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Adelphi theatre, London Theatre wunderkind’s adaptation of the Oscar-winning film has plenty of suspenseful stagecraft but struggles to match its subtlety Another new show, another old story. This film-to-stage adaptation is from the 2006 German-language romantic thriller about Stasi surveillance and suppression of art in the former GDR. The accompanying, now almost obligatory, high-prestige screen actor is Keira Knightley, presumably whipping up ticket-selling frenzy and stage-door brouhahas. E

UN-backed report finds even temporary rises above Paris agreement target could cause harm to glaciers and polar ice sheets Earth’s icy regions face such dangerous melting that global heating should be brought back below 1C after an inevitable period of overshooting global temperature targets, a UN report has found. Permanent and widespread losses of snow and ice expose a “persistent myth” that overshooting the 1.5C target of the Paris climate agreement – to 2C or 3C – could be manageable or even

A Derren Brown-style experiment? A Ghostwatch stunt? Wild rumours have swirled around Bradley Walsh’s Million Pound Shot all week. The hoax has finally been revealed – and its message is terrifying In late October, some canny viewers began to wonder whether there was something strange about Channel 4’s latest gameshow. Bradley Walsh’s Million Pound Shot had been billed as a new big-money contest with a twist, but information about its pilot episode was strangely minimal. Television and radio pro

It’s funny, tense, stunningly forceful – the excellence of this franchise’s return is a bright flash of hopeful defiance We settle down in front of a fresh Blue Planet, trying to escape a weary sadness that stalks us from several angles. It is a new natural history show narrated by the 100-year-old David Attenborough, so there cannot be many more of those to enjoy. It is a Sunday-night showcase on BBC One, which is nothing like as significant a shared cultural event as it once was. The film-maki

Judges hail Sofia Demetriades’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto as full of insights, poetry and maturity A teenage violinist has won the BBC Young Musician competition 2026, in the first all-female final in the competition’s 48-year history. The judges, Joanna MacGregor, Ben Gernon and Errollyn Wallen, hailed Sofia Demetriades’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto as full of insights, poetry and maturity. Continue reading...

Lacey Turner topped the scoreboard in the annual spooktacular. Graeme Hall and Tabby Stoecker were tied at the bottom. But who will face the horror of the first ever triple dance-off? Cue the compulsory spooky-themed montage. Most Haunted meets Blair Witch styling this year. Insert your joke shop fangs and nibble on someone’s neck. We’re about to go live to the haunted ballroom… Continue reading...

US artist known as Model 500 and one half of the duo Cybotron had a huge influence on dance music worldwide Juan Atkins, one of the pioneers of Detroit techno and a huge influence on dance music more widely, has died aged 64. His agency, Greensmith Artists, confirmed the news to the dance music website Resident Advisor, saying that Atkins was found unresponsive in a hotel room in Mexico City prior to a performance there, and was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital. Continue reading...

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Unusually, all clubs in the top flight have the same manager with whom they began the season – but the first sacking may not be far away No Premier League manager has yet lost his job this season. In only three of the past 10 campaigns was November reached without a club making a managerial change. The 2026-27 season commencing with 11 managers who were appointed at some point in 2026 has probably contributed to the early season stability. They have to be given a chance to fashion their side as

John Holford, Alan Wells, Jol Miskin and Isobel Hunter Readers respond to an editorial that championed the freedom to learn at any age Your editorial makes a strong case for lifelong adult education (The Guardian view on adult education: learning should be for all ages, 25 October). But like the report by the all party parliamentary group on further education that it refers to, it overlooks one vital dimension: we need adult education to defend democracy. For most of the last century, adult educ

Dr Will Haydock calls for a new govrnment plan with clear priorities, while a reader in Ecuador points to the devastating impact of UK cocaine use there The reports published as part of your investigation into cocaine lay bare the widespread harms linked to the drug that people are experiencing (Cocaine-linked crimes on the rise in Britain as consumption surges, 25 October; ‘He was like 10 men after taking cocaine‘: how Britain’s drug habit is fuelling domestic abuse, 26 October). Similar concer

Dr Ahmad Elabbar reflects on what such a decision means for academics who are working on today’s most difficult and urgent topics UK higher education is in a confusing and fraught enough state without the government banning distinguished authors on our reading lists such as Andreas Malm (Climate academic Andreas Malm barred from entering UK, 30 October). Last Thursday I gave a lecture on negative emissions and geoengineering, and recommended The Long Heat, which Malm co-authored with Wim Carton,

Meeting the 0.3% floor is a test of whether it is serious about its commitment to international cooperation, says Callum Northcote That the UK might miss its 0.3% target on international development spending is rubbing salt into an open wound (Report, 26 October). The UK’s development budget, which tackles global challenges and is a lifeline to millions around the world, has been repeatedly cut over the past five years – it’s estimated that 62 million fewer people will be supported by UK aid aro

The Covid pandemic shed an unforgiving light on health and social care inequalities. The lessons have yet to be absorbed The fear that so many felt as the death toll rose during the Covid pandemic was magnified for Fiona Walker. “I know from experience they wouldn’t have valued my life,” she says, in a new report on the treatment of people with learning disabilities during the crisis. The 1.5 million people in the UK with learning disabilities, and their families, had reason for concern. Death r

Youth-led protests end with street violence in cities across France, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal and Albania French officials have opened an investigation into the attempted murder of a police officer and Germany’s interior minister has called for harsh penalties after peaceful and mainly youth-led protests across Europe ended in violence. In Portugal, police – some with dogs – cleared protest camps with baton charges, while security forces in Switzerland were attacked with paving stones. Con

Police searching for ‘unknown group’ that gained entry to property in Chandler’s Ford on Saturday night Five teenage boys were stabbed at a Halloween party, after an “unknown group” gained entry to the event on a residential road, police have been told. The boys, all aged 16 and 17, were found injured after police were called to a report five teenagers had been stabbed at a property in Chandler’s Ford near Eastleigh, Hampshire, just after 10.30pm on Saturday. Continue reading...