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My life as an A-list photographer — and the night John Huston tried it on
16+ hour, 36+ min ago (405+ words) As instructed, I phoned Miss Hepburn every morning at nine, and was ready to go: squeaky-clean hair, pristine clothes, cameras packed, lights charged up. Day after day, for three weeks, Miss Hepburn answered the phone on about the third ring…...
Angus the bull saved from becoming burgers and handbags after stunt
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (833+ words) There is a bull called Angus living on a farm in upstate New York. He has a deep chestnut coat, a white stripe down his face and smattering of brown dots on his pink nose. Sadly Angus was, until Friday,…...
Mother’s Day: Trevor Phillips and Martin Samuel on the women who shaped them
17+ hour, 36+ min ago (763+ words) Though I visit her whenever I'm in the Big Apple, I doubt that my mother will be hanging around waiting for any of her seven children to turn up for a chat. This is not a woman whose spirit is…...
The jungle Indiana Jones and his ‘Lazarus revival’ of lost marsupials
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (608+ words) Deep in the rainforest of the Bird's Head Peninsula, the remotest corner of the mysterious island of New Guinea, the tribesman explained that Tim Flannery's quest may be nearing an end. The clan leader had learnt that Flannery, known as…...
David Hockney: A Year in Normandie review — the master’s swansong?
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (415+ words) The year opens in mist. It lies in sullen stripes across grass the colour of a Dunlop flash. Bare trees rise from the waist upwards like bathers coming out of the sea. Pull your collar closer. This weather gets into…...
Winning images from the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2026
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (36+ words) Winning images from the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2026The Times The biodiversity we rarely get to see and the intermingling of humans and animals were among the entries for this year Two ways to continue reading...
Old age, love affairs and emergency pants — Alan Bennett’s diaries
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (79+ words) Old age, love affairs and emergency pants " Alan Bennett's diaries'The Times Old age, love affairs and emergency pants " Alan Bennett's diaries In Enough Said, the writer's fourth collection of diaries, he reflects on his life in writing " with amusing comments…...
Mosses and meditation in the deep, damp woods
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (670+ words) The earth at Sedgebrook Wood, East Sussex, is deep with the sharp, fungal scent of mycelium. Hidden beneath layers of moss, these growths are the ecosystem's insides, wild structures that have never felt the cut of a plough. Everywhere, intact…...
Harriet Kemsley: ‘Every female comic has been told: don’t dress up’
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (85+ words) Harriet Kemsley: "Every female comic has been told: don't dress up'The Times Harriet Kemsley: "Every female comic has been told: don't dress up' After years of touring her confessional comedy, the stand-up became a hit with Last One Laughing UK....
A duck’s breath hangs in cold air — and other news in pictures
1+ week, 1+ day ago (37+ words) A duck's breath hangs in cold air " and other news in pictures'The Times A duck's breath hangs in cold air " and other news in pictures For more pictures from The Times, follow us on Instagram...