Chefs have gone head over heels for the brown stuff. Some drown their burgers in it; others serve it with brioche and black pudding; one even turns it into ice-cream. What’s going on? Pub roasts, grannies, Sunday lunch, Ah! Bisto!: gravy triggers nostalgic food memories for Britons like little else. […]
Month: July 2025
The rules of the institutions that define our lives bend like reeds when it comes to Israel – so much that the whole global order is on the verge of collapse Sereen Haddad is a bright young woman. At 20 years old, she just finished a four-year degree in psychology […]
American actor best known for playing heavies, including the ‘psycho’ Mr Blonde in Reservoir Dogs The actor Michael Madsen, who has died aged 67 of a cardiac arrest, saw himself as a “throwback” to the era of noir heavies such as Robert Mitchum and Lee Marvin. But plying his jocular […]
Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequences Throughout my life, my mum has always been a big reader. She was in three or four book clubs at the same time. She’d devour whatever texts my […]
Mood is tense and subdued after nearly 21 months of Israeli offensives that have displaced almost the entire population In Gaza City on Sunday morning, there was only one topic of conversation: the possibility of peace. In the half-ruined town, as across the entire territory, few took their eyes off […]
Villa Park, Birmingham The biggest names in rock, from Metallica to Slayer, came to pay tribute to the men who created their entire genre – and even in old age, Sabbath’s sound has bludgeoning force Fireworks burst over Villa Park’s pitch, Black Sabbath wave goodbye, and the inventors of metal […]
Mariah Reynolds and her workout buddy were at a restaurant in their sweaty gym gear. By the end of the meal, it felt like a romance novel Find more stories from The moment I knew series Moe and I met at an obstacle course race in south-western Sydney in 2015 […]
Elon Musk is obsessive about the design of his supercars, right down to the disappearing door handles. But a series of shocking incidents – from drivers trapped in burning vehicles to dramatic stops on the highway – have led to questions about the safety of the brand. Why won’t Tesla […]
Not long after Jenny Evans was brutally attacked by a high-profile figure, all the details appeared in the press. Her mission to find out what happened would reveal tabloid spying, phone hacking, police misconduct – and lead to a dramatic change of career Jenny Evans had just starred in her […]
We may believe we see the world exactly as it is – but as studies of optical illusions show, it’s far more complex than that Anil Seth is a professor of cognitive and computational neuroscience at the University of Sussex Do people from different cultures and environments see the world […]