Chorleywood blind girl with brain tumour presents her own show
Justin Dealey/BBC Betsy Griffin said she had always loved music from the ’50s and ’60s An 11-year-old girl who is blind and has a brain tumour said she had fulfilled her “dream” of presenting her own radio show. Betsy Griffin, from Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, was diagnosed with the tumour when she was two. Earlier this year […]
The invisible network that keeps the world running
The view arriving at Yantian Port in China (Kate Davies/Unknown Fields) One of the world’s most dazzling engineering feats is largely hidden from view. Travelling with a group called Unknown Fields, Tim Maughan stepped on board a container ship to investigate the humungous, algorithmically-controlled network that supplies most of what you own. It’s been just […]
Why Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man shows what’s wrong with Marvel
Alamy (Credit: Alamy) Twenty years ago, the first in the director’s web-slinger trilogy set the course for the modern superhero film – but none of its descendants have ever matched it, writes Kambole Campbell “With great power, there must also come great responsibility.” Through all of Spider-Man’s variations and different authors and artists, those final […]
Fifa to stop selling in-game currency in Belgium
ELECTRONIC ARTS Gambling laws in Belgium will soon stop Fifa players in the country from buying the in-game currency Fifa Points. Game maker Electronic Arts (EA) has told players they’ll only be able to earn Fifa Points from completing in-game challenges in future. The points allow people to buy in-game packs which randomly generate items […]
The most disgusting film of 2022?
Platform After winning Cannes’ top prize for The Square, director Ruben Östlund is back with a cruise liner comedy that’s an excruciating, vomit-filled ‘assault on the super-rich’, writes Nicholas Barber. Actually, that’s not entirely fair, because although Östlund makes his points with unapologetic frankness, the Swedish writer-director’s first English-language film shows that he is still […]
‘People fade away without human company’
BBC/Vanessa Engle GPs in England will be able to prescribe social activities to combat loneliness as part of a new government strategy. A cooking class, a group walk or even a spot of dancing could be prescribed by GPs in England to reduce pressure on the NHS caused by loneliness. The government’s new loneliness strategy […]
Tributes to nine-year-old killed in Christmas market attack
A local fire brigade has paid tribute to a nine-year-old killed in an attack on a German Christmas market. André Gleißner died after a car drove into a crowd of shoppers at the market in Magdeburg on Friday evening, according to the Schöppenstedt fire department. In a statement they said he was a member of […]
The hidden adult themes in Beatrix Potter
Penguin Born 150 years ago on 28 July, the British children’s book author was far more subversive than you may have realised, writes Christian Blauvelt. “Your father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs McGregor.” Old Mrs Rabbit’s frightful warning to her children Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter appears on […]
Scottish salmon producer to roll out sea lice shields
BBC Scottish Sea Farms plans to roll out the new shields to 11 other sites in Scotland Salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms (SSF) is to roll out new anti-sea lice shields at its sites following a trial project in Shetland. The Norwegian-owned firm said a current crop at its Ronas Voe farm outperformed “all previous […]
Woodstock at 45: Beyond the myth
(Henry Diltz/Corbis) It’s thought of as the event that defined a generation and set the template for future music festivals. But is this really true? Greg Kot looks back. The Woodstock Music & Art Fair hosted what was supposed to be a festival of “peace, love and music” 45 years ago. Three days turned into […]