Life

Review: F1 ★★★ A Pitt stop for Brad

This film about Formula One fails to pick up speed despite great action sequences

I’ve been called a ‘Zionist baby killer’ for wearing hostage pin, reveals Jason Isaacs

The White Lotus star revealed why he feels a responsibility to advocate for those still in Hamas captivity and gave his view on the Gaza War

Somebody Feed Phil review: anodyne comfort show goes stale in eighth season ★★★

This feted food and travel series needs to ditch the now tedious formula and get a bit spicier

Move over Napa – it’s all about Santa Barbara

The ‘American Riviera’, with its stunning vistas and delectable local wines, might just be the country’s best spot for viticulture

A trip to Tuscany’s ‘Little Jerusalem’

Pitigliano offers a trip into history – and an excuse to linger among south-west Tuscany’s hidden charms

Want to feed your Jewish soul? Then come to Safed

You don’t leave this northern Israeli city with selfies, you leave with questions. Big ones

The Director by Daniel Kehlmann review: ‘everyone is a collaborator’

This fictionalised portrait of Austrian film-maker GW Pabst and his moral struggles under the Nazis immerses us in a world thick with fear, corruption and self-deception

Ellmann’s Joyce: The Biography of a Masterpiece and its Maker, review: ‘a Bloomsday treat’

This is a fascinating tribute to Richard Ellmann, the son of Jewish immigrants from Romania and Ukraine, and James Joyce’s greatest biographer

‘Why my Zionist novel shows the pull of the Jewish state and not the push of Jew-hate’

Die Walküre at the Royal Opera House: ‘Wagner played to perfection’

Australian Jewish director Barrie Kosky whips up a perfect storm of brilliance in what is arguably the greatest opera ever written

How Jew-hate is becoming the norm in the music industry

Antisemitism in the music business might be in the news thanks to Kneecap, but the truth is the Irish band’s politics are simply emblematic of a growing problem. Nicole Lampert reports

‘I don’t want to hide where I’m from’: Ukrainian singer Goldy on launch of new Jewish-inspired single ‘Shalom’

Former finalist on Ukraine’s version of The Voice brings her Jewish heritage into first solo project

Last minute goal by Israeli striker gives Leeds United Championship victory

Manor Solomon provided the goal necessary for Leeds to win the league on goal difference

Who is Manor Solomon? The Israeli winger who gave Leeds their Championship title

The 23-year-old from Kfar Saba has Sephardi and Ashkenazi roots

Boris Spassky, chess grandmaster who played the ‘game of the century’, dies aged 88

One of the sport’s first mainstream stars, his reported Jewishness remains an enigma

Inside the exclusive whiskey tasting dubbed London’s ‘Disneyland for adults’

This year’s Whiskey Event at the Royal Lancaster hotel saw over 800 whiskeys from 63 exhibitors

The surprisingly ancient history of cheesecake

Michael Leventhal explains how our Shavuot favourite goes back centuries

Why this kosher chef is reaching for the stars

London-based Ory Abrahams is on a mission to take London’s culinary kashrut scene up a notch or three