Iain Softley, director I was working at Granada in the 1980s when I came across a photograph of Astrid Kirchherr and Stuart Sutcliffe while going through the station’s Beatles archive. They looked confident and interesting and I wanted to know more about them. I’d heard about the Beatles becoming a great live band while playing … Read more
Guess how many piano-led ballads by a female artist have topped the UK singles chart this decade? Just one – Adele’s Easy on Me – and that was almost three years ago. There was a time you simply couldn’t escape the powerhouse vocals of legendary divas and their huge, impossible-to-sing (but don’t let that stop … Read more
Tucked quietly behind the Lord’s museum is the far less interesting Lord’s car park. It’s a postage-stamp space that can accommodate more bikes than it can cars. It’s certainly not large enough for a team coach – you might get one in, but how would you get it back out? – so the players are … Read more
In the immediate aftermath of this summer’s riots, what did the British public consider to be the most important issue facing the country? Immigration, the polls said, replacing the economy at the top of the worry‑list for the first time since 2017. So, what have politicians said they’ll do about it? The new Labour government wants to … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Wheelchair rugby: GB need not worry as they quickly bounce back to make it 34-34 at the end of the third quarter. Share Wheelchair rugby: GB have a couple of sloppy moments and Australia take advantage to moved 34-32 ahead in … Read more
Heavy winds struck south-east Australia over the weekend as a series of cold fronts moved across the continent. It followed a high fire danger in Sydney and other parts of New South Wales last week, and a fire in south-west Sydney that threatened homes. The severe weather rounds out a weird winter across Australia. The … Read more
Growing up near the historic mud-brick city of Agadez, Niger’s gateway to the Sahara, Mariam Issoufou was always inspired by the majestic adobe structures around her. The 27-metre-high minaret of the city’s mosque, the tallest mud-brick structure in the world, has stood on the sandy horizon since the 16th century. But Issoufou never imagined that … Read more
Donald Trump has a knack for rallying a remarkable range of political opinion around a common goal: preventing his return to the White House. That now includes prominent names from his own Republican party and top aides who worked under him as president. From former White House officials and national security staff to a once-worshipful … Read more
‘I really wanted to do a book of nude self-portraits,” says Alec Soth. “For better or worse, I’m just an inward-looking photographer.” So why didn’t he? “Photography,” he explains, “means going out into the world and interacting with it.” That is certainly what has made Soth such a revered photographer. The American has shot naked … Read more
Labor Day has come around again, and workers’ rights are now center stage in North America. Canadian railworkers nearly brought trade to a juddering halt in a dispute with rail firms. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are courting union members as they fight for the White House even as union leaders call the Republican nominee … Read more