The ultimate TV challenge is back. But who will triumph, and whose showstopper will be the much-heralded disaster? The Great British Bake Off is upon us once more, shipping a new fleet of enthusiastic bakers into the big tent for another round of slightly too ambitious bakes. In time, these […]
Medically astounding and emotionally piercing, this look at the man who had the hardest job on Earth is exceptional viewing. Then he has a stunningly frank encounter with a woman who has hated him for three decades Early on in Confessions of a Brain Surgeon, a crew member pipes up […]
She was sexually abused by her father until she was about 12 – and he would also sell her to other men. Then she grew up and began researching child sex trafficking, slowly piecing together clues about her own life Kate Price is now an academic, but it was at […]
Former officials say firing of BLS commissioner emblematic of president’s battle against established facts and history Donald Trump is waging a war on truth by firing top officials who present facts he finds unpalatable, while he banks on key loyalists at executive agencies to bolster his policies and powers by […]
Sympathy Tower Tokyo attracted controversy for being partly written using AI. Does its author think the technology could write a better novel than a human? “I don’t feel particularly unhappy about my work being used to train AI,” says Japanese novelist Rie Qudan. “Even if it is copied, I feel […]
The actor’s directing debut has been acclaimed for reimagining the ‘trauma plot’. Victor discusses bootcamp with Barry Jenkins – and what you can learn from working in a bridal shop In late 2020, the actor and comedian Eva Victor decamped from New York to their cousin’s house in rural Maine […]
If you’re hoping The Princess Diaries will be the kind of show her mother would make, think again. This reality show about being an influencer is at times dull, and at others, deeply sad There is something slightly sweet about the new ITV2 show The Princess Diaries. It is a […]
Brothers Bruce and Scott hadn’t spoken for 15 years when finally one made the call that would reunite them. How do people recover from decades-long rifts? “What happened?” Scott, 82, asked Bruce, 78, when his younger brother picked up the phone and called him after a 15-year estrangement. “I grew […]
Schools and parents tell of inexperienced and absent tutors, and slow refunds alongside repeated demands to pay for services never wanted or received In April 2024, Hannah, a teacher in a Kent primary school where she is in charge of music, thought she had successfully set up weekly drum lessons […]
They helped create the modern world but are dangerously overused. How can we harness them sustainably? In 1954, just a few years after the widespread introduction of antibiotics, doctors were already aware of the problem of resistance. Natural selection meant that using these new medicines gave an advantage to the […]