47 m. ago Alexander Isak makes brutal claim as Liverpool woes continue

Liverpool suffered a third successive defeat in all competitions as they were beaten 2-1 by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, with Alexander Isak offering his thoughts on the loss

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50 m. ago Sky F1 presenter Natalie Pinkham upskirt photo was blocked from publication by F1 supremo

Sky Sports F1 presenter Natalie Pinkham has shared a story about how former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone helped her out after a photographer took an upskirt shot of her

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58 m. ago WSL clockwatch: Spurs v Brighton, London City Lionesses v Liverpool and more – live

⚽ Latest news from the WSL and the East Anglia derby⚽ Jonathan Wilson on Palace’s flight | And email us hereThere were some pretty unhappy scenes in the EFL yesterday, namely at Hillsborough where play was stopped for five minutes due to the latest fan protest against Sheffield Wednesday owner Dejphon Chansiri. It was a miserable afternoon for Owls fans as their side was shellacked 5-0 by visitors Coventry. Steve Bruce also had a bad day. Blackpool’s poor start to the season continued with a 2-0 home defeat against AFC Wimbledon and afterwards Bruce was dismissed from his position at Bloomfield Road. Blackpool fans, who do you want to see come in? Still plenty of time to turn the season around. Wednesday fans, I’m sorry, you have my deepest sympathies.On the subject of doing the opposite, how are Ipswich fans feeling about today? Will the Old Farm hoodoo finally be broken? Get in touch via the link above or below the line the comment section. Continue reading...

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66 m. ago ‘Baltimore has the worst PR of any city in America’: a culture critic on his hometown, race, police and art

Lawrence Burney’s new book, No Sense in Wishing, comes at a time when the US is facing a crackdown on cities, art, culture and educationLawrence Burney’s latest, No Sense in Wishing, is a book in which the famous phenom and dark horse share equal weight on the page. It’s also a love letter to Baltimore – to its artists, its crabs and its streets – and a Bildungsroman that finds its heroes in Lupe Fiasco and Frederick Douglass alike.Burney, a Baltimore native, culture critic, and essayist, guides us through a memoir about the art, whether films or paintings or song lyrics, that have informed his personal and professional trajectory. He writes about growing up amongst artists with Black family traditions rooted in the Chesapeake, his journey through fatherhood at 19, and then to New York, where he helped spearhead Vice’s coverage of lesser known rap and hip-hop artists otherwise left out of mainstream media coverage. Continue reading...

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66 m. ago ‘We all need someone’: the hairdressers tackling stigma of mental heath issues in west Africa

In Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Togo, where therapy services are almost absent, some stylists are being trained to listen, comfort and guideYopougon, the largest of Abidjan’s 13 communes, with a population of 1.5 million, is known for its entrepreneurial grit, its bubbly nightlife and, in pop culture, as being the birthplace of Francophone Africa’s most popular comic character, Aya de Yopougon.Beneath the bustle, it is also home to another taboo-busting pioneer: 49-year-old Adjoua Catherine Tano, a hairdresser who has spent two decades offering mental health advice, or just listening quietly as she cuts her clients’ hair. Continue reading...

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66 m. ago Dining across the divide: ‘It actually scares me that potential Reform voters are not all tub

Can a retired lecturer and an economics tutor agree on immigration, the NHS or whether the UK should introduce a wealth tax?Yusuf, 47, EdgbastonOccupation Economics tutor and content creator Continue reading...

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66 m. ago How two blonde suburban moms gave Democrats an answer to the rightwing media ecosystem

Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan’s podcast I’ve Had It has risen up the charts and created a community with ‘a brand of fuck-you politics’When Donald Trump scheduled a press conference after a weekend in which rumors about his health swirled, two women in red-state Oklahoma launched a livestream for their more than 1 million followers on YouTube to speculate about the condition of “Cankles McTacoTits”, shortened to Canks “for expediency and spite”.It was fitting for the profanity-laced, straight talking liberal podcast I’ve Had It that quipped, after interviewing Barack Obama, that the former president has “big dick energy”. Continue reading...

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66 m. ago Premier League cult hero looks unrecognisable as he continues scoring exploits aged 44

Roque Santa Cruz became a Premier League icon at Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City and has since gone on to play for a number of clubs

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83 m. ago René Magritte’s ‘superstar of surrealism’ to go on sale in Paris

La Magie Noire, bought by family of wartime resistance heroine 90 years ago, expected to fetch more than €7mA painting by the surrealist artist René Magritte that has been held in a private collection for more than 90 years will go on sale later this month.La Magie Noire was bought by the family of the second world war resistance heroine Suzanne Spaak, who were Magritte’s benefactors at a time when he was struggling financially and had failed to sell a single work for two years. Continue reading...

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87 m. ago Landslides kill more than 60 in India and Nepal after days of heavy rain

Rescue efforts continue as flooding, road blockages and bridge collapses isolate communities in Himalayan regions

Events

1 hour ago WSL updates from four games, plus Ipswich v Norwich in Championship – clockwatch live

⚽ News, previews and discussion before Sunday’s action⚽ Jonathan Wilson on Palace’s flight | And email us hereThere were some pretty unhappy scenes in the EFL yesterday, namely at Hillsborough where play was stopped for five minutes due to the latest fan protest against Sheffield Wednesday owner Dejphon Chansiri. It was a miserable afternoon for Owls fans as their side was shellacked 5-0 by visitors Coventry. Steve Bruce also had a bad day. Blackpool’s poor start to the season continued with a 2-0 home defeat against AFC Wimbledon and afterwards Bruce was dismissed from his position at Bloomfield Road. Blackpool fans, who do you want to see come in? Still plenty of time to turn the season around. Wednesday fans, I’m sorry, you have my deepest sympathies.On the subject of doing the opposite, how are Ipswich fans feeling about today? Will the Old Farm hoodoo finally be broken? Get in touch via the link above or below the line the comment section. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago I was 31, burned out, and single. Would a string of dates with French men bring back my joie de vivre?

