World » 1 week ago
Plant a tomato bush then lecture it on how it should grow tomatoesSign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are...
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Sudan is the largest food crisis and Gaza is the worst emergency by intensity of deprivation – both disasters need urgent actionI care about both Gaza and Sudan. It’s distasteful to compare extreme human suffering. But we can use the international metrics for famine to ex...
Lifestyle » 1 week ago
The novelist on Virginia Woolf’s luminous prose, obsessively rereading James Baldwin and why Saint Augustine is his favourite writerMy earliest reading memory The earliest book I remember reading and loving was Crockett Joh...
Lifestyle » 1 week ago
Smarter, more inventive – and with added Harriet Walter. The second outing of this riveting sci-fi drama gives its talented supporting cast room to breatheLook, things are pretty dire. As the nights draw in, there are few reasons to feel particularly optimistic that 2025 ...
Lifestyle » 1 week ago
A wonderful but thoroughly conventional celebration of the science of evolutionAll things must pass, but some leave legacies. That is the story of life on Earth. Fossilised remains of organisms represent just one of the various treasure troves of information about how lif...
Lifestyle » 1 week ago
TV presenter says colloid cyst was found during a check-up she was given as part of her menopause workDavina McCall has said she is to undergo brain surgery after being diagnosed with a “very rare” tumour.The TV presenter, 57, said the benign brain tumo...
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The American producer helped to craft a raw, immediate sound for British rock in the mid-1960s, with hits such as You Really Got Me and My GenerationShel Talmy, the music producer behind classics such as the Kinks’ You Really Got Me and the Who’s My Generation, has died a...
Lifestyle » 1 week ago
Author denies Elon Musk kicked him off platform and says he is joining rival ThreadsStephen King has announced he is quitting X after describing the platform as “too toxic”.In a post on X on Thursday, the author of The Shining and Shawshank Redemption w...
Lifestyle » 1 week ago
Bush theatre, LondonAs east London entrepreneurs Manny and Abdul try to get rich, Daniel Bailey’s energetic production bounces around but lacks any dramatic conflictCan tales from the crypto make for effective theatre? ...
Lifestyle » 1 week ago
(EMI)Regrouping after some time out, the Canadian singer-songwriter adopts a sparser, folk rock approach, yet shines best in honeyed pop modeFive years ago, Canadian superstar Shawn Mendes was ...