27 h. ago Dania: Listless review – Intimate underground pop inspired by hospital night shifts

(Somewhere Press)Reflecting her nocturnal work as an emergency doctor, the Baghdad-born musician’s latest blends trip-hop, shoegaze and ambient into sometimes eerie, sometimes blissful tracksAs well as making atmospheric electronic compositions, the Baghdad-born, Barcelona-based musician Dania also works night shifts as an emergency doctor. These nocturnal hours are the influence behind her new album Listless: all seven tracks were composed and recorded after midnight, while the artwork features the spindly flower of the Japanese snake gourd, a plant that only blooms after dark. But there is little trace of the chaos of her late-night schedule here: instead, the record embodies a quiet calm that is sometimes blissful, sometimes eerie.Meeting somewhere between trip-hop, shoegaze and ambient, with a touch of pop, the textured tracks slink along dreamily, propelled by washes of synths and, for the first time, drums. A new addition to Dania’s usual setup, they lend a gentle downtempo ki...

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48 h. ago Boux Avenue's Christmas pyjamas in a bag are back with new prints and they're adorable

Boux Avenue has brought back its viral pyjamas in a bag for Christmas, and they're available in brand new prints, perfect for sleeping in on Christmas Eve or for gifting

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5 d. ago Oasis review: Liam and Noel Gallagher summon a euphoric and almost sad last hurrah at Wembley Stadium

The final UK show of the brothers’ feel-good reunion marks the end of the brief respite from the nation’s bleakness, as the cultural mood turns sour

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8 d. ago Family Dollar security guard who ‘shot dead a customer on Christmas Eve’ is arrested after months on the run

A $10,000 reward was offered for information on location of Justin Hodges before his arrest

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1 week ago Eric Idle: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, Live! review – mock’n’roll star’s night of nostalgia

Playhouse, EdinburghThe Monty Python man revisits his remarkable career, with songs dedicated to George Harrison and Robin Williams – and some ribbing of John CleeseA career retrospective fondly remembering a previous career retrospective: who said pop will eat itself? I enjoyed Eric Idle’s touring “one-man musical” very much: he seems like a thoroughly good egg, he’s led a remarkable entertainment life, and who’d begrudge him, now 82, the chance to bask in it – and his audience’s palpable affection – at least one more time? But even I found it a bit much when, reaching the end of this greatest hits compendium, Idle includes Monty Python’s 2014 O2 gigs in his pantheon of past glories. A show for nostalgists warmly recalling an earlier show for nostalgists? Welcome to entertainment in the age of the never-ending showbiz afterlife.In fairness to Idle, this show (called – what else? – Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, Live!) is not about Python, it’s about him, from South Shields...

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1 week ago A Night Like This review – two strangers roam the London nighttime on Christmas eve

A Night Like This review – two strangers roam the London nighttime on Christmas eve  The Guardian

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1 week ago West Midlands Safari Park review: A night of wild magic at the UK's most luxurious safari experience

Douglas Blyde beds down at West Midlands Safari Park, where he’s awoken to the breath of giants and a sea lion encore

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1 week ago Lewis Capaldi makes a promise to 23,000 adoring Manchester fans

Lewis Capaldi review: The Scottish star kicked off a two-night residency in Manchester after a two year break

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2 w. ago Sex work and abuse: the women trapped in Malawi’s growing refugee camp

With the US no longer accepting refugees, Dzaleka’s residents have no prospect of relocation. Three women tell us what life is like in a camp designed for 10,000 people but which now holds more than 58,000• Photographs by Amos Gumulira for the GuardianTears stream down Francine’s* face as she pulls her glove off. Her right hand is covered by a pale, mottled burn scar. Her fingers are stiff and unnaturally bent. Francine turned to sex work to survive soon after she arrived alone at Malawi’s Dzaleka refugee camp in 2015, having travelled there from Burundi.On Christmas Eve in 2022, a client refused to pay. When she blocked the doorway, he grabbed a boiling-hot saucepan of beans and threw it at her, scalding her hand and chest. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Aldi confirms more than 1,000 stores to temporarily close later this year

Aldi has announced the temporary closure of all its 1,050 UK stores from Christmas Eve to December 27, allowing staff a well-earned festive break.

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