Health This article is more than 1 month oldAustralia will become the first country to ban engineered stone bench tops. Will others follow? This article is more than 1 month oldBan is the culmination of a years-long campaign, driven by doctors, trade unions and workers involved in its cutting and handling
Get our morning and afternoon news emails,free app or daily news podcast When an Australian worker developed a debilitating lung disease in 2015, it didn’t take researchers long to connect it to engineered stone bench tops – a popular feature in kitchens and bathrooms. Read More...
Book of the dayThrillersReviewPinborough’s twisty psychological thriller culminates with a plot twist worthy of the publisher’s #WTFthatending hashtagThe promotional copy of Sarah Pinborough’s Behind Her Eyes comes emblazoned with warnings not to trust the story and exhortations not to “give away that ending”. Thrillers come with a twist – that’s why we love them – and much of the fun of reading the genre comes from trying to second-guess the author. It’s rare to be so challenged before the reading even begins, however – “a tenner says you’ll never guess this ending”, promises the cover – and I begin reading Behind Her Eyes determined to crack what its publisher has labelled #WTFthatending. Read More...
MoviesObituaryClaude BerriFrench director and producer best known for his adaptation of Jean de FloretteClaude Berri, who has died of a stroke aged 74, was best known in Britain as the director of the 1986 diptych - Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources - based on the novels by Marcel Pagnol, but in France he was "the Godfather of French cinema", a prodigious producer and distributor. Berri himself said: "Out of my failure as an actor was born my desire to direct. Read More...