Broadcaster best known for work on Countryfile urges women to check their breastsThe television presenter Julia Bradbury has announced she has breast cancer, and urged other women to check their breasts and seek help if they notice any changes.The 51-y…
How leading thriller writer helped reveal plagiarism of Emmy prizewinner
Robert Harris, whose second world war film was copied, tells how the scandal led to George Stevens Jr being stripped of his awardsIt was a just few seconds of vivid footage: joyous scenes of American troops on tanks and Jeeps driving down a Champs Élys…
Caked crusaders: how The Great British Bake Off took over the world
It seems everyone wants a slice of Channel 4’s action, whether homemade or imported. But what exactly is the attraction?Last week a visitor to the Great British Bake Off set was on the phone to her mother in South Africa. “She was having her hair done …
Britain’s broadcast media is too valuable to be the toy of politicians and moguls | Will Hutton
Rupert Murdoch launches a new channel, C4 is threatened and notions of impartiality seem up for grabs. Are we seeing a challenge to the old order?Britain’s stubborn attachment to non-Tory values infuriates and worries Conservative politicians to equal …
Strictly Come Dancing 2021 launch show – live
The sparkliest contest on TV returns to brighten up our weekend evenings, with the likes of Robert Webb, AJ Odudu and Tom Fletcher taking to the floor in search of Glitterball glory 8.09pm BST RHYS STEPHENSON is paired with NANCY XU, who is off the ben…
Nike and Amazon among brands advertising on Covid conspiracy sites
Household names may have unwittingly helped spread fake news, investigation revealsDozens of the world’s biggest brands, including Nike, Amazon, Ted Baker and Asos, have been advertising on websites that spread Covid-19 misinformation and conspiracy th…
Sean Spicer claims press treats Jen Psaki better: ‘I walked into the lion’s den’
Trump’s former press secretary makes remark to New York Times, saying Psaki ‘walks into a bunch of kittens’Donald Trump’s former press secretary Sean Spicer has complained that the Washington press corps treat his successor under Joe Biden more kindly….
「破壊」から「構築」へ：シリコンヴァレーは新しいナラティヴを描くのか
アンドリーセン・ホロウィッツがすべてを変えた。10年前、このVC企業の創業者マーク・アンドリーセンは「ソフトウェアが世界を飲み込む」と予言した。そして彼らがメディアに売り込む破壊的でイノヴェイティヴな民主化の神話は、やがて搾取やプライヴァシー侵害、セキュリティ違反、二極化、差別などの記事に場所を奪われていった。いまや次々と自らのメディアを立ち上げるテック業界は、「構築」という新たなナラティヴを描こうとしている。
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‘The cover is like a piece of art in itself’: 32 years of Guardian Weekend magazine
Since its creation in late 1988, the Guardian’s Saturday supplement has been lauded for front covers and features that have caught the eye and sparked joy or sometimes controversy. As its final edition is published, some of the team who worked on it ex…
Now Andrew Neil has left GB News, I’m selflessly volunteering to replace him | Hussein Kesvani
Neil was an analogue artefact struggling to break through in an online worldSo it’s farewell to Andrew Neil. While the former chairman and lead presenter of GB News had decades of print and television experience, it was clear from the start of his late…