Lost generation: the AI threat to Britain’s next great directors
Commercials once launched careers from Ridley Scott to Guy Ritchie, now automated production is cutting costs – and the chance to learn by doingWhen Ridley Scott was awarded the UK’s highest accolade for a glittering career directing films from Alien and…
Tell us your financial hopes and concerns ahead of the budget
Ahead of the budget later this month, we’d like to hear from people in the UK about what measures they feel might help – or not help – financiallyWe want to find out more about any financial concerns people in the UK have ahead of the budget on 28…
Privileged and proud: how nepo babies took fashion month by storm
From commanding the catwalks to acting as plus-ones for their famous parents, celebrity kids are bang on trendKnee-length skirts and bras worn as tops were two of the main takeaways from fashion month, which wrapped up this week. But the biggest trend…
Why you’ve probably been thinking about narcolepsy all wrong
The sleep disorder has been the butt of jokes and a comedic plot point, but the reality of living with narcolepsy is anything but funny. Things could be about to change for people with the condition though, after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
I hitchhiked from Sydney to Perth, and found comfort in the company of strangers
The lost practice of hitchhiking is a subculture, an art, and a way of travel that satisfies wanderlust like no other trip. Plus, it costs nothingGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI’m alone, hunched over by a dusty road junction, and feeling the…
11 questions to ask yourself before going no contact with a family member
In the UK, one in five families are affected by permanent estrangement – it’s not a decision to be taken lightly. These are the questions experts suggest you ask yourself before cutting a relative out of your lifeIt’s important to be certain you aren’t…
Cosmic House of Mirrors
Galaxies warp and multiply as if in a house of mirrors in this image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope released on Sept. 29, 2026. The brilliant golden galaxies seen here are part of a galaxy cluster called MACS J0454.1-0300. The orange…
‘I’ve hit my midlife sexpot era!’ Romola Garai on marital misery, cheating … and sex scenes in cars
Layby hookups are all in a day’s work for Romola Garai in her steamy new drama Adultery. She talks faking orgasms, keeping secrets – and making audiences pass outIn a raging storm in the Peak District last winter, a blue Toyota Yaris was parked in a…
‘Nobody is listening to us’: on the school protest frontline, I heard why France’s students feel disowned | Alexander Hurst
Fixing the broken education system will be just the start. The biggest challenge for an aloof political class is to finally pay attention to an abandoned generationWhen adolescents protest that the government is failing to uphold their right to an…
Digested week: Don’t worry about the plague, go and read some Anne Carson | Emma Brockes
The world may be going to hell in a handcart, but at least now I get to say I know a Nobel prize winner“Anyone worried about pneumonic plague?” This is a friend – a medic – texting me after reading reports at the weekend of the 28-year-old Russian woman…