'I didn't know if I'd ever have sex again': inside Sharon Horgan's painfully awkward post-divorce comedy
When Sharon Horgan walked into HBO to pitch her new series, Youth, she basically just said “sandwich generation” to them.…
When is anger useful, and when does it hurt us? Ukraine has shown me the answers | Charlotte Higgins
I’ve heard Verdi’s Requiem performed by Ukrainians twice. Once in Lviv, on Maundy Thursday last year, and once last month…
"Betting fans are disrupting the game": how they're taking over tennis courts.
A couple of years ago, during the first week of the US Open, Jiri Lehecka’s efforts to find his rhythm…
Katseye review – moody, hyperpop-infused tracks from a girl group facing turmoil.
Being a Katseye fan takes real resilience. Since the group debuted three years ago through the reality show The Debut:…
Gloria Steinem, the pioneering feminist activist, has died at the age of 92.
Gloria Steinem, the American feminist and journalist whose activism helped advance women’s rights around the world, has died at the…
Spain’s PM says there is no evidence ‘whatsoever’ that Morocco was behind the border breach in Ceuta.
Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has told parliament that there is no evidence “whatsoever” that Morocco planned or helped organize…
"Growing before our eyes": UN warns of a record-breaking El Niño on the way.
The UN has warned that the El Niño climate phenomenon is “supersizing before our eyes.” According to the latest forecasts,…
Zelenskyy calls clash between Ukrainian intelligence agencies in Kyiv 'disgraceful'.
Several people were injured in a shootout in central Kyiv between two branches of Ukraine’s security services. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…
The wars in Ukraine and Iran are becoming dangerously intertwined | Christopher S Chivvis
Russia hasn’t yet caused mass casualties in Europe outside Ukraine, but it’s edging closer. On the night of August 4-5,…
"La Mesías" review – this completely bizarre TV show is truly unforgettable.
At the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona in 2024, an unusual act appeared on the lineup alongside big names like…