Beyoncé This article is more than 15 years oldBeyoncé Knowles: L'Oreal accused of 'whitening' singer in cosmetics adThis article is more than 15 years oldCosmetics company L'Oreal has been accused of "whitening" singer Beyoncé Knowles' skin colour in a series of press ads in women's magazines in the US. The ads, for L'Oreal Paris' Feria hair colour product, feature in the September editions of Elle, Allure and Essence magazines in the US.

Proms 2023He was mentored by Ligeti, too shy to meet Beckett, and half of one of the greatest ever musical and romantic partnerships. As his opera arrives at the Proms, the avant garde master gives a rare interview György Kurtág is not speaking metaphorically when he says he is quite content to spend the time he has left “living on Ligeti street”. He is with a small crowd gathered outside the Budapest Music Centre – in which he also resides – for the renaming ceremony of the road on which it stands.

SPECULATIVE SCIENCEJust what is a "spark?" Welders spray sparks, as do fireworks: is it a part of the material that burns and then is vaporised? John Martin, Hong Kong, China Actually, when a spark is thrown from a welder or a grindstone, it does not, as the questioner suggests, vaporize. Rather, a spark from these items is a red-hot speck of metal, which rapidly cools due to its lack of mass.

TheatreReviewThe Depot, Liverpool Staged in a hangar-like venue strewn with the charred remnants of battle, Simon Godwin’s intelligent production puts violent conflict to the fore At first, it looks like Macbeth retooled as a history play about the corrupting effects of war. The drama of murderous ambition, power and guilt is all there in Simon Godwin’s intelligent production but with violent conflict at the fore. Shakespeare’s 11th-century battleground is turned into a modern-day war zone and Ralph Fiennes’ Macbeth emerges in army fatigues.

This land is your landGrand Canyon holidaysThe canyon, which turns 100 this year, sees 6 million annual visitors. An Arizona travel writer reveals how to get off the beaten track The Grand Canyon is already a pretty famous hole in the ground in Arizona. Now, with Grand Canyon national park celebrating its centennial in 2019, it’s receiving an additional jolt of publicity. Six million people visit each year, and if you happen to be there on a holiday weekend, it feels like you’re stuck behind all of them.