This tale of 1066 forces viewers to wade through exposition-heavy episodes, and its pace does drag. But Coster-Waldau does play William the Conqueror with a phenomenal 70s dad tache It is 1066. We are on a battlefield in black and white. Colour has yet to be invented. “William!” shouts the […]

Shares in US tech stocks are falling but it would probably be unwise for fund managers to pull out There are growing fears of an imminent stock market crash – one that will transform from a dip to a dive when euphoric headlines about the wonders of artificial intelligence begin […]

From Instagram poetry to Greek classics, the works of fiction that have caused uproar through history – and into the present The banning of books, it would be easy to think, is a relic of less enlightened ages. The Catholic church, in a last spasm of rectitude, added Jean-Paul Sartre, Alberto […]

The comedian, actor and poet behind The Ballad of Wallis Island on stalking an England cricket captain, being evicted in Edinburgh and his love for fig rolls Your new film The Ballad Of Wallis Island scores an impressive 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. Who would you most like to hurl 96 […]

Social media is helping drive trade in skulls, bones and skin products as UK legal void risks new era of ‘body snatching’ “When it comes to human stuff, I’ll take anything, pretty much,” says Henry Scragg. “As long as it’s been ethically sourced, may I add.” Speaking from his macabre […]

At Notting Hill carnival this weekend you’ll hear the sound of bouyon and dennery segment, mutated subgenres full of sexualised lyrics. The creators explain how this deliriously fun music went viral At this year’s Fête de la Musique in Paris, British ravers who had streamed over to enjoy the annual […]

This week’s collapse of the tycoon’s Yorkshire operations brought relief for some. It echoes insolvency steps at 15 of his companies Government takes over Liberty Steel’s South Yorkshire plants to protect 1,450 jobs A disparate collection of steelworks in Australia, the UK, Romania and the Czech Republic at the start […]

Investigations editor Paul Lewis talks through the Guardian’s successful defence against a libel action brought by the actor On Friday morning, a high court judge ruled against the actor Noel Clarke in his libel case against the Guardian. As the Guardian’s investigations editor, Paul Lewis, explains, it marks the end […]

She gets trolled on TikTok, but it just makes her chuckle – the Bake Off host is determined to find the happiness in everything. She talks giggling, golf buggies and Paul Hollywood’s expensive hands All Alison Hammond wants is to “bring happiness and spread joy”. She’s so devoted to this […]

For years, speaking in public has triggered panic attacks. So to overcome them, I road-tested some popular methods, from psychotherapy to virtual reality My vision is fuzzy, my heart is racing and my lungs are emptying of oxygen. I’ve just been asked to speak in a meeting at my first […]