What if your best mate slept with your child? The stars of Alice and Steve, the new taboo-busting comedy about friends at war, open up about drug-taking, iffy sex – and why British jokes are so hard to understand Alice and Steve, the new “wrongcom” starring Nicola Walker and Jemaine […]
Ten years after the vote, our economy is battered – and our national conversation darkens by the day. Still, there is reason for hope When the anniversary comes, later this month, few will be in the mood to look back. All the political talk will be of the Makerfield byelection, […]
The internet is making everything into a ‘relationship gap’ by seizing on any difference between two dating humans It started with the age gap. Can a 40-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman truly get along? That was once a question answered with a resounding “yes” by creepy English professors or […]
The graphic novelist had a remarkable gift for visual storytelling, in the phenomenon that was Persepolis and beyond. Many of us owe our careers to the space she created, says Iranian cartoonist Mana Neyestani • News: Marjane Satrapi, creator of Persepolis and acclaimed French-Iranian artist, dies aged 56 On the […]
Compare his response, or lack of, to three murders over the past decade – Jo Cox, Sarah Everard and Henry Nowak Which murder victim’s ambulance does the would-be statesman chase? Can you be said to “speak for England” if there are other times you wimp out on speaking at all, […]
Plays about political extremes, religious sects, swimming the Channel and an 80th birthday party are among the highlights at this summer’s arts spectacular Producer Francesca Moody has shown a sure touch for spotting fringe hits (Fleabag and Baby Reindeer among them). Her new offering, by Australia’s Hannah Reilly, is about […]
Want to spend less time on your phone? We asked psychotherapists, professors and specialists for practical (and achievable) ways to cut down • The best screen-free activities Everywhere you look, people are glued to their smartphones. If you haven’t noticed this phenomenon, it’s likely because you, too, are glued to […]
As a nation we face a choice: either follow the far-right rhetoric of hate and division, or unite under our values of decency and determination Jeevun Sandher is Labour MP for Loughborough Like you, I was horrified when I watched the video of Henry Nowak’s death. I cannot imagine what […]
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Somerset House, London Escher’s paradoxical geometries and impossible gravities may baffle the mind – yet even his wildest works were never just fanciful, as this fun and gripping show makes clear We think we know the world of Maurits Cornelis Escher with its mind-bending staircases and buildings that impossibly twist […]