The American British author on pet peeves, the perils of fantasy dinner parties, and revisiting The Short History of Everything two decades later Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email You did a whole book on Australia, and have travelled here a bit since – what’s the number one tip […]
Month: November 2025
There are shades of Gossip Girl, Desperate Housewives and everything Nicole Kidman has appeared in for the last five years. Put your brain aside, and enjoy That its ultra-wealthy characters live in a place called Richford Lake tells you almost everything you need to know about the glossy new thriller […]
Cherrie-Ann Austin-Saddington was working in a men’s prison when she began a relationship with an inmate that would turn her, too, into a criminal. How do some of the most dangerous men in Britain get what they want – even behind bars? There was a moment in the summer of […]
Official Trump social media accounts have been using The Life of a Showgirl snippets to promote his agenda. Why has Swift, who once wanted ‘to be on the right side of history’, said nothing? In the last two weeks, the Trump administration has used music from Taylor Swift’s latest album, […]
We’ve tasted, sniffed and inspected more than 300 presents to bring you our ultimate Christmas gift guide – from must-have Lego and smoky mezcal to Meera Sodha’s favourite knife Don’t you just love Christmas shopping? There’s a massive thrill in finding a present you know they’ll love and won’t have […]
In attacking a vital broadcaster, the US president is once again holding others to standards he flouts. But the Maga faithful might not let his links to the disgraced financier go To confront Donald Trump is to engage in asymmetric warfare. It is to enter a battlefield that is not […]
After a decade, the Netflix hit is bowing out. Ahead of its last episodes, the show’s creators and cast talk about big 80s hair, recruiting a Terminator killer – and the birds Kate Bush sent them How do you finish one of the biggest and most popular TV series of […]
Quizmasters are banning smart devices, using dedicated apps and finding plain old honesty can combat trivial offences Who is older, Gary Numan or Gary Oldman? If you know the answer to this question (see below), you are probably one of hundreds of thousands of Brits who attend a pub quiz […]
Max Rushden and Geoff Lemon are joined by Emma John and Ali Martin to discuss the Guardian’s top 100 Ashes cricketers and debate the merits of the top 10 Find the full top 100 list here Continue reading…
What is the effervescent new boss at Pitlochry theatre planning for his first season? Huge names, undersung stars – and a King Lear played by ‘the woman who changed my life’ ‘Holy shit!” This was the instant response of one venerable theatre critic when Pitlochry Festival theatre sent round embargoed […]