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This extraordinary new Hamlet turns Shakespeare inside out with infinite jest – and cuddly toys

Sadler’s Wells East, London
Ben Duke’s clever, witty and wholly unpredictable new show, The Last Hamlet, takes big liberties with the story that pay off

Hamlet is trying to get a hire car. He has missed his dad’s funeral because he was at a silent retreat, dealing with his abandonment issues and the disturbing memory of a year 7 disco when his uncle and mum danced together to Yazoo’s Only You.

‘It’s a new world. It’s a little fascistic. And it needs a different response’: U2 on 50 years together – and their undimmed faith in humanity

After some so-so albums, can U2’s new one, Carnaval de Luz, restore them to glory? They discuss male egos, working with Dolly Parton, and explain why, despite Trump, they still believe in democracy – at least in their band

La Petite Maison, in Nice, has a certain reputation as a five-star celebrity haunt.

The Jeremy Bamber files: three crucial questions about the White House Farm massacre

In 1986, Bamber was convicted of the murders of five members of his family. He has always protested his innocence. This year, with the help of leading experts, we have re-examined some of the most compelling evidence

  • Warning: this piece contains crime-scene photographs

The White House Farm massacre is one of Britain’s most notorious and horrifying crimes.

Beaver family reintroduced to iconic Scottish loch 500 years after last sighting – ‘A very beautiful thing to see!’

A family of beavers has been released into waters surrounding Loch Ness, marking the species’ return half a millennium after they were last spotted there.

The animals were released on Wednesday at a lochan within Trees for Life’s Dundreggan rewilding estate, a 10,000-acre site in Glenmoriston, after NatureScot licensed their relocation from elsewhere in Scotland.