Ahead of high-stakes talks, people tell of alarm, thoughts of fleeing and lack of information on what to do if US invades Europe live – latest updates When she was living in Denmark, the seemingly unshakeable safety of Greenland was a comforting source of reassurance for Najannguaq Hegelund. Whenever there […]
Year: 2026
Having lost the faith of his party and the public, the prime minister turns to dad jokes – and he’s even worse at those than running the country Not another one. On Tuesday evening, the government announced that it wasn’t going to make digital ID cards mandatory after all. Just […]
St Michael’s Mount launches major operation to clear up devastation caused by 112mph winds The tidal island of St Michael’s Mount in the far south-west of Britain is usually a place of peace and quiet. But it has become a hive of noisy activity as gardeners equipped with chainsaws and […]
He has broken his ankles, endured 365 days in a cell and faced down the 20th century’s worst winter. Yet he says he is not a masochist. We meet the man Marina Abramovich calls ‘the master’ For one year, beginning on 30 September 1978, Tehching Hsieh lived in an 11ft […]
If you’ve ever refused to knock down a game’s difficulty level, or chased a purposefully pointless achievement, you might have this pernicious but pleasurable affliction • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Studies on gaming’s effect on the brain usually focus on aggression or the […]
Trees still block roads and scores of people remain without power or water almost a week on from storm Linda Williams, 86, has been without heating, lighting and a working phone for the best part of five days. She is trying to keep warm by layering up and she picks […]
The unwritten rule in professional tournaments? Do not hog the practice court. But as leading players testify – the reality is very different On a cool Wednesday afternoon before the US Open last year, Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev were busy fine-tuning their games in an intense practice set at Louis […]
In a keynote speech, Streeting, the natural salesman, made one thing clear: he was ready whenever the call might come There must be a happy medium somewhere. Some ministers you can’t get to shut up, others refuse to say a word. On balance, Keir Starmer probably prefers it when they […]
A murderous Clockwork-Orangey gang take on the zombies in this gruesome and energised fourquel. It’s the finest of the 28 franchise by a blood-curdling mile It’s very rare for a fourquel to be the best film in a franchise, but that’s how things stand with the chequered 28 Days Later […]
The actor’s sober note of sanity on Sunday night was the latest courageous move from a man who seems more invested in activism than acting At times like these, when the world teeters on the brink of several terrifying calamities at once, awards seasons can be something of a tightrope. […]