on civil service lanyards?

<p>Two climate protesters smashed the glass around Magna Carta in the British Library on Friday, calling for the government to commit to emergency plans</p>

Politics Explained

Will the government ban Just Stop Oil and ‘extreme protest groups’?

<p>Poll suggests significant shifts could be seen in the balance of political power in Scotland and across the UK </p>

Politics Explained

How might a Labour revival in Scotland affect politics more broadly?

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Editorials

<p>Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky meets US secretary of state Antony Blinken in Kyiv on Tuesday </p>

The Independent View

It’s time we gave Ukraine the tools it needs to finish the job

<p>Rishi Sunak delivers a keynote address at the Policy Exchange think tank in central London on Monday </p>

The Independent View

You’ve fired the election starting gun, Mr Sunak, let’s get on with it

<p>Dover MP Natalie Elphicke defected from the Tories to Labour</p>

The Independent View

Labour should think carefully before allowing more Tories to join

Culture

<p>Artemisia Gentileschi, ‘Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura)', 1638</p>

Tate’s Now You See Us is a frustrating look at neglected women artists

<p>Play with fire: Marlon Richards, son of Anita Pallenberg and Keith Richards, explores his mother’s story with directors Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Zill in ‘Catching Fire’ </p>

Secrets and lies of The Rolling Stones, according to Anita Pallenberg

<p>Iris Murdoch wrote novels about the only things that matter – love, goodness and how to be happy without hurting others</p>

Book of a lifetime: The Bell by Iris Murdoch

Travel

<p>Isle of wonder: just off the coast of Sicily is an archipelago steeped in myths </p>

A real-life journey through the mythical lands of the ‘Odyssey’

<p>A couple’s tour to Japan was paid for at a much higher exchange rate than experienced in the country on their trip </p>

Can we claim rate rebate after the yen dropped while we were in Japan?

John RentoulThe Independent’s chief political commentator

<p>David Lammy and John Healey are not yet household names, but they looked the part in Kyiv as shadow foreign secretary and shadow defence secretary</p>

Labour’s U-turn on defence makes them more hardline than the Tories

<p>Aisle be damned: Natalie Elphicke in fact ‘crossed the floor’ </p>

Mea Culpa: lots and lots but we’re not exactly sure how many

<p>Starmer and Reeves are credible compared with Sunak and Hunt</p>

Could Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves get lucky with the economy?

Andrew GricePolitical columnist who keeps his ear to the ground inside Westminster

<p>Only 11 per cent of people know Starmer’s father was a toolmaker, while 18 per cent know Sunak’s father was a family doctor</p>

Polling reveals voters don’t care about politicians’ upbringing

<p>Would right-winger Elphicke have survived the vetting process to become a Labour parliamentary candidate?</p>

Has Starmer ditched morality in favour of winning a majority?

<p>The Tories’ traditional economic card might have worked against Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell, but it won’t work against Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves</p>

The economy is getting better. Is it enough to save the Tories?

Chris Blackhurst

<p>It’s a rich man’s world: turns out Abba were right on the money... </p>

Business Comment

Sweden has more billionaires per capita than the US – why?

<p>The event was interpreted as a personal advertisement from Sunak, that when he departs No 10, he will want to work in tech, possibly, who knows, for Elon Musk himself </p>

Why is Rishi shying away from a battle with Big Tech?

<p>Shalini Khemka was made a CBE for services to entrepreneurship (E2E/PA)</p>

A celebration of Britain’s fastest-growing women-led businesses

News analysis

<p>David Cameron meeting Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Friday</p>

Why the UK should not rule out sending troops to Ukraine

<p>Buyers are reluctant to pay through the nose for houses, and prices have been falling month on month </p>

House prices are falling – but what does it mean for the future?

<p>Rishi Sunak welcomes Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame to Downing Street earlier this month </p>

Is the capital of Rwanda really safer than London?

<p>Demonstrators wave Iran’s flag as they gather in front of the British embassy in Tehran</p>

Could conflict between Israel and Iran trigger a third world war?

Sport

<p>A sodden Erik ten Hag leaves the pitch after Manchester United’s defeat by Arsenal</p>

Crumbling Old Trafford is perfect theatre for Ten Hag’s broken dreams

<p>Nottingham Forest accused a Premier League official of bias in a controversial statement </p>

Shameless derby: How Forest made City clash a lose-lose for neutrals

Mary DejevskyExpert on foreign affairs, Russian politics and diplomatic relations between the Kremlin and the west

<p>President Biden has said that if Israel’s operation in Rafah went ahead, he would withhold US weapons</p>

For Biden and Netanyahu, Gaza is a political balancing act

<p>They say you want a revolution: Columbia university protests in 1968, and, inset, today </p>

Protesting students have much to learn from the 1960s ‘glory days’

<p>Wednesday’s meeting between Rishi Sunak and his German counterpart, Olaf Scholz, was overshadowed by a diplomatic gaffe </p>

Why Sunak is now banking on a special relationship with Germany

America

<p>Joe Biden speaks in Belfast on 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement</p>

Biden says Brexit deal can bring ‘significant’ US investment to NI

<p>Such leaks remind countries like Russia – as well as US allies – of the sheer scale and reach of Washington’s operations</p>

The diplomatic damage done by the Pentagon leak won’t last long

<p>Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley wrote a tweet attacking ‘weak and woke’ ideology the day she declared her candidacy</p>

Republicans are running on ‘wokeism’ – but don’t know what it is