Category : Focus

Greta Gerwig: ‘The number of female directors has gotten better. We’re not done yet’

While this year’s Cannes film festival jury president declared her role ‘a dream come true’, storms over sexual abuse and workers’ rights are expectedThe reviews were gushing on the first day of the 77th Cannes film festival, as Barbie director Greta...

Tesco boss's pay more than doubles to £10m

Ken Murphy's package includes a pay-out from shares awarded after he joined the supermarket giant.

My emails look ludicrous, says ex-Post Office PR boss

During his time at the Post Office, Mark Davies presided over an aggressive media strategy.

‘It’s great!’ Rafe Spall on having a baby with his co-star in Trying, the infertility sitcom

In the hit TV series, Spall and Esther Smith play a couple who have endured the pain of infertility. And now it turns out they’re having a real-life baby together. The proud dad-to-be reveals allAs the fourth season of Trying lands, things have moved...

Teenager used pills for illegal abortion, court hears

Sophie Harvey, of St Mary’s Road, Cirencester, is accused of taking the drug to end her pregnancy.

Bumble apologises for anti-celibacy ad after backlash

The dating apps will remove adverts critics said shamed women who were not sexually active.

‘Instead of a scream’: the Palestinian artist who does a Gaza drawing every day

His studio was flattened, he has had to move his family 10 times, and they now share a house with 25 others. But still Maisara Baroud finds a way to document the fear and destruction he sees all aroundFor years, I have been used to drawing daily and...

Roman Polanski acquitted of defamation by French court

British actor Charlotte Lewis had claimed she was made the victim of a ‘smear campaign’ after she accused the director of raping her when she was a teenagerA French court on Tuesday acquitted French-Polish film-maker Roman Polanski of defaming Britis...

Between Riverside and Crazy review – Danny Sapani’s ex-cop faces down the past

Hampstead theatre, LondonStrong performances and jibing humour propel this exuberant but flawed revival of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s 2014 play about racism in the New York police forceThis revival of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s 2014 play about an alcoholic e...

Succession’s J Smith-Cameron to star opposite Mark Rylance in Juno and the Paycock

Actors to play the lead roles in Matthew Warchus’s centenary West End revival of Seán O’Casey’s Irish civil war classicSarah Snook has just finished her London theatre run in The Picture of Dorian Gray, Brian Cox is currently appearing on stage in Lo...

UK mining giant to offload De Beers diamond business

The announcement comes after Anglo American rejected a £34bn takeover bid from rival BHP.

Christie's £670m art auctions hit by cyber attack

The auction house's website is down as it seeks to sell items ranging from high art to rare wine.

L’Olimpiade review – clever and effective Vivaldi staging with music of heartstopping beauty

Linbury theatre, ROH, LondonDaisy Evans’s production of Vivaldi’s 1734 tragicomedy for Irish National Opera is slow to reveal its secrets but it’s well worth your patience, and the music is glorious and beautifully sungVivaldi’s 1734 Olympic tragicom...

What is the law on assisted suicide and euthanasia?

Many countries have legalised assisted dying, assisted suicide or euthanasia, which are different.

PlayStation names joint CEOs after Jim Ryan’s retirement

The role has been split into two separate top jobs, dividing up hardware and software.