BP’s efforts to finish relief oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico have been set back. Photograph: Lyle W Ratliff/EPA The tropical storm Bonnie has forced BP to temporarily suspend drilling on its relief well in the Gulf of Mexico. Work to permanently plug the oil giant’s leaking Macondo... 

Comic-Con attendees cross the street in downtown San Diego (they are the ones in the white body armour and helmet) Photograph: Denis Poroy/AP The concept, look and tone of Super, a new superhero movie which had its presentation at Comic-Con, reminded me of something but I can’t think... 

(L-r): Yasmin Paige, Rosie Day, Shannon Tarbet and Jordan Loughran in Spur of the Moment by Anya Reiss. Photograph: Tristram Kenton Anya Reiss is 18. She’s waiting for her A-level results. And her first play has just opened at the Royal Court. It’s vivid and spiky and brought into... 

“Not in torment” . . . Jonathan Ross. Photograph: Brian J. Ritchie/Hotsauce / Rex Towards the end of his nearly 11-year Radio 2 hegemony on Saturday, Jonathan Ross played Creep by Radiohead. You can’t help but note the words. Thom Yorke has such nice diction. “I’m... 

Sands of time … The surviving Beach Boys in 2006. From left to right: Brian Wilson, David Marks, Bruce Johnston, Al Jardine, Mike Love. Photo: Chris Pizzello/Reuters Less than a month after Mike Love killed rumours of a Beach Boys reunion, Al Jardine has revived them by declaring that...