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Is it finally OK to be frank about 2000s pop culture? ‘It was profoundly, cheerfully horrible to w

The imprisonment of Russell Brand and allegations against David Walliams have prompted scrutiny of a culture that encouraged male transgressionIn a 20...

Nov 14, 2026
Honey review – a hugely entertaining Killing Eve prequel that’s packed with naughty jokes

This tale of a young female spy in 1980s East Berlin is a visual delight. Around every corner is a fun comic twistIs there any more alluring aesthetic...

Nov 14, 2026
‘It’s an architect’s dream’: five beautiful eco buildings around the world

From a bamboo gym in Bali to a house made from earth in Wiltshire, these projects show the beauty in sustainable designWith construction accounting fo...

Nov 14, 2026
Will Trump’s lame duck presidency push him further beyond constraints of the law?

Midterm elections have defanged the US president – leaving critics to worry about his next move in his ‘fat Elvis’ stageIt was just before 3am w...

Nov 14, 2026
Mesh masks, Nana’s lampshade and the other Beck: what to watch for at Eurovision Asia

The first ever Eurovision Asia song contest takes place in Thailand on Saturday, and it won’t disappoint those hoping for some bizarre actsThe first...

Nov 14, 2026
Blind date: ‘Would we meet again? We’ve swapped numbers … ’

Lucy, 40, a general manager, meets Leon, 45, an operations manager at a food charityWhat were you hoping for? I’m a regular reader and have always ...

Nov 14, 2026
Zelenskyy accuses SpaceX of lying about Starshield – and says US floated Donbas-for-Nato deal

Throttling of Elon Musk’s military-grade satellite system affecting whole frontline, says Ukraine’s presidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Space...

Nov 14, 2026
Ecuadorian fishermen who survived US boat strikes sue Trump administration

US military has killed nearly 250 people in attack on ‘narco-terrorism’, and on 17 March, sank the 16 plaintiffs’ boat, leaving two with serious...

Nov 14, 2026
Microsoft says services fully restored after global outage hits governments

Tech company says operations restored to all customers and regions affected by one of worst IT failures in yearsMicrosoft has said its service has bee...

Nov 14, 2026

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