I was working 80-hour weeks and having no luck on the New York singles scene. A move to Europe opened my mind – and helped me find love in the most unexpected place“Tu es où?” I texted, peeking out the balcony to see if he was near. I checked my lipstick in the mirror over the mantelpiece. Then fretted whether my kindergarten-level French was off-putting.“I’m coming,” he texted. And before I could wonder about inviting a strange man to my home for a first date in a foreign country, Thomas knocked. Soon after we exchanged la bise and he took off his layers of winter gear, I realised he was even more attractive than his Tinder photos, with messy blond hair and a glimpse of ultra-defined abs. While fetching wine as insouciantly as I could, inside my head I was screaming: “The plan is working!” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago This is how we do it: ‘Asexuality is a spectrum. I don’t experience sexual desire (but I do like having orgasms)’

Embracing Sarah’s asexuality has allowed her and Cameron to connect in many different ways• How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyI’ve never loved sex. Growing up, I felt broken because everyone put it on a pedestal Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world

As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects Continue reading...

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2 h. ago NRL 2025 grand final: Melbourne Storm v Brisbane Broncos – rugby league live

Updates from the Storm v Broncos men’s deciderAny thoughts? Get in touch with an emailOooph! Off comes Mr Swims’ jacket to reveal an AC/DC themed plaid combination ideal for launching into a cover of TNT and demonstrating a decent set of pipes. An excellent way to win over new friends on a night like this.Teddy Swims has just kicked off his bekilted yacht rock pregame show. It’s fine, I guess. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago ‘No one’s been willing to take a risk’: are Palestinian films still struggling to get seen?

As a genocide continues, the road to audiences has been smoother for Israeli films while Palestinians must get inventiveThis March, two documentaries on the aftermath of the 7 October 2023 attacks reached theaters within days of each other. One, called October 8, focused on the “emergence of antisemitism on college campuses, on social media and on the streets” after Hamas forces killed more than 1,200 people in southern Israel, most of them civilians. The film, executive-produced by Debra Messing, was widely released by Briarcliff Entertainment, a maverick distribution studio that has also handled Trump biopic The Apprentice and Jamal Khashoggi documentary The Dissident; Messing promoted the film on mainstream programs such as MSNBC’s Morning Joe. It ultimately grossed more than $1.3m domestically, a high total for a political documentary.The other film, The Encampments, faced a tougher road. A documentary on campus protests against Israel’s retaliatory destruction of Gaza, focusing...

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3 h. ago ‘I was called an enemy of the people’: how the US Senate went to war with the biggest rock stars of the 1980s

Forty years ago Prince, Madonna and Judas Priest were among stars dubbed the ‘Filthy Fifteen’ in a high-profile parents’ campaign against ‘objectionable’ music. Some of those artists, and supporters like Alice Cooper, recall a major moral panicPrince’s Purple Rain album had been bought by 11 million Americans by May 1985. One of them was 11-year-old Karenna Gore. Back home, Karenna’s mother was shocked to hear Prince sing, on the album’s fifth track Darling Nikki: “I knew a girl named Nikki / I guess you could say she was a sex fiend / I met her in a hotel lobby/ masturbating with a magazine.”“I couldn’t believe my ears,” said Karenna’s mother, Tipper Gore. “The vulgar lyrics embarrassed both of us. At first, I was stunned – then I got mad!” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on SaturdayMinisters are to give police new powers to target repeated protests, aimed particularly at cracking down on demonstrations connected to Gaza, the Home Office has said.The announcement, made the morning after almost 500 people were arrested in London for expressing support for Palestine Action, a proscribed organisation, could allow police to order regular protests to take place at a different site. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Postecoglou searching for Forest win, WSL action and Ipswich v Norwich – matchday live

⚽ News, previews and discussion before Sunday’s action⚽ Jonathan Wilson on Palace’s flight | And email us hereOn the subject of doing the opposite, how are Ipswich fans feeling about today? Will the Old Farm hoodoo finally be broken? Get in touch via the link above or below the line the comment section.This is a textbook case of the football fan reverse anxiety complex, it’s commonly associated with the great philosopher George Costanza, who said that if everything is telling me one thing, then I must do the opposite: Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Brisbane Broncos beat Sydney Roosters in NRLW 2025 grand final – rugby league live

Broncos hold off Roosters for 22-18 victory at Accor StadiumAny thoughts? Get in touch with an email4 mins: After letting the ball bounce from that fifth tackle kick, the Roosters go into panic mode a little and knock on midway through their set, giving the Broncos the ball back in decent field position. Broughton puts in a deft little kick for the Broncos on the fifth, regathers, gets a pass away, but some sensational tryline defence from the Roosters forces a handover.2 mins: The Roosters start with a big pass and a strong hit up and there is plenty of fire from both teams. Kernick has an immediate impact with her first touch on the fourth tackle, making great ground. The Roosters put up a high kick and their defence is working hard from the Broncos’ first tackle. Both teams complete their first set – the Broncos get the ball back when their kick is allowed to bounce, but are wrapped up easily. Continue reading...

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