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The new documentary Grand Theft Hamlet marks a groundbreaking moment in the world of digital performance. It tells the story of an innovative theatrical production of Hamlet, staged within the popular video game Grand Theft Auto (GTA), which began as an accidental, creative response to the lockdown period. With theatres…

The Syrian opposition’s recent capture of the country’s largest city of Aleppo caught much of the international community by surprise. After the involvement of Russia, Iran and Hezbollah in the prolonged Syrian civil war, many observers assumed that Bashar al-Assad’s forces had won the conflict.

Jaguar’s new concept car, the Type 00, has attracted plenty of attention. There have been heated debates about the size of its bonnet and wheels, and the lack of rear window.

The fall of the Assad regime constitutes a major blow to Russia’s foreign policy and prestige. Not least among the setbacks is the prospect of possibly having to swallow the loss of its only overseas naval base, located in the port of Tartus on Syria’s Mediterranean coast.

When I was buying coffee at a cafe owned by a Syrian man in the UK on Sunday, I asked him what he made of the news that longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad had been ousted from power. He responded optimistically that he and the 7 million Syrians that had fled…

In the early hours of December 3 1984, 27 tonnes of toxic gas methyl isocyanate leaked from a storage tank at Union Carbide Corporation’s pesticide plant on the outskirts of the central Indian city of Bhopal. Amnesty International estimates that more than 22,000 people have died as a result of…

In its various forms, lead has been used in many everyday products for millennia. The Romans even added it to wine as a sweetener. Its most widespread use, however, was its addition to petrol. And it is this use that has been associated with increased mental health disorders, according to…

First published in 1967, One Hundred Years of Solitude, marked out Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez as a leading figure among the notable Latin American writers of his generation. Now, the long-anticipated Netflix adaptation of this epic saga comes to our screens after first being announced in 2019. It does…

Wales’ women’s national team has qualified for the UEFA Women’s European Championships, their first major tournament. The team’s campaign slogan, “for us, for them, for her”, captured the transformative nature of this milestone – not just for the players and staff involved in their 2-1 victory over the Republic of…