Fears of being sacked or saying something unwise are near-universal. What’s striking is that men in this new polling can’t see that Are you living in a pit of worry at work, frightened of getting fired for doing the tiniest thing wrong? Do you fear that your kids will be […]
Month: May 2025
What makes for a believable texting – or sexting – exchange? And why has this suddenly become so crucial for a character’s credibility? We meet the teams who agonise over writing lines that only appear on screen for seconds In the final episode of Ted Lasso’s second season, Ted sends […]
Warmer waters near Devon and Cornwall are creating a cephalopod-based ‘financial bonus’ for the fishing industry Octopuses have long captivated humans with their alien-like appearance and bizarre anatomy. This spring, the cephalopods have been baffling, delighting and enraging fishers in English waters as an unprecedented marine heatwave has led to […]
One of the most influential broadcasters and TV executives of the last 50 years who spent his entire career at the BBC Alan Yentob, who has died aged 78, had serious claims to being the most influential broadcaster in Britain over the last 50 years. There are very few successful […]
Analysts say US and Israeli attacks failed to weaken rebels and are only pushing the country to the brink of famine Late last month, a suspected US airstrike levelled four homes on the fringes of the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, killing at least 11 people. A video posted by an eyewitness […]
Guardian journalist Archie Bland describes the day his seven-week-old son stopped breathing, and the life he has led in the two years since The day before it happened, remembers Archie Bland, was ‘blissful, summer-ish and free and easy’. The Guardian journalist had spent it with his seven-week-old son Max and […]
The American writer spent year after miserable year trying to be smaller. Then she stepped into a gym, picked up a barbell – and never looked back. She talks about self-confidence, her new book and the joy of eating like a ‘big beautiful horse’ Before Casey Johnston started weightlifting, she […]
Running coaches, mountain guides and personal trainers tell us the sweat-wicking kit they swear by, from bamboo running socks to hiking tops • The pilates kit you need – and what you can do without I’ve always run on the warm side. Even in winter, I’ll return from a bike […]
Unlike autocracies such as Russia or China, the US has strong liberal guardrails to prevent a dictatorship. But Trump has a plan for dismantling them There is some mystery surrounding Donald Trump’s moves to dismantle many cherished principles of American history and its culture of governance: his globalization denialism; his […]
The 00s pop pair on their enduring sisterhood, an embarrassing encounter with Brian Eno, and somehow ending up on a tour of the UK’s Asda supermarkets New Yorkers Celeste Cruz and Karen “Daphne” DiConcetto auditioned to become a pop duo in 1998. Their career was short-lived but memorable – releasing […]