A tale of a wartime evacuee turned conjuror. A wizard twist at the end. But where's the magic?
Here We Are opens in a theatre in Brighton, 1959. A snazzy tap-dancing showbiz personality called Jack Robinson is waiting in the wings. The world of entertainment is on the cusp of change Read more...
Package tours that include Dubai's Miracle Garden revealed
The Holiday Guru provides advice on package tours to Dubai and suggests Alicante to a reader who is searching for a holiday destination with good walks. Read more...
Powell Says Federal Reserve Crossed Red Lines to Help Economy
Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell said that the central bank is pushing its limits and trying to be transparent as it does. Read more...
Spice Grinder, Batteries Not Included
FinaMill grinds spices from coarse to fine, with removable pods that allow for quick swaps. Read more...
A Slider Bun Packed With Whole Grains
Angelic Bakehouse has added tiny buns, made from seven sprouted whole grains, to its sandwich-bread lineup. Read more...
Kate Elizabeth Russell, Annalena McAfee and Nicolas Mathieu This week's best new fiction
At 60, Eve Laing is a famous artist in crisis. She's working on what she believes is a masterpiece, but her marriage has ended in divorce. Read more...
A Novel Imagines the Fate of Twin Sisters, One Passing for White
The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett, considers fraught questions of racial identity, personal freedom and community in a story that stretches from the Jim Crow South to 1980s Los Angeles. Read more...
Musk's SpaceX set for debut astronaut mission, renewing NASA's crewed launch program
Entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX is set to launch two American astronauts to the International Space Station on Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ending the U.S. space agency's nine-year hiatus in human spaceflight. Read more...
Virus Lockdown Forces Iran Into Its First Virtual Quds Day
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei openly acknowledged, apparently for the first time, Irans support for armed Palestinian groups fighting Israel. Read more...
Louis Lortie review New album,In Paradisum, makes apparent the importance of Faur's piano works
Gabriel Faur wrote some toothsome melodies in stuff such as his Requiem, or the Cantique De Jean Racine, and the delicious Pavane. Faur's real claim to fame, though, is his piano music. Read more...
Republican-led U.S. Senate probe to hear first testimony on Trump-Russia investigation
A main figure in an investigation of the 2016 Trump presidential campaign's contacts with Russia is due to testify on Wednesday in a politically charged U.S. Senate probe led by a Republican ally of President Donald Trump. Read more...
Trump says Republican convention will not be held in North Carolina
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the Republican convention due to be held in North Carolina in August will have to be held in another state because of social distancing restrictions ordered by the state's Democratic governor. Read more...
CNN Crew Is Arrested on Live Television While Covering Minneapolis Protests
Officers arrested a correspondent, Omar Jimenez, as he and a camera crew were reporting on the protests over the death of George Floyd. Read more...
How Blackout Tuesday Became a Social Media Moment
What began as a proposed day of reflection after the death of George Floyd morphed into something broader, leading some to complain that BlackLivesMatter posts were being silenced. Read more...
A Global Film Festival and Concerts for All New Livestreams to Watch
Appointment viewing is back. Find out what online events to look for in coming days, and when to tune in. Read more...
The Deviants War, by Eric Cervini An Excerpt
An excerpt from The Deviants War, by Eric Cervini Read more...
Faberge collection of the Royals goes on display in Buckingham Palace
This stunning collection of intricate works of art by Russian jeweller and goldsmith Peter Carl Faberg is what the Royal family has amassed in more than a century. Read more...
From The Anthill to Coronavirus What You Need To Know and BudPodThis week's top podcasts
Why are conspiracy theories so hard to suppress? What is the meaning of nothing? These are some of the questions raised in brainy podcast The Anthill. Read more...