‘I get emotional thinking about it’: US and Canada ready for total solar eclipse
Should the weather gods grant their blessing, a celestial show for the ages will darken the heavens over a large swathe of the US from
Taiwan earthquake: shock and grief take hold in Hualien
Lying in his bed, Liao Xiu Bo wondered if he was about to die. As a powerful earthquake rocked the ground beneath him, he tried
No more monkey business: Thai city’s macaques to be put in enclosures
Mischievous long-tailed macaques are, for many, a symbol of the Thai city of Lopburi. Tourists flock to the city’s ancient temple to feed the macaques
Vampire Weekend: Only God Was Above Us review – their most adventurous set yet
When Vampire Weekend emerged in the mid-00s they sounded like nothing else around, quoting unfashionable sources such as Minutemen and west African guitar sounds (via
Sananda Maitreya: ‘I hypnotised myself into believing I was a genius’
Do you stand by your claim that [debut album] Introducing the Hardline … is as significant as Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band? VerulamiumParkRangerI said
Marco Bellocchio on his new film about the notorious kidnapping of a Jewish child
He’s 84, but could be 10 or even 20 years younger. In his jacket and open-necked shirt, he looks like a university professor, speaking animatedly
Fran and Flora: Precious Collection review – strings, shimmer and siren song whip up a desirous mood
Yiddish, klezmer and eastern European traditional music are the energetic inspirations for Fran and Flora’s second album together, their first on Stroud-based new music label
‘We answer to nobody’: duo Bob Vylan on humility, hell-raising – and punk hypocrisy
Bobby Vylan attended his first pro-Palestine protest at the age of 15, escorted by a friend’s mother. He remembers the “feeling of people coming together
Fears of violence grow as Somalia scraps power-sharing system
An overhaul of Somalia’s constitution, scrapping its power-sharing system and handing the president increased control, is threatening to destabilise the fragile country, as its wealthiest
‘There’s still fire in the belly’: Nick Kyrgios eyes imminent return to training
Nick Kyrgios promises he will be back hitting on a tennis court again next week and is adamant he’s got the fire in his belly