‘We don’t hold anything back’: meet the Old Gays, TikTok’s most influential pensioners

When four gay men with an average age of 74 started appearing on TikTok, they became an instant hit. They talk about how, as their audience has grown, their outfits have shrunk

Among the ‘memory athletes’, 1971

Could a computer ever rival their astonishing feats? The idea seemed preposterous By Emma Beddington

Experience: I invented the lickable TV

My creation was well received – the BBC described it as ‘netlicks’

‘It’s about owning your power!’ How Frozen changed a generation of girls. And boys. And Hollywood …

It’s 10 years since a Disney princess first belted out Let It Go, to a chorus of millions of children struggling with their emotions and their place in the world. And the echoes haven’t stopped

Journey to Bethlehem review – Antonio Banderas steals show as evil Herod in Bible musical

If Disney made Christian movies, they would look like this, with Mary in the mould of Beauty and the Beast’s Belle, Joseph giving Aladdin vibes and Banderas stealing every scene

How a father’s love for his daughter challenged India’s ‘rape culture’

The story of girl’s refusal to be shamed by her gang-rape and a father’s fight for justice, defying a village’s hostility and the dead weight of patriarchy, is told in Nisha Pahuja’s film To Kill a Tiger

Michael Winterbottom: ‘Studying English at Oxford University was a mistake’

The director, 62, tells Michael Segalov about vertigo, risk aversion, shouting to get attention and how Steve Coogan makes things easy

Fendi teddies and Dior perfume: the multibillion-pound rise of baby bling

Experts are torn over whether the social media-fueled trend represents a special treat or a shallow insult

‘I need to make this love story’: documenting the radical dementia care of a pioneering reporter

In a profoundly intimate film, director Maite Alberdi follows an influential Chilean journalist and his partner as they navigate life after an Alzheimer’s diagnosis

‘Scam or real?’: Bad Behaviour’s Alice Englert on mothers, Medusa and meditation retreats

The daughter of Jane Campion, Englert knew it was risky to make her debut feature about a difficult mother. But, she says, Campion ‘loved it’

Going ‘delulu’: being delusional is the new manifesting

The idea, according to TikTok, is to set wild expectations for yourself – and convince your mind to believe in them

Icky, pointless, invasive – is this the death of sex on TV?

Gen Z have had enough of sex scenes – but it’s not because they’re prudish. In fact, certain shows prove there are new ways of getting erotic television right

Cheese-rolling, straw bears and weird rituals galore: one man’s mission to record all of British folklore

A treasure trove devoted to folk traditions has been amassed by one man. Now a campaign hopes to give it a proper home

Ashley Jensen looks back: ‘Somehow I got to the point where I was sitting at an awards show with Glenn Close winking at me’

The actor on making Billy Connolly laugh, her surreal life in LA, and finally getting lead roles in her 50s

Model says her face was edited with AI to look white: ‘It’s very dehumanizing’

Shereen Wu says leading designer uploaded altered picture, amid fears AI could ‘turn back the clock’ on progress in the industry