The year seen through the eyes of Getty photographers
How do you summarise a year with photography alone? Ken Mainardis of Getty Images has chosen a selection of the best pictures taken by his photographers and explains in his own words how they sum up 2017 to him. Al Bello/ Getty Images In Florida, USA, Amanda Anisimova returns a shot against Taylor Townsend during […]
What will future aerial dogfights look like?
USAF The US Air Force has developed an AI which can fly an F-16 combat jet (left) I’m flying a Typhoon fighter over the Irish Sea and I’ve got a big problem. There’s a hostile jet on my tail, and no matter how I push the joystick, or play with the throttle, this enemy is […]
Wicked author Gregory Maguire on the real meaning of the story that captivated the world
Universal Pictures Before it was a Hollywood blockbuster it was a megahit musical, and before that it was a 1995 novel. Author Gregory Maguire tells the BBC about the inspiration behind Wicked. When author Gregory Maguire was a child, he and his siblings would regularly act out scenes from the classic 1939 film, The Wizard […]
Would you work for free to secure a job?
PA If you didn’t have a job, how far would you go to get one? SNP MP Stewart McDonald thinks some employers are “exploiting” people by asking them to work shifts for free to prove they are up to the job. What’s the issue? Concerns have been raised about unpaid trial shifts. This is where […]
A WW1 soldier on the brutality of conflict
BBC Archive World War One broke out on 28 July, 1914. Fifty years later, one of the German soldiers, Stefan Westmann, told the BBC about his experiences fighting in the conflict. World War One broke out on 28 July 1914. To mark its 50th anniversary in 1964, the BBC made The Great War, an ambitious […]
Rapper surprises fans with new album GNX
US rapper Kendrick Lamar has released a surprise new album called GNX. The 12-track album, which is the performer’s sixth studio release, dropped on his social media pages at around 17:00 GMT on Friday. It features contributions from American R&B star SZA as well as Kamasi Washington, among others. GNX is Lamar’s first album since […]
No ‘red lines’ in Ukraine support, French foreign minister tells BBC
Jeff Overs / BBC There are no “red lines” when it comes to support for Ukraine, the French Foreign Minister has told the BBC. Jean-Noël Barrot said that Ukraine could fire French long-range missiles into Russia “in the logics of self defence”, but would not confirm if French weapons had already been used. “The principle […]
Next Marvel action film ‘could be shot in Suffolk’
Danny McDermott (AKA EJEK) A major Marvel superhero film may be shot in Suffolk, according to new papers The location of a big-budget Marvel action movie to be shot in the UK has been hinted at in council papers. Screen Suffolk has revealed talks “are under way” to secure filming at an undisclosed location in […]
What we know about global IT outage
EPA There were long lines at Barcelona airport, as passengers waited to be checked in manually A massive tech failure has caused travel chaos around the world, with banking and healthcare services also badly hit. Flights have been grounded because of the IT outage – a flaw which left many computers displaying blue error screens. […]
St Albans venue where ‘Glastonbury headliners’ start out is 50
The Horn The Subways, from Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, played The Horn in 2018 The promoter of a grassroots music venue that has seen stars including U2, Tom Grennan and Chrissie Hynde perform has said without it “you wouldn’t have the future headliners for Glastonbury”. Luke Hinton said The Horn, in St Albans – which […]