25 h. ago Hugh Bonneville to star in ‘gripping’ new drama about Britain’s biggest

PBS's ‘Masterpiece’ series, The Gold centers on the 1983 Brinks-Mat heist

Events

28 h. ago PBS 'Masterpiece' series ‘The Gold’ explores Britain’s biggest heist in history

PBS's “Masterpiece” series “The Gold” explores Britain's biggest robbery, the 1983 Brinks-Mat heist

Culture

3 d. ago ‘Out on a damn limb’: the daredevil photography of Lee Miller – in pictures

A fearless war photographer, a peerless surrealist, a chronicler of Egypt and Syria a new exhibition at Tate Britain explores how Lee Miller became one of the most urgent voices of 20th-century art Continue reading...

Culture

5 d. ago We Americans love remaking British TV. Must the UK remake our odious politicians? | Dave Schilling

A recent trip to Britain from my native California presented some worrying truths about our shared political futureI’ve always wanted to visit the UK. This might sound absurd to you, considering I’m from California – home of sunshine, half-naked bodies and the studio where they film Jeopardy. What could possibly pull me to the cold, damp, gray shores of England? The oppressively brown food? The dodgy colonialist history? Tesco? No, it was the glowing box that vibrated with whatever passed for culture in my small town: television.British TV was an obsession in my house, via those purveyors of affordable, exotic entertainment at PBS. We’d get classy fare through the Masterpiece Theatre series, but also more downmarket comedies like Are You Being Served? (a variety of sexually obsessed retail clerks trip over each other) or Keeping Up Appearances (lower-middle-class oafs desperately wish they were posh). I had no concept of what people were saying in their thick accents or most of the ...

Politics

last month I found empty bags of cocaine in our daughter's bed, says wife of Olympic champion Ryan Lochte as he reveals nightmare struggle with drugs

Kayla Rae Reid filed a motion to amend her initial petition for divorce and made a series of shocking accusations against the six-time Olympic gold medalist.

Sport

last month American explores Britain’s ‘most deprived’ resort and finds something unexpected

Jaywick in Essex is often cited as one of the most deprived areas in the UK - but one American who visited the seaside town for 24 hours had a very different view

Politics