Category : Focus

Tesla cuts prices in major markets as sales fall

The move comes after the firm reported a sharp fall in deliveries in the first three months of 2024.

Spice Girls reunite at Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday party

David Beckham shares video of former girl group singing their hit Stop at private club Oswald’s in London, as Mel B hints at a tourThe Spice Girls have reunited for a rare performance featuring all five members – at Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday p...

Can touchless tech create 'equitable' gaming?

Click reporter Paul Carter has a go at playing Minecraft with his eyes.

How Chinese firms are using Mexico as a backdoor to the US

Chinese firms are racing to set up factories in Mexico to bypass US tariffs and sanctions.

Red Eye review – the mile-high mystery that wishes it were Hijack

Instead of Idris Elba cranking it up to 11, we have the serviceable Richard Armitage downing G&Ts while handcuffed to his plane seat. Then the bodies start to pile up …If it’s Sunday – or Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday –...

Salman Rushdie warns young people against forgetting value of free speech

Author also discusses prospect of second Trump presidency and writing about his stabbing in launch event for his book KnifeSalman Rushdie has warned young people against forgetting the value of free speech and discussed the “very big and negative” im...

Sir Andrew Davis, ex-chief conductor of BBC Symphony Orchestra, dies aged 80

Musician had held top roles at Glyndebourne opera and in Chicago, Melbourne and Toronto orchestrasSir Andrew Davis, a conductor who performed with many of the world’s finest orchestras, has died at the age of 80.Throughout his long career Davis held...

Prepayment meter payout numbers 'unacceptable'

Just 1,500 out of 150,000 people have received redress after the force-fitting of prepayment meters.

Self-Esteem and the End of the World by Luke Healy review – male anxiety hilariously meets global crisis

A painfully funny cartoon about a neurotic graphic artist deftly explores the themes of self-obsession and ecological disasterEnter the Faber/Observer/Graphica graphic short story prize 2024I’ve read Luke Healy’s new graphic novel twice: first, on sc...

Kiss Marry Kill review – a truth-is-stranger-than-fiction tale of love behind bars

Stone Nest, LondonDante or Die’s intriguing but underdeveloped story is based on the case of two men, each convicted of a homophobic murder, who became the first same-sex couple to marry in a UK prisonBasing a play on real events offers a safety blan...

1884 review – interactive theatre game invites the neighbours over to resist fascism

Shoreditch Town Hall, LondonTalk of street parties, barbecues and book clubs gives way to politics in this work about authoritarianism, colonialism and how history gets rewrittenThe historical significance of the year 1884 is not explained at the beg...

TikTok warns US ban would 'trample free speech'

The US House of Representatives voted on Saturday to ban the app if TikTok's owner does not cut China ties.

David Nicholls: ‘I don’t think I’ll write another love story’

As the global bestseller One Day reduces a new generation to tears, it’s fair to say that no other author captures the bittersweet highs and lows of falling in love better than David Nicholls. He talks about nostalgia, self-confidence and the rewards...

The Hearing Test by Eliza Barry Callahan review – a delightful debut about deafness

A promising first novel takes a jazzy, improvised journey with a young woman who has a sudden loss of hearingA good test of a writer is to take a high concept and stretch it. In The Hearing Test, the debut novel by American Eliza Barry Callahan, a yo...

Vape firm claims it will survive UK disposable ban

Elfbar-maker will "pivot" to reusable vapes, says distributor, but critics say it is exploiting a loophole.