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Weekend podcast: what’s it like to be a sociopath?; Gen Z’s lust for Sex and the City; and Marina Hyde on President The Rock

Marina Hyde with her take on Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s surreal US presidential bid (1m23s); Emine Saner meets the sociopath who learned to behave – and found happiness (8m05s); why Gen Z has fallen in love with Sex and the City (24m45s); and do our...

Artist Yinka Shonibare on why we should question colonial history - not topple it

Queen Victoria, Winston Churchill and Sir Charles Napier statues are dressed to impress in Dutch wax fabrics but stripped of their bronze, marble and their power.

Eleanor Coppola, Emmy award winning director, dies aged 87

Coppola known for Hearts of Darkness, film chronicling tortured production of husband Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse NowEleanor Coppola, the Emmy award-winning director, artist and writer, died Friday at her home in Rutherford, California, her fam...

London Marathon: Four mistakes to avoid as the big day looms

It's crunch time now for those who have been training for this year's London Marathon.

'I was born intersex and doctors tried to erase me. It's important to speak out'

For years through childhood and early adulthood, Raven van Dorst felt different. The response evoked in others was always 'too': too loud, too wild, too aggressive, too messy.

'He would have loved it': House Of The Dragon actor's new game inspired by grief of losing his dad

Growing up, Abubakar Salim never felt destined to be a star of the screen.

Jess Ribeiro: Summer of Love review – a balm for anxious times

With expansive, experimental instrumentation, the Melbourne musician’s fourth album records our contemporary chaos – and finds a glimmer of hopeGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailJess Ribeiro has range. Over the last decade, the Melbourne sin...

Why did all the Little Chefs disappear?

At its height, Little Chef had 439 restaurants across the UK but just two decades later they were all gone.

Joe Lycett discloses four fake stories he planted in UK media

Stories include man with bruise in shape of Prince Harry and statue of H from Steps being erected in WalesThe comedian Joe Lycett has disclosed the fake stories that he successfully planted in the British media over the past month included a man with...

Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli has died

Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, known for his flamboyant and glamorous style, has died aged 83.

Risk of no food or drink on some Gatwick flights

No food or drink will be available on some Gatwick flights during strikes by catering contractors.

Challengers review – Zendaya aces uproariously sexy tennis-set love triangle

Luca Guadagnino’s terrifically absorbing screwball dramedy features a devastatingly cool leading lady, Josh O’Connor on rallying form and zinging extended dialogue rallies to matchIt’s almost too good to be true. Could cinema be witnessing the birth...

Comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont announce divorce

Comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont have announced they are divorcing after nine years of marriage.

Civil War star Kirsten Dunst says film 'really terrified me'

It's more than 150 years since the American Civil War, but in Oscar-nominated director Alex Garland's new film the present-day United States is divided - and the country is at war with itself again.

‘So it’s you. Here you are’: Salman Rushdie describes moment he was stabbed

In first TV interview since his stabbing, writer tells how knifeman was ‘last thing my right eye would ever see’Salman Rushdie has said that his first thought upon seeing the man who would stab him on stage in August 2022 was: “So it’s you. Here you...