Food for thought

Aghast, dismayed and utterly crestfallen, his face wearing a look of all-consuming shock, the young lad simply refuses to believe what the television reporter in Liverpool city centre has just told hi

LEGO House Managing Director Kathrine Kirk Muff talks about realising Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen’s vision and leading the LEGO Group’s social responsibility agenda while building an exclusive set with Blocks Editor Graham E. Hancock

To celebrate our 30th anniversary we asked some of the biggest names in sci-fi and fantasy (including writers, directors and producers of your favourite series): what TV show stood out for you in the last three decades? Some of the results may shock you! But they’re all subjective and definitely alphabetical…

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO SONY LAUNCHED A CONSOLE THAT ENCOURAGED DEVELOPERS TO DREAM BIG, AND CAUSED THEM THE ODD NIGHTMARE. SPEAKING WITH DEVELOPERS WHO TACKLED ITS TRICKY TECHNOLOGY, WE DISCOVER WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO CREATE GAMES FOR A CONSOLE THAT TRULY TRANSFORMED WHAT WAS POSSIBLE IN VIDEOGAMES

For SMALL FACES , 1968 was a year of extremes, from hit singles and a career-defining album to a final, onstage bust-up. But while the bonds between them were strained by internal tensions and external dramas, the music they made in their last months together pointed tantalisingly in bold new directions. As an expanded version of their posthumous The Autumn Stone set reveals fresh treasures, Rob Hughes discovers what really transpired during the band’s final, tumultuous 12 months. “We were splitting up,” says Kenney Jones. “But we sounded so great.”

Radiohead singer and electronic producer collaborate to spin bleak yarns for the modern age.