95 m. ago Get Cartier! How Jean Novel turned an old Paris department store into a museum to rival the Louvre

The exterior may be a bit Apple shop. But inside – upending the very notion of galleries – the new Fondation Cartier can reconfigure its spaces with thrillingly movable platforms. And as for the lecture theatre, it’s blood redCome what may, Jean Nouvel will always have Paris. The City of Lights has been the stage and stomping ground of French architecture’s vieux terrible since the early 1980s. Yet the building that first made his name – the Institut du Monde Arabe, a glittering, delicate, metallic creation inset with mechanical lenses to regulate light – is a lifetime away from the bemusement that met his last Parisian project, completed a decade ago.That was the ill-starred Philharmonie, a gargantuan trophy concert hall, described in the Guardian as resembling “a pile of broken paving stones” and “a greatest hits mashup of dictators’ icons”. Nouvel may well concur, since he boycotted the building’s inauguration, dismayed by budget cuts and design tweaks (“value engineering” as it ...

Culture

2 h. ago Resident doctors to vote on strike action in pay row with Scottish Government

BMA Scotland claimed ministers have ‘shamefully reneged on the deal we agreed in 2023’.

Politics

3 h. ago Universities have made cuts ‘equivalent to 15,000 jobs in last year’ – union

The UCU is set to ballot members over strike action.

Politics

11 h. ago Walking the halls of the UN, I felt its power — and its distance from the people it was built to serve | Satara Uthayakumaran

From the Tiwi Islands to Tasmania, from city classrooms to refugee programs, I have listened to thousands of young people. And now I carry those voices with me into the heart of the UNIn its 80th year, the UN headquarters in New York heard speeches that made headlines. One leader thundered threats of war. Another complained about an escalator. Meanwhile, outside the polished floors and gilded halls, children were starving in Palestine. Bombs fell. Borders closed. Budget cuts placed the very architecture of human rights under siege.This was meant to be a landmark gathering, a celebration of 80 years of multilateralism. Instead, it felt like a reckoning. Can the UN still serve the people it was built to protect, or has its promise begun to crack under the weight of politics? Continue reading...

Politics

22 h. ago Are NHS workers about to strike? Junior doctors express concerns about job shortages

Thousands of junior doctors and low-paid NHS workers consider strike action, citing job shortages and pay issues

Society

28 h. ago NHS hospital group’s facilities staff vote to strike over £30m pay discrimination claim

Union accuses St George’s, Epsom and St Helier of ‘institutional racism’ as cleaners, caterers and porters get lower pay than colleaguesHundreds of NHS hospital workers have voted for strike action after claims that they have lost more than £36m in pay and pension contributions over the last four years.More than 330 low-paid workers, mainly cleaners, caterers and porters, known as facilities staff, at St George’s, Epsom and St Helier hospital group (GESH) are preparing to go on strike. Continue reading...

Economics

47 h. ago Teachers in strike ballot over lack of action to reduce ‘crippling’ workload

The EIS trade union has called on ministers and councils to ‘at long last agree’ a way forward on cutting classroom time for teachers.

Events

48 h. ago Badenoch vows to abolish stamp duty as she closes Tory conference

She pledged a ‘golden rule’ on her budget plans, spending only half of any savings made through spending cuts, with the rest to reduce the deficit.

Politics

63 h. ago Badenoch to pledge doubling of apprenticeship budget and cut in degree numbers

The Tory leader will pledge to reintroduce caps on student numbers in every subject area.

Politics

3 d. ago Cut business costs in Budget or cut growth, accountants tell Chancellor

A survey of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants members found that 94% lacked confidence in the economy.

Economics

3 d. ago Trump budget director pushing Social Security overhaul to cut disability benefits for hundreds of thousands of Americans: report

Critics fear proposed changes from White House budget chief Russell Vought mark biggest-ever cuts to disability insurance

Politics

3 d. ago Now ANOTHER group of NHS medics could strike: First year doctors vote 'overwhelmingly' to back industrial action

British Medical Association (BMA) officials announced 97 per cent of those balloted-previously known as junior doctors- voted in favour of taking action.

Politics

3 d. ago Dave Reddin warns Wales players strike action would backfire on them

Dave Reddin was the latest guest on the Welsh Rugby Podcast and had a clear message to Wales' players when he was asked about the potential for strike action this autumn

Events

5 d. ago Campaigners demand rethink of Scots bank investing public funds in 'Scotland's second largest landowner'

Land campaigners claim Gresham House has recently become Scotland’s second biggest landowner.

Economics

6 d. ago ‘This is real progress’: airlines on sustainable aviation fuels and the chances of net zero flying

The EU and UK have imposed mandates, and investors see its value – but the industry has mixed viewsOne hundred years ago, the Italian aviator Francesco de Pinedo was attempting the unprecedented feat of crossing the Indian subcontinent in a flying boat. He later splashed down on the Tiber in Rome to national acclaim, having flown via Asia to Australia and back over seven months, taking off and landing in water 80 times.Aviation has been marked by stop-start journeys on hitherto uncharted courses to unlikely, if not unreachable, destinations. Today’s collective act of faith – amid much scepticism – is in following an uncertain path to sustainability, through green fuels that are yet to be widely produced. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago Trump threatens mass layoffs and cuts to Democrat projects as government shutdown stalemate continues: Live updates

Trump said he was meeting with White House budget director Russ Vought to discuss agency cuts on day two of the government shutdown

Politics

7 d. ago Trump threatens ‘Democrat Agencies’ that he’s meeting with budget chief Russ Vought today on which to cut amid shutdown

Previous government shutdowns have only resulted in temporary furloughs — not layoffs

Politics

8 d. ago Ryanair to cancel 600 flights in blow to 100,000 passengers on major holiday routes

The budget airline has warned passengers of impending strikes in France that could disrupt the plans of hundreds of thousands of passengers heading to destinations including Greece, Italy and Spain

Politics

9 d. ago Manchester Airport travel warning as airline staff ballot strike action

A union says the strike could take place over half term

Events

9 d. ago Dire warning over pay and job cuts if Welsh Government can't pass budget

It would be 'almost impossible' for the new-look Senedd to run with staff numbers and pay, including MS salaries, all at risk if a budget cannot get through

Events