Starmer defends UK ceding control of Chagos Islands amid Tory criticism
Keir Starmer has defended giving up UK control of the Chagos Islands, as the decision has descended into a political blame game among Conservative leadership
‘Absolutely mindblowing!’ Shed Seven score their second No 1 album of the year
Shed Seven have cemented one of the biggest chart comebacks in British rock, scoring their second UK No 1 album of the year – over
Yeat review – US rapper brings exploding, sweat-drenched pandemonium
Drinks are flying, items of clothing are whizzing through the air, smoke cannons are billowing and the bass is thunderous. “It’s fucking mental in there,
More than 100 people missing after being forced off boats in Djibouti
More than 100 people are still missing after smugglers apparently forced migrants to leave their boats and swim in the Red Sea off the coast
Argentina’s Javier Milei accused of plagiarising UN speech from West Wing
Argentina’s rightwing populist president, Javier Milei, has been accused of plagiarising a chunk of his recent speech to the United Nations general assembly from the
‘I wasn’t interested in Churchill’: Steve McQueen on the ‘ordinary people’ in his film Blitz
When Steve McQueen’s new film, Blitz, premieres at the London film festival on 9 October, those in attendance will see a side of the bombing
The Platform 2 review – Netflix dystopian horror sequel falls off
Say this for The Platform 2: it gets right to it. Without so much of a recap of its predecessor – a sci-fi horror parable
Alice Lowe: ‘I’ve always gotten mouthy about sexism and it hasn’t really helped my career’
‘I had killed a lot of people in other films,” says Alice Lowe, whose first feature, 2016’s Prevenge, saw her play a pregnant serial killer.
The Smile: Cutouts review – as intricately crafted as Radiohead but with added groove
Although their other band, Radiohead, may not have released anything in eight years, Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke – alongside Sons of Kemet drummer Tom