Ukraine accuses Moscow of ‘hollow statements about peace’ after latest attack | Ukraine
Ukraine accused Moscow of making a “hollow statement on peace” after 88 people were injured in a Russian missile attack as US and Russian officials began talks that Washington wanted to serve as the first step towards peace. 17 children were among the victims, Ukrainian officials said that after missiles were attacked by school and […]
Love and Loss: The Pandemic 5 Years On review – is it time to wake up from this collective amnesia? | Television & radio
“rWill the pandemic be repeated? ” In 2025, it's that you were temporarily surprised by the sudden memories of the 2-meter rule after you found someone wearing a face mask on the street. It may seem that the nation is experiencing collective memory loss for what has led to the highest death toll since World […]
‘Impressive, ingenious and affecting’ poem about missing an absent son wins National Poetry Competition | Books
Inspired by the writer's experience of missing out on his son after his son moved from the UK to Australia, the poem won this year's £5,000 national poetry competition. Fiona Larkin's poem “Absence” has grammar and was chosen from almost 22,000 entries. “The odds are so high that it feels like a lottery win,” Larkin […]
England v Latvia: World Cup 2026 qualifier – live | World Cup 2026 qualifiers
Duckett says England losses in ODI and Champions Trophy ‘hurt me so much’ | England cricket team
Ben Duckett has described England's humble experience with the Indian and Pakistan Champions Trophy as “so hurting me” and he hopes they can compensate this summer. The UK lost 10 of 11 whiteball matches since the turn of the year, including all three of the Champions Trophy, finishing the bottom of the group, triggering the […]
Were the Friends even human? Watching the old shows again, they certainly don’t breed like the rest of us | Nell Frizzell
I'VE started watching this amazing fantasy series from the mid-90s and early 00s. It's called a friend. It follows a group of humanoid characters who treat childbirth as a social opportunity, wear full postpartum makeup and do not care for the baby. The fantasy elements are very clever – in fact, as myself, I realized […]
‘It was not a boyband!’ Micky Dolenz on the madness of being in the Monkees | The Monkees
In In 1965, Mickey Drentz was a Los Angeles architecture student, work actor and audition round for TV pilots. At the age of 10, he played the lead in a television series called Circus Boy, but the former child star began to realize something strange about the job his agents were sending him. “One was […]
David Cronenberg says Brutalist AI controversy was a ‘campaign against’ the film by rival Oscar nominees | Movies
David Cronenberg suggests that the AI controversy over Brittalist Adrian Brody's Hungarian accent is an issue produced by the campaign of rival Oscar films. Cronenberg was speaking with composer Howard Shore at the London Soundtrack Festival. Also, in a statement reported by the Hollywood Reporter, the filmmakers “constantly confuses the voices of actors.” Cronenberg said: […]
Heathrow fire: transport secretary says she’d ‘struggle to sleep’ after report airport boss went to bed amid crisis | Heathrow airport
The UK Transport Secretary said in a report that the chief executive had slept early in the deployment crisis on Friday, that she would “had a hard time sleeping” if she were running through Heathrow airport. A fire at a nearby power substation caused the airport shutdown, causing chaos on Friday, causing disruption to more […]
Greenland leaders call planned visit by US officials a ‘provocation’ as Trump talks of takeover – US politics live | US politics
Greenland leaders criticise our delegation's trip as Trump talks about the takeover Greenland leaders criticized future trips by famous American delegations to semi-autonomous Danish territory Donald Trump has suggested that the US should annex, Reuters reports. The delegation visiting American military bases and seeing the dog-covered race is led by Usha Vance, wife of Vice […]