Late-night hosts talk Arizona’s GOP-led election ‘audit’, which reaffirmed Biden’s win, and Rudy Giuliani’s Fox News issuesStephen Colbert mocked the humiliating conclusion of a partisan effort to overturn the 2020 election in Arizona, which concluded …
‘We’re concentrating on the villains’: the shocking play about the Grenfell tragedy
The writer of a drama about the Grenfell inquiry – and the £800,000 cost-cutting that made the refurbishment lethal – explains how this story is a microcosm for what’s rotten in Britain todayAlthough Richard Norton-Taylor’s ninth play makes its debut l…
Britney vs Spears review – Netflix doc is schlocky, trashy and deeply uncomfortable
Certainly not in the pop star’s best interests, this disturbing film gives redemption stories to controversial figures from Britney’s past. Nothing about this feels rightWhat is in Britney Spears’ best interests? It’s a question that has been discussed…
Why is Hollywood still denying Black queer love stories?
The success of Moonlight remains an outlier in major film and TV representation so it’s been left to smaller web series to pick up the slackOn 12 May, screenwriter Kirk A Moore took to his Twitter page calling for his Black gay followers to share image…
Unreleased John Lennon recording up for auction in Denmark
Song and interview were recorded by Danish schoolboys during Lennon and Yoko Ono’s stay in Thy in 1970A cassette tape recording of an interview by Danish schoolboys with John Lennon and Yoko Ono in which the Beatles star sings a previously unreleased s…
‘He drains my bad habits!’ Comedians on why they need an alter ego
For character comics such as Zach Zucker, Bilal Zafar and Jay Bennett, performing as other people is a way to both escape from – and confront – their personal livesAfter an eventful 18 months away, Zach Zucker is back on a London stage, and making a me…
Torchlight procession and a hungry polar bear: Tuesday’s best photos
The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading…
Turner prize 2021 review – lashings of creativity in a collectivist clash
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry The decision to have only artists collectives nominated has resulted in a show that ranges from a recreation of a 1980s Northern Irish gay bar to pretentious prattling about fishCelebrating the creativity of peo…
Covid car parks to galactic lockdown: fascinating but futile quarantine ideas
Whether atomic priesthoods, 50ft concrete spikes or burying astronauts in concrete, humanity’s attempts to keep free from infection are examined in Until Proven SafeIn January 2020, just a few days before the first Covid-19-infected passengers landed i…
Dementer review – unsettling low-budget care facility chiller
When Katie takes a job in a centre for people with Down’s syndrome, she’s the model carer – until the terrifying flashbacks startFrom Don’t Look Now to The Masque of the Red Death, physical disability has been a troublingly cheap way for horror directo…