The British economy could shrink for a quarter or two and inflation may near 4 per cent this year, the Bank of England said on Wednesday in its bleakest forecasts since the Labour government took power in 1997.
Economists said the expected spike in inflation even further above the central bank’s 2 per cent target meant [...]

Sitting down to dinner was a little disappointing.”I expected Francois Mitterand and Frida Kahlo,” joked retired languages teacher Mary, who together with her ex-GP husband was backpacking through south-east Mexico.
Na Bolom dining room. Mitterand, Kahlo, her husband, Diego Rivera, and even Henry Kissenger have dined here. Photograph: Ed Ewing
We were four at a table for [...]