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'Boil in a bag' and five other Bafta TV moments
via bbc.co.ukCelebrities were sweltering as the awards ceremony took place on the hottest day of the year so far. -
Why Olly Alexander was a forgotten face in Eurovision school reunion crowd
The UK’s familiar-sounding entry fared poorly with voters in a contest where the shock of the new often does wellThough it takes place every 12 months, to understand the dynamics of the Eurovision public vote it may be useful to think of the song contest as a kind of school reunion. There’s a basic feeling of shared belonging fostered by geographic proximity among the 26-pupil class in the grand final, but it’s fair to say most of them haven’t thought about each other muc -
‘Menopause should be optional’: the doctor demystifying care for millions on TikTok
Mary Claire Haver talks armpit fat, hormone replacement therapy and the 10,000 women asking her for adviceIf you are a woman born in the 70s who has Googled “menopause” on an iPhone, you probably know who Mary Claire Haver is. Ever since the physician pivoted from focusing on her Houston area OB-GYN practice to menopause care in 2021, the fast-talking Texan has been flooding social media with advice about navigating the maladies of midlife.With a following of 4 million across a handf -
Laura Kuenssberg's show 'a little bit dull' compared with Eurovision - Lumley
via bbc.co.ukJoanna Lumley reveals what it was like to front the UK jury for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. -
People are only just realising they are pronouncing Uniqlo wrong - here are five others
via express.co.ukBrand names often get mispronounced, but have you been getting these well-known business names wrong? -
With its new iPad Pro ad, Apple is offering us the thin end of the wedge | Alex Clark
Maybe it’s my age, but the company’s brash new vision of digital minimalism looks like a portal to a sad and lonely worldIt was my birthday last week, and being these days a quiet rural dweller with a sweet pea obsession rather than the inner-city Dorothy Parker wannabe of yesteryear, I welcomed my appropriately gentle gifts: flowers, plants, an original exhibition catalogue from decades ago, some scent promising to recreate beach walks. I counted among my blessings a recent eye test -
Wide Awakes: the young Americans who marched the north to civil war
Smithsonian curator Jon Grinspan discusses his dramatic new book about a spontaneous movement that helped elect Abraham Lincoln – and frightened the slave-holding south History is really the only thing I can do,” Jon Grinspan says, smiling. “I worked in restaurant kitchens, I did other things, but really history is it. If I ever have to stop, I don’t know what I could do. I got straight As in history and straight Ds and Fs and every other topic. It’s like I’m -
Risk and reward: life as a stunt double
From Bond to Barbie, behind every Hollywood film or television drama is an unsung hero doing the scary stuff. Meet the doughty men and women willing to take big risks to be part of the magicI’ve been in the game since 1960. My first film was The Young Ones, starring Cliff Richard. I can’t have been more than 17, and was only paid a few bob. Already a black belt in judo, I went down and taught him some basics: mostly showing how to do some throws on the mats. Continue reading... -
No Going Back: Kristi Noem and other Trump veepstakes also-rans
The South Dakota governor’s book will be remembered as an utter disaster. Other VP hopefuls’ tomes are merely dispiritingDonald Trump will never tap Kristi Noem to be his running mate. Indeed, she may never have had a real shot, but in the past few weeks her literary efforts have certainly helped torch whatever dreams she had of living in government housing, complete with Secret Service detail, a heartbeat from the Oval Office.Last weekend, at a vice-presidential cattle call, Trump f -
‘It lowers inhibition’: how saunas are challenging UK pubs as the place to meet
With venues sprouting, what was once a niche industry is sharing ideas on creating new community spacesDelegates to the UK’s first ever sauna conference will file out after the final panel discussion facing a choice of where to carry on the conversations: bar or sauna?The queue for the latter may well be longer – one reason why Britain’s sauna scene has expanded rapidly in the past few years is because aficionados feel they are surprisingly like pubs. Continue reading... -
‘I want to be where the energy’s at’: photographer Ryan McGinley on youth culture, creativity and being collected by Elton John
