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Sunrise by Téa Obreht review – secrets and myths in the American west
Set across three interwoven timelines, this absorbing tale of an abandoned mining town explores courage, cowardice and how history is recorded Téa Obreht’s novels teem with conflicting narratives, treacherous landscapes and speculative fictions. Her 2010 prizewinning debut, The Tiger’s Wife, examined themes of death, miracles and outsider status in the midst of a fictional Balkan war.…
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Waves Turn review – the exhausting, joyful, boring, wondrous realities of new motherhood
Josephine Ahnelt’s gentle but truthful documentary has home-movie intimacy and some incredibly touching moments As a piece of art depicting motherhood, Judith Rohrmoser’s self-portrait of breastfeeding sticks two fingers up at the tradition of the Madonna with child. In her painting, Rohrmoser’s baby feeds contentedly, chubby cheeked and sleepy under damp lashes. The artist is…
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Our pick of events in and around Scarborough at the weekend and beyond
1 Nile Rodgers and CHIC plus the Brand New Heavies
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Burnham announces disabled bus pass holders will get unlimited free travel
The £60m project will be funded by the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Transport
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US states take on Meta in pivotal trial over child social media addiction claims
State attorneys general allege that tech company intentionally designed addictive products that harm young people More than half of the states in the US have joined together in an unprecedented lawsuit against Meta that goes to trial on Tuesday, accusing the parent company of Instagram and Facebook of deliberately designing addictive products that lured in…
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Williams sisters lose on doubles return
Serena and Venus Williams lose a thriller at the Cincinnati Open in their first doubles match together for four years.
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Student bank accounts: don’t be swayed by the freebies, freshers told
Sign-up perks may capture the attention but should the focus be on the interest-free overdraft? The best student deals and discounts An insider’s tips on student money In the scramble to sort out university accommodation, join freshers group chats and work out how a student loan payment is meant to stretch across a whole term,…
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TV tonight: a devastating drama about the mass removal of Canada’s Indigenous children
A young woman sacrifices everything to find the siblings she lost in the 1960s. Plus: Ricky Gervais jumps aboard the Magical Sitcom Tour. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, Sky Atlantic A devastating drama about the “Sixties Scoop” – when Canadian authorities enabled a mass removal of Indigenous children from their families and put…
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Noise concerns over Reading festival’s music extension
Charli XCX, rapper Dave and Chase & Status will headline the festival later this month.