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Kim Petras: Feed the Beast review – a missed opportunity for a groundbreaking figure | Kim Petras

These are high times for Kim Petras. Previously a marginal figure in the world of pop – she attracted a degree of notoriety for...

Republican donor invested in UK firm owned by Tory peer close to Boris Johnson | Conservatives

A billionaire US hedge fund executive and major donor to US Republican candidates invested £1m in a British company owned by a Conservative peer...

Two debut books win Orwell prizes for political writing | Books

A “magnificent” and “forensic” account of the policy decisions leading up to the Grenfell Tower fire, Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell...

Windrush: Portraits of a Generation review – don’t let this documentary distract from our national shame | Television

When David Lammy stood up in parliament in April 2018 and criticised Amber Rudd’s “hostile environment” that had seen many of the Windrush generation...

Two years after record-shattering heat dome, Oregon county sues big oil | Extreme weather

Oregon’s most populous county on Thursday sued major oil and gas companies over a deadly 2021 heatwave that killed dozens of people.The defendants should...

Ellyse Perry’s 99 puts Australia on top but Ecclestone and Filer reap rewards | Women’s Ashes

There was a point on the first day of the Ashes Test at Trent Bridge when it looked like England might as well just...

‘Shock and awe’ interest rate rise leaves Sunak’s cost of living pledge in tatters | Economic policy

Rishi Sunak’s pledge to ease the cost of living crisis is in tatters after the Bank of England was forced to raise interest rates...

Joe Root: ‘If I could go back, I would start my captaincy like Ben has’ | England cricket team

Joe Root has insisted he would not change anything about England’s high-risk approach to the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston despite the bitter taste...

British extremists are importing tactics from the US hard right. Their target? Family drag shows | Tim Squirrell

Drag and cross-dressing have been a part of British cultural expression for centuries. From Shakespeare plays to pantomime dames, and the late Barry Humphries’...

Academy, take action: why there should be an Oscar for best stunts | Oscars

You could ask a million different people what they want from the Oscars, and you’d get a million different replies. Some would want greater...

Invasion of the cool-girl ceiling-smashers: why I love the revamped National Portrait Gallery | National Portrait Gallery

Artists in conversation with boxers; playwrights next to composers; royalty juxtaposed with protestors; pop stars talking to Tudors; abolitionists facing suffragettes; pop jostling with...

Supreme court: affirmative action, LGBTQ+ rights and student loan rulings still outstanding – live | US supreme court

Student debt relief, LGBTQ+ rights and affirmative action decisions could come todayChallenges to Joe Biden’s student debt relief program, and decisions over voting and...

Chris Whitty says threats to expert advisers during Covid could undermine future disaster planning – UK politics live | Politics

Whitty says 'extremely concerning' threats to expert advisers during Covid could undermine future disaster planningBack at the Covid inquiry, Prof Sir Chris Whitty, the...

Royal Ascot 2023 day three: Gold Cup, Ribblesdale Stakes and more – live | Royal Ascot

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureQueen's Hat Stakes (2pm) bettingUpdated at 11.36 BSTThe suggestion that Highfield Princess would turn...

Gales forecast as adventurer reaches halfway point in bid for Rockall record | Rockall

An adventurer living alone on the barren islet of Rockall, 230 miles (370km) west of the Outer Hebrides, is halfway to completing a record-breaking...

‘We’ll play until our teeth drop out!’ The long, remarkable lives of Britain’s Windrush-era musicians | Music

When the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury in 1948, passengers disembarking included Trinidadian calypsonians Lord Beginner, Lord Woodbine, Monica Baptiste and Lord Kitchener, the...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine strikes bridge linking Kherson and Crimea, Russia-appointed officials say | Ukraine

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureGerman chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday pledged long-term security assurances to Ukraine but...

Bank of England poised to raise interest rates for 13th time despite mortgage timebomb – business live | Business

Introduction: Another Bank of England rate rise loomsGood morning.Britain’s mortgage time bomb is ticking louder today, with interest rates likely to be raised for...

Partying, but not for profit – 8 ethical music festivals in the UK and Europe | Festivals

Sky-high ticket prices, corporate branding and a big-name acts approach are what we have come to expect from music festivals.But with a recent UK...

Titanic sub search: more rescue equipment arrives amid fears for oxygen levels in Titan – live updates | Titanic sub incident

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureThough authorities and those involved in the hunt for the Titan submersible, the...

Narendra Modi does yoga in New York as US state visit gets under way | Narendra Modi

Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, has performed yoga poses ranging from cobra to corpse at the UN headquarters as he began the public portion...

Sky launches TV smart camera for joint viewing and motion-controlled games | Sky

Sky has launched a smart camera for its streaming television to allow customers to watch live and on-demand TV remotely with friends, place video...

Secret Invasion recap episode one – it’s true, the world has been invaded by reptilians disguised as humans! | Television

This recap contains spoilers for episode one of Secret Invasion. Do not read on unless you have seen itSometimes conspiracy theorists are right …We...

No need to panic but England have big decisions to make for Lord’s | Ashes 2023

So, where do England go from here? After coming up short in a teeming, undulating first Ashes Test at Edgbaston, one that left combatants...

