The show depicts prisons as places characterised by violence and isolation, with no focus on rehabilitation. It’s depressingly accurate Alex South is a former prison officer and the author of the memoir Behind These Doors The new series of Time is not an easy watch. The opening seconds of Jimmy […]
In the face of terrible crises, it can feel right to shock people into action. But what if that has the opposite effect? These days, it’s easy to succumb to hopelessness. Whether you’re thinking about the climate crisis, the prospect of AI apocalypse, war or political turmoil, the list of […]
It’s a perfect storm of protesters with heartfelt grievances and others set on conflict. The key here is the sense of betrayal that united them on the streets The first thing I learned on the streets of Paris this weekend is that there is no arguing with teargas. I arrived […]
The racist murder of a British Bengali schoolboy was a landmark moment. Now campaigners seek to build a multiracial alliance to combat the challenges of today “For my brother Ahmed, British values meant standing up for others. It was doing right. It was supporting and looking after the underdog, whoever […]
Facing a slump in the polls, Argentina’s president is making economic attacks on the islands’ oil industry, and suggesting its key fisheries industry could be next A dozen local people and a uniformed military police officer (“Do you mind if I sit in?”) took their seats at the back of […]
As the planet warms, airlines are grappling with what this means for air travel – and for the passengers who simply refuse to keep their seatbelts fastened It was a swelteringly hot afternoon in south-west Myanmar on 21 May 2024. Tropical thunderstorms, showers and highs of 36C were forecast for […]
How a string of bizarre events led writer Linda Geddes to don her sleuthing cap and dig into a world of shadowy impersonators It started with an entirely ordinary interaction on LinkedIn. Someone had tagged me in a post, saying how much they’d enjoyed contributing to a New York Post […]
Unprecedented folly of misjudgment, bad timing and spectacular hubris is predicted to lose $245m. How did this happen? The fanfare at Digger’s world premiere in London four weeks ago was literal. As the Prince and Princess of Wales took to the stage, their arrival was heralded by the band of […]
From a body-building Arnie to a weeping Frenchman, these 39 groundbreaking images have upended assumptions about how men behave, dress and project power. Introduction by Luke Kennard I have an image of myself in 2011, pushing my newborn son in a big red buggy because he would only nap when […]
Whether it was youngsters proving their skills or state sabotage, Europe’s most hacked country was left with a mountain of waste after food began cooking in freezers Shortly before midnight last Sunday, the digital thermostats controlling hundreds of supermarket cold aisles across France began to flicker and rise. In a […]