15 h. ago 'Dog walker took my pet out for an hour walk in 27C heat, when I got home she was dead'

Mandy Lawrie was left heartbroken when she returned home to her beloved pet dead

Society

8 d. ago Apple TV+’s best comedy fans say is ‘laugh out loud’ finally returns and it’s not Ted Lasso

A hilarious sitcom has finally returned on Apple TV+ and it’s just as outrageous as ever

Sport

3 w. ago Death and the Gardener by Georgi Gospodinov review – how it feels to lose a father

The International Booker winner explores Bulgarian family life under communism in this moving depiction of a son’s bereavementThe Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov was published quietly in the Anglophone world for years before he won the 2023 International Booker prize with Time Shelter, about an Alzheimer’s clinic that recreates the past so successfully, it beguiles the wider world.He is perhaps now Bulgaria’s biggest export. Ever playful, never linear, his new novel Death and the Gardener consists of vignettes of a beloved dying and dead father, told by a narrator who, like Gospodinov, is an author. Gospodinov has spoken publicly about losing his own father recently, and the novel feels autobiographical in tone. When we read “My father was a gardener. Now he is a garden,” it is not the beginning of an Archimboldiesque surrealist tale, but rather a more direct exploration of how we express and where we put our love. Continue reading...

Events

4 w. ago Hannah Waddingham says Ted Lasso season four is like an ‘exhumed’ pet dog

Series had originally been intended to finish after three seasons

Politics

4 w. ago ‘The place is bleached, a dead zone’: how the UK’s most beloved landscapes became biodiversity deserts

National parks, famous for their rich natural heritage, should be at the heart of efforts to protect habitats and wildlife. Instead, experts say they are declining – fastPhotographs by Abbie Trayler-SmithDartmoor is a place where the wild things are. Rivers thread through open moorland past towering rocky outcrops. Radioactive-coloured lichens cling to 300m-year-old boulders. Bronze age burial mounds and standing stones are reminders that humans have been drawn here for thousands of years. It is considered one of the UK’s most beautiful and precious landscapes.Much of this moorland is officially protected as a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) because it is considered home to the country’s most valued wildlife. Its blanket bogs, heathlands and high altitude oak woodlands are treasure troves of nature. Continue reading...

Events

last month Emmy nominations 2025: Severance leads while Adolescence makes impressive showing

Apple shows dominated this year’s TV nominations while the British Netflix hit scored 13 nodsEmmy nominations 2025: the list of key categoriesSeverance and The Penguin lead this year’s Emmys nominations while the breakout drama Adolescence has also made an impressive showing.Apple’s chilly workplace thriller has received 27 nominations for its second season, leading the drama categories while the tech giant’s new comedy The Studio has broken Ted Lasso’s record for most nominations received by a freshman comedy series. The Seth Rogen-led Hollywood satire picked up 23 nods. Continue reading...

Politics

last month Hannah Waddingham says Ted Lasso is like 'beloved dead dog' which has been 'exhumed'

Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham, who plays AFC Richmond owner Rebecca Welton in the Apple TV+ hit, said she's "thrilled" that the show has been "exhumed" for a fourth series

Events

last month John Goodman shows off incredible weight loss transformation at Smurfs LA premiere after shedding 200lbs

Goodman lends his voice to Papa Smurf in the upcoming animated film which also stars Hannah Waddingham, Alex Winter and Billie Lourd

Politics