Conquering of Beaufort Castle for first time in 26 years brings back memories of occupation of south Middle East crisis – live updates When Hussain Alawieh used to take tourists to Beaufort Castle, they would marvel at the view. The ancient hilltop fort, captured nearly 1,000 years earlier by Crusaders, […]
Casting shifts to EU talent as paperwork delays and visa limits make hiring British crews less viable From blacklists for UK passport holders to being asked to work illegally while on holiday, the plethora of extra costs and red tape thrown up post-Brexit are restricting opportunities for British actors seeking […]
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It’s natural to focus on breakthroughs, but there are many challenges in Britain and around the world. There is no magic bullet, but there’s room for optimism Cancer causes nearly one in six deaths worldwide every year, some 10 million all told. That is a stunning number, but it also […]
For the star’s 100th anniversary, Lawrence Schiller relives the nude photoshoot that showed, far from being a ‘messy’ blond bombshell, Monroe was a shrewd controller of her image A few days after doing a nude swimming pool shoot on the set of the 1962 comedy Something’s Got to Give, Marilyn […]
Refugees, homophobia, gay rights, even Trump, are all covered in this opener, which occasionally leans towards agitprop. But with excellent performances, and RTD’s storytelling brilliance, things really build from here We open on an ordinary suburban street. A teenage boy is gazing out of a window. A woman – his […]
The far shorter Middle East war has rapidly revealed the strategic weakness of US firepower in an interconnected world In a 1965 speech justifying the war in Vietnam, Lyndon B Johnson argued that the goal was to ensure “every country can shape its own destiny” since only in such a […]
Rather than being one of the shrewdest operators in British politics for a decade, it turns out Sturgeon was just too trusting You know how it is. You wake up and look out the bedroom window. You see a brand new Jaguar worth £81,000 parked in the driveway. You smile […]
Producer Rob Ford’s trove of 1,700 items includes membership cards and the Prodigy’s first business card Rob Ford often met his contacts in car parks, under the cover of darkness. Cash quickly passed between hands before the author and music producer gathered his quarry – bags full of memorabilia from […]
Many of those who love spending time in Britain’s green places say it is awe-inspiring, calming and therapeutic As a recent study revealed almost half of UK adults now spend less than three hours a week in natural settings such as gardens, parks, fields or woods, we asked readers to […]