No 10 accused of blocking Nick Hardwick to be health ombudsman
No 10 has been accused of blocking the appointment of a new health ombudsman, after a panel proposed Nick Hardwick, a former Parole Board chair
‘Like a marathon’: Africa’s tennis talents tread long road to success
As the tennis competition at the African Games in Accra reached the semi-final stage last week, Kenya’s Angella Okutoyi entered uncharted territory. Across the net
Argentina: trans women among victims of ex-officers guilty of dictatorship-era crimes
A court in Argentina has convicted 11 former military, police and government officials of crimes against humanity committed during the country’s last dictatorship in a
Lionesses legend Steph Houghton to retire at the end of the season
Steph Houghton has played such a transformative role in making women’s football part of the national conversation that the game will inevitably feel a poorer
Ukraine prepare to make some noise at Euro 2024 in fight for freedom
After everything, after the celebrations on the pitch and the celebrations in the stands and the Icelandic-style hand claps, a curious blankness seemed to descend
Kinds of Kindness: first trailer released for Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone’s next film
Less than three weeks after Poor Things took four Oscars, including best actress for Emma Stone, the trailer for their new film has been released.
A naked man plays with bubbles at Glastonbury – Jocelyn Bain Hogg’s best photograph
I only have two of my pictures up at home – and this one lives in the bathroom. It was commissioned by The Face and
‘We are finally free’: Senegal hails new anti-establishment president
Just 10 days before being elected president of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye was in prison. Years of political turmoil have left the west African state’s
Tilda Swinton bedtime story among Cinema for Gaza auction lots
Directors Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Asif Kapadia and Joanna Hogg, as well as the cast of shows including Doctor Who and Downton Abbey, are among
The Origin of Evil review – classy comedy-thriller with shades of Succession and Knives Out
Succession meets Knives Out in this comedy-thriller directed by Sébastien Marnier in what is an extremely French comic style: tongue-in-cheek, a little frothy, tiptoeing close