Pressing tasks for new director general also include an expiring royal charter, and finding a new top team Matt Brittin may have only just been announced as the new BBC director general, but his inbox is already overflowing. Here are his immediate challenges: Continue reading…
In the hugely popular pre-school animation, composer Joff Bush references and rearranges classical tunes in all the right places – and never plays it for cheap laughs. Plus, the Wigmore Hall sees the writing on the wall Classical music’s continued battle for relevance and impact continues to find new nadirs, […]
A well-timed jibe by the prime minister at Nigel Farage’s side-hustle seemed to provoke the party leader into staging a mass walkout Much of good comedy lies in the timing. We were about halfway through Wednesday’s prime minister’s questions and Keir Starmer was answering an obviously planted question from a […]
Some gen Z men are using the term to describe an easy meal consisting of ground beef, rice, and a vegetable or fat Recently, after a long day of sending emails, I assembled a bowl of food I had prepared over the weekend: brown rice, ground turkey and half an […]
France’s National Rally missed key targets in local elections ahead of next year’s seismic presidential vote – and the mainstream is doing OK elsewhere, too • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The Rassemblement National is not invincible. A year out from a make-or-break […]
The actor is horribly convincing in this ripped-from-the-headlines drama about the newsreader’s grooming scandal. You might not even be able to stomach it When future generations look back at all the trends and micro-trends that shaped television over the years, you have to assume they’ll be quite surprised when they […]
Ahmed superbly tackles race and identity in his hilarious new show Bait, proving the British-Asian actor truly is the best of this country. I’m happy for him, I swear! Conflicted feelings for me this week, watching Bait, the new comedy created by Riz Ahmed. I started a career in acting […]
The chancellor was meant to set out her contingency plans but it was an announcement without any announcements in it You have to feel a bit sorry for the chancellor. Roughly four weeks ago, Rachel Reeves had come to the Commons to deliver her spring statement. A moderately upbeat picture […]
Always wondered what everyday stuff celebrities buy, where they shop for food and the basic they scrimp on? Henry Holland talks Labubus, vintage Prada and swapping Calvins for Skims with the Filter • Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Henry Holland rose to prominence in […]
We’re told that sleep is a superpower, making us smarter, healthier and happier. But how much is enough? And is insomnia as bad for us as we think? ‘Once, after I did a presentation, someone came up to me and said, ‘I don’t get eight hours of sleep a night. […]