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A new season of love: hit musical Rent returns to the West End with Gaten Matarazzo – in pictures

Jonathan Larson’s much-loved show about New York artists has been revived for its 30th anniversary with a cast including the Stranger Things star

2 Oct 20261 min read

Business

Italy scales back defence spending hike in new budget plan

Italy will issue new multi-year economic forecasts on Friday, hiking this year's growth estimate and, in a last-minute decision, scaling back previous plans to raise defence...

2 Oct 20261 min read

Trá Pháidín: Cloch’s Claí review – giddy Galway gang burst the boundaries of folk music

With musical ideas spanning mariachi and motorik beats, and lyrics with Kneecap-grade rage, this brilliant collective evolve tradition with stinging, joyful songs

2 Oct 20261 min read

‘If you can’t hold it, you don’t own it’: why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinyl

People describe their return to physical media – whether to protect data, support artists, or retain control of one’s choices

2 Oct 20261 min read

Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger to All We Imagine As Light: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

The Gallagher brothers’ reunion tour gets the fun fly-on-the-wall treatment – and it’s fascinating. Plus, Payal Kapadia’s glorious Cannes winner about three nurses in Mumbai

2 Oct 20261 min read

One green shoot at a time: the women restoring mangrove forests in the oil-ravaged Niger delta

In a region of Nigeria blighted by decades of pollution, Martha Agbani and her team are not just replanting trees but regaining ownership of their lost lands and livelihoods

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'Hitchy is always with us' - the keeper who died after one-punch attack

The memory of James Hitchcock lives on at non-league Barton Town, almost two years after he died following being punched on a visit to York.

2 Oct 20261 min read

Thailand’s soft power play: Culture as global currency

Thailand’s “T-wave” or soft power influence has recently grown, fueled by government initiatives supporting industries including film, food and tourism.

2 Oct 20261 min read

Politics

Demonstrators across Spain protest housing crisis

Spain’s parliament is set to vote on new measures to address the country’s housing crisis. The forced eviction of an elderly woman from her apartment sparked major protests.

2 Oct 20261 min read

'You could be legends' - inside unfancied Wakefield's rapid ascent

Wakefield Trinity's stars of yesteryear are remembered in sepia; the class of 2026 have the chance to add some colour with the chance of Grand Final glory.

2 Oct 20261 min read

Greg Freeman: All Set the Bone review – ambitious alt-country double album spreads its talents a touch thin

The Maryland singer-songwriter’s third album has an impressive sense of scale compared to last year’s breakout Burnover, but is less immediately appealing

2 Oct 20261 min read

'Widell claims Rangers player blocked Ibrox move' - gossip

Excelsior centre-half Casper Widell says his summer move to Rangers fell through because a player refused to leave, while Kilmarnock are reportedly close to signing goalkeeper...

2 Oct 20261 min read

Euro 2016 memories aplenty - but O'Neill focused on future

Ukraine against Northern Ireland is a fixture which brings up plenty of memories, but Michael O'Neill is firmly focused on the future.

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Uzbekistan dominates chess Olympiad while England’s Sivanandan, 11, sets new world age record

Host nation won at Samarkand having led almost from start to finish, while young English player reached a stunning landmark

2 Oct 20261 min read

An audience at Duke of York's Picturehouse in Brighton

‘I look at the footage to convince myself that you were alive’: how Ross McElwee made a film about unimaginable loss, grief and guilt

When his son died aged 27, the director could barely bring himself to watch his old clips of the boy. When at last he did, it was the genesis of an extraordinary project

2 Oct 20261 min read

Kill Jackie review – Catherine Zeta-Jones’ assassin thriller is like Killing Eve … minus good characters or plot

This preposterous nonsense probably had high intentions – and then realised it’s easier to replace credible writing with gunfights, car chases and ear-bitings

2 Oct 20261 min read