Suspected drink-driver allegedly ditches passenger after devastating crash
He was found to be nearly double the legal drink-drive limit after he was breathalysed, police say
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Focus / Culture - 14 hours ago
Simon Cowell: The Next Act review – the billionth take on his one idea
This Netflix show starts off feeling like a documentary, and winds up as another attempt to recreate The X-Factor. It really cannot be overstated how much of a rehash this boyband contest isLadies and gentlemen, the most cynical bait and switch of the year has finally arrived. To the casual viewer,...
Focus / Culture - 15 hours ago
‘My beautiful house lay in ruins!’: how to build (and wreck) a Hollywood set – in pictures
Veteran set decorator Lauri Gaffin has spent a career dressing up films from indie classics to blockbusters. Her new photographic memoir takes us behind the scenes of this ever-changing job – and on the hunt for wolves’ penis bones Continue reading...
Focus / Culture - 15 hours ago
Don’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today by Naomi Alderman review – how to navigate the information crisis
The author of The Power looks to the past for lessons in surviving an era of seismic technological changeNaomi Alderman argues that one of the most useful things to know is the name of the era you’re living in, and she proposes one for ours: the Information Crisis. In fact, the advent of digital med...
Focus / Culture - 15 hours ago
Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases review – on the hunt with Holmes in restored 1920s mysteries
From stealing a photo for the King of Bohemia to battling the Napoleon of crime on a clifftop, Holmes is witty and watchable in these early Conan Doyle-approved dramasThe British Film Institute has restored three of the short two-reel silent films in the Stoll Pictures Sherlock Holmes series from th...
Focus / Culture - 16 hours ago
TV tonight: the prolific child abuser who never faced justice
A documentary about the cover-up of barrister John Smyth, who subjected more than 100 boys to abuse. Plus: Ellie Taylor’s standup special. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, Channel 4This devastating two-part documentary details the crimes of John Smyth, a barrister involved in conservative evang...
Focus / Culture - 17 hours ago
The hidden life of Matthew Perry: ‘He would say: I need to stop and get help’
The actor’s publicist and manager worked with him for more than 30 years, before his death in 2023. They discuss the man behind the headlines – and why they are continuing his mission to help others struggling with addictionWatch the third season of Friends, writes Matthew Perry in his memoir, and y...
Focus / Culture - 17 hours ago
Dracapella review – power ballads and beatboxing as ghoulish comedy gets down for the count
Park theatre, LondonGleefully leaning into all the cliches and groansome laughs, Dan Patterson and Jez Bond’s musical vampire romp is supremely sillyIf ever there was a show where the title came first, you’d guess it was this one by Dan (Whose Line Is It Anyway?) Patterson and Jez Bond. Why else, if...
Focus / Culture - 17 hours ago
Margot Robbie in red latex, Kate Bush impersonators and a pint of Emily ale: my crash course in Brontëmania
As Wuthering Heights gets a raunchy Hollywood remake, our writer takes a pilgrimage through Haworth, the village where its author lived – and finds her spirit still electrifying the cobbled streets and windswept moorsIt’s a crisp afternoon in Haworth, West Yorkshire, and I’m drinking a pint of Emily...
Focus / Culture - 18 hours ago
Japan releases playwright Jeremy O Harris three weeks after arrest for alleged drug smuggling
The Emily in Paris actor and writer of the Tony-nominated Slave Play remains in Japan while prosecutors investigate the alleged discovery of MDMA in his bagThe American playwright and Emily in Paris actor Jeremy O Harris has been released three weeks after his arrest in Japan on suspicion of drug sm...
Two people taken to hospital after fire rips through building on Derbyshire high street
The cause of the fire has now been confirmed
Derby City Council optimistic on delivering £26m investment and no redundancies in budget
It is relying on more money coming from Government under its Fair Funding Reforms
Derby delivery driver peeked through windows and tried door handles in break-in plot
He claimed he had to touch door handles as part of his job
Trentbarton bus timetable for festive period announced - including routes on Christmas Eve and NYE
There will be no services on Christmas Day and New Year's Day
Derby's Great British Railways unveils striking Union Flag-inspired design
The bill is having its second reading in the House of Commons which will bring the GBR HQ to the city