‘We were the bridge between indie and dance’: Glastonbury icons Orbital on 30 years of breaking barriers
At today’s genre-bending Glastonbury, it’s hard to imagine hard lines ever being drawn between electronic and rock music. But 30 years ago, when Orbital played
Manic Street Preachers / Suede review – co-headliners bring out the best in each other
Thirty years after they toured together as young men across Europe, cementing a lifelong friendship, Manic Street Preachers and Suede’s UK co-headline tour kicks off
‘Nowhere to go’: people trapped in eastern DRC as rebel militia seize key town
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized a strategic town in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s volatile east, a local official said. “Kanyabayonga has been in the
From living in a van to Wimbledon debut: the unlikely rise of Billy Harris
How many players launch their careers out the back of a van? At this year’s Wimbledon, there may be only one. The British No 5, Billy
Streaming: the best of the Brat Packers
Depending on your age, Andrew McCarthy’s Brats (Disney+, from 5 July) will either be a cosy nostalgia trip or a window into another era of
Voters in Mauritania’s fledgling democracy head to the polls
An estimated 2 million people are expected to vote in the presidential election in Mauritania in what could be the desert nation’s first civilian-to-civilian transition.
Kenya’s youth-driven protest movement at crossroads as it considers future
Kenya’s youth-driven, leaderless protest movement finds itself at a crossroads this weekend, buoyed up by President William Ruto’s surprise decision on Wednesday to abandon a
Bolivia coup attempt: ex-army chief given six months ‘preventive detention’, says prosecutor
A Bolivian former army chief accused of leading a failed coup attempt has been given six months “preventive detention”, a top prosecutor said on Friday,
Canadian woman gets three years’ jail in first ever sentencing for a ‘Pretendian’
A Canadian woman who fraudulently claimed her daughters were Inuit has been sentenced to three years in jail, in what is believed to be the
Mike Leigh: Peterloo protesters would be ‘horrified’ by voter abstention
Mike Leigh has criticised UK voters considering abstention at this year’s general election, saying the subjects of his 2018 historical drama Peterloo would be appalled