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Josh O’Connor returns to stage in rare Almeida revival of Golden Boy
The Almeida theatre in London is staging a rare UK revival of Clifford Odets’s 1937 drama Golden Boy, marking Josh O’Connor’s return to the stage after a decade focused on screen work. O’Connor plays Joe Bonaparte, a talented New York violinist who abandons music for boxing during the Great Depression, risking his hands for quick…
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Country singer Orville Peck mines near-fatal overdose for album Mule
Orville Peck, the masked pseudonymous country singer, has opened up about a devastating year of heartbreak, addiction and a near-fatal overdose that shaped his new album, Mule. Despite commercial success – including a UK No 1 country album, duets with Elton John, Kylie Minogue and Willie Nelson, and a Broadway debut in Cabaret – Peck…
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What if social media isn’t hurting kids?
Psychologist Peter Gray has published *Restoring Childhood*, a direct challenge to Jonathan Haidt’s bestselling *The Anxious Generation*, which blames the decline in teen mental health since 2010 largely on smartphones and social media. Gray, a former collaborator of Haidt’s, argues instead that the causes lie in decades of reduced childhood autonomy and, more recently, rigid…
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Man fearing for fiancée’s life after suffering miscarriage infection calls 911 to get her help – but she is arrested by ICE instead
A pregnant woman in Massachusetts, Iara do Carmo Santana, 29, was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after her fiancé called 911 during a mental health crisis following her miscarriage, raising concerns about how vulnerable people are treated when emergency services are involved. The case has drawn scrutiny because the call for medical…
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‘Staff slept’ while man was strangled to death in NHS unit by fellow patient – before falsifying records to claim they’d seen him alive
An inquest has found that Hugo Flint-Cahan, 34, was neglected before being beaten and strangled to death by a fellow patient, Rolando Torres-Pena, 22, on a mental health ward in east London in January 2023. Staff at Newham Mental Health Centre, run by East London NHS Foundation Trust, were meant to check on patients hourly,…
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Woman was told she had a terminal brain tumour and underwent 11 years of torturous chemotherapy – only to find out she never had cancer in the first place
Becky Jones was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour aged 21 and spent 11 years enduring chemotherapy, only to learn she never had cancer at all. Independent experts later concluded she had actually been suffering from tumefactive demyelination, a treatable inflammatory brain condition, meaning she endured over a decade of unnecessary toxic treatment, lasting side…
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Touring can take musicians to isolating, anxious extremes. Access to therapy on the road is a vital support
Radiohead drummer Philip Selway writes about the isolating pressures of touring and backs a new initiative, the Pay It Forward Fund, which aims to give musicians and crew on smaller, grassroots tours access to mental health support that bigger acts can already afford. He recalls his own struggles during Radiohead’s rapid rise in the early…
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Cancer survivor mother devastated after being told her three daughters all need to have chemotherapy
Lesley Owens, 43, a three-time cancer survivor, is now supporting three of her five children through chemotherapy after they were diagnosed with an ultra-rare genetic condition called IRF8 gene deficiency. The disorder severely weakens the immune system, and the family is thought to be only the second in the world in which three siblings have…
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Seamless Indoor-Outdoor Living: How Architectural Glazing is Transforming Scottish Homes
This article discusses how architectural glazing—large-scale glass installations including floor-to-ceiling walls, frameless corner windows and sliding door systems—is reshaping residential design in Scotland, moving homes away from the small-windowed, thick-walled traditional cottages and tenements built to withstand harsh weather. The shift reflects a broader cultural move towards open-plan living, natural light and a closer visual…
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Albanian drug dealer who entered Britain under false identity is spared jail ‘because his partner suffers from depression and chronic pain’
An Albanian drug dealer who entered Britain illegally has avoided a prison sentence after a judge cited his partner’s depression and chronic pain, alongside new Labour sentencing guidelines aimed at easing overcrowding in England’s jails. Urim Morina, 27, admitted supplying cocaine as part of a county lines operation and possessing a travel document in a…