24 h. ago Murders of two female students prompt calls for a ‘cultural rebellion’ in Italy

Sara Campanella and Ilaria Sula were found within 48 hours of each other, bringing the number of femicides in 2025 to 11There have been calls in Italy for a “cultural rebellion” amid outrage and protests over the murders of two female students found within 48 hours of each other, bringing the number of femicides in the country since the start of the year to 11.Sara Campanella, a 22-year-old biomedical student, was stabbed at a bus stop in the Sicilian city of Messina on Monday afternoon and died while being taken to hospital. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Adolescence star Owen Cooper, 15, lifts the lid on his 'mad' return to school after taking on lead role in hit Netflix show

The 15-year-old break-out star was just 13 when he landed the role of Jamie Miller, a schoolboy accused of brutally murdering a female classmate.

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38 h. ago Adolescence star Owen Cooper, 15, lifts the lid on his 'mad' return to school after taking on lead role in hit Netflix show

The 15-year-old break-out star was just 13 when he landed the role of Jamie Miller, a schoolboy accused of brutally murdering a female classmate.

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4 d. ago Gatsby by Jane Crowther; The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson

Two enjoyable debut novels put fresh meat on Fitzgerald’s deathless classic – one a modern-day retelling in which Gatsby becomes a female influencer, another a pacy murder mystery in the vein of Agatha ChristieIt might seem unfathomable to us now, but F Scott Fitzgerald’s third novel was something of a let-down when it was published 100 years ago; his previous books, This Side of Paradise and The Beautiful and Damned – there had also been a novella, The Diamond As Big As the Ritz, and short stories including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – had been more commercially successful and found greater favour with critics. Fitzgerald’s tale of obscure origins, extreme wealth and obsessional romantic desire appeared too unlikely, too contrived and, perhaps, too uncomfortable a reminder of class and financial inequality and its consequent social schisms to be recognised for what it was: a masterly exploration of delusion, self-delusion, myth-making and complicity.Fitzgerald himself died...

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6 d. ago What happens next in Adolescence: Lawyer reveals how he would defend Jamie Miller from the horrifying allegations in the Netflix show

A criminal defence lawyer has revealed what could have happened to Jamie in a fifth episode, had the teen appeared in court accused of murdering a female schoolfriend.

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8 d. ago Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 3 to launch 24 hours early for free

Activision announces an early launch for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 3, featuring a revamped Verdansk map with improved graphics and free access for players

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1 week ago As a psychiatrist, I see the toll of toxic online content on boys. Here are 6 ways you can keep your teenage son safe

The new Netflix drama Adolescence, a gripping four-part drama, begins with the arrest of a boy aged 13 for the murder of a female classmate.

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1 week ago Santosh review – gripping police procedural about the murky side of modern India

Documentary-maker Sandhya Suri’s remarkable feature debut pitches a new female cop into a complex rural murder caseThis is a phenomenal achievement: the feature film debut from British-Indian former documentary maker Sandhya Suri is a punchy, muscular Hindi-language police procedural set in rural north India. Elegantly scripted by Suri, Santosh combines gripping, gritty storytelling with a deft acknowledgment of some of the murkier aspects of modern India: the police corruption and brutality, the baked-in sexism, the caste prejudice and anti-Muslim sentiment. It strikes a tricky balance between perceptive, issue-led film-making and propulsive entertainment.The movie was this year’s UK submission to the international Oscar category, but due to problems with the censors is yet to be released in India. It follows the journey of the eponymous central character. Recently widowed Santosh (a magnetic, watchful turn by Shahana Goswami) is, thanks to a government scheme, offered her late hu...

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1 week ago Adolescence writer Jack Thorne reveals how a 'dark' discovery during work on the Netflix hit series left him worrying about his family

The miniseries was released ten days ago, and tells the story of a 13-year-old boy who murders a female classmate after being influenced by online misogyny.

