Michael Pennington obituary

Distinguished classical actor and co-founder of the English Shakespeare Company who brought sardonic dash and physical grace to his many stage roles

Theatre streaming is not a threat to in-person attendance, new research shows

Report suggests that popular initiatives such as NT Live and NT at Home are making UK audiences more adventurous

Ketamine, TMS, a fecal analysis: my year trying San Francisco’s most experimental depression treatments

Carly Schwartz wanted a solution for her mental health struggles. She found one, but not where she expected

Michael Pennington, Shakespeare and Star Wars actor, dies aged 82

‘Brilliant, wise’ co-founder of English Shakespeare Company celebrated for roles including Macbeth and Mercutio

‘Using his Terminator voice, Arnie said: “Your song. Give it to me. Now”’: George Thorogood on Bad to the Bone

‘There was a lot of fighting and drinking at our shows. We played for bikers, for Hell’s Angels. We would break records for beer sales everywhere we played’

Molière Ex Machina: AI used to create ‘new work’ by beloved French playwright

Comedy debuts at Versailles featuring dialogue, music, costumes and scenery created with help of AI tool Le Chat

Palantir’s access to identifiable NHS England patient data is ‘dangerous’, MPs say

Health service has given US tech firm ‘unlimited access’ to certain data to build integrated platform, according to reports

The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo review – haunting queer fable burns with love and menace

Diego Céspedes’s striking debut mixes magic realism and melodrama in a tender tale of an LGBTQ+ community facing fear and superstition in 1980s Chile

‘Bad people’: Alan Cumming criticises Bafta after N-word outburst

The host of the film awards ceremony at which Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson shouted a racial slur has said he won’t host it again

Forget the AI job apocalypse. AI’s real threat is worker control and surveillance

A new divide is emerging: between workers who use AI at work and those who are managed by it

‘I told him, “Go ahead, do it”’: Juliette Binoche on how a strangling attack as a teen inspired her directorial debut

After four decades reigning the international arthouse, the French actor steps into bracingly raw territory with new documentary In-I In Motion

Killer on the Air review – radio call-in hostage thriller puts moral dilemma to tough-love show host

An aggrieved caller puts the host of Sarah Cares to the test, examining the limits of her ideas by threatening to kill her husband’s lover

‘Treats its audience like adults’: why Moneyball is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers paying tribute to their favourite comfort films is an ode to Brad Pitt and Aaron Sorkin’s lovably human baseball drama

Queer as Punk review – joyous portrait of Malaysian LGBTQ+ rebels making noise

Yihwen Chen’s warm and galvanising documentary follows queer punk band Shh…Diam! as they battle discrimination with humour and raw energy

What is a ‘Scientology speedrun’ and why is social media suddenly obsessed with it?

The name is deceptive. It’s not about Tom Cruise in tight shorts, but the craze has racked up 90m views for one content creator