World Sevens Football: who will be taking part and how will it work?
Following the announcement of a new, lucrative women’s seven-a-side series – called World Sevens Football and offering the winning team a cash prize that rivals
Bryan Ferry and Amelia Barratt: Loose Talk review | Alexis Petridis’ album of the week
There comes a point in every august artist’s career where they’re forced to make an accommodation with their own past, a tacit acknowledgment that anything
Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other review – compelling portrait of a passionate marriage
It’s hard not to wonder why this excellent documentary about an older married couple – writer and artist Maggie Barrett and photographer Joel Meyerowitz –
Shaboozey review – viral country superstar finds comfort in intimacy
It’s hard to think of an artist whose fortunes changed as abruptly as Shaboozey’s did last year. Featured on two tracks on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter
Ne Zha 2 review – record-breaking animation is tale of demons, dragons and dazzling visuals
Currently the highest grossing animated film ever, this Chinese box-office obliterator is being touted as the long-awaited crossover point for the country’s mainstream industry. Forget
Mikel Merino: ‘I’m adapting to being a striker – I like the contact, I never back down’
Mikel Merino sits in a briefing room on the second floor of Spain’s Las Rozas headquarters, an A1 tactics sheet covering the table. Felt tip
When Autumn Falls review – François Ozon’s diverting mystery of tricky family dynamics
That amazingly prolific film-maker François Ozon returns with an intriguing, if tonally uncertain, mystery drama about a suspected murder. In it, the implied Chabrol-esque horror
Women in business held back by mobile data’s cost in developing world – report
The cost of a mobile data package is all that is holding back many female entrepreneurs in developing countries, according to recent research. While social
Covid ‘benevolence bump’ endures as acts of kindness 10% higher than before 2020
The world experienced a “benevolence bump” of kindness during the Covid-19 pandemic that has remained, with generous acts more than 10% above pre-pandemic levels. The
Nick Kyrgios storms back at Miami Open for first tour-level win since 2022
Australia’s Nick Kyrgios has recovered from a slow start to beat American Mackenzie McDonald in the first round of the Miami Open. Kyrgios dropped the