A new exhibition of Elton’s photography collection features several images by McGinley, who shot to fame in his 20s for documenting the joyous excesses of young Americans. He talks about his work – and his most famous fanOne night in 2005, during one of his epic group road trips across America, the photographer Ryan McGinley trained his camera on a naked man and woman on a van roof in California. “We were looking at shooting stars and I was trying to do some long exposures to g -
Brexit Britain may export lots of services, but selling things it makes is harder | Torsten Bell
Trade data is a long neglected subject, but it’s never been more importantFor most of my career in economic policy, no one asked much about trade data – about developments with imports and exports. The subject just wasn’t that controversial.That’s all changed since 2016. Brexit has made trade data great again – at least in the sense of reinserting it into the centre of politics. But so far that attention is creating political heat, not the greater understanding we n -
County cricket: Surrey v Warwickshire, Notts v Lancashire and more – live
All the action around the grounds from day threeYou can email Tanya or comment below the lineYou probably all read this yesterday (and thanks to Jim for his excellent work), but just in case you didn’t: ( it’s rather beautiful).On a day when all the talk at county grounds was of someone who was not even playing, Jimmy Anderson’s Lancashire teammate Saqib Mahmood returned after 12 months on the sidelines, to begin to make the case that he could step into the Anderson-shaped hole -
Israel-Gaza war live: arrests as Israeli protesters call on Netanyahu for hostage-release deal
Thousands take to Tel Aviv streets, while Israeli military urges evacuation of more areas of Rafah amid strikes across GazaThe UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) has described the “forced” displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza’s southern city of Rafah as “inhumane”.The relief agency, which has been supporting the Palestinian territories since 1950, said there is “nowhere safe” left to go for civilians seeking safety and -
Paul Lynch: ‘When you win the Booker, you are told you won’t write for a year’
The Irish novelist on navigating success shortly after a cancer diagnosis and a marriage breakdown, the renaissance in Irish writing, and how his ‘tragic worldview’ fits the timesPaul Lynch is the author of five novels. Born in 1977, he grew up in Malin Head, the most northerly point on the Irish coast. His latest novel, Prophet Song, depicts a nightmarish vision of Ireland sliding into an authoritarian regime. Written in long, poetic sentences – without speech marks and few pa -
Isolated abroad, divided at home: now Rafah poses a stark choice for Israel | Dahlia Scheindlin
Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the latest assault despite warnings of disaster. Many Israelis are asking what price is too high in pursuit of ‘total victory’Israel ended months of terrified speculation on Monday evening, when its tanks moved into the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt. By morning, the army had claimed control of the crossing, and the operation near the town of Rafah had begun.The move seems ill-advised. Israel’s allies have warned that attacking Rafah will bring -
Roger Corman – cinema's pulp genius whose talent to shock was rocket fuel
Heists, horror and carnivorous plants were all grist to Corman’s staggeringly prolific movie mill, as were his pivotal collaborations with other film-makersNews: Corman dies aged 98A life in picturesRoger Corman was the powerhouse of B-pictures and pulp classics, who in a staggeringly prolific career lasting from the 1950s to the 2010s produced more than 400 movies, and directed more than 50 – films such as The Wasp Woman, A Bucket of Blood, The Wild Angels, The Fall of the House of -
London Zoo's adorable lion cubs take first steps outside with mum
via express.co.ukLondon Zoo's three Asiatic lion cubs have been spotted taking their first steps outside with mother Arya. -
Urgent memo to Sir Keir Starmer: there are some offers which should be refused | Andrew Rawnsley
Natalie Elphicke’s defection to Labour is creating more angst in her new party than in her old oneI bring you exclusive news that another Tory MP is in negotiation with Sir Keir Starmer about defecting to Labour. As luck would have it, I can even share with you an edited transcript of Sir Keir’s side of a recent telephone conversation between the Labour leader and his latest recruit from the Conservative side of the Commons.KS: “Crikey. This will be a jaw-dropper. Everyone thou -
