9 best plastic-free living books
Ever since David Attenborough’s Blue Planet II series aired in 2017, as a nation we’ve sat up and listened. How could we not after seeing the shocking images of an…
Antigua's Recreation Ground remains a dusty time capsule of cricketing history – and a reminder of what the modern sport has lost
The old scoreboard is still there, denuded and skeletal and now partially obscured by trees. It used to take 18 men to operate it, back in the days when –…
David Bowie: Stardust producers respond to singer's son's comments on 'biopic'
The producers of the upcoming David Bowie “biopic” have responded to Duncan Jones’s public criticism of their plans to make a film about his late father. News recently circulated that…
Raving in Ramallah: How underground music is bringing Palestinians together
“There aren’t many visitors to Palestine, it’s not that easy for them to come,” says Sama, a pioneering DJ from the West Bank, talking over feverish industrial techno and contrasting…
37 best movie twists of all time, explained: From Saw to Spider-Man: Homecoming
Being caught off guard by a well-deployed twist is an unrivalled cinematic joy. Over the years, writers and directors have imagined up fresh ways of keeping film audiences on their…
13 movie mistakes that made their scenes much better
Films are complex beasts with so many moving parts that mistakes are unavoidable. Even the blockbusters with the biggest budgets and most sets of eyes on them routinely make it…
The 10 best sex scenes in film, from Blue Valentine to Unfaithful
What makes the perfect sex scene? The pure eroticism? Its emotional undercurrents? The shift and flow of the camera? Of course, there’s no real answer. Our concept of how sex…
Tottenham vs Newcastle LIVE: Latest score plus stream and TV channel info, Premier League updates, team news
Tottenham play host to Newcastle looking to close the ever gap ever further on second placed Man City. Following City’s defeat to Newcastle on Tuesday, Tottenham are now only two…
10 of the biggest on-screen transformations, from Christian Bale in Vice to Tilda Swinton in Suspiria
Christian Bale’s dramatic transformation as Dick Cheney in Vice has been one of the biggest talking points around the new film, and has also earned him a Best Actor nomination…
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Scarlet fever, whooping cough and a host of diseases more familiar to the characters of a Dickens novel than your average millennial have surged more than 52 per cent under…