- April 7, 2026
The scientist who developed the polio vaccine
Although fewer than 1% of infections led to paralysis, the sheer scale of polio outbreaks meant that large numbers of children still ended up in
Why Chow Yun-Fat is cinema’s greatest action hero
And if Woo helped lay the foundations of modern action cinema, Chow was right alongside him, showing what the ideal action hero for these times
The Drama’s horrifying twist is set to divide audiences
The Drama isn’t the first film to engage with high-school massacres: notable examples are Gus Van Sant’s Elephant (2003) and Lynne Ramsay’s We Need To
12 of the best TV shows to watch this April
Half Man premieres 23 April on HBO and HBO Max in the US and 24 April on BBC iPlayer in the UK Apple TV+(Credit: Apple
Eight reasons why Love Story became 2026’s first TV phenomenon
5. The soundtrack The series’ soundtrack has been nothing less than a total bop for viewers. GQ rightly dubbed it “the best ’90s mixtape on
The ultimate saga of British privilege and power
Galsworthy’s writing career spanned the first three decades of the 20th Century and in 1932, he won the most prestigious literary award of all, the
Eight of the best podcasts of 2026 so far
In Creation Myth, De Groot ponders the question: to breed or not to breed? A compellingly raw audio memoir, it moves from present to past
Six reasons why it was the best Oscars in years
Popular wins all round Frankenstein, which won three Oscars, and KPop Demon Hunters, which won two, are both Netflix films which had limited cinema releases,
Eight of the world’s most stunning penthouses
This is one of four bedroom suites, its corner position giving views over the bay of San Francisco from two sides. However, the focal point
Ryan Gosling’s space epic is ‘a mind-stretching sci-fi’ ★★★★☆
Luckily, he’s not quite alone. It turns out that another spacecraft is on the same mission from a different planet, and it, too, has just