‘They made it look so easy’: traditional craft of bookbinding rejuvenated for the TikTok age
Enthusiasts are customising their favourite works and being rewarded with wide social media followingThe videos often begin with every bibliophile’s nightmare: a person ripping the covers off a book.They are not vandals, however; they are bookbinders, taking part in a growing trend for replacing the covers of favourite works to make unique hardback editions, and posting about their creations on TikTok and Instagram. Continue reading... -
Starmer has laid out his plan to tackle asylum. Will it actually work? | Sunder Katwala
The Labour leader confirmed he would scrap the Rwanda scheme in his Dover speech, then confusingly blurred his own argumentCould Keir Starmer “Make Asylum Boring Again”? That would be the ultimate test of success for his claim that he can grip the issue that has caused Rishi Sunak more trouble than any other. Starmer’s message is that he is no less committed to securing the borders and stopping the small boats crossing the Channel, but that achieving this requires a serious pla -
Notes on chocolate: pistachio bars on a family holiday in Italy
The treats bring a little solace to a sad occasionI am in Avellino, southern Italy. We have taken my mum home to her final resting place and the trip has been sad, but healing. Plugging into my enormous Italian family never fails to make me feel part of something deep and sustaining. I have bought chocolate for them (largely, Waitrose No 1 bars), a poor substitute for the lavish hospitality I am shown every minute of every day.I grew up here part-time as a child and every corner has a story: the -
Jon Ronson: ‘A society that stops caring about facts is a society where anything can happen’
The second series of Things Fell Apart, the writer and broadcaster’s podcast series exploring conspiracy theories and the culture wars, topped the charts earlier this year. He explains why journalistic values such as evidence and fairness are needed more than everJust turned 57, Jon Ronson has had a number of successes in his multi-platform career, with books such as 2011’s The Psychopath Test and documentaries such as Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes. But perhaps none of his works has -
Roger Corman, Hollywood mentor and king of the B-movie, dies aged 98
Corman made over 400 movies including cult classics Death Race 2000, Piranha and The Little Shop of Horrors and launched the careers of Scorsese and De NiroGallery: a career in picturesAppreciation: Peter Bradshaw on CormanRoger Corman, the writer and director who helped turn out such low-budget classics as Little Shop of Horrors and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died aged 98.Corman died on Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, California, his -
'Cheeky f**k': Groom's response to wedding gift leaves his guests seriously unimpressed
via express.co.ukA woman has taken to Mumsnet to ask for advice after her husband's colleague asked them to return a wedding gift they'd bought for him and his new wife - and to give them the money instead -
Bronze Age gold neck ring worth £220,000 stolen in 'despicable' museum break-in
via express.co.ukA 3,000 year old Bronze Age gold torc worth £220,000 was among two items stolen from Ely Museum in Cambridgeshire during a break-in in the early hours of Tuesday -
Tate Britain acquires first painting by pioneering English female artist overlooked for a century
Gallery to display first Louise Jopling work acquired for nation as part of new exhibition exploring women artists in British historyShe was one of the most famous British female artists of the 19th century, a suffragist who exhibited at the Royal Academy, was praised by Victorian art critics and was admired by contemporaries including James McNeill Whistler, who painted her portrait.But for more than a century Louise Jopling has been dismissed by the art establishment as an amateur, her huge bo -
Righteous fury over Gaza must allow empathy for fearful Jewish students | Sonia Sodha
In the polarised way that we conduct debate, we often ignore the nuance – and threats – that all sides can experienceMoral logic that seems crystal clear on paper often becomes murkier on contact with reality. So it is with the question of how to pick a path through the right to protest against Israel’s actions in Gaza, and the rise in antisemitism that has been seen across Europe since Hamas committed the terrorist atrocities of 7 October 2023.Last week, the focus was on unive -
‘If Jacob Rees-Mogg wants to join us’ … Was Natalie Elphicke’s defection a step too far for Labour?
