TV reviewTelevisionReviewPrue Leith and her Tory MP son hold profoundly opposing views on legalised euthanasia. They tackle them in a sensitive, fascinating show that’s full of nuance and respect
There has been a line of celebrity parent-child “road trips” creeping on to our screens. Bradley Walsh occasionally takes some time off from The Chase in order to travel with his son on Breaking Dad. For five series, Jack Whitehall trotted his curmudgeonly father around the world to try to bond with him on Travels With My Father.
Educational TVThe CBeebies show saved parents struggling under lockdown by making maths fun. But how do its makers come up with their ideas – and what would happen if seven ate nine?
When the first lockdown struck and schools closed, parents suddenly found themselves reassessing their approach to screen time. Their choice was simple: they could either labour on, attempting to piece together a ramshackle Rube Goldberg parenting strategy that kept their children healthy, happy and educated, while maintaining their own obligations to full-time employment, or they could bite the bullet, plonk them in front of the telly and hope their kids’ brains wouldn’t entirely atrophy.
ObituaryChris WagnerHis groundbreaking research linked asbestos with cancer and changed the world of work for millionsChris Wagner, who has died aged 77, was an outstanding international authority on asbestos-related cancer. In 1956, while working at the South African Pneumoconiosis Research Unit, he conducted an autopsy on a black African miner thought to have died from tuberculosis. He later wrote: "On opening the thoracic cavity, I was amazed to find a huge gelatinous tumour.
Classical musicReviewWigmore Hall, London
The Norwegian soprano, accompanied exquisitely by pianist James Baillieu, revealed a finely graded expressive range in this chamber music venue in a programme that included Berg, Grieg and Schubert
What a difference three-and-a-half years can make. In mid-February 2020 – the pandemic’s first lockdown only a few unthinkable weeks in the future – Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen made her debut at London’s Barbican with pianist James Baillieu and a heavy-duty late-Romantic programme.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador This article is more than 10 months oldMexican president posts photo of what he claims is a Maya elfThis article is more than 10 months oldAndrés Manuel López Obrador said the photo appeared to show an alux, a creature from Yucatán folklore
Mexico’s president posted a photo on his social media accounts on Saturday showing what he said appeared to be a mythological woodland spirit similar to an elf.