TV reviewAnimation on TVReviewA glut of queer culture cliches, outdated references to Ally McBeal and Brokeback Mountain and – crucially – an absence of laughs, make for a stereotypical stinker of an animation When a trailer for Q Force (Netflix) was released in June, it caused a kerfuffle on social media. This animated series, about a queer group of spies operating an offshoot squad in the fictional American Intelligence Agency, failed to put its best foot forward with its teaser, which was a ragingly unfunny series of LGBTQ+ cliches and bad jokes. [Read More]

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Today in Focus Bangladesh The mystery of Bangladesh’s missing children – part two More ways to listen Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify RSS Feed Download Supported by About this content Presented by Nosheen Iqbal with Rosie Swash and Thaslima Begum; produced by Natalie Ktena and Rudi Zygadlo; executive producers Homa Khaleeli, Elizabeth Cassin and Joshua Kelly [Read More]

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US news blogJustin BieberJustin Bieber hopes Anne Frank 'would have been a belieber'Pop star's comments after a visit to the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam is not his first controversy on this European tourTeenage heartthrob and recent controversy magnet Justin Bieber has again left the internet slack-jawed, this time over comments left at the Anne Frank House. The Canadian pop star used part of his downtime from touring the cities of Europe to visit the Amsterdam hiding place of the young Holocaust victim, which has since been turned into a museum. [Read More]

Guardian Opinion cartoon Israel-Gaza war

Martin Rowson on Joe Biden’s visit to Israel – cartoon

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Martin Rowson

Wed 18 Oct 2023 13.54 EDT

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Biography booksObituaryPhilip Ziegler obituaryDiplomat and historian who wrote magisterial biographies of Harold Wilson, Lord Mountbatten and Edward HeathThe prolific historian and biographer Philip Ziegler, who has died of cancer aged 93, was never less than scrupulously fair – but also honest – about the shortcomings of his subjects, who included some of the most prominent men and, occasionally, women of modern British history. Lord Mountbatten’s personal vanity, deviousness and ambition, Edward VIII’s meanness and superficiality, even Edward Heath’s charmlessness were all remorselessly revealed, even though they amounted to official biographies and are books that have shaped the men’s reputations for posterity. [Read More]