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Beveridge revisited: Simon Callow film celebrates the radical co-founder of Britain’s welfare state
A new film, The Man With the Plan, directed by Christine Edzard and starring Simon Callow, revisits William Beveridge, the Liberal peer whose 1942 report laid the groundwork for Britain’s postwar welfare state. The film argues that Beveridge was far more radical than commonly remembered, and its release is timed to resonate with the new…
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The band Ian Anderson would play with in a heartbeat: “Tell me where you want me”
Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson has said he would happily collaborate with Metallica if the opportunity arose, describing the prospect of adding his trademark flute to a track by the thrash metal giants as an appealing challenge. The comment revisits one of rock’s more unusual footnotes: Jethro Tull’s win of the first-ever Grammy for Best…
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‘The Varnell Hill Show’ Review: Tommy Davidson in Paramount+’s Amiable Throwback of a ‘Martin’ Spinoff
The Hollywood Reporter reviews “The Varnell Hill Show,” a Paramount+ spinoff of the 1990s sitcom Martin that brings back Tommy Davidson as talk-show host Varnell Hill, a minor character from the original series. The workplace comedy trades on nostalgia rather than innovation, offering an old-fashioned multi-camera, laugh-track format reminiscent of the era when Martin first…
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Georgia cop kills beloved pet donkey in his own pasture as heartbroken owner demands justice: ‘We miss him’
A police officer in Cedartown, Georgia, shot and killed a family’s pet donkey after officers searched its pasture during a search for a missing child in the early hours of Sunday morning. The donkey’s owner, Hannah Israel, says officers entered her family’s property near Rockmart without warning and killed the animal, named HeeHaw, after it…
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Wendell Berry, US author, farmer and environmentalist, dies aged 92
Wendell Berry, the Kentucky-born author, farmer and environmentalist, has died at his home in Port Royal, Kentucky, aged 92. His daughter, Mary Berry, confirmed the death, saying “there’s not enough I could say about him to do him justice.” Berry was widely regarded as one of America’s foremost agrarian writers, celebrated for prose and poetry…
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Mexico’s Martfilms Boards ‘Looking for Sam,’ Mariana Rondón’s Follow-Up to ‘Bad Hair’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Mexico’s Martfilms has come on board “Looking for Sam,” the new film from Venezuelan director Mariana Rondón, a follow-up to her 2013 San Sebastián Golden Shell winner “Bad Hair” (“Pelo Malo”). The docu-fiction project, being pitched at San Sebastián’s Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum, tracks the real-life journeys of that film’s two lead actors, Sam Lange…
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A newspaper gown and an NBA tribute – Osaka’s US Open fashion statement
Naomi Osaka opened her US Open campaign with another eye-catching outfit, walking onto Arthur Ashe Stadium in a hooded white gown decorated with newspaper cuttings celebrating her career highlights, before revealing an all-black basketball-style kit underneath inspired by NBA legend Allen Iverson. The four-time Grand Slam champion, who won the New York title in 2018…
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The remote Nepal-China border crossing at the heart of a Himalayan tragedy
Devastating floods that tore through the remote Nepal-China border crossing on 26 August have left widespread destruction and hundreds of people unaccounted for, with authorities now piecing together who was actually present when the disaster struck. The crossing, linking Kathmandu and Tibet via the Friendship Bridge at Rasuwagadhi in Nepal and Gyirong on the Chinese…
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Scaring monkeys? Detecting bedbugs? Meet the elite working dogs – in pictures
A new photography book, *Working Dogs: Through the Lens of Love and Duty* by John Fabiano, published by Smith Street Books, showcases dogs performing specialised roles around the world, from herding livestock to rescuing avalanche victims. The Guardian gallery features a selection of these images alongside Fabiano’s first-hand accounts of the months he spent travelling…
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My abusive and aggressive partner left me but O2 insists I meet him in person
A Guardian Money reader sought help after her O2 family phone plan left her needing to remove her abusive ex-partner and his children’s numbers from her account, but O2 insisted the only way to do this was for the pair to join a joint call or meet in person. Despite her fear of contact with…