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UC Ban on "Intentional or Repeated Use of a Name or Pronoun Inconsistent with the Individual's Gender Identity" …

likely violates First Amendment, federal judge holds (and issues a preliminary injunction).

Reason · Sep 18

Actress Phyllida Law, mother of Emma Thompson, dies aged 94

News of her death was confirmed by her granddaughter Gaia Wise, the daughter of Dame Emma and her husband Greg Wise.

Evening Standard · Aug 18

Widow's Bay ending explained, plus the 10 greatest Easter eggs in the Apple TV show

Tom was on the receiving end of some devastating news in the finale, and what is going on with those ringing bells?

Woman & Home · Jun 22

Dirty Business review – if this doesn’t incite righteous anger over our filthy water then nothing will

Based on the true story of amateur sleuths appalled at the dumping of sewage in our rivers, this drama starring David Thewlis is a blast of controlled fury – and could become the next Mr Bates vs the Post Office

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23

Arundhati Roy is right, not Wim Wenders – here are eight films that have changed politics

From ‘honour’ killings to nuclear war, some screen works have led directly legislative action – despite what jury head Wenders suggested at the Berlin film festival

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13

England beat New Zealand by eight wickets: Women’s Cricket World Cup – as it happened

England secure second place in the group stages with an eight wicket victory over New Zealand in Visakhapatnam

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2025

The Hack review – David Tennant is a class act in sprawling ITV phone-hacking drama that tries to do too much

3/5 Jack Thorne, who wrote ‘Toxic Town’ and ‘Adolescence’, is back again with a show that might have worked better as two separate stories

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025

TV tonight: the phone-hacking scandal gets the Mr Bates treatment

Jack Thorne dramatises the Guardian’s 2011 investigation into widespread illegality at the News of the World. Plus: who is the Ibiza Final Boss? Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2025

‘We’re still living under the shadow of phone hacking’: Inside the making of extraordinary drama The Hack

IN FOCUS: As ITV releases a new series that delves into the sprawling case, Louis Chilton speaks to star Robert Carlyle and producer Joe Williams about bringing one of the key British scandals of the past 20 years to the screen

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025

Emma review – Austen’s comedy of manners gets an exaggerated Essex makeover

Ava Pickett’s modern-day adaptation of the novel adds pop music, farce and clowning but lacks gimlet-eyed observations

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2025