Here are T&C’s picks for the best books of October 2025. Any new novel from Thomas Pynchon is decidedly an event, and this one—about a Depression-era private eye who finds himself on a global goose ...

Take-Two Interactive has been independent for a long time, and now, they're literally the biggest dog in their yard.

F1 championship leader Oscar Piastri’s lap one crash in Azerbaijan attracted derision from some quarters – but he’s in good company as some of the series’ best have had their own humbling offs ...

Spike & Mike’s cult-favorite Animation Extravaganza returns Oct. 31–Nov. 2 with new shorts, rare vault gems, and timeless offbeat animated chaos.

New novels by Thomas Pynchon and Brandon Taylor; memoirs by Susan Orlean, Malala Yousafzai and Tim Curry; the conclusion of an epic fantasy series by Philip Pullman; and more.

Marc Marquez’s seventh MotoGP world title and ninth in total draws him level with Valentino Rossi, reigniting the GOAT debate between the two bitter rivals. But how Marquez bounced back from five ...

Glam rock star Marc Bolan has been honoured with a blue plaque outside the west London home where he wrote and recorded some of his biggest hits. The singer and guitarist, the frontman of glam rock ...

Movies starring Julia Roberts, Idris Elba, Jodie Foster, and George Clooney more will be the talk of awards season.

(THE CONVERSATION) An antibiotic discovered on Easter Island in 1964 sparked a billion-dollar pharmaceutical success story. Yet the history told about this “miracle drug” has completely left out the ...

King Charles faces a historic crisis as—for the first time ever—a generation of Brits is being raised by royal sceptic parents.

The country music world has lost some iconic names in 2025. As we head into the homestretch, we take a moment to look back at the country music stars and influential names that have been lost thus far ...

Denmark’s prime minister has given an emotional apology to Greenlandic Indigenous girls and women who were given invasive contraception by the Danish health authorities against their will ...