While some workers survived after deciding not to return for the night shift or stepping out for dinner, four others died after smoke engulfed the shoe factory; families recall the final moments that changed their lives.
Artists in Sudan are working to save culture and traditions amid the country's war.
Whether it’s immersive chiller Blackout or the campily scary 2:22: A Ghost Story, ‘tis the season to be scared witless at the theatre. “It’s the Jaws effect,” says Chris Fisher, the illusions designer behind the stage show of Paranormal Activity (at London Ambassador’s theatre to 27 February, and touring the UK), which had me sheepishly checking under my bed for several nights and stopped just short of nightmares.
Allerton Project attracts abundant wildlife and its success can offers clues to reversing the sharp drop in populations Farmer Alastair Leake is standing in a field of sprouting winter wheat, pointing at his experiment. “When we’re watching to see where the birds are landing to feed, none of them are going on to the ploughed side,” says Leake, the director of the Allerton Project farm, standing on the trashy side.
This Margate shop is now an ice-cream parlour, but back in 2014 it was a vintage clothes store. Mark McEvoy, who had relocated from London the previous year with his partner and baby daughter, approached the young woman to ask permission to take this shot.
A division Bench stayed the judgment of Justice Nisha Thakore following an urgent appeal moved by the Gujarat Government, and directed that the Collector's notification banning the sale of non-veg food will continue for now
Strand magazine to feature never-before-seen article from Hungarian-born escapologist who was also a prolific author Unseen writing by Harry Houdini, the world’s most renowned escapologist and illusionist, is being published in the US on Saturday, the 100th anniversary of his death. As well as being famous for his magic acts and quest to expose fake mediums and spiritualists before he died in 1926 at the age of 52, Houdini, whose real name was Eric Weisz, was a prolific author, with more than two dozen books, short stories and plays to his name.
It influenced The Simpsons and sparked the careers of Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, John Candy and many others. Now this extraordinary Canadian series is finally getting its due SCTV – short for Second City Television – is one of most influential comedy shows ever created.
Thirteen local institutions and homeowner groups in Runda have filed a joint objection to block...
Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments I’m a huge fan of Muriel Spark, but wasn’t sure I needed another biography of her, yet James Bailey’s Like a Cat Loves a Bird was a winning blend of detail and readability.
The author discusses relationships, resilience – and finding global recognition five decades into her career A few years ago, when Helen Garner had an idea to write a book about Australian rules football, her heart soared then immediately sank. Instead, says Garner, she envisaged following a single season of Ambrose’s U16s team, the Flemington Colts, as “a nanna’s book”.
Especially because we are meeting to discuss her new series on Apple TV, Awkwafina: It sees the star of box-office hits Crazy Rich Asians and Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings travel across the US to learn from a new generation of Asian American chefs, in the hope that she might revive her own family’s long-closed Cantonese restaurant.
Ghostly shipwrecks, an abandoned nuclear bunker, a haunted folly … we dare you to visit these weird and ghoulishly eerie sites A derelict, 24-metre tall redbrick and flint folly outside Chichester, Racton Monument (known locally as Racton Ruin) is said to be one of the most haunted places in Sussex and has been the site of many paranormal investigations. George Montagu Dunk, the second Earl of Halifax, commissioned the folly, but there is no conclusive account as to why he had it built.
Heated Rivalry’s Hudson Williams and Carrie-Anne Moss star in this audacious mystery about a Slavic witch. In recent years, Maleficent, Elphaba from Wicked and Marvel’s Scarlet Witch have given witches a pop edge.
Halloween weirdness with Heated Rivalry’s Hudson Williams. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, Sky Atlantic Witchy weirdness for Halloween in this drama starring Carrie-Anne Moss and Hudson “Heated Rivalry” Williams.
Autumn on a plate: come in from the fireworks and warm up with this sweet, rich caramelised apple treat I love a tarte tatin: Jackson Boxer is chef/owner of Brunswick House, Vesper and Dove, all in London, and culinary director of Cowley Manor near Cheltenham and the Henrietta in London Continue reading...
Nelson, 41, who works in legal services, meets Louise, 37, who works in marketing What were you hoping for? Great company and wonderful conversation.
Tom Kerridge, Helen Goh and other foodies on what they feed their children Acey, 10 Continue reading...
The newcomer may see an opportunity to build a happy home; the children may see a stranger occupying a space that once belonged to someone they loved To expect instant harmony or worse, instant filial love is a structural failure in our understanding of human kinshi Nowhere is this error more punishing than in the societal expectations frequently placed upon stepmothers. Adults often forget that a stepfamily begins with a significant change in a child’s family life,a profound transition that may carry grief, insecurity, or a sense of unhealed loss.
By Ammah Sarah Ex-BBNaija Anita Natacha Akide, popularly known as Tacha, has officially launched her beauty brand, Tacha Beauty, in Lagos. Celebrities who graced the occasion include music executive Don Jazzy, actress Chioma Omerua popularly known as Chigul, former BBNaija housemate Anita Ukah, Pastor Amaka Flourish-Peters and entrepreneur Lady Ada Enemuoh.
It’s a man you don’t want to run into’: Delhi women reclaim the outdoors. Once, looking at a tree in her south Delhi neighbourhood, about 50 metres away from her home, a man in a car screamed at her: “You have been clicking photos here for 10 days.
Spirit of Tasmania IV and V will cross Bass Strait with passengers for the first time tonight. But it has been a long and costly journey to get to this point.
Four-hour meeting of the 17 NC legislators in Srinagar comes three days after party vice-president and J&K CM Omar Abdullah expanded the Cabinet, leaving several leaders disgruntled at not being given a berth
Joy Prime’s new dating reality show, Make Me Stay, is set to put first impressions, attraction and the search for love to the ultimate test when it premieres on November 1, 2026. Tune in to Joy Prime from 1st November and be part of the journey.