On Inauguration Day, fans of the All-In Podcast gathered in a billiards room in Washington DC to watch Donald Trump’s swearing-in – and a few miles away, the podcast co-host and PayPal Mafia alum David Sacks prepared to ascend to his role as Trump’s AI and crypto czar. Very popular in Silicon Valley, All-In is…
I hadn’t previously read anything by Nnedi Okorafor when I picked up Death of the Author, but after only a few pages in, I found myself making a mental note to add everything else she’s ever written to my To Read pile. Okorafor coined the term “Africanfuturism,” describing a subcategory of science fiction that’s “more…
Kristi Noem secured US Senate confirmation as homeland security secretary on Saturday, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and Donald Trump’s plans to clamp down on illegal immigration during his second presidency. The Senate worked on Saturday as Republicans successfully sought to install the…
It was, without question, the worst thing that has ever happened to me. Which is a bold claim about a breakup with someone I’d known for all of 18 months. I can be a little dramatic sometimes. But honestly? Not about this. I have never known agony like it. An older pain, the kind caused…
Leading environmentalists have called on the government to introduce a natural history GCSE immediately, amid fears it could be postponed until 2030. The previous Conservative administration had supported creating the GCSE, which would teach pupils how to observe, identify and classify plants and animals. However, campaigners have claimed the plans had been shelved by Labour…
Portrait of singer Chesney Hawkes in 1991 and a recreation of the image in 2024. Chesney Hawkes in 1991 and 2024. Later photograph: Pål Hansen. Styling: Andie Redman. Grooming: Alice Theobald at Arlington Talent using Huda Beauty and Babyliss. Archive image: Mark Richards/ Daily Mail/ Shutterstock Born in Berkshire in 1971, Chesney Hawkes started his career…
Keir Starmer is under growing pressure to forge closer economic links with Europe five years on from Brexit, as a major new poll shows voters clearly favour prioritising more trade with the EU over the US. The MRP survey of almost 15,000 people by YouGov for the Best for Britain thinktank shows more people in…
“The beginning begins with the shoes. When a child I am never able to abide being barefoot and always beg for shoes, anybody’s shoes, even on the hottest days. My mother, a minha mãe, is angry at what she says are my prettify ways.” This is how readers are introduced to Florens, an enslaved girl…