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From Susanna Clarke’s mischievous fairies to Kaz Cooke’s spooky ladies, our critics review new fiction and non-fiction.

From the 21-year-old who scored 79 seconds into his debut to breaking his nation's appearance record, BBC Sport looks at Harry Kane's England career.

Alex Eala is set for a rankings boost after her run to the final of the Hong Kong Open capped what she described as a “fairy tale" season. Eala, 21, struggled with a knee injury during her 6-3, 6-0 defeat to Claire Liu on Sunday, as she fell short in her bid to finish off her breakthrough 2026 with another title. The disappointment did not linger, though, wi

Alex Eala is set for a rankings boost after her run to the final of the Hong Kong Open capped what she described as a “fairy tale" season. Eala, 21, struggled with a knee injury during her 6-3, 6-0 defeat to Claire Liu on Sunday, as she fell short in her bid to finish off her breakthrough 2026 with another title. The disappointment did not linger, though, wi

Stephanie Hsu, Nikki Glaser, Daniel Radcliffe and Peter Dinklage also feature in Netflix’s animated overhaul of the ‘Cinderella’ story, told from the perspective of her “evil” stepsister.

A river cruise brings you to some big sights but also provides a more intimate, romantic look at France amid some of its best wineries.

All-Ireland winning manager has been named the 2026 Gaelic Writers’ Association Football Personality of the Year

All some fungi need to thrive is humidity, moisture, and something to munch on. The Fungi Farm has a novel idea to deliver that.

Seventy-five-year-old’s first win came at Wexford in 1971

By all accounts, Into the Woods is a monster of a musical. First performed in 1986 and made into a movie in 2014, it’s now playing in Cape Town’s Theatre on the Bay. Directed by Sylvaine Strike and featuring a cast of 25 students, it’s a stark raving lunatic asylum of a show.

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Tehran artists, a missing-body mystery and a Marxist state satire also feature in the first selections for the Harbour and Bright Future sections, underlining IFFR's "commitment to singular cinematic voices."

<p>Chris Packham says £24bn earmarked for projects with ‘ludicrously uncertain results’ should be redirected to help lower bills and cut emissions</p><p>Campaigners are calling on the chancellor to cut the government’s £24bn spending plans for “fairytale” carbon capture technologies in favour of funding green schemes that can reliably cut emissions and lower