Mark Beaumont

Mark Beaumont is a freelance critic who writes album reviews, features and comment for The Independent, as well as music titles including NME At this critical moment in US history, we need reporters ...

Michael J Fox opens up about daily ‘challenges’ of Parkinson’s disease

He last spoke about his experience with Parkinson’s in November 2024 at the annual gathering of his Parkinson’s research foundation, the Michael J. Fox Foundation. At the time, he spoke about how he ...

Big Brother contestant removed from house for ‘repeated use of unacceptable language and behaviour’

Big Brother has announced that it has removed contestant George Gilbert from the reality show’s house for “repeated use of unacceptable language and behaviour”. At such a critical moment in US history ...

Emily Beecham on Buddhism, boundaries and embracing change: ‘Pain and happiness are both temporary’

The Cannes-winning actor joins the Like This Love This podcast to share the self-help book that’s helped her weather life’s ...

Sean Ono Lennon: ‘People say I grew up in the shadow of my dad – but Yoko really did’

The musician, producer and son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono speaks to Louis Chilton about a landmark new boxset of his parents’ remastered live recordings, protecting the legacy of The Beatles, and why ...

Travis Kelce breaks silence on Taylor Swift’s steamy lyrics in new song ‘Wood’

The 36-year-old NFL star discussed the recent release of Swift’s album, The Life of a Showgirl, during Wednesday’s episode of his and his brother Jason Kelce’s podcast, New Heights. While the pair ...

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow threatens to create ‘problems’ for Europe if Kyiv gets Tomahawk missiles

Russia will create "problems" for Europe if Donald Trump allows Tomahawk missiles to be sent to Ukraine, a senior Russian official has said. Andrei Kartapolov, head of the Russian parliament's defence ...

Starmer expresses ‘profound relief’ as first phase of Gaza peace plan agreed

Israel and Hamas’ agreement to the initial phases of a plan to end fighting in Gaza is a “moment of profound relief that will ...

What to know about the capture of the last of 10 escapees from a New Orleans jail

All 10 fugitives who made a brazen escape from a New Orleans jail in May are back in custody after the last inmate was ...

Protesters take to the streets of Chicago as National Guard troops are deployed in Trump’s crime crackdown

Trump has justified sending troops to Chicago and Portland, Oregon, by insisting that federal immigration agents need protection in the wake of a shooting that killed two detainees at an ICE facility ...

Indiana man convicted in 2001 rape and murder of teenager to be executed by lethal injection

An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl is set to die by lethal injection early Friday in the ...

Thousands of flight delays across the country could force Congress to break its deadlock on the government shutdown

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told air traffic controllers to ‘show up for work’ amid the government shutdown ...