Playwright was an unusual mix of originality and authority and in high demand as a cultural critic Bonnie Greer, who has died at the age of 77, moved to the UK from New York in 1986. She grew up in Chicago with six younger siblings. Her father worked in a […]
By standing behind support act Macklemore, who was removed from the tour for his vocal support of Palestine, these artists are demonstrating the self-sacrifice necessary to stand against those crushing free speech In a statement about Macklemore being dropped from his US stadium tour for making pro-Palestinian comments, Ed Sheeran […]
A new report highlights the dangers experienced by those who seek to serve the public. People are being deterred and your democracy is suffering There is a rising tide of abuse in our politics and I feel it every day. This week, the Electoral Commission warned that harassment and intimidation […]
US student Linus Chen-Plotkin has analysed music by four canonical composers looking for patterns. Turns out Mozart’s music moves in the least predictable way It’s a question that has taxed musical thinkers for centuries: just what is it about one composer’s music that makes it more distinctive than anyone else’s? […]
A new map of the world rescales the size of Africa and calls into question our perception of land, power and influence This month, the UN passed a resolution, brought to the assembly by Togo, to phase out the traditional Mercator map of the globe and replace it with another […]
The landmark documentary series looked like it was done for good – until one participant was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Asif Kapadia takes the helm for its most elegaic, thoughtful outing ever And so the great experiment begun by Granada Television in 1964 is over. That year, Seven Up! introduced […]
US president insists that fears expressed by top experts are a hoax – and that humanity can sleep easy while he’s at the wheel We can all sleep easy. In a post on his Truth Social account, Donald Trump has declared that fears over artificial intelligence were all a hoax […]
The characters are dead-eyed waxworks which speak with all the nuance of a satnav. But this AI-created workplace comedy is so bad that even the greatest actors alive couldn’t stop it being unwatchable As you will no doubt be aware, one Anthropic researcher claimed there is a greater than one […]
She has played rugby for Wales, is putting a Welsh spin on Princess Leia and is returning to TV screens as Shirley, the explosive, traumatised MI5 agent. Why is Edwards so drawn to liars, crooks and sneaks? There was a moment, just before Aimee-Ffion Edwards jumped off a nightclub balcony […]
As a cyclist I want the authorities to act with clarity. Lime bikes and renters can be annoying, but the true threat is those who dangerously flout the law One of the curiosities of debates about cycling in the UK is that almost all of them centre on the place […]