TV reviewTelevision & radioReviewThis documentary tries to get the measure of the poster boy for capitalism, with the help of loose-lipped former colleagues – and his mother
Finding out what celebrities were like before they were successful can be fascinating – or it can just be a biography of a person when they were still ordinary. The Elon Musk Show (BBC Two) begins with the latter.
Two subsequent episodes ought to deal with the real Elon Musk, which is to say the increasingly unreal public figure, who has become a brand more recognisable than any of his companies, matching his unprecedented wealth with outlandish behaviour. Read More...
The ObserverHealth & wellbeingIn 16 weeks, Craig Davidson, a Canadian novelist, transformed himself into a hard-as-nails hunk by injecting illegal steroids. He loved his new body - but not the hideous side-effects. In this graphic account of being a 'roider', he recounts his hellish journeyThe needle is 21 gauge, 1.5in. A hogsticker. Forty of them arrived in a package from Greece. Ever received a package from overseas? You get that puff of air when you rip it open - air that's travelled thousands of miles. Read More...
A memorial of the Grenfell Tower disaster earlier this summer. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/ShutterstockThe final evidence sessions have heard unflinching accounts of how victims died, panicking and desperate in horrific conditions
by Robert Booth Social affairs correspondentThe public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster is ending as it began: with a shocking reminder of the human cost. It opened in May 2018 with elegies to the 72 victims. Its final evidence sessions have been unflinching accounts of the violence of their final moments. Read More...
