Hungary’s theatre chief offered to resign after a balcony fall injured two actors in his Romeo and Juliet production. Júlia Szász played Juliet and Otto Lajos Horváth performed as her father Capulet during Friday’s accident. The pair are in a serious but stable condition in hospital. National Theatre director Attila Vidnyánszky offered to quit on
Twenty years on from the release of Mean Girls, the much-quoted cult classic is coming back to cinemas in musical form. Tina Fey’s “new twist” on her 2004 hit is a screen adaptation of the Mean Girls musical (whose Broadway run was cut short due to the pandemic), and is released on 12 January. Fans have been
Snoop Dogg, who has built a public persona around his copious marijuana intake, says he is giving up smoking. The hip-hop star, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, made the surprise announcement on social media. “After much consideration & conversation with my family, I’ve decided to give up smoke. Please respect my privacy at this
Isabella Day founded her jewellery shop, The Remarkable Goldsmiths, in Dartmouth just two years ago. Since then they’ve had around £3,000 worth of goods stolen. “We’re in a difficult position,” she says. “My partner’s very unwell. We are a family business, a small business. Literally everything we make in the shop, we haven’t been paid
Meta has called for laws that would force app stores to get parental approval when a child downloads an app. The proposal would put app stores, like those run by Apple and Google, on the hook for implementing parental controls – rather than social media companies. Meta, owner of Instagram and Facebook, has faced criticism
In the scorching morning heat Thai Sade brushes the avocado trees he will soon artificially pollinate. Based on a moshav, or collective farm, in central Israel, Mr Sade is the founder of tech firm BloomX. He says that the company has found a way to mechanically pollinate crops in a similar way to bees. “We
Charles Denby says his job is simply all about trying to improve the taste of beer. “We are interested in toggling up the desirable flavours, and toggling down not-so-great flavours, and generating new flavours.” For the millions and millions of lager and ale fans out there, these sentiments all sound great. But when you know
Shoppers bought less fuel and food in October as they were hit by rising living costs and poor weather, according to official figures. The volume of products sold last month fell by 0.3% to the lowest level since February 2021 when large parts of the UK were in Covid lockdowns. Retail sales had widely been
Donald Trump has assailed a judge and clerk handling his New York fraud trial as a gag order banning him from criticizing court personnel was paused. The ex-president sued the judge in the civil case, Arthur Engoron, after he barred him and his attorneys from speaking about judicial staff. Mr Trump’s lawyers had argued the
Italian fashion designer Davide Renne has died nine days after becoming the creative director of Moschino, aged 46. The cause of death is not known, but Moschino’s parent company Aeffe referred to “a sudden illness” and said that he died in Milan on Friday. Renne had previously been head of women’s wear at Gucci, where
