TV reviewTelevision & radioReviewTheroux is, as ever, compelling in this exploration of sexual assault on US college campuses. But this was a troubling and problematic film
‘I got woken up with her slapping me, and she said we shouldn’t have had sex,” says Yale student Saif Khan. “A few days later, I found out she is accusing me of rape.” So begins Louis Theroux: The Night in Question (BBC Two). With Theroux interviewing a young man accused of sexual assault.
MitskiInterviewMitski, the US’s best young songwriter: ‘I’m a black hole where people dump their feelings’Ben Beaumont-ThomasWith songs about heartbreak and capitalism, the cult pop singer is on the brink of the mainstream – but the intensity of her fandom has her fearing for her safety
There is a jokey meme that captions a picture of Mitski with “Therapists HATE her”. Her songs can make you doubt what love, happiness and stability are even for.
OpinionGaza This article is more than 2 years oldMy family in Gaza ask me ‘can you postpone nightfall’, for that is when the bombing arrivesThis article is more than 2 years oldSamiha OlwanAs the days pass, it gets harder to stay in touch. My friends send photos to me in Australia of their children sleeping under tables, covering their ears and eyes against death
I haven’t seen my younger brother, Abdallah, in person for more than four years.
SpaceNewly discovered cosmic megastructure challenges theories of the universeA 1.3bn light year-sized ring discovered by PhD student in Lancashire appears to defy the cosmological principle assumption
Astronomers have discovered a ring-shaped cosmic megastructure, the proportions of which challenge existing theories of the universe.
The so-called Big Ring has a diameter of about 1.3bn light years, making it among the largest structures ever observed. At more than 9bn light years from Earth, it is too faint to see directly, but its diameter on the night sky would be equivalent to 15 full moons.
Guardian Environment NetworkLand rights This article is more than 6 years oldNine dead in Amazon's worst land-related killings in decadesThis article is more than 6 years oldHit men attacked a remote Brazilian settlement where deforestation, land grabbing and violence go unpunished, reports Climate Home
Nine men were stabbed or shot dead on 19 April over a territorial dispute in a remote area of Mato Grosso state, deep in the Amazon rainforest.
Emma RaducanuRaducanu ends long search for new coach by returning to childhood mentorNick Cavaday signs up in time for Australian OpenDraper eases into last 16 of the Adelaide International Emma Raducanu has ended her long search for a new permanent coach after signing up with childhood mentor Nick Cavaday in time for the Australian Open next week.
The surprise 2021 US Open champion, who has earned direct entry into the main draw at the Australian Open following a number of late withdrawals, was sidelined from last April following operations on both her wrists and one ankle.
Theatre blogTheatreThe Arsonists still burns brightlyThe theme of Max Frisch's classic play - that private and public morality cannot be separated - rings true today.Morality play ... Ramin Gray and Benedict Cumberbatch in rehearsals for The Arsonists
The Arsonists is my title for a play previously known in this country as The Fire Raisers, first staged in Britain at the Royal Court in 1961. When Dominic Cooke and Ramin Gray asked me to come up with a new translation as part of the Court's international season, I went back to the original German text to see how much the play still had to say to a modern audience.
Media MonkeyBBC This article is more than 10 years oldColin Firth's Mr Darcy 'was meant to be naked'This article is more than 10 years oldScreenwriter reveals he wanted star to strip off for Pride and Prejudice scene – but he was worried about his 'love handles'Colin Firth's dripping white shirt in Pride and Prejudice transformed him into a sex symbol – but the show's writer has revealed that the scene was originally intended to go even further.
CaliforniaEight people taken to hospital as waves up to 30ft high pound California coastSix million people under high surf warning as powerful storms sweep through California and Oregon
Giant waves as tall as 30ft crashing on to California’s coast have caused injuries and property damage, prompting evacuation warnings.
At least eight people needed hospital treatment after towering waves crashed over seawalls in southern California on Thursday, engulfing seaside neighborhoods. On Friday, more than 6 million people remained under a high surf warning across California and Oregon.
Life and styleCustomers marvelled at my psychic abilities but was that really what was going on when I told their fortune?
The man was agitated, with red-rimmed eyes and clammy skin.
“Help me,” he said. “I’m under a curse.”
At first it was just flickering lights, he said. And then a figure, at the edge of his vision. Now something grabbed his fingers or stroked his arm. There was more – and it was happening more frequently.