Keir Starmer thought he had pulled off a coup when Dover’s rightwing MP crossed the floor. Many were incensed, Tories were bemused – but does it prove there are no ‘no-go’ areas for the party?On a sunny Friday morning on the Kent coast, Keir Starmer held a press conference that would have been beyond the wildest dreams of Labour’s most senior strategists just a few weeks ago. Entering the small room near Deal alongside the Labour leader were his shadow home secretar -
‘I was in a kind of ecstatic freefall’: artist Miranda July on writing the book that could change your life
The artist and filmmaker has always enjoyed challenging convention. Now she has written a novel which takes a breathtaking look at menopause, sex, death and transformationMiranda July has rented a little house in LA for 20 years. Every morning she’d drive over from the home she shared with her husband and young child, work on her films and art and writing and drive home again, until one day she noticed that another little house, the little rundown house that backed on to hers, was empty, a -
‘I ain’t no fool’: Lennox Lewis on Fury-Usyk and offers of returns to boxing
The last undisputed world heavyweight champion recalls his battles for the title – and predicts who will win the unifierLennox Lewis pauses thoughtfully when he considers whether his achievement in becoming the last undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, after he beat Evander Holyfield in 1999, means he should be bracketed alongside great names of the past from Jack Johnson and Joe Louis to Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali. His answer, when it comes, is emphatic: “Yes, absolute -
England are losing their greatest bowler – but the time was right for Jimmy | Mark Ramprakash
While hearing Brendon McCullum say it’s over might have been tough, Anderson will know it’s the next crop’s time to take overI remember watching the final day of the Ashes at the Oval last year, and thinking how brilliantly Stuart Broad had orchestrated his departure from Test cricket: the last Test of the summer, the end of a terrific series, taking the final wicket in an England win. Now Jimmy Anderson, Broad’s great friend and partner with the new ball for his country, -
Centrist Tories urge Andy Street to stand for parliament – and maybe one day for leader
One Nation moderates call on defeated West Midlands mayor to take ‘brand Andy’ to WestminsterSenior Tories on the moderate One Nation wing of the party are urging the defeated West Midlands mayor Andy Street to consider reviving his political career by standing for a seat at Westminster.Street suffered the biggest shock of the local and mayoral elections a week ago when he lost to Labour’s Richard Parker by just 1,508 votes in a knife-edge contest. Continue reading... -
Faith groups want more say in secular Britain. Labour should tell them to go to hell
Most Britons don’t identify as religious, and would prefer to keep worship out of schoolsAn organisation called “The Muslim Vote” has invited Labour to satisfy 18 “demands” if the party wants to win back UK Muslim support it has lost over the war in Gaza. “There’s more,” it tweets, “but that’ll do for starters.”Already, however, Labour is evidently expected to do more to woo this body, which includes the Muslim Association of Brit -
WW3 fears as UK refreshes Cold War defence plans as Putin ramps up threat
via express.co.ukCold War home defence exercises are being refreshed as the threat of Russian aggression against NATO grows. -
‘Why must I be a doctor, solicitor and detective?’: lost records block compensation for infected blood victims
Claimants who can’t access medical information face battle for payments in biggest treatment disaster in NHS historyWhen Kevin Roberts was 12 years old he went to hospital for the first time to have two wisdom teeth removed.It was a routine procedure, but was the start of an ordeal that shattered his childhood and early adult life. He was given a blood product to replace Factor 8, a clotting protein, and now believes that this product infected him with hepatitis C, a blood-borne virus that -
The wisest Brexiters – such as Nigel Lawson – knew how good life is in Europe | William Keegan
A weekend near the former chancellor’s French residence induced a sense of wellbeing quite unlike Britain’s beleaguered moodWith all the horrors in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan – not to say (a touch of bathos here) the abysmal state of our Brexit-hit economy – a bank holiday weekend in La France profonde came as a most welcome relief. We were staying with a friend in the south-west region of Aveyron, near a village called La Salvetat-Peyralès.I was struck by the thrivin -
The big picture: Huck Finn in 1970s New Jersey
Pioneering Black photographer Ming Smith captures four boys creating rafts from rubbish in New JerseyMing Smith photographed the four boys on their backdoor rafts on a pond in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1972. She called the unlikely urban Huck Finn scene Setting Out to Sea, since that’s where one or two of the friends seemed to be aiming for, at least in their heads.Smith was developing big plans of her own at that time. Detroit-born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, she had arrived in New York a -
Sun, sea and delcious food: 10 wonderful agriturismos in Italy
From a family farm where you can help yourself to lemons and oranges in the orchard to an old shepherd’s house with views of the seaYou can’t beat an agriturismo. Rural locations, owners whose main job is farming, plus food and drink produced on site all add up to a charmingly informal stay. There is rarely a reception desk and there’ll be dogs and crowing roosters to contend with, but they offer brilliant food and a friendly welcome. And they are not all buried in the countrys -
