3 h. ago Conservative woman hits entitled trans person with brutal truth... and the internet goes wild

A clash between conservative commentator Arynne Wexler and a transgender woman has reignited the culture war online following her blunt remark about bathroom etiquette.

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7 h. ago What Can Art Tell Us About Love by Nick Trend: Want to understand art? It's all about love

Across 70 paintings Nick Trend exposes the romance in every great painter's brushstrokes.

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10 h. ago Justin Bieber and Hailey put on united front during outing as marriage fears intensify

Justin Bieber and his wife Hailey have appeared to brush off any concerns about their marriage as the pair headed on a night out after she 'unfollowed' him on social media

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10 h. ago Will you look at that! Why we are delighted by random, beautiful marvels | Patti Miller

They cannot be sold, made into a tasty dish or set to work. So what qualifies as