Ever since I was knee-high to Nosferatu, I have loved steps and stairs on screen

The brilliance of the director’s early work reflects western cinema’s genius for refashioning primal stories and pulp fiction

War films 1917 and the upcoming Painted Bird are the latest entries in a sub-genre driven by relentless adversity and survival

Posts from high-profile accounts found to be promoting questionable virus therapies and cures

NHS team is told to build alternative on system being developed by Apple and Google

Flexibility and lower fees appeal — but not all providers are competing on price

Ease of access and (sometimes) greater affordability are attracting a broader demographic

Online learning modules boost students’ academic confidence and business knowhow

Find out which schools are offering distance-learning post-graduate business degrees

Online courses grow while future of campus-based qualifications is questioned

Enrollees from India and China make up a third of intake

Universities and business schools are facing unprecedented challenges across the world

Online learning group grants free access to teaching platform for institutions in lockdown

The coronavirus crisis has created new ways to learn and collaborate

Candidates at Wharton among those protesting over diminished educational experience

Top schools offer deadline extensions and more flexible entry requirements for flagship courses

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Growing understanding of the costs and fading stigma is driving demand 

Controversial cigarette tycoon and ex-president still wields influence

Widely spoken indigenous vernacular has problems around official adoption and online presence

Aid workers warn that millions face long-term damage to health as food crisis continues

Farc declaration of war raises fears of a fresh outbreak of conflict

As ‘slum priests’ try to fill the gap left by the state, the populist movement is on the rise again

Marches come as discontent grows over labour reform, pensions and corruption

With the exodus set to continue, the strains on Bogotá and other governments are set to intensify

Brazilian president criticised for rubbing elbows with crowds while awaiting second virus test results

Brazil and Mexico leaders ignore medical advice while Latin America begins crackdown

Organised crime steps in as President Bolsonaro dismisses pandemic as ‘sniffles’

Lay-offs of 3,700 in latest round as lossmaking operators face ‘formidable’ challenges

Company says 1.1m people downloaded its app in six weeks, sending shares to record high

Upscale US department store follows J Crew as latest debt-burdened chain felled by pandemic

Appointments including former PM and Nobel laureate suggest turn toward establishment

Treasury fears removing government support could trigger wave of redundancies

UK expected to take gradual approach to lifting restrictions after Monday

Government warns of ‘restructuring’ in return for rescue funding

New party leader gives clear signal he will take party in a different direction

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With new episodes launching today, now is the perfect time to revel in the cruel humour of the hit cartoon

Yhonnie Scarce and Judy Watson talk about creating work with seductive surfaces and dark themes

The series follows an idiotic yet charming nerd trying to make it big as Lil Dicky

Our pick of the latest series and documentaries — plus older favourites to binge on

The book captures the carefree, haute-bourgeois lifestyle of the young photographer

Ancient antagonists build bridges as treasure finds mount up

The director talks about gender-swaps, fundraising and the future of drama after lockdown

The country’s banking system is in hock to an insolvent state

State-owned oil company’s $1.7tn valuation falls short of kingdom’s ambitions

State funds and families encouraged to buy shares in pursuit of Prince Mohammed target

Stock climbs by maximum amount after world’s biggest IPO

Beirut hit by another sovereign bond downgrade amid political crisis