Stephen Hawking

What’s our message to outer space? We are not so brilliant here on Earth | Rowan Moore

The prize-winning poetry of the Azerbaijani president’s daughter and the Dubai Expo both lack inspiration

Rowan Moore

09, Oct, 2021 @4:00 PM

Hawking: Can You Hear Me? review – a startling, harrowing look at Stephen’s secret life

This intimate portrait of genius physicist Stephen Hawking shows the true toll of his physical decline on his family, via revealing interviews with his first wife and children

Lucy Mangan

20, Sep, 2021 @9:50 PM

TV tonight: Martin Clunes in a true-crime drama about a case that haunted the Met

A tense ITV drama serial follows the desperate, seemingly endless hunt for the so-called Night Stalker. Plus, David Beckham’s rise to stardom. Here’s what to watch this evening

Phil Harrison, Jack Seale, Hannah Verdier and Paul Howlett

20, Sep, 2021 @5:20 AM

Stephen Hawking’s office and archive gifted to UK to settle tax bill

Scientist’s treasure trove and personal objects to go to Science Museum and Cambridge University Library

Mark Brown Arts corespondent

26, May, 2021 @9:00 PM

The clockwork universe: is free will an illusion?

The long read: A growing chorus of scientists and philosophers argue that free will does not exist. Could they be right?

Oliver Burkeman

27, Apr, 2021 @5:00 AM

Best science books of 2020

Tidy bedrooms, how to deal with future pandemics, the human side to Stephen Hawking and pictures in the sand

Katy Guest

28, Nov, 2020 @9:00 AM

Stephen Hawking by Leonard Mlodinow review – a memoir of friendship

Hawking’s collaborator retells his story with humour and fondness, and helps us know the famous scientist as he really was

Jim Al-Khalili

16, Sep, 2020 @6:30 AM

TV tonight: Joe Lycett, comic and consumer champ, is back on the case

Find out why the comedian changed his name and follow his consumer crusade. Plus Graham Norton’s chat show is back in a fun lockdown format

Ammar Kalia, Hannah Verdier , Ali Catterall and Paul Howlett

10, Apr, 2020 @5:20 AM

Stephen Hawking’s former nurse struck off for failings in his care

Patricia Dowdy deemed not fit to practise over multiple misconduct charges

Nadeem Badshah

12, Mar, 2019 @12:30 PM

Lee Ridley, Lost Voice Guy: ‘It’s quite ironic if I’m the voice of the disabled’

The Britain’s Got Talent winner, who has cerebral palsy and uses a voice box in his standup act, talks about ditching his day job – and the thorny issue of being inspiring

Sam Wollaston

25, Feb, 2019 @6:00 AM

Stephen Hawking remembered by Bernard Carr

The physicist’s former research student recalls their close relationship at Cambridge, the sheer might of his intellect, and how he once bored the great man to sleep

Bernard Carr

16, Dec, 2018 @8:00 AM

Aretha Franklin remembered by Clive Davis

The music industry supremo recalls the Queen of Soul’s vocal genius, humour – and love of fine dining

Clive Davis