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Release the files! ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This has been going on long enough, and it’s high time that the powerful were held accountable for their lies. The conspiracy must be exposed, and the truth needs to be given to the people. The Trump administration may have declassified more than 160 military archive files related to UFOs…
‘We are living through a moment of hellish, mindless destruction,” Caragh Thuring tells me, shortly after offering me a cup of tea and a chocolate chip biscuit. We are sitting in the artist’s east London studio, surrounded by paintings, magazine cuttings and cryptic handwritten notes (“AWARENESS, TESTING”). There are metal racks littered with crumpled tubes…
Published on 09/06/2026 – 19:34 GMT+2 During construction work for a solar park, a Celtic princely grave has been uncovered for the first time. Experts classify the discovery and the artefacts it yielded as exceptionally significant. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Among the grave goods recovered are several gold rings, an Etruscan beaked jug probably imported from what…
There’s a lot to unpack with the massive success of “Backrooms” and “Obsession”: how these two low-budget movies both soared past $100 million at the box office; the YouTube-to-cinema pipeline; and what these films say about the anxieties of a younger generation. Alissa Wilkinson, a Times movie critic, and Jason Zinoman, a Times critic at…
The title song to Azniv Korkejian’s fourth album as Bedouine, Neon Summer Skin, recreates a perfect day from childhood. “Being taken to the pool, where my only worry is being dragged away when the sun’s setting,” she says, calling from Los Angeles. “Later on, mom and dad wash me in the tub and put me…
James Brown used to call himself “the hardest working man in show business.” As he left us almost two decades ago, I trust it’s not sacrilegious to suggest the sobriquet be passed to Ahmir Thompson, better known as Questlove, a musician, producer, author and filmmaker (as in the incredible “Summer of Soul” from 2021). His…
Kevin Bridges: In Search of the Beautiful Game 10.30pm, BBC One Football has changed almost beyond recognition since Scotland last qualified for the World Cup in 1998. But is the game still animated by the same raw emotion? To find out, comedian Kevin Bridges goes on a global journey, visiting the US, Brazil and Birmingham…
Speight Jenkins, an opera journalist, critic and commentator who had never produced a performance of any kind when, in 1983, he was hired as the general director of Seattle Opera, which he turned into one of the most adventurous and respected companies in the United States during a 31-year tenure, died on May 30 in…
Two Weeks in August 9.15pm, BBC One The middle-class holiday from hell presses on and the ramifications of Dan and Jess’s indiscretion become clear. Zoe (the superb Jessica Raine) feels liberated and determined to let her hair down; a Gods and Monsters fancy dress party at the home of appalling expats Flick and James looks…
For some, Pride Month is all about LGBTQIA+ rights, celebration, and acceptance. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This year, however, it has become associated with a major lawsuit involving a multimillion-dollar clothing company. The American clothing brand Patagonia has filed a lawsuit for trademark infringement against the 33-year-old drag queen, environmental activist and advocate for social causes Pattie…
