The musician says winning the Mercury Prize helped put an end to his "desperate" search for approval.

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London Chelsea Walker’s sleek production wavers between comic and dramatic as it charts a kind of love triangle How does a modern-day production tie up the loose threads to Shakespeare’s problem play, with its low-born female…

Former trade union activist who had Alzheimer's died peacefully at care home, says family The former British deputy prime minister John Prescott has died aged 86, his family has announced. His family said he had “spent his life trying to improve the…

A conceptual artwork by Maurizio Cattelan, “Comedian,” is just a fruit-stand banana taped on the wall. But 7 bidders were biting. It went to a crypto entrepreneur.

In a landmark antitrust case, the government asked a judge to force the company to sell its popular Chrome browser.

Justice department urges court to force Google to share data with rivals as part of wide-ranging changes to end online giant’s monopoly on web searching Alphabet’s Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with competitors and…

Lahore comes alive at night. But this year’s record onslaught of cold-weather smog — residents call it the “fifth season” — has broken its rhythms.

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