David Tennant calls new phone hacking drama ‘one of the stories of our time’

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting … Read more

A cranky Kevin Costner and a resilient Uma Thurman: 5 juicy stories from Maureen Dowd’s ‘Notorious’ interviews

On the Shelf Notorious By Maureen DowdHarper: 400 pages, $32.50If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.orgwhose fees support independent bookstores. Maureen Dowd has been profiling the rich, famous and powerful for the New York Times since the 1980s. As she writes in her new collection, “Notorious,” … Read more

‘Deli Boys’ aims to flip the script on the stories of guys behind the counter

Principal Figgins and Babu Bhatt walk into a bar. Oops, sorry, scratch that — Iqbal Theba and Brian George walk into a restaurant. Theba and George are on Devon AvenueChicago’s bustling South Asian hub, and they’re in town to film “Deli Boys,” Hulu’s new action-packed “crimedy.” On this show, Theba plays Pakistani patriarch Arshad “Baba” … Read more

Why we still love the overripe, absurd stories of Agatha Christie

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting … Read more

‘He was born navy blue’: Real-life stories behind Toxic Town Netflix series

James Grant BBC News, Northamptonshire Getty Images Families won a landmark legal battle in 2009 after being exposed to toxic chemicals in Corby Netflix’s new drama Toxic Town revisits one of the UK’s biggest environmental scandals: the Corby toxic waste case. The series tells the story of families fighting for justice after children in the … Read more

5 revealing stories that demythify ‘SNL’ creator Lorne Michaels

On the Shelf Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live By Susan MorrisonRandom House: 656 pages, $36 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.orgwhose fees support independent bookstores. There’s a chance you’ve heard this is the 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live.” Sunday brought the … Read more