3 h. ago Breaking the Binary: meet the founder behind a US theater company for trans and non

George Strus founded Breaking the Binary Theatre, one of the only theatrical spaces in the US created for and run by gender-expansive artists, in 2022For George Strus, theater was one of many roving interests during their childhood in northern New Jersey.First, there was baseball. Then, a short stint in ice skating. “I was really into Webkinz for like, two months,” said the 27-year-old during a phone interview. A fixation on Sillybandz, the brightly colored, animal shaped rubber bracelets, soon followed. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago New Oasis warning for ticketless fans in Manchester as ring of steel put around city

Ticketless Oasis fans have been warned not to turn up to Heaton Park amid increased intervention to keep the public and local environment and livestock safe after what happened at previous concerts

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4 h. ago Oasis Heaton Park live as weather and traffic warnings issued ahead of big show

We're Rolling With It into the weekend

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4 h. ago £20k reward offered to solve murder of boy, 15, shot dead at London park festival

Rene Graham died after being shot at a music festival a crowded park in Ladbroke Grove, west London.

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5 h. ago Johnny Depp's rocky road back from cancellation: Pirates of the Caribbean actor is attempting to revive his career after bitter court battle with Amber Heard

Critics have slammed Johnny Depp's directorial effort, Modì: Three Days on the Wing of Madness - a biographical drama based on the life of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani.

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5 h. ago Roger Norrington: a maverick, an irresistible firebrand and a musical visionary

The conductor, whose historically informed evangelism helped transform the classical music world, has died. Tom Service remembers a man who looked to the past to find a fresh and thrilling present.• Five key Norrington recordingsThe conductor Sir Roger Norrington, whose death was announced yesterday at the age of 91, remains still the maverick presence that classical music needs. His mission wasn’t only to make us hear the repertoire we thought it knew through the prism of the techniques and playing styles of its time, rather than the ossifications of later traditions. He was also an irresistible firebrand in performance, whose energy wasn’t only about inspiring his performers to get closer to the music they were playing, it was also an invitation to his audiences that their listening should be involved too. Norrington wanted everyone to feel the urgency of Beethoven’s rhetorical power and rudeness, from the radiance of one of his favourite pieces, the Missa Solemnis, to the emetic ...

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5 h. ago Fears rise over Yellowstone supervolcano eruption as new hole discovered in park basin

A new 13ft hole in a basin in Yellowstone National Park has been discovered by scientists leading to rising fears it could be on the verge of an eruption

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5 h. ago ‘Green shoots’ or coalmining past? Welsh town reacts to Labour and Reform’s visions for future

In the final part of a series, we look at the political battle for Bridgend after the closure of its Ford plantBattle over solar as Reform UK attacks net zeroTeesside divided over net zeroHow a refinery closure is hitting jobs and politicsWhy Reform is targeting manufacturing heartlands“It’s sad. I think it killed the town,” says Debbie, sitting in a cafe in Bridgend and recalling the closure of Ford’s south Wales engine plant almost five years ago. “There were lots of men and women working there at the end.”During its 40 years of operations, workers at Bridgend Ford produced 22m engines for Ford, Volvo and Jaguar cars, before it closed quietly in September 2020 during ongoing Covid restrictions. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Are US tariffs starting to bite? Trump, in denial over rising prices, targets Fed chief Powell

The White House is trying to drive out the Federal Reserve chair. Critics warn it would be a costly bid to pass the buckMemo from the White House: inflation is “right on track”, it declared this week, citing the latest official data. Price growth is now “very low”, according to Donald Trump. The actual statistics paint a markedly different picture.Just six months after he regained power, in part by promising to rapidly reduce prices, Trump has presided over the chaotic rollout of tariffs on an array of overseas products that many have argued risk having the exact opposite effect. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Semifreddo and granita: Jacob Kenedy’s recipes for Italian summer desserts

