Ludwig review – like watching Peep Show’s Mark join the police force | Television
IImagine Mark Corrigan from Peep Show growing up, abandoning Jez and Croydon to become a puzzle setter living a quiet life. Not too hard, right? But that wouldn't make for a very interesting show, so let's give him a twin brother who's a police detective who goes missing while undercover investigating a case that he […]
Money by David McWilliams review – the story of cold hard cash | Economics
MaSecrets, or the lack thereof, were at the heart of Victorian fiction. Think of Mr Micawber in David Copperfield, in debtors' prison, waiting to be discovered. Or Augustus Melmotte, the financier in Trollope's How We Live. The stories always involved wills, heir dowries and the collapse of get-rich-quick Ponzi schemes. Novelists of the time knew […]
Major University Must ‘Significantly’ Revamp Campus Policies To Handle ‘Alarming’ Antisemitism Reports, Review Finds
The City University of New York (CUNY) needs to make significant policy changes to ensure it can address future reports of anti-Semitism and discrimination, according to a study released Tuesday by Judge Jonathan Lippman. New York's Democratic governor, Kathy Hockle, asked Lippman to conduct an investigation in October 2023 following an increase in complaints following […]
The Great British Bake Off review – Paul Hollywood doles out handshakes like cheap mini-muffins | The Great British Bake Off
IDuring the final round of the first week of the new “Great British Bake Off,” Georgie, a paediatric nurse from rural Wales, steps forward with the cake she's spent four hours making. It's the moment presenter Alison Hammond has been waiting for. As the show's judges, Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith, solemnly take bites of […]
Silk Roads review – mesmerising show turns world history upside down | British Museum
noThere aren't many exhibits that turn world history upside down. The British Museum's Fascinating Silk Road does just that, showing how Asia, Europe and North Africa shared cultures over 1000 years ago. Far from developing in isolation, far from a “clash of civilizations”, East and West were once interconnected by a magnificent trade route known […]
Michael Craig-Martin review – one style fits all | Michael Craig-Martin
MaIkael Craig Martin's paintings can be as bright or as boring as he wants them to be. That's his strange gamble. Everyday objects are reduced to graphic outlines, and as mundane as the ladder, corkscrew, bucket and telephone depicted in them, they come in dazzling cobalt, emerald and yellow And cherry red. Even when the […]
Secret Service Review of Trump Assassination Attempt Exposes Huge Failures
A summary of the Secret Service's internal investigation released on Friday found multiple failures in the near-fatal shooting of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally on July 13. A summary of the Secret Service's Office of Professional Conduct's initial mission assurance report said that a Secret Service advance team that first inspected the […]
Kate Pierson: Radios & Rainbows review – bops, balls and belles from B-52s singer | Pop and rock
debtFor nearly five decades, Kate Pierson is best known for her dulcet voice, super-busty hair and keyboard playing in the B-52s, but she's also appeared on REM's Shiny Happy People, the Ramones' Chop Suey and sang with Iggy Pop on Candy. She always sings like she's enjoying every minute, and her second solo album is […]
Waiting for Godot review – Beckett’s classic tragicomedy is more comedic than tragic | Theatre
SAmuel Beckett's 1953 tragicomedy about two sad men waiting by a willow tree for a mysterious figure to appear strikes a delicate balance between the absurd and the bleak, the funny and the terrifying. In James MacDonald's production, the drama between Estragon (Lucian M'Samati) and Vladimir (Ben Whishaw), who form an unspoken bond while waiting […]
Google Pixel 9 review: a good phone overshadowed by great ones | Pixel
Google's cheapest Pixel 9 offers almost all of the features that make its top-of-the-line model one of the best small smartphones on the market, while cutting back on some key elements to bring it in line on price with Apple and Samsung. The Guardian's journalism is independent. If you buy something through our affiliate links, […]