The founding members of the band on early gigs, a magical brush with a Beatle, and being lifelong friendsTom Chaplin and Tim Rice-Oxley are childhood friends and founding members of Keane, a group from Battle, East Sussex. The band formed in 1995 and released their debut album, Hopes and Fears, in 2004. It won them a Brit award, and became one of the...

With the ex-president punished for violating a gag order, the third week of the hush-money trial resembled his fraud caseIt was deja vu for Donald Trump at his Manhattan criminal trial this week in more ways than one.Six months ago a New York judge threatened to throw a former US president in prison for violating a gag order. Remarkably, in a courthouse...

A rocky patch in Ava and Logan’s marriage forced them to talk openly about their desires – and now they’re having their best sex ever How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyWe watch porn frequently, which is a positive thing we do together. I’ve learned new things about my own body Continue reading...

This vibrant green pasta, inspired by a friend, is creamy, savoury and has a deliciously tangy edgeA lot of ideas are passed on from cook to cook, and this dish is no exception. I met Joy in January at Pastaio, a central London pasta restaurant. While we were chatting, she told me about a magical sauce that her vegan boyfriend makes weekly in a blender...

Inscrutable bureaucracy and monstrous insects may not sound immediately appealing, but once you’re lost in Kafka’s world you won’t want to escapeKafka has become such a cultural icon that even the most private, obscure, or fragmentary of his writings have reached huge audiences: diaries, letters, unpublished notes, mystifying aphorisms, or conversation...

The full set of folios published by John Gould will be presented at Firsts book fair in London in mid-MayJohn Gould was one of the most sought-after taxidermists in 19th-century London, commissioned by King George IV to stuff the first giraffe to arrive in England.But Gould’s lasting legacy is birds. He travelled the world documenting and cataloguing...