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New Stephen King sci-fi drama The Institute has been renewed for season 2 ahead of its season finale - and the author himself couldn't be happier

Co-showrunner Jack Bender says he and Benjamin Cavell already have "good ideas to keep these stories alive"

Total Film · Aug 22, 2025

The Institute review – this is how you butcher a Stephen King novel

Flimsy characters, zero fun and the replacement of dread with upsetting scenes of child torture: this show strips out every bit of the author’s genius

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2025

The Institute Creators Explain Making Huge Change From The Novel That Stephen King Agreed With And ‘Loved’

I can imagine the tone would have been...different.

Cinemablend · Jul 16, 2025

Why has Amanda Abbington had 'one of the worst years' as she delays wedding?

The star reveals she has had a ‘weird 10 years’, which included separation from Martin Freeman, bankruptcy and her fiancé being disabled in an accident

Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2025

Why thousands freed from forced labour face indefinite detention on Myanmar border

Thousands of young men and women, some of whom are highly educated, were initially lured to Thailand with promises of lucrative office jobs

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2025

UN rights chief raises alarm about Myanmar's Rohingya civilians trapped by fighting

The U.N.’s human rights chief has joined a chorus of concern for members of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority after many were reported killed in recent fighting between the military government and the Arakan Army, an armed ethnic rebel group

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2024