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“We’ve got a problem with the other band who registered the name and are trying to stop us from going to Germany. We’re trying to deal with that now”: How Nektar resurrected themselves with The Other Side
The UK prog legends took on a surrogate line-up and reclaimed their prog crown with their 2020 album
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Temperatures to fall across Europe as substantial rain heading for parts of UK
Temperatures could drop by more than 15C compared with last Thursday as cold front moves arrives from Monday Relief from the unrelenting heat is finally arriving this week across western Europe, with more unsettled conditions bringing the chance of rain. Temperatures are expected to fall back towards the seasonal norm, with some parts of the…
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The Hotspot | Extreme heat has changed elite sport this summer – it must adapt to survive
In today’s newsletter: how climate crisis is affecting athletes and what steps are being taken to protect them from rising temperatures The mercury-shattering European summer pants alongside us on the back straight, looming as we hug the shadows, sweaty sandals on the parched earth. Across Asia, Africa and North America too, inhabitants have endured the…
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Diane Kruger & Dany Boon Are Nazi Hunters On The Trail Of Tim Roth’s Klaus Barbie In Netflix’s ‘Projet K’
Diane Kruger and Dany Boon will play Nazi hunters on the trail of Tim Roth’s Klaus Barbie, in Projet K for Netflix. Kruger and Boon will portray Beate and Serge Klarsfeld, the real-life husband-and-wife Nazi hunters in the Netflix France film. The couple spent years tracking down Nazis after the end of World War II.…
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Virgin Trains gets go ahead to run services to Europe in new blow to Eurostar monopoly
Operator wins track access approval for up to 20 daily return trains through tunnel to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam in 2030 Virgin Trains has been granted track access by the rail regulator to run new services between London and Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam in 2030, in a step forward for its plans to break’s Eurostar’s…
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‘Fated to become a cult classic’: why Barcelona is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers detailing their most pleasurable comfort films is a trip to 1980s Spain courtesy of Whit Stillman An hour into Whit Stillman’s 1994 film, Barcelona, the protagonist, Ted Boynton (Taylor Nichols), considers using “maneuver x” in his stalled romantic life. He’s an American working in the Spanish branch of…
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Morning news brief
USS Washington to relieve USS Lincoln after concerns about conditions, Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks on Russia, a look at where talks stand regarding the future of Gaza.
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Hundreds of Ceuta migrants stage protest demanding Spain asylum after being left sleeping on beach following ‘invasion’ – as medics fight disease outbreaks
Hundreds of migrants who recently entered Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta staged a protest on a popular urban beach on Sunday, urging Spanish authorities to grant them asylum
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Mexico’s Madrefoca Boards ‘Isabel Hernández’ as Zoe Films Builds Festival Momentum (EXCLUSIVE)
Mexico’s Madrefoca Cine has boarded “Isabel Hernández,” Italian filmmaker Giorgio Giampà’s feature debut, joining Zoe Films, LaDoc and Fiasco on the Italy-Mexico co-production. The project is among the 15 titles selected for the 2026 Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum at the San Sebastián Film Festival. Its San Sebastián berth comes as Zoe Films builds a growing…