If I am not looking forward to Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack Builtwhen it eventually comes to UK screens, it is not because of the violence against women and children that helped earn the film an early round of disgusted reviews. No, what really fills me with dread is the prospect of seeing a […]

Love is just a four letter word – and it was a much ruder one when Robert Indiana, who has died aged 89, first thought up the work of art that was to define him and an entire decade. Indiana’s 1966 pop masterpiece Love originally said Fuck. Even after he changed it to the more heartwarming […]

Almost 18 million Britons tuned in to coverage, with BBC trouncing its competition Almost 18 million Britons watched coverage of Saturday’s royal wedding, making it by far the biggest television event of the year, as social networks and news websites also saw enormous online interest in the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. British viewers overwhelmingly […]

Spike Lee and Jean-Luc Godard were also among the prizewinners at the 71st annual film festival In a surprise verdict, the Japanese film Shoplifters, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, has been awarded the Palme d’Or for main feature at the close of the Cannes film festival. “The ending blew us out of the cinema,” said jury president […]

Donation of record-breaking Liverpool player’s mint green footwear part of Egypt project A pair of Mohamed Salah’s mint green football boots are to enter the collection of the British Museum, to be displayed next to ancient Egyptian sandals in a gallery near its mummies. The boots, specially moulded for the shape of the Liverpool player’s feet, […]

SEOUL, South Korea — A week ago, things could not have been going better for President Moon Jae-in of South Korea. He was successfully arranging a meeting between North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, and President Trump. His approval ratings at home were soaring. The tone had changed so much that Mr. Trump had even called […]

You might assume that chats sent on Facebook Messenger are completely private. But you’d be wrong. Facebook confirmed Thursday that it uses automated tools to scan Messenger chats for malware links and child porn images. It also allows users to report chats that may violate community standards. The company’s moderators can review any messages that […]

The Cannes film festival is one of the glamorous highlights of the silver screen’s year – a time for sun, stars and self-satisfaction. But this year, the atmosphere is mutinous. On Sunday the Hollywood actor Salma Hayek became the latest to throw yet another grenade into the simmering gender debate, arguing that male movie stars would have […]

like to roast tomatoes until their skins blacken. A little pressure from your fork and their skins split, their juices – warm, tart-sweet and smoky – will spurt joyously on to your plate. It’s best to eat them with something that will benefit from those juices, such as a mound of soft orange lentil mash, […]

Americans are becoming more anxious about their safety, health, finances, politics and relationships, a new online poll from the American Psychiatric Association finds. Compared to the results of a similar poll a year earlier, 39 percent of adults in the U.S. are more anxious today than they were a year ago. As a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, I […]