A certain calm has enveloped the kitchen. A stillness that often happens at this point in the summer, when there is no longer any hurry to get lunch or dinner on the table, and each meal feels more like unpacking a picnic than cooking. I relish these dog days of summer, when the garden is … Read more
Nadsy Qurban bent his neck to show how the crown of his head was covered in a number of burns, each the size of coins. “The smell was like I’m burning some goat or something, like I’m cooking some goat. That’s how bad it was,” he said. Needless to say, it hurt. But a week … Read more
Art Matters (Sky Arts/Now) Surviving the Post Office (BBC One) | iPlayerThe Decameron (Netflix) Time Bandits (Apple TV+) Righteous, molten anger burst from screens like an erupting volcano last week, a fair amount spraying from Melvyn Bragg in his stand against swingeing arts funding cuts in Art Matters (Sky Arts/Now). Billed as “the biggest fightback … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature After news broke about the deadly strike on the football pitch in the occupied Golan Heights, the office of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was on a visit to the US, said he would cut short his trip by several … Read more
For a long time, I thought one of my most radical beliefs, really quite edgy, was that women’s prisons should be abolished. As the years passed, it’s felt less and less radical, and today it’s increasingly clear this is not just necessary, but urgent. Prisons are in a profound state of crisis – the prison … Read more
AFP Oil has long been the mainstay of Venezuela’s economy Venezuela’s battered economy is one of the key battlegrounds in Sunday’s presidential election, with President Nicolás Maduro hoping to convince voters that the country has turned the corner after years of strife. Thanks to his recent efforts to push down the cost of living, the … Read more
A man convicted of dozens of felonies versus a criminal prosecutor. An architect of abortion bans versus a champion of reproductive freedom. An elderly white man fixated on the past versus a mixed-race daughter of immigrants leaning into the future. One hundred days from the US presidential election, the choice for voters has never been … Read more
It’s been one of Cat Onyac’s better days. Her two children are concentrating on their crochet project, sitting in the sunshine at HvH Arts in north London. And they’ve eaten. “All the children get a hot meal,” she says. The family is at a summer scheme for children in Camden on the edge of Keir … Read more
Reuters Venezuelans are going to the polls on Sunday in what has been described as the biggest challenge to the governing socialist PSUV party since it came to power 25 years ago. Nicolás Maduro – who has been president since the death of his mentor, Hugo Chávez, in 2013 – will be running for a … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Later on, in the pool, Ariarne Titmus (AUS) triumphed in one of the races of the Games, leading home Summer McIntosh (CAN) and Katie Ledecky (USA) in the 400m freestyle. All three have held the world record at various times since … Read more