A Sicilian shaved ice dessert of fresh pomegranate juice and a luxurious frozen cream pudding layered with boozy cakeHere are two recipes that I’ve been eating at home with my family since even before the warmer weather started to make me smile: a tiramisu semifreddo and a granita, the Sicilian iced slush (made from fresh fruit juice, nut milks or coffee) that is is the Slush Puppie’s distinguished aunt. The ultimate refreshers on a sunny day at any time of the year. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Alun Wyn Jones appointed by King Charles but admits being 'apprehensive' by new military role

It is an honour for us to bring into the fold a true Welsh warrior

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6 h. ago Alun Wyn Jones appointed by King Charles to military role as Wales legend 'apprehensive'

It is an honour for us to bring into the fold a true Welsh warrior

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6 h. ago Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh says he has one big ‘concern’ over Oasis comeback gigs

Trainspotting author gives his thoughts on Oasis renunion tour

Culture

6 h. ago Oasis reunion: Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh says he has one big ‘concern’ over Oasis comeback gigs

Trainspotting author gives his thoughts on Oasis renunion tour

Culture

7 h. ago North Korea bars foreigners from recently unveiled ‘world class’ beach resort

North Korea halts foreigners’ access to Wonsan-Kalma tourism zone, citing temporary suspension of official tourism

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7 h. ago 'It's one the most thrilling West London openings for years': TOM PARKER BOWLES reviews The Hawthorn

A forlorn former boozer in West London is now a stylish foodie pub, and Tom is highly impressed

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7 h. ago Chris Hemsworth admits Limitless pushed him to the edge: ‘It almost killed me’

The new series sees him take on a fresh set of science-backed challenges - from climbing a 600-foot frozen wall in the Swiss Alps to drumming during an Ed Sheeran concert

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8 h. ago My cultural awakening: Miss Congeniality helped me to save my friend’s life

A scene from Sandra Bullock’s 2000 film gave me the courage to intervene at a crucial moment – and eventually led me to a career in journalismIt was a brie and cranberry panini that nearly killed my friend George. Six of us were squashed on to one picnic bench in Edinburgh, nine years ago, on our lunch break at a magazine. I felt an instant click with George when he we first met. I was an intern when I first met George, nauseous with first-day nerves. “Is that a Welsh twang I can hear? Sorry, I’m George!” he’d said, before talking me through the office milk-buying etiquette. We had that frenetic compatibility that makes you assume you’ll be friends for ever.Within a couple of years I’d become part of the team. That day at lunch, as someone cracked a joke, George mistimed his bite. He cleared his throat while we slapped his back and chuckled. Then the colour drained from his lips. His coughs turned to rattly gasps, his fingers flew to his collarbone and his eyes rolled back. Continue...

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8 h. ago What links the gramophone and Antoinette Perry? The Saturday quiz

From Olly Alexander, Simon Le Bon and Karen O to Beatrice and Virgil, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Who used to celebrate the anniversary of his 1658 kidney stone operation?2 Virgil and Beatrice were whose poetic guides?3 Which country is currently in its Reiwa era?4 Who is the only driver to win world titles on two and four wheels?5 Under what rural-sounding name did Amanda Owen find fame?6 Which river flows from Black Forest to Black Sea?7 Who is the Hindu creator god?8 Cartoonist Rube Goldberg was the US counterpart of which British artist?What links: 9 Lariat; opera; matinee; princess; choker?10 Olly Alexander; Simon Le Bon; Karen O; Marti Pellow; Katie White?11 A Room of One’s Own; The Common Reader; Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid?12 46656; 3125; 256; 27; 4; 1?13 Image orthicon tube; gramophone; Margaret Herrick’s uncle (possibly); Antoinette Perry?14 Viv Anderson, 1978, and Kerry Davis, 1982?15 Buchanan Castle; Tower of London; Spandau prison? Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Kendrick Lamar fans 'should prepare for one thing' ahead of sold

Kendrick Lamar fans are saying UK concert-goers should brace themselves for a brilliant show from the 'Not Like Us' hitmaker and fellow artist SZA, who will join the rapper on the tour

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