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China detains iPhone maker workers in ‘strange’ case
Chinese police have detained four workers of the Taiwanese iPhone maker, Foxconn, in circumstances Taipei has described as “strange”. The employees were arrested in Zhengzhou…
Bella Freud on ‘frock consciousness’ and her new podcast
Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Bella Freud/ Getty Images (Credit: Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Bella Freud/ Getty Images) With her intimate new podcast, Fashion Neurosis, British designer Bella…
Vivid colours and bold flavours: The Nigerian food boom
Akara Restaurant, London Have you ever tried fufu or efo riro? Or moi moi? If you haven’t already, you might do soon, because they’re examples…
Keir Starmer treated me as a ‘non-person’
Diane Abbott: Keir Starmer treated me as a ‘non-person’ Labour MP Diane Abbott has accused Sir Keir Starmer of treating her as a “non-person” during…
Birmingham’s whisky woman on creating her own business
Amy Seton is called ‘the whisky woman’ by people who know her, but being asked to prove her knowledge leaves a sour taste. The 40-year-old,…
Amazon and UK government at odds over working from home
BBC They are two competing views on where desk-based employees work best. Amazon is ordering its staff back to the office five days a week,…
‘Extremely problematic’: How cult ‘art house erotica’ film Emmanuelle became a global hit
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) To mark the 50th anniversary of the erotic French film that made soft porn mainstream cinema, it’s had a 21st Century reboot…
Euro 2022: England beat Germany to win first major women’s trophy in dramatic style
Midfielder Jill Scott, who had suffered defeat at the hands of the Germans in the final in 2009, came on in extra time to help…
Cate Blanchett gives an ‘increasingly frenzied’ performance in this ‘engrossing’ revenge thriller
Apple TV Apple TV+’s latest starry drama sees the Oscar-winner play a famous journalist terrorised by a vindictive man via a self-published novel. It’s intelligent…
The US city reclaiming its Native roots
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) After spearheading the modern fight for Native American rights, Minneapolis and nearby Saint Paul are experiencing an Indigenous cultural renaissance.…