My disabled son’s amazing gaming life in the World of Warcraft Robert and Trude mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated life for their disabled son. But when Mats died, they discovered that people all over Europe lit candles in his memory.

Fangirls aren't silly, they're powerful, says playwright From causing seismic activity at Harry Styles concerts to Swifties boosting the UK economy during the Eras Tour, the power of teenage female pop fans shouldn't be underestimated. For playwright Yve Blake, the danger of dismissing these youngsters is the inspiration behind her new comedy musical Fangirls. Following the life of 14-year-old Edn

A hole in a door at a cathedral is thought to be the world's oldest cat flap. The door at Exeter Cathedral dates back more than 400 years, records have shown. The hole leads to a cavity behind a large clock.

The 'banned' Star Trek episode that promised a united Ireland Android character Data describes the "Irish unification of 2024" as a successful example of violence used to achieve political aims When sci-fi writer Melinda M Snodgrass sat down to write Star Trek episode The High Ground, she had little idea of the unexpected ripples of controversy it would still be making more than three decades late

Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, the new action-thriller about an army sergeant who returns to Afghanistan is the latest tentative US attempt to explore the conflict, writes Caryn James. Guy Ritchie's The Covenant is an intense action movie, full of gunfire and explosions that make you feel caught in the midst of danger. And like so many war films it relies on a slender plot about heroic choices. Jake Gy

Modern fandom wouldn't exist without Conan Doyle’s famous creation, writes Jennifer Keishin Armstrong. In 1893, author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle shoved detective Sherlock Holmes off a cliff. The cliff was fictionally located in Switzerland, over the Reichenbach Falls. But Conan Doyle did the dirty work from his home in London where he wrote. “It is with a heavy heart that I take up my pen to write th

Americans today pronounce some words more like Shakespeare than Brits do… but it’s in 18th-Century England where they’d really feel at home. It makes for a great story: when settlers moved from England to the Americas from the 17th Century, their speech patterns stuck in place. That was particularly true in more isolated parts of the US, such as on islands and in mountains. As a result, the theory

Brett Yang and Eddy Chen met at after-school maths tutoring when they were growing up in Australia - now they are selling out international concert venues on their second world tour.

The meme-filled pop culture phenomenon has deeper reverberations, "more like a celebration of the past than the dawn of a bright new future", writes Nicholas Barber. One is a wacky postmodern comedy about a range of dolls known for their bright pink clothing. The other is a brooding biopic of the scientist who built the atom bomb during World War Two. One has Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling singing