Ticket reseller StubHub UK customers to get refunds over illegal hidden fees
The Competition and Markets Authority said StubHub must refund 50,000 customers and pay a fine.
Arts
NPR staffers share their favorite fiction reads of 2026 so far
Facts by day, fiction by night! At the end of a long day in the newsroom, many of our journalists head home and escape into novels of all types.
Here are the nonfiction books NPR staffers have loved so far this year
A biography of Hannibal Lecter. A meditation on trees. A memoir by a child prodigy violinist. A treatise on the way we poop. These are just a few of the nonfiction books our NPR colleagues are enjoying.
Fred Hammond: Tiny Desk Concert
Fred Hammond, a leading architect of modern gospel music, gives us a catalog-spanning set and declares: “Tiny knows how to party in the Holy Ghost!”
Ashley Cain says he's 'not proud' of sexist language
The former BBC Three presenter says he has changed since the historical tweets were posted.
Edinburgh International Festival will be phone-free – Benedetti
The violinist, who has been festival director since 2023 says the policy has come at the request of artists and audiences.
First the Kennedy Center, Now the Smithsonian
How long can the museum system’s leader, Lonnie Bunch, survive?
Those Who Learn, Teach
For theatre teachers, summer is the time to inhale, recharge, and remember what it’s like to be a student.
