Jaguar boss defends new ad and rebrand amid ‘vile hatred’ online

The boss of Jaguar has defended the company’s move away from “traditional automotive stereotypes” after a clip of its new advert was met with a barrage of “vile hatred and intolerance” online.This week, Jaguar Land Rover, the luxury UK carmaker owned by India’s Tata Motors, posted a 30-second clip on X featuring models in brightly coloured clothing set against equally vibrant backdrops, without a car or the company’s traditional cat logo.“If we play in the same way that everybody else does, we’ll just get drowned out. So we shouldn’t turn up like an auto brand,” Jaguar’s managing director, Rawdon Glover told the Financial Times of the company’s “copy nothing” campaign.The new ad and rebrand prompted a backlash online, including on X where the platform’s chief executive, Elon Musk, posted: “Do you sell cars?”In response, Glover said, “Yes

Energy bills, mortgages, food: will cost of living surge again under Labour?

Labour swept to power in the wake of a cost of living crisis that hit households hard, with the price of food and energy rocketing alongside the impact of Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-budget on mortgage rates.At 2.3%, inflation is nowhere the 10% peak after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but it is creeping up, and could hit 3% in 2025, say forecasters.Here are some of the pressures households are likely to face in the coming months at a time when the government claims to be “fixing the foundations” of the economy.Ofgem announced its latest price cap on Friday morning, with average energy bills to increase by 1

I’ve joined Bluesky and it feels like a breath of fresh air – in some ways… | John Naughton

As I write, there’s a window on my laptop screen that is providing a live view of a stampede. It’s logging the numbers of people joining the social network Bluesky. At the moment, the number of registered users is 20.5 million. By the time you read this there will be more than 30 million of them, judging by the rate that people are currently joining

‘We live in a climate of fear’: graphic novelist’s Elon Musk book can’t find UK or US publisher

A biography by a British graphic novelist of Elon Musk is struggling to find an English-language publisher due to feared “legal consequences”.Elon Musk: Investigation into a New Master of the World is the latest graphic novel by Darryl Cunningham, from West Yorkshire. Cunningham, 64, has written and illustrated seven nonfiction books on topics ranging from the 2008 global economic meltdown (Supercrash), to Russian leader Vladimir Putin (subtitled The Rise of a Dictator).His first book, Psychiatric Tales, which drew on his time working on an acute psychiatric ward, was called an “unsettling but rewarding experience” in an Observer review in 2010.Although his previous books have all found publishers in the UK and America, there has been silence on the Elon Musk project, despite the fact that it has already been translated into French and published in France to positive reviews

Australia v India: first men’s Test, day three – live

79th over: India 247-1 (Jaiswal 133, Padikkal 13) Lyon resumes and Padikkal rolls the wrists nicely to find two more. That’s it for now though.78th over: India 247-1 (Jaiswal 133, Padikkal 13) Marnus madness is over for now and Travis Head has been given a bowl. This got one yesterday and it cost eight runs but he’s the fastest route to the new ball right now so what the hell. And Jaiswal says the same, slapping two from last after five dots

England’s Jordan Cox an injury doubt for first Test in New Zealand

England were sweating on the fitness of Jordan Cox for Thursday’s first Test against New Zealand after the wicketkeeper suffered a blow to his hand before the final day of their solitary warm-up match in Queenstown.Cox, 24, had been due to make his Test debut behind the stumps at Hagley Oval in Christchurch with Jamie Smith, the regular gloveman, missing the tour for paternity leave. But the prospect of his first Test cap will now hinge on the severity of an injury to his right hand that was sustained while batting in the nets on Sunday.As Cox went off to a local hospital in Queenstown for a scan, the knock-on effect in the short term was the sight of Ollie Pope taking the gloves on day two of England’s practice match against the New Zealand Prime Minister’s XI. Ben Stokes, who is fully fit but opted to sit out the first day, took the field to captain the side