David Lynch is only getting weirder
What was it that gave the director, who would have been 80 this month, an aura all of his own?
What was it that gave the director, who would have been 80 this month, an aura all of his own?
The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission are officially 'go' to return to Earth
Alwyn Turner’s new history reassures us that the past is not, as many imagine, any cosier or more patriotic than our contemporary world
Dr Vicky Cleak is frustrated with the lengthy registration process to practice, while Mona Sood and another reader are wary of NHS drug-based interventions As a UK-trained consultant psychiatrist, fully indemnified, appraised and regulated by the General Medical Council, with specialist expertise in adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessment and treatment, I read your article on rising ADHD care costs with concern and frustration ( NHS ADHD spending over budget by £164m as unregulated clinics boom, 12 January ). For the past eight months I have been navigating the opaque Care Quality Commission (CQC) registration process to provide high-quality, fully regulated ADHD assessments in an independent setting, alongside two similarly qualified colleagues. Until this process is complete, I am legally prohibited from seeing patients. Continue reading...
Richard Hermer’s comments on Trump and Venezuela show that he seems to have forgotten what it says, writes Mark Seddon One of my former UN bosses, María Fernanda Espinosa, made a point of sending a copy of the UN charter to the permanent representative of each member state on her election as president of the UN general assembly, by way of reminding them of their binding commitments. As she now intends to stand for election as the first female secretary general of that much-maligned organisation, perhaps it might be the time to consider doing the same again? Certainly Donald Trump, who has told us that his own personal morality and very big brain take precedence over international law, could do with a copy, as could Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu, as the latter pair continue to dodge international arrest warrants. Continue reading...
Kathy Irene Javner passed away on Sunday, while in the middle of her fourth term.
Judith Condon is disappointed by Call the Midwife’s reductive depiction of the Women’s Liberation Movement What a pity to see Call the Midwife, still one of Britain’s most popular television series, stumbling into tired stereotypes about the Women’s Liberation Movement of the early 1970s. The first episode of the new series had the female characters attending a WLM meeting, then assembling to burn their bras over a brazier. The scene may have provided an amusing image of the various styles of bra, but was not worthy of a programme that has previously shone much light on the everyday lives of women in postwar Britain. Continue reading...
Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain , Ray Flynn and another reader respond to the news that the practice is classed as possible child abuse in a draft Crown Prosecution Service document I would welcome criminalising circumcision if it was performed by an unqualified person – just as would be the case if someone unqualified conducted any other surgical operation ( Circumcision classed as possible child abuse in draft CPS document, 10 January ). But leaping from that to banning the practice altogether is not justified. Given that it is a longstanding and important tradition among Jews, Muslims and various other cultures, the best way forward is to only permit circumcision if it is practised by someone specifically qualified for it and who belongs to a nationally accredited scheme. This would involve compulsory training, monitoring all cases and producing annual reports. Continue reading...
ADAM Peaty’s family have told friends they've "given up hope" of reconciling with their son after Gordon Ramsay’s latest dig. The Olympian's new father-in-law called himself "dad" as he commented on a clip of Adam's wedding speech, in which he declared he would “always choose” Holly. The subtle snub after Adam, 31, reportedly uninvited his parents...
The 36-year-old is expected to spend a considerable amount of time outside the ring following last month’s car crash in Nigeria.
The Royal Opera in London is embracing a new era with Jakub Hrůša as music director and Speranza Scappucci as principal guest conductor
Tell Me Lies has finally returned for its third season, with new episodes set to drop over the coming weeks
Enforced sales are 'likely to be rarely used and only in cases where there is no other option but necessary due to the extent of works the council has had to undertake'
Enforced sales are 'likely to be rarely used and only in cases where there is no other option but necessary due to the extent of works the council has had to undertake'
THE WEST Wing actor Timothy Busfield has been accused of sexually assaulting a minor and acting inappropriately with another after claims he groomed and groped two children on a TV show set. In new documents filed ahead of Busfield’s court hearing on Wednesday, prosecutors argued the director and actor should remain behind bars until his...
Emergency services were called to the new technology building on the North Haugh after the alarm was raised at around 2.25pm on Wednesday.