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2 w. ago Adolescence creators accept invitation to discuss online safety with MPs

The Netflix show examines so-called incel culture, which has led to misogyny online and bullying on social media.

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2 w. ago Adolescence creator says social media users have shared false claims about him

The four-part crime drama examines so-called incel culture, which has been blamed for misogyny online, and the use of social media in bullying.

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2 w. ago Starmer backs calls from Gareth Southgate and Adolescence stars to tackle culture of young male violence

Prime minister supported calls for hit Netflix show to be shown in parliament and schools and said he was watching it with his chilldren

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2 w. ago ‘The Polynesians loved him’: the astonishing revelations that cast Paul Gauguin in a new light

He has been tarred as a French colonialist who spread syphilis to underage girls in the South Seas. But, writes the author of an acclaimed new book, fresh discoveries challenge this view of the artist – and even show him as a heroIn 2019, the National Gallery held an exhibition of Paul Gauguin’s portraits that provoked uproar. Was Gauguin not a French colonialist who spread syphilis to underage girls throughout the islands of the South Seas? The London show was caught in the crosshairs of cancel culture and there were calls for his paintings to be burned.I have always loved Gauguin’s pictures. Having just written I Am Dynamite!, a biography of controversial philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, and feeling a strong sympathy with #MeToo, I couldn’t live in the dishonest and hypocritical position of loving the paintings and hating the man. I embarked on research. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Rocks and racism? How geologists created and perpetuated a narrative of prejudice

Kathryn Yusoff sparked a culture war with her latest book, suggesting slavery and white supremacy informed the work of geology’s founding fathers. Here, she and other experts suggest that attitudes have changed little sinceIt was at the London Library at St James’s Square, surrounded by the shiny offices of geological extraction companies including BP and Rio Tinto, that Kathryn Yusoff discovered a deep link between geology and racism. It was 2017, and the professor of inhuman geography from Queen Mary University of London was doing research for a book about the history of geology. Little did she know that her niche, archival discoveries, which led to a 600-page tome on race and geoscience seven years later, would put her on the very faultline of a culture war.The academic book, called Geologic Life, was published in 2024. It soon attracted the attention of the conservative higher education publication the College Fix, which said that Yusoff’s writing “suggests even rocks have been ...

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3 w. ago Wealthy female dentist, 61, who lives on stunning Georgia island is charged with MURDERING her boyfriend

A wealthy female dentist who lives on a stunning island in Georgia has been charged with murdering her boyfriend.

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3 w. ago Female prison officer 'smuggled drugs behind bars for convicted murderer lover'

Abigail Laidlaw was arrested after police found messages on her mobile phone which "clearly indicated" she was in a relationship with Troy Beckford who was jailed for life after being convicted of the murder of Kieran McGrath

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3 w. ago Female prison officer who smuggled drugs into Strangeways for her convicted murderer 'lover' is jailed

A female prison officer who was in a year-long relationship with a convicted murderer smuggled drugs for him, it has been revealed. 

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3 w. ago Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone Season 3 – release date, Verdansk map, and more

The fan-favourite map is coming back five years after its launch in the free-to-play Warzone mode

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3 w. ago Flamboyance, creativity, club culture – and no smart phones: why the 1980s are all the rage again

A series of major exhibitions focusing on the era has unleashed a wave of nostalgia for those who were there and curiosity from the young who envy its freedomIn the future everyone will blame the eighties for all societal ills, in the same way that people have previously blamed the sixties,” Peter York, the quintessential observer of 1980s’ style and cultural trends, said recently. He was referring to what he called the “big bangs” of monetarism, deregulation and libertarianism which “have been working their way through the culture ever since”.Curiously, he did not mention one of the eighties’ equally enduring, but more positive “big bangs” – the “style culture”, which began in that much-maligned decade and continues to echo through contemporary culture in an altogether less malign way. It is currently being celebrated in three exhibitions across London. Continue reading...

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