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Ian Sample is joined by Prof Beth Biller to talk about the James Webb space telescope, which is scheduled to launch on 22 December, and could give us a view of the universe deeper and more sensitive than we’ve ever had before
Nicole Kidman is back in creepy mode in Amazon’s new series, and Benedict Cumberbatch gets embroiled in some 60s spy games
Latest updates: Boris Johnson has suggested the government is considering a range of measures to deal with the variant first discovered in India
Sunday 25 April, 12midnight, Sky Cinema Oscars Sheâs got the Coben ⦠The Innocent. Photograph: Quim Vives Netflixâs latest adaptation of a Harlan Coben novel following binge-worthy series The Stranger is this twisty Spanish-language thriller. Recently released from prison, Mateo (Mario Casas) reunites with his wife Olivia (Aura Garrido), but their life is again thrown into turmoil by a phone call. Friday 30 April, Netflix Anita Rani presents this emotional series focusing on random acts of kindness during some of the biggest events in living memory. Episode one follows Karl, wh...
TO MARK the one year anniversary of the first national lockdown last month, the Guardian published profiles of Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance and Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty. “The wealthy civil servant’s year of speaking truth to power” was the title of the fawning article on Vallance. Discussing the early days of the pandemic, the Guardian’s Rupert Neate asserted “Vallance may have been one of the few people in Whitehall who understood what was coming.” Echoing the title, he noted “Vallance’s friends and colleagues say that he is not afraid to speak scie...