Ukrainian and U.S. officials have signed a joint economic investment deal that includes granting the U.S. access to Ukrainian rare earths minerals, the Treasury Department announced Wednesday. A Treasury Department press…
New Gruffalo book to be released 20 years on as Julia Donaldson shares | Books | Entertainment
Author Julia Donaldson is to team up with illustrator Axel Scheffle to release the first new Gruffalo book in over two decades. The pair have previously teamed up on the…
Kneecap’s Eden Project gig cancelled amid row over ‘kill MPs’ comments | Ents & Arts News
A performance by Belfast rap trio Kneecap at the Eden Project has been cancelled. It comes after a row in which one of the group appeared to call for Tory…
The 18 crime novels vying for the genre’s most prestigious award | Books | Entertainment
Voting has opened for the ‘Oscars’ of crime writing with publication of the 18 books long-listed for the prestigious Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award 2025. Now…
Top 10 best thriller novels of all time — number one is a lesser-known gem | Books | Entertainment
Whether you’re a bookworm who devours multiple novels a week or just a casual reader who enjoys dipping into a book on holiday, everyone has their own go-to genre. Some…
‘I’ve read all 66 Agatha Christie books – these classics are my 3 favourites’ | Books | Entertainment
I woke to a detective story. Maybe I had left the radio on, in our pebbledashed family home in Cheam, the storm black and loud outside; I must have fallen…
‘Best’ Stephen King movie is streaming on 2 platforms – but not Netfli | Films | Entertainment
It’s not as loud as It or as infamous as The Shining, but some Stephen King fans think his best screen adaptation is a slow-burn suspense from 1983. The Dead…
Waymo might be willing to sell you a self-driving car, says Sundar Pichai
Waymo may sell autonomous vehicles for personal ownership at some point in the future, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said during an earnings call last night. Pichai was asked about the…
Booze and twos: the best fictional detectives for drinking with! | UK | News
Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) enjoys his favourite tipple (Image: ITV/Shutterstock) We’re all familiar with the stereotypes of crime fiction: the hard-bitten, increasingly world-weary detective searching for the bottle of something…