Xhosa Cole: On a Modern Genius (Vol 1) review | John Fordham’s jazz album of the month
Few have doubted that African American pianist/composer Thelonious Monk was a genius of modern music, as this album title attests, but the acclaimed 28-year-old Birmingham-born
Ruud awakenings: Van Nistelrooy returns to Manchester with Leicester and United worse off
Ruud van Nistelrooy has always had a grand old time at Old Trafford, something that will no doubt be on the Leicester manager’s mind as
The trans film-maker who remade Batman: ‘There’s a reason all the heroes are queer, mentally ill villains’
“It started as a joke,” says Vera Drew. “I just took it a little too far.” The 35-year-old former editor for Sacha Baron Cohen, Nathan
‘He smashed his iPad and headphones. My lyrics got torn up’: inside Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s explosive duets album
By the time Elton John retired from touring in 2023, everyone knew his story. It followed a memoir and a biopic, which cemented the Elton
‘Worst nightmare’: Egypt and Jordan put in impossible bind by Trump Gaza plan
International outrage in recent days has focused on Donald Trump’s proposal that the US take “ownership” of Gaza, and that more than two million Palestinians
Authoritarian regimes around the world cheer on dismantling of USAid
Moscow has welcomed the impending dissolution of USAid, joining a chorus of strongman leaders declaring victory over an organisation they have long portrayed as a
Rubio accuses South Africa of ‘anti-Americanism’ and snubs G20 meeting
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has accused South Africa of “anti-Americanism” and refused to attend a G20 meeting in Johannesburg later this month,
‘A crying need’: Goma hospitals plead for blood donors after M23 assault
Patients with gunshot and shrapnel wounds have crammed into overwhelmed hospitals in Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, many with serious injuries and
Love Hurts review – Everything Everywhere all over again
In his first live-action film appearance since winning an Oscar for Everything Everywhere All at Once, comeback kid Ke Huy Quan has chosen a movie