Four-year-old US piano prodigy flourishing amid pandemic – BBC News
When Brigitte Xie’s parents signed her up for piano classes during the pandemic, they just wanted to keep her busy.…
‘It’s eroded free speech’: Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard on cancel culture and his play Leopoldstadt
Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard talks to Newsnight about the impact of cancel culture, his latest production Leopoldstadt and why he…
Australians are 3 times more worried about climate change than COVID. A mental health crisis is looming
As we write this article, the Delta strain of COVID-19 is reminding the world the pandemic is far from over,…
A ‘Christian nation’ no longer: why Australia’s religious right loses policy battles even when it wins elections
Conservative Christians are prominent in Australia’s Liberal-National Coalition parties. Scott Morrison and Tony Abbott are two of the most devout…
If machines can be inventors, could AI soon monopolise technology?
What does it mean to be an inventor? In patent law, designed to protect the intellectual property of inventors, officials…
A New Book Gathers Every Single Documented Frida Kahlo Painting, Including Lost Works—See Images Here
Despite her lasting fame, Frida Kahlo made surprisingly few works in her life. Now, all 152 of the artist’s documented paintings have…
Are America’s unvaccinated changing their minds? – BBC News
Warning: Video contains some upsetting scenes. Timothy changed his mind about Covid vaccines – but only after ending up in…
Wildfires devastate Turkey and Greece in ‘worst fire crisis in a decade’ – BBC News
Emergency services are working hard to deal with destructive fires across Southern Europe which have been fuelled by strong winds…
Taliban continue Afghanistan advance as ‘bodies lay dead on streets’ – BBC News
The resurgent Taliban have taken more territory in Afghanistan in the last two months than at any time since they…
Chronic illness influencers accused of faking it – BBC News
Over the last few years the chronically ill community has exploded online as people open up about their conditions, and…
Can anything be done to stop our phones from spying on us? | The Bottom Line
Dissidents, politicians, journalists, business leaders – all have been targeted by intelligence agencies using Pegasus, Israeli spyware that can extract…
Dozens of bodies found in river between Ethiopia’s Tigray, Sudan
Dozens of bodies of Ethiopians from the war-torn Tigray region are being buried in eastern Sudan. The bodies, some with…
Iran: Appeasement is not diplomacy
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has blamed Iran for the attack that left two dead on the Israeli-managed oil tanker…