Up (2009)  Sure, Carl and Ellie’s entire love story takes place in the first 10 minutes, but it packs enough emotional wallop to make Pixar’s Up one of the most romantic films of all time. The distractable Boy Scout and the talking dogs deliver kid-friendly action and comedy for the remaining 80-something minutes. But adults watching know that it’s the couple’s shared dreams cut short that give the film its thrust, […]

Long before wellness became a global industry, a small town in eastern Belgium shaped how Europeans thought about health, leisure and water. In Spa, the original spa is reclaiming its place in the story. I’m floating on a jet stream of warm thermal water, overlooking bare winter branches silhouetted against the setting Sun. The current […]

For centuries, real dead bodies inspired scientific illustrators and great artists alike in the creation of intricate and beautiful artworks. But the stories behind these cadavers – and how they were acquired – are dark and grisly, as a new exhibition reveals. His body is like sculpted grey marble, each muscle flawlessly contoured. But the […]

A woman from Canterbury who had her voice box removed due to throat cancer has sung at the Royal Opera House and Royal Albert Hall after teaching herself to talk again. Hazel Buckley was diagnosed with throat cancer twice, first 19 years ago at the age of 47. In 2017 she underwent a laryngectomy, and […]

A woman whose mother saved her blood before she died of breast cancer so her children could undergo genetic testing has said “knowledge has given me power”. Jane Tomlinson, from Leeds, who died in 2007 aged 43, had asked for her blood to be stored so it could be checked for the hereditary cancer gene […]

When Pat Grant found out her first grandchild was on the way, her cancer diagnosis made her think: “I am never going to meet this child.” The 78-year-old had always lived life to the full, and been keenly involved in aqua-aerobics and dance classes since her retirement as a social worker. But when she was […]

Russia has ordered a block on WhatsApp, as the Kremlin continues to tighten restrictions on messaging apps. Meta-owned WhatsApp said the move aimed to push more than 100 million of its app users in Russia to a “state-owned surveillance app”. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the BBC that the decision had been made “due to [Meta’s] […]

If a loved-one died tomorrow, would you want to keep talking to them? Not through memories or saved messages, but through artificial intelligence – a chatbot that uses their texts, emails and voice notes, to reply in their tone and style. A growing number of technology companies now offer such services as part of the […]

TikTok is growing its data harvesting empire, and avoiding the app won’t protect you – but some easy steps can keep you safe. TikTok keeps track of everything you do on its app – no surprises there. What’s less obvious is how the company follows you around other parts of the internet that have nothing […]