The dangers of AI become clearer every day. Why are we still acting as if we have no choice about our future? Rather than producing jobs, the US economy actually lost 23,000 jobs in July, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released on Friday. In addition, May and June’s ...
Hollywood encore: how ‘pro-shot’ Broadway shows became a major draw on the big screenHollywood encore: how ‘pro-shot’ Broadway shows became a major draw on the big screen
Filmed versions of hit shows such as Hadestown, Hamilton and SIX have been transformed into cinematic events for those without hundreds to spend on tickets It’s long been a source of frustration for theater fanatics: many Broadway shows, even those that don’t become years-long fixtures of the Great White Way, ...
Met chief accepts mistakes made over Simon Levy but defends investigation into murdersMet chief accepts mistakes made over Simon Levy but defends investigation into murders
Critics – including Labour MP Jess Phillips – have accused the Met of overlooking the first murder carried out by Levy. ...
UK defends seizing shadow fleet tanker after Putin threatUK defends seizing shadow fleet tanker after Putin threat
The UK government says it is “disrupting and deterring shadow fleet vessels” in accordance with the law. ...
Karoline Leavitt: six key takeaways from 20 months as Trump’s press secretaryKaroline Leavitt: six key takeaways from 20 months as Trump’s press secretary
Trump’s most prominent spokesperson won regular plaudits from her boss for her unflinching defense of his agenda Donald Trump’s most prominent spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, is leaving the White House. The US president announced on Wednesday that his press secretary would depart at the end of the month. Leavitt, who has ...
‘I’ve been on plenty of dates – but nothing happened’: are we looking at the death of the kiss?‘I’ve been on plenty of dates – but nothing happened’: are we looking at the death of the kiss?
Call it a crisis, call it a decline, call it a recession: the long, lusty snog is in trouble, harder to experience in real life or even watch on screen. But why? And what’s it like to think you may never lock lips with another? Spencer’s last kiss was two ...
Too smart to eat? Why octopus farms are such a slippery problemToo smart to eat? Why octopus farms are such a slippery problem
As a controversial Spanish plan for sustainable meat on an industrial scale is dropped, it has revived the ethical debate over farming these intelligent wild animals In 2022 Nueva Pescanova, Spain’s largest fisheries business, announced it was investing €65m (£56m) in the world’s first industrial octopus farm and processing plant ...
A bungled bomb plot in Poland exposed a spy – but whose spy was he?A bungled bomb plot in Poland exposed a spy – but whose spy was he?
When exiled Russian opposition campaigner Igor Rogov was accused of working for the Kremlin, his friends were shocked. Could this young activist have really been an undercover agent? • The summer issue of the Long Read magazine is out now. Click here to order The police came for Igor Rogov ...
‘I ran away to Paris to be a writer and ended up begging’: Bill Nighy on dashed dreams, golf emojis and playing a cranky novelist‘I ran away to Paris to be a writer and ended up begging’: Bill Nighy on dashed dreams, golf emojis and playing a cranky novelist
As his new film & Sons hits the screen, the actor turned podcast agony uncle relives his ‘cliched’ ambitions, deplores working lunches – and yearns to do the splits like Prince A dying patriarch summons his brood for a dramatic announcement. It may not be the most original starting point ...
Putin can no longer claim victory in Ukraine, Nobel Peace Prize winner tells BBCPutin can no longer claim victory in Ukraine, Nobel Peace Prize winner tells BBC
In an exclusive interview with the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg, Dmitry Muratov says the Kremlin leader can only “destroy Ukraine, not conquer it”, with the war now in its fifth year. ...