A decade after Kaepernick’s quiet protest shook the NFL, his exile looks less like an aberration than a blueprint for the culture war that followed America likes nice round numbers, perfect for anniversaries and reflections, and it has, suddenly, been 10 years since Colin Kaepernick first protested police killings – ...
Summer box office 2026: what can we learn from the hits and misses?Summer box office 2026: what can we learn from the hits and misses?
It was a bumper season for Hollywood, almost back to pre-pandemic levels, with Tom Holland blockbusters winning out, but there was still a string of disappointments As the world continued to burn and temperatures reached worrying highs, most of us decided to take refuge in the cinema this summer. It ...
‘Led us down such a dark path’: documentary explores how 9/11 changed America‘Led us down such a dark path’: documentary explores how 9/11 changed America
In Netflix film Turning Point: Generation 9/11, the lives of people forever impacted by the terrorist attack on 2002 are explored Twenty-five years on, memory is giving way to history. Soon the US will cross the point where half its population were born after 11 September 2001 or were too ...
The extraordinary untold story of Freddie Mercury: Mary Austin on her best friend – and love of her lifeThe extraordinary untold story of Freddie Mercury: Mary Austin on her best friend – and love of her life
He was Queen’s flamboyant frontman. She was his shy girlfriend, dreaming of marriage until they both realised he preferred men. Thirty-five years after his death, in the week he would have turned 80, Mary Austin talks about their unbreakable bond There were four silver trunks in Mary Austin’s attic that ...
Keir Starmer announces he is standing down as MPKeir Starmer announces he is standing down as MP
The former prime minister said he would now turn his focus to international affairs. ...
Laundry rooms to be turned into cells to tackle prison overcrowdingLaundry rooms to be turned into cells to tackle prison overcrowding
The government says £110m has been fast-tracked from existing budgets to speed up the building of new cells. ...
‘I’ve never been to Afghanistan’: Six million deportees forced to start over under the Taliban‘I’ve never been to Afghanistan’: Six million deportees forced to start over under the Taliban
As of August, the number forced to return this year from Pakistan and Iran had reached another million. ...
Nepal death toll crosses 1,000 as rescuers race to find workers trapped in mud-filled tunnelsNepal death toll crosses 1,000 as rescuers race to find workers trapped in mud-filled tunnels
Thousands are still missing as Chinese state media report the official number of fatalities in Tibet at 16. ...
How catastrophic flash flood unfolded at remote Nepal-China border pointHow catastrophic flash flood unfolded at remote Nepal-China border point
More than 100 Indians are missing at a vital Nepal-China trade crossing after devastating Himalayan floods. ...
Ex-gang boss guilty of orchestrating 1996 murder of rapper Tupac ShakurEx-gang boss guilty of orchestrating 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur
Duane “Keffe D” Davis was convicted over the drive-by shooting of the rap superstar 30 years ago. ...