Category : Focus

‘What a load of filth!’: the best Saltburn TikToks reviewed

Peter Bradshaw surveys the new wave of film-makers arriving at the film’s stately location, channelling Barry Keoghan’s Big Energy and capturing their granny’s reaction to the bathwater slurpSo often, the radical cheek of TikTokers makes mainstream m...

‘Russia’s Cartier-Bresson’: how Dmitry Markov captured beauty amidst the brutality of Putin’s regime

The photographer, who has died aged 41, took the nation’s most vulnerable people as his subject, and his soulful images, shared on Instagram, earned him comparisons with the greatsWaiting in a Russian police station after being arrested at an opposit...

Oppenheimer comes out on top at key Producers Guild of America awards

PGA triumph puts Christopher Nolan’s film in pole position for best picture Oscar while Celine Song’s Past Lives dominated the Independent Spirit awardsIn the last frenzy of major awards-giving before the Oscars, Oppenheimer has won the best theatric...

Miles Jupp: On I Bang review – elegantly funny, terribly English account of a tumour

Brighton DomeThe comedian guides us through this life-and-death tale of seizure, diagnosis and treatment with his usual brand of self-deprecationWe have all seen comedians die on stage. Is Miles Jupp’s new show about a comedian dying offstage? “We’ll...

Gérard Depardieu faces fresh sexual assault claim from set designer

Woman is latest to accuse actor and allegation is the second from the shooting of 2022 film Les Volets VertsThe French actor Gérard Depardieu, who is under investigation for alleged rape, is facing another accusation of sexual assault.A set designer...

Song from the Uproar review – Missy Mazzoli’s first opera is dazzlingly original

Barbican, LondonThe culmination of the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Total Immersion day exploring the US composer’s music, her first opera was obliquely staged but proved poetic and potentMissy Mazzoli’s distinctive music draws on influences from the Bar...

Royal Mail: What’s gone wrong at the company?

Lost letters, big losses and calls for reform at Royal Mail: BBC Panorama speaks to customers and insiders.

Red Sea attacks delaying goods and pushing up costs, firms say

Houthi attacks are increasing costs and causing delays, the British Chambers of Commerce says.

HS2: Midlands and northern England to get 'reallocated' funds

Labour says the plans are a "reannouncement" of funds from scrapping parts of the high-speed line.

Mary Poppins’ UK age rating raised to PG due to discriminatory language

British Board of Film Classification lifts it from U certificate almost 60 years after film was first releasedMary Poppins has had its age rating lifted to a PG by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) almost 60 years after it was first rel...

Health unions to ballot members on new pay offer

Under the offer staff would receive a pay uplift of 5% and a one-off payment of £1,505.

Housebuilders face probe from competition watchdog

Evidence of possible information sharing which could have affected house prices has been found by the regulator.

Problemista review – Tilda Swinton lifts uneven debut on visa purgatory

Julio Torres’ whimsical comedy shows promise in its portrayal of the Kafka-esque maze of the US immigration system, but his ideas don’t always come togetherAs testified by numerous documentaries, many journalistic investigations and countless lived e...

Runaway train 'travels 40 miles without a driver'

An investigation has been launched in India after a driverless goods train travelled more than 43 miles (70km) at high speeds before coming to a stop, reports have said.

Post-colonial party pads! The architects who got Ghana back in the groove

When the African country gained independence, its architecture exploded as the race to create a new identity began. We go behind the scenes at a show celebrating the builders of this fledgling nationDeep inside the workshops of the Victoria and Alber...