Mihika Barua

The Murder Of Rachel Nickell, directed by Lucy Bowden, is a true-crime documentary now streaming on Netflix. A factual companion to the fictional series, The Witness (2026), also streaming on Netflix, the film reconstructs the investigation into Rachel Nickell’s murder in 1992 while questioning the decisions that shaped it. The Murder Of Rachel Nickell begins by introducing Rachel through the memories of the person who knew her the best, her partner, André Hanscombe.

The Witness, directed by Rob Williams and based on the memoir, Letting Go, by Alex Hanscombe, is a miniseries streaming on Netflix. Centred on the aftermath of a real life murder case, the 3-part series comes across as a thoughtful exploration of grief and resilience, focusing on the lives of those left behind while avoiding the sensationalism commonly associated with most true crime dramas.

Innovation is more easily measured in small steps rather than great leaps. The big leaps, like Google’s Project Loon and Facebook’s Internet.org, are gunning to be the Internet of the future, but it’ll likely be years before their impact will be measurable in real time. Meanwhile, there’s a host of innovators quietly building products that are already connecting the developing world through its lowest common technological denominator: the mobile phone.