No sunlight, no soil no worries as vertical farming looks stacked with promise
Australia newsStacked Farm can produce perfect-looking strawberries, tomatoes and baby cos all year round. But will high energy inputs be its achilles heel?
Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Not far from the fertile farmlands known as Australia’s salad bowl, rows of fruit and vegetables are being cultivated without sunlight or soil.
Romanian court rejects Andrew Tates request to visit mother in hospital in UK | Andrew Tate
Andrew TateRomanian court rejects Andrew Tate’s request to visit mother in hospital in UK Social media influencer, who is awaiting trial, had asked to leave country after mother suffered heart attack
A Romanian court has rejected Andrew Tate’s “emergency” request to visit his mother in hospital in the UK.
The social media influencer said he had asked to leave the country after his mother suffered a heart attack.
In a statement, Tate’s spokesperson said the ruling “has left us disheartened”.
'It was the right choice': how the Gears 5 team built a credible female hero
GamesKait Diaz is a success as the protagonist in Gears 5, but the process of getting her there went back years and involved cultural change for the game’s developer
Zöe Curnoe, a senior producer at video game developer The Coalition, lets out a long sigh. We’ve just reminded her about a tweet from Cliff Bleszinski, the former lead designer on the Gears of War franchise, which she has worked on for several years.
Natasha Parry obituary | Stage
StageObituaryNatasha Parry obituaryElegant stage and screen actor who gave memorable performances in many of the productions of her husband, the director Peter BrookNatasha Parry, who has died aged 84, was an actor of exceptional poise and beauty. Her career was inescapably defined by her marriage, at the age of 20, to the director Peter Brook, with whom she worked many times in productions of Shakespeare, Chekhov, Anouilh and Beckett. She was also a vital part of Brook’s experimental, theatrical work in Paris, Persia (as Iran then was) and the villages of Africa.
The Sally Anne task: a psychological experiment for a post-truth era? | Science
Mind gamesScienceThe Sally Anne task: a psychological experiment for a post-truth era?We may be entering the ‘alternative facts’ era – but psychologists have been studying how we develop an understanding of false beliefs for decades
For decades, developmental psychologists have been fascinated with the question of how children develop theory of mind – in other words, how we come to understand that other people can have different types of thoughts, beliefs and knowledge to ourselves.
There was an enormous amount of drugs being taken: Graham Nash on groupies, feuds, divorce and
Crosby, Stills, Nash and YoungInterview‘There was an enormous amount of drugs being taken’: Graham Nash on groupies, feuds, divorce and egoSimon HattenstoneThe Crosby, Stills and Nash singer on the wild early years, Joni Mitchell, his former bandmates and why his children no longer speak to him
“I feel good,” a ludicrously youthful Graham Nash tells me. “Eighty years old and still rocking.” And some. Nash has rocked his way twice into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – as a member of the pop group the Hollies and as part of the groundbreaking folk-rock super-group Crosby, Stills and Nash.
UK interest rates expected to fall sharply next year as inflation drops to 3.9% | Inflation
Inflation This article is more than 1 month oldUK interest rates expected to fall sharply next year as inflation drops to 3.9%This article is more than 1 month oldForecast-beating drop in November takes rate to lowest level in more than two years
Drop in inflation welcome but does not erase two years of pain Which goods and services have changed most in price? The City is expecting interest rates to fall sharply next year following news of a much bigger than expected fall in the UK’s annual inflation rate to 3.
Kansas paper raid shines light on rising anti-media rhetoric in US
Press freedomIncident charts a disturbing spike in intimidation and violence toward journalists following hateful bombast from politicians
When police raided the office of a Kansas newspaper last week and tore through the homes of its reporters, Donald Trump’s oft-heard refrain that the US media is “the enemy of the people” might not have been uppermost in the officers’ minds.
Kansas newspaper police raid: co-owner dies after becoming ‘stressed beyond her limits’Read moreBut an invasion that was likened to “Hitler tactics” by the newspaper’s co-owner, who subsequently died, and a wave of other recent attacks on journalists and media outlets across America, can be directly tied to the enmity whipped up by the former president and his ilk, analysts say.
Making history: the ceramic work of Simon Pettet in pictures | UK news
Making history: the ceramic work of Simon Pettet – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email An exhibition of work by the ceramicist Simon Pettet is on display at Dennis Sever’s House in Spitalfields until 4 June
All photographs by Lucinda Douglas Menzies
Main image: The Gentrification Piece depicts Spitalfields friends and neighbours, including Gilbert and George.
Midsummer Mechanicals review the Dreams rude players deliver more merriment
Play timeStageReviewSam Wanamaker Playhouse, London
Bottom, Quince, Flute and Patience make the young audience feel right at home in this affably silly show that puts Shakespeare in a spin
Last summer, Shakespeare’s Globe reopened after its pandemic closure with a party-popper version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, featuring water pistols, a piñata donkey and a deliriously funny Pyramus and Thisbe. This summer, the theatre has had a bright idea for its indoor playhouse.