‘A real togetherness’: Scotland keep evolving with diversity of experience | Scotland

There seems to be an element of surprise to Scotland leading a European Championship qualifying group, but this should not be the case. They...

Author convicted over Sheffield tree-felling protest says council’s apology not enough | Sheffield

An author and academic who received a suspended prison sentence for demonstrating against tree-felling work in Sheffield has made a plea for the council...

The Stroll: looking back on the lives of trans sex workers in New York City | Documentary films

For trans film-maker Kristen Lovell, her new documentary The Stroll – co-directed with another trans film-maker, Zackary Drucker, and premiering on HBO this week...

Gang members locked women in cells before Honduras prison riot fire | Honduras

Gang members at a women’s prison in Honduras slaughtered 46 other female inmates by spraying them with gunfire, hacking them with machetes and then...

French cave markings said to be oldest known engravings by Neanderthals | Neanderthals

Hundreds of faint stripes, dots and wavy lines that adorn a cave wall in central France are the oldest known engravings made by Neanderthals,...

Armed Israeli settlers attack Palestinian town in revenge attack | Palestinian territories

A large group of Israeli settlers have attacked a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank, setting fire to homes, cars and fields in...

Gas explosion in Paris has set buildings on fire, say local officials | Paris

At least 16 people have been injured, seven of whom remain in a critical condition, after a gas explosion sparked a blaze in buildings...

Queen City: remembering the black neighbourhood erased for the Pentagon | Art

William Vollin remembers the games he played as a boy. “Hide and go seek and marbles and ball games and that kind of thing,”...

Glastonbury 2023: festival officially begins amid torrential downpours | Glastonbury 2023

The UK’s biggest festival has officially begun with the founder greeting attendees at the gates amid a burst of torrential rain. At this year’s...

Les Siècles review – Raw, radical and revelatory as Roth’s period band thrill | Classical music

There are symphony orchestras and there are period instrument bands, and then there is Les Siècles. Founded in 2003, François-Xavier Roth’s crack French ensemble...

Royal Ascot 2023 day two: Prince of Wales’s Stakes, Royal Hunt Cup and more – live | Royal Ascot

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureRoyal Procession (2pm)1st CarriageThe KingThe QueenThe Earl of HalifaxThe Countess of Halifax2nd CarriageThe...

Pharrell Williams hits Paris catwalk with Louis Vuitton menswear debut | Pharrell Williams

The Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge in Paris, hosted on Tuesday evening something new: Pharrell Williams’s first menswear collection for the luxury brand Louis...

State of Origin 2023 Game 2: Queensland Maroons v NSW Blues – live | State of Origin

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureNSW XVIIBrad Fittler was forced into a huge decision when Nathan Cleary’s hamstring...

‘Festivals have to be slightly different and magical’: Orkney’s St Magnus festival | Classical music

Saint Magnus’s death began the first ever St Magnus festival in 1977 with Peter Maxwell Davies’s opera The Martyrdom of St Magnus. His birth...

What is the longest gap between two home games at the same stadium? | Football

“The reborn and now renamed Bury FC will play at Gigg Lane next season, around 221 weeks since Bury’s last competitive game at the...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Drones intercepted en route to Moscow, Russia says; major aid packages to be unveiled in London | Ukraine

Drones intercepted on approach to military warehouses near Moscow, Russia saysTwo drones have been intercepted on their approach to military warehouses in the Moscow...

Billionaires and the Titanic: the allure of extreme expeditions | The Titanic

The disappearance of the submersible en route to the wreck of the Titanic has highlighted the businesses that offer extreme expeditions – and their...

Republicans crying wolf over Hunter Biden have hurt their own cause | Hunter Biden

“Sweetheart deal!” “Two-tiered justice!” “Mere traffic ticket!”Republicans had their applause lines ready on Tuesday when Joe Biden’s son Hunter struck a plea deal over...

Slashed stone, daylight galore and doors by Tracey Emin: the National Portrait Gallery’s £41m rebirth | National Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery in London has always felt like the poor cousin of the National Gallery, an afterthought tucked around the back of...

Scotland overcome downpour and Georgia for fourth straight Euro win | Euro 2024 qualifying

This was a Euro 2024 qualifier that fell 41 minutes short of requiring two days to complete after biblical rain caused a delay –...

‘I’m living my dream’ – but did the full Grealish lead to England bit part? | England

It used to be called going out, out. Now it is the full Grealish. And, for the man himself, it is easy to feel...

Bold or brainless? Debate Ben Stokes’s tactics but don’t expect him to change | Ashes 2023

Of course it all came down to the declaration didn’t it? Just like the man on the radio phone-in said it would. Ben Stokes’s...

Andy Murray focused on ‘positive signs’ after crashing out of Queen’s Club | Tennis

Andy Murray’s hopes of being seeded at Wimbledon came to a bitter, abrupt end in his opening match at Queen’s Club as the five-time...

England relied on vibes and sprites when Cummins went a little Bazball | Ashes 2023

Everyone talks about big first hours. That’s because first hours need all the hype they can get. Nobody needs to sell the last hour...

Groundbreaking youth-led climate trial comes to an end in Montana | US news

A groundbreaking climate trial came to an early close on Tuesday as lawyers on each side presented a very different picture of who can...