5 d. ago Rare interstellar comet spotted for only the third time in recorded history

This would be only the third interstellar comet ever recorded – and the first time images are spotted.

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5 d. ago Inside the 'important' Scottish castle, with its own railway, on sale for offers over £3,250,000

This vast property comes with many extras and a dose of history

Economics

6 d. ago Aussie Rules football star makes history by coming out as bisexual

Mitch Brown said he had kept his sexuality secret in part because of a ‘hyper-masculine’ culture in AFL

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6 d. ago The first openly bisexual player in Aussie Rules football is calling for a cultural change

Mitch Brown said he had kept his sexuality secret during his playing career in part because of a ‘hyper-masculine’ culture in AFL

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6 d. ago The first openly bisexual player in the Australian Football League is calling for a cultural change

Mitch Brown played for the West Coast Eagles for a decade and has become the first male player in the Australian Football League's history to publicly identify as bisexual

Sport

6 d. ago AFL star Mitch Brown makes history by coming out as bisexual

Mitch Brown went where no AFL player has gone before against the backdrop of yet another homophobia scandal that hit the league just before the finals.

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7 d. ago Burning Man 2025 weather as more storms and 'unhealthy' chaos predicted

The opening of the week-long annual festival was delayed by the 'strongest storm in Burning Man history' and forecasts predict more dangerous weather to come

Events

1 week ago 'I made Strictly Come Dancing history but BBC bosses didn't ask me to join 2025 line

EXCLUSIVE: RuPaul's Drag Race UK superstar Tayce won the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special 2024 with Kai Widdrington but wasn't invited to appear in the main show this year

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2 w. ago World’s smallest Wetherspoons with no toilets but still 'handy for a quick pint'

The Sir John Hawkshaw is the world's smallest Wetherspoons and comes with seating and an interesting plaque about the history of London's Cannon Street Station, where it's located

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2 w. ago Drag Race UK's La Voix makes Strictly Come Dancing history as seventh contestant

The seventh celebrity from the 2025 Strictly Come Dancing line-up has been announced, joining the likes of Love Island star Dani Dyer and Doctor Who star Alex Kingston

Culture

3 w. ago Alien life comes to Earth at London's Natural History Museum

Alien life comes to Earth at London's Natural History Museum  Natural History Museum

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3 w. ago Murky history of Annabelle Doll revealed as comedian takes custody of 'most haunted' toy

Controversial TikTok comedian Matt Rife has caused a stir online after taking guardianship of one of the world's spookiest dolls. But why is TikTok so petrified?

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3 w. ago Jordan Smith relishing Hibs chance at history he thought would never come after elite Euro upbringing

The former Nottingham Forest youngster preparing to face FK partizan as David Gray does things differently

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4 w. ago Shortest day in human history is today in rare phenomenon – but it comes with a warning

The planet will spin slightly faster at its poles due to a change driven by the moon's gravitational pull, shaving 1.25 milliseconds off the usual 86,400 seconds over the course of a day

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4 w. ago Jesus Christ Superstar review – Cynthia Erivo leads rousing LA revival

Hollywood Bowl, Los AngelesThere are spotty moments in the much-discussed Andrew Lloyd Webber revival but by the time the final song kicks in, you’ll be a believerMuch like its namesake, Jesus Christ Superstar comes with a storied history. There have been at least four Broadway productions and many revivals, tours and adaptations of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1971 biblical rock musical. Just last month, the UK saw a revival met with acclaim. In Los Angeles’s version, not without “backlash”, Cynthia Erivo is the Holy Messiah. Jesus, clad in white cloth and cool white boots, faces betrayal at the hands of Judas (played by a magnetic Adam Lambert).In the first half of the show, as the apostles ask Jesus about his plans, and as lepers ask him to heal them, Erivo’s Jesus is restrained and she doesn’t quite make the role fully her own: Jesus is composed even in uncertainty, steady even when overwhelmed. But immediately into the second act, after Jesus realizes a disciple will betr...

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