Ignore the bombast: Steve ‘build, baby, build’ Reed’s boast looks likely to end in targets more pathetic than they are now If the name Steve Reed means little to you, rest assured that is a pothole he is eager to fill. Having replaced Angela Rayner as housing secretary, he bounded […]
She made her name with a horror reboot and a mega-budget Marvel. So what drew Nia DaCosta to the dour Norwegian’s work? We meet the film-maker and Tessa Thompson, who plays Hedda as a sexy, sultry, machiavellian mess Nia DaCosta and Tessa Thompson are reminiscing about the first time they […]
After a humiliating performance earlier this week, the Tory leader continues to declare war on logic, evidence and self-awareness You would have thought that one embarrassment would have been enough for Kemi Badenoch this week. That she would have had time to reflect on her performance during Tuesday’s Gaza statement […]
The late singer’s iconic music video for Untitled (How Does It Feel) had him unfairly pigeonholed for much of his career Experimental, sensual and political, D’Angelo radically redrew the boundaries of soul music ‘The architect of Black Gen X sonic feeling and eloquence’: D’Angelo’s 10 greatest tracks The news of […]
A new exhibition in Liverpool tells the story of the grassy arenas, from churning tribal terraces to hyper-modern, wedding-cake-like structures with retractable pitches. And let’s hear it for the world’s first all-timber stadium! Bill Shankly, a man so beloved by Liverpool that there is now a hotel in the city […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]