Blunt knives cost you more than you think. These simple expert-recommended hacks will keep your blades razor-sharp for years • The best kitchen knives for every job – chosen by chefs A good knife is probably the most important bit of kit you’ll buy for your kitchen. But if you […]
Month: August 2025
In the mid-60s, the Beatles tuned in to the world’s most audacious experimental musicians. Paul McCartney reveals how many of the Fab Four’s ‘far-out’ masterpieces were inspired by their sonic breakthroughs It is a sunny October afternoon and I am sitting in a long wood-panelled hallway in an old converted […]
Nato’s Trump-whispering has been vital for Ukraine – but the White House and the Kremlin have their own special channel A hungry pigeon given food at frequent but irregular intervals will develop weird rituals – tics, dances, erratic head jerks – in the hope of summoning another morsel. BF Skinner, […]
After three months of testing and countless hours sitting, our endurance sitter picked the best office chairs for every budget What’s the most important thing when you’re spending hours sitting in front of a computer? Is it having the fastest internet? The sharpest screen? The perfect keyboard? No. When you’re […]
The ultimate TV challenge is back. But who will triumph, and whose showstopper will be the much-heralded disaster? The Great British Bake Off is upon us once more, shipping a new fleet of enthusiastic bakers into the big tent for another round of slightly too ambitious bakes. In time, these […]
The rock star has loved the cult film ever since he worked in a video shop. As his ‘requel’ gets its world premiere, he talks Hammer horror, soundtrack heaven – and how his dad got him into Edgar Allan Poe Welcome to the celluloid jungle. Guitar legend and Guns N’ […]
She was sexually abused by her father until she was about 12 – and he would also sell her to other men. Then she grew up and began researching child sex trafficking, slowly piecing together clues about her own life Kate Price is now an academic, but it was at […]
Medically astounding and emotionally piercing, this look at the man who had the hardest job on Earth is exceptional viewing. Then he has a stunningly frank encounter with a woman who has hated him for three decades Early on in Confessions of a Brain Surgeon, a crew member pipes up […]
Sympathy Tower Tokyo attracted controversy for being partly written using AI. Does its author think the technology could write a better novel than a human? “I don’t feel particularly unhappy about my work being used to train AI,” says Japanese novelist Rie Qudan. “Even if it is copied, I feel […]
Former officials say firing of BLS commissioner emblematic of president’s battle against established facts and history Donald Trump is waging a war on truth by firing top officials who present facts he finds unpalatable, while he banks on key loyalists at executive agencies to bolster his policies and powers by […]