How do you invent a convincing fictional band for your play, film or novel? And what happens if they actually top the charts? The creators of Scott Pilgrim, the Commitments, Stereophonic and more reveal all They have sold out venues on both sides of the Atlantic. Their first-ever gig was […]
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Men who were held in Nafha prison say they were brutally beaten, bound at the hands and feet, verbally abused, allowed to contract fungal and skin diseases, and assaulted with loud music for up to two days straight Before releasing him, Israeli prison guards decided to give Naseem al-Radee a […]
Once a stalwart of Hong Kong’s journalism scene, Wang Jian has found a new audience on YouTube, dissecting global politics and US-China relations since the pandemic. To his fans, he’s part newscaster, part professor, part friend On a Friday night in late May, Wang Jian was getting ready to broadcast. […]
The wrong pillow can disrupt sleep, so finding the right one can guard against decline in mental and physical health I thought I found the perfect pillow. Could these three unseat my favorite? Life is full of mysteries: What is dark matter? What happened to DB Cooper? And the most […]
PM tells Commons that ceasefire between Israel and Hamas only first tentative step to peace in the Middle East Keir Starmer has always known that Monday’s visit to Egypt was going to be the Donald Trump Show. After all, almost every day is the Donald Trump Show and there was […]
Tate Modern, LondonThe Sámi artist may use reindeer skulls and bones, but her spiralling wooden fences are so slight they fail to impose themselves on the venue’s vast space – or the imagination The Tate Turbine Hall, in case you didn’t know, is quite big. It gives an artist a […]
Fiona Benson was invited to Lviv’s BookForum by Ukrainian poet-soldier Artur Dron’. She recounts falling in love with the city and its thriving literary culture, before an air raid siren sounds I had been working on Exeter University’s Ukrainian Wartime Poetry project for two years when the invitation came to […]
It was a brutal killing spree that gripped Italy – yet so little is still known. Why were lovers murdered in their cars? Why were their sexual organs often targeted? Author Tobias Jones sifts the evidence Some criminal cases are so vast that even the number of victims is uncertain: […]
When 50 men went on trial in France, accused of raping a woman who had been drugged by her husband, Manon Garcia was in the courtroom – and in the prosecutors’ closing arguments. How does she make sense of what happened? ‘It is so rare, in fact it never happens, […]
From Annie Hall to The First Wives Club, Keaton’s performances redefined what it meant to be funny, stylish and unapologetically oneself. Our writers pay tribute to a one-off star who made eccentricity irresistible Laura Snapes Continue reading…