Michael Briggs was a well-known scientist – and a fantasist. When his daughter Joanne began digging into his past for a memoir, new lies kept emerging … Growing up in the 1960s, Joanne Briggs knew her father, Michael, wasn’t like other dads. Once a Nasa scientist, now a big pharma […]
Year: 2025
The Man of Steel – played with square-faced soullessness by David Corenswet – has an uninteresting crisis of confidence in Gunn’s cluttered, pointless franchise restarter Here is a film occupying the heartsinking Venn diagram overlap between franchise exhaustion and AI soullessness: a film fatally unconvinced of the reason for its […]
French president fills seats for stylish Royal Gallery speech, after snubbing Farage and meeting the king It wasn’t quite the Pyramid stage. When the queen, the pope, Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama were invited to address both houses of parliament, they were given Westminster Hall. On the first state visit […]
After eight-year campaign by Perkins, a former PA for Weinstein, UK ministers have announced plans to stop bosses using NDAs to silence abused workers Zelda Perkins was 24 when – exhausted, broken and surrounded by lawyers – she finally agreed to sign the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that would legally gag […]
From TV’s most infectious laugh to presenters so joyous they make the world a better place, here are the most adorable presences to grace the UK’s screens There’s a lot to be said for lovability on TV. Whether it’s charming presenters or experts who entertain as they educate, we decided […]
The film adaptation of Winn’s book, starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, quickly became the third most successful UK movie of the year. What happens now? On paper it has everything. A redemption-arc narrative about overcoming homelessness, adversity and illness. Two late-middle age lead characters that would appeal to the […]
The government opens up another fight, while the Reform leader throws his sidekick to the wolves Gluttons for punishment. You’d have thought that after their experience of the last week in which they were forced to make not one, but two U-turn concessions to secure the support of MPs over […]
Reports say wealthy elite are leaving over tax changes – prompting a possible rethink by Rachel Reeves – but hard data is tricky to find In Chester Square, the exclusive London address that was once home to Margaret Thatcher, multimillion-pound stuccoed townhouses are proving a hard sell. More than 20 […]
Victorian jury convicts 50-year-old who poisoned her in-laws with death cap mushrooms, killing three Full report: Erin Patterson found guilty of murdering relatives Five key moments in the murder trial of Australia’s mushroom lunch cook Erin Patterson Several hours after a person eats death cap mushrooms and becomes violently unwell, […]
On retiring at 56, Michelle Jackson needed a big new challenge. So she picked up her first proper camera and was soon spending 20 hours a week in the field, and winning awards A few weeks ago, Michelle Jackson was in the Peak District, hiding beneath a camouflage net with […]