Revealed: people with cancer, arthritis and amputations among 40% denied disability benefits
Observer finds thousands of claims for conditions including cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis are being rejected in England and WalesThe government is rejecting more than 40% of applications for disability benefit from people with multiple sclerosis (MS), cerebral palsy and arthritis – and one in four applications from amputees, the Observer can reveal.Analysis of personal independence payment (Pip) disability benefit data for England and Wales shows that thousands of applicants with i -
Revealed: locum GPs in England can’t find work as surgeries buckle under patient demand
British Medical Association blames ‘employment crisis’ on funding shortfall and move to hire more non-doctors in practices GPs across England are struggling to find work despite patients waiting weeks for appointments at practices buckling under demand.The government has failed on a manifesto pledge to deliver 6,000 new GPs by 2024, but has allocated £1.4bn this year to fund other roles in primary care from “physician associates” to dieticians and podiatrists. Conti -
Pills or patches, sprays or gels … everything you need to know about HRT
Is hormone replacement therapy right for you and, if it is, what type should you take? All your key questions answeredWhen it comes to menopause, awareness of symptoms and ways to mitigate their impact are changing. Chief among treatments that have undergone an image change is hormone replacement therapy (HRT).While many women have been wary of such medication because of concerns over an increase in the risk of breast cancer, it has recently become a focal point for high-profile campaigners such -
‘I don’t want to cancel him’: Rose Boyt on confronting the gaze of her father, Lucian Freud
The novelist sat for her father three times – first in a naked portrait when she was 18. Now 65, she has written a memoir based on the diaries she kept at the time. She talks about her chaotic childhood, writing truthfully about her dad, and the books she read to him on his deathbedRose Boyt’s memoir, Naked Portrait, is, in the narrowest sense, her account of sitting for three paintings for her father, Lucian Freud. In the first, she sprawls, unclothed, legs spread wide on her father -
Butlins visitors slam 'filthy' rooms and fume as swimming pool 'closed for summer'
via express.co.ukButlins Skegness has been slammed after visitors found rooms dirty and the pool shut. -
As the Red Sea crisis continues, pressure on consumer prices follows in its wake
UK manufacturers and retailers are not yet passing on all the costs of diverting ships round southern Africa – but can that last?When footage first appeared of Houthi rebels hijacking the cargo ship Galaxy Leader in the Red Sea last November, it sent shockwaves through the world of trade.The coordinated attack on the ship, which was partly owned by Israeli billionaire Abraham Ungar, was the start of a six-month campaign by Yemen-based militants to terrorise western vessels using the route, -
Sunday with Micah Richards: ‘Body lotion is imperative for the modern-day man’
The former footballer and TV pundit discusses his training schedule, smart attire, lunch at half-time and skincare regimeWake-up time? If I’m working on the football I’ll be up at 6.30am and straight into the gym. I prefer training on an empty stomach, so I tend not to eat breakfast. I’ll have a bottle of water or a protein shake.Sunday morning? I’ll slip into a tracksuit and jump on the train from my home in Harrogate down to London for work. Once I’ve checked into -
Abolish this archaic abortion law that makes criminals of innocent women | Observer editorial
MPs have the chance to end the traumatic prosecutions of women suspected of ending their pregnanciesAccording to one leading provider of abortion services in the UK, police investigations into women suspected of unlawfully ending their own pregnancy have increased substantially in recent years.Earlier this year, MSI Reproductive Choices reported that this type of criminal investigation was very rare before 2018, but that it was aware of many more happening since then. While the number -
Welcome May, the month to get growing
There are early crops to harvest, time to plant out and sow. Tread carefully though, there may be frost in placesMay, the month to get going in the garden, though note there may be late frosts in spots for a couple of weeks yet. Time, though, this month to harvest the first early peas and broad beans. The true taste of British spring. Our Basque tear peas will be later in the year but their shoots are showing well.The plot weeding is done. Just waiting another couple of weeks for full summer sow -
‘We can’t tackle drink-spiking alone’: Met teams up with London venues amid increasing reports
Police are working with nightclubs to combat the crime, raise awareness among clubbers and improve victim supportThe bank of video screens looks like something straight out of a spy movie. Inside a secure room, dozens of images show footage of staircases, doors, the bar, booths and the dancefloor. This is Tiger Tiger London, a popular nightclub in the capital’s West End, and the CCTV operators are scanning for suspicious behaviour.A floorplan on the wall has pins marking hotspots wher -
Upstairs at the Grill, Chester: ‘It has an awful lot going for it’ – restaurant review
Chester’s Upstairs at the Grill is very well liked – but that doesn’t mean it’s faultlessUpstairs at the Grill, 70 Watergate Street, Chester CH1 2LA (01244 344883). Starters £8-£15, mains £15-£52, desserts £6-£9.50, wine from £34Upstairs at the Grill, a smart steak restaurant in Chester, has much going for it. There are eager staff, one with a magnificent beard that ought to be promoted as a tourist attraction by Visit Cheshire. T
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