It’s everything you want from the gameshow, but with loads of famous faces. And at one point, it feels like you’re witnessing like the last pure moment in history. Beautiful This review, being a review and all, contains information on a programme that has already been on television – specifically, […]
Month: October 2025
Why UK steel sector is alarmed by prospect of punitive tariffs from its biggest customer The EU shocked the UK steel industry on Tuesday with an announcement of 50% import tariffs – with no apparent carve-out for metal crossing the Channel. UK Steel, an industry lobby group, said the plan […]
The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that After 15 years of turning down offers to perform standup comedy in Saudi Arabia due to the country’s human rights record, this […]
Courtauld Gallery, LondonThe pop pioneer’s paintings of sweets and cakes offer up a succulent and incredibly moreish slice of a long-lost American dream You’re not allowed to lick paintings in museums, which is cruel when you’re faced with something as mouthwateringly tempting as Wayne Thiebaud’s art. The American pop pioneer […]
Every year players are pushed to their limits in a sport that chases the sun. But the number of retirements, withdrawals and injuries this season has been shocking Jannik Sinner had tried everything but after baking for two and a half hours inside the sauna of Shanghai’s stadium court, he was finished. Even […]
Wood and Nabhaan Rizwan are impeccably cast in this cute and deeply intelligent comedy about two film buff friends with unspoken feelings. It’s quietly confident TV that brims with insight Aimee Lou Wood made her screen debut, as the endearingly unfiltered Aimee in Sex Education, in 2019. It’s been a […]
Robert Jenrick gives Conservative conference delegates permission to be the worst possible versions of themselves If Andy Burnham hadn’t already made an appearance – why stop at leading Labour when you can also lead the Tories? – then Robert Jenrick would definitely qualify as the Conservative party conference’s very own […]
The two-time Olympic gold medallist details the grit and sacrifice needed to succeed and says Ineos are held to a different standard than other teams “I’m pretty laidback and don’t take myself too seriously off the bike,” Geraint Thomas says as, in retirement, the 2018 Tour de France winner reflects […]
Pointless threequel delivers a leaden cameo from a white-robed Jeff Bridges and an irritating turn from Jared Leto as a hipster-haired humanoid The matrix of pointlessness is reloaded in this mind-bendingly dull sci-fi, more a screensaver than an actual film. It’s a threequel to the original movie Tron from 1982, […]
Joy is crucial for resilience, but living in a stressed-out world can make it difficult to enjoy the little things. Experts tell us how to rebuild our capacity for joy Americans say they’re more dissatisfied with life than ever before. Anhedonia, a loss of enjoyment in usually pleasurable things, and […]