27 h. ago Chelsea fans rip into Jamie Carragher as Sky Sports pundit reveals 'hot take' for new season

Jamie Carragher has made a prediction that does not sit well with Chelsea's fans ahead of the new season as the Blues prepare for Champions League action after a spell out of the competition

Sport

7 d. ago Health officials issue warning as alert announced with UK temperatures to hit 30C

Brits have been urged to 'take sensible precautions' ahead of the UK's next hot spell

Events

7 d. ago Former watering hole in Ayrshire to be turned into hot food takeaway after plans are approved

Plans were previously lodged with South Ayrshire Council, seeking permission for a change of use, alterations and the erection of a flue at the old watering hole.

Politics

9 d. ago Matt and Emma Willis spill on ghosting, breakup sex and their ‘mortifying’ proposal

In celebration of Love is Blind UK season 2, co-hosts (and ultimate relationship goals) Matt and Emma Willis join a special episode of Overrated or Underrated to share their piping hot takes on love and dating.

Politics

1 week ago Fans are all saying the same thing about Tom Brady's lack of football knowledge in cringe

Tom Brady has been criticised by football fans for stating the obvious with a not-so-hot take on the type of superstar that the US national team need to breed.

Sport

2 w. ago Authority: Essays on Being Right by Andrea Long Chu review – scorching hot takes

The Pulitzer-winning critic has some choice words for the likes of Zadie Smith, Hanya Yanagihara and Bret Easton EllisAndrea Long Chu stands accused of not playing by the rules, of appraising works of fiction as if they were essays or confessions rather than aesthetic objects. “It is true that I tend to treat a novel like an argument”, she writes in the introduction to Authority, a collection of essays and reviews published between 2018 and 2023 in outlets such as N+1, Bookforum and New York Magazine. Long Chu – who won a Pulitzer prize for criticism in 2023 – believes “all novels refract the veiled subjectivity of their authors”, and to pretend otherwise is to indulge a “pernicious form of commodity fetishism”. In her reviews, books betray their authors, invariably revealing some kernel of inadequacy – be it immaturity, myopia or just terminal dullness.This approach borders on the psychoanalytical, and makes for fun reading. Long Chu diagnoses a case of “Munchausen by proxy” i...

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