32 h. ago Infamous wrestling star found dead at home as fans warn of 'dark side of public roles'

Julia Reilly was most well known for her incredibly controversial role as Claire Lynch in TNA's arguably most hated storyline ever that saw fans abusing the performer online

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40 h. ago Music Review: On Addison Rae’s 'Addison,' a new pop powerhouse is born

The pop album of the summer is here

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2 d. ago A Different Kind of Power by Jacinda Ardern review – not your usual PM

New Zealand’s former prime minister is a refreshingly informal narrator of her remarkable rise and fallJacinda Ardern was the future, once. New Zealand’s prime minister captured the world’s imagination with her empathetic leadership, her desire to prioritise the nation’s happiness rather than just its GDP, and her bold but deeply human approach to the early stages of the pandemic (though her “zero Covid” strategy of sealing borders to keep death rates low came back to bite her). She governed differently, resigned differently – famously saying in 2023 that she just didn’t have “enough in the tank” to fight another election – and has now written a strikingly different kind of political memoir. It opens with her sitting on the toilet clutching a pregnancy test at the height of negotiations over forming a coalition government, wondering how to tell the nation that their probable new prime minister will need maternity leave.Ardern is a disarmingly likable, warm and funny narrator, a...

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4 d. ago A Family Matter by Claire Lynch review – powerful debut about lesbian mothers in the 80s

A woman is forced to rethink her childhood after she learns that her mother was denied custody, in a decade blighted by homophobiaFor a writer, the 1980s bear rich, dark fruit. The social and political turbulence of the decade provides the perfect landscape for Claire Lynch’s dual-timeline debut novel A Family Matter, which alternates between 1982 and the present day. On the surface, it is the story of a father-daughter relationship. Heron – an elderly man deeply fond of rules and routine – has recently received a terminal cancer diagnosis, but rather than share it with his grownup daughter, Maggie, who now has a family of her own, he chooses to bear the burden alone. As we learn that Heron raised Maggie by himself, it’s clear this urge to shield his only child from harm is a continuous theme. There is no mention of another parent, just that Heron was divorced many decades ago; it’s only when Lynch takes us back to 1982 that we discover the true story.When Maggie was a toddler,...

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8 d. ago TfL licencing delays a 'matter of life and death', family says

TfL licencing delays a 'matter of life and death', family says  BBC

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3 w. ago Nick Mohammed at Richmond Theatre review: powered by sparkly

The comedian balances the professional with the personal in a high energy evening that also mixes magic with extended comic set-pieces

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3 w. ago The Bombing of Pan Am 103 on BBC One review: a powerful warning from the past

The story of the police investigation into the Lockerbie bombings is compelling, if distressing, viewing

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3 w. ago 'This 30% off power bank has a genius feature that makes it my everyday pick'

The Anker Nano Power Bank is a compact charging pack for my power-hungry phone, with foldaway USB-C built in, and it's now £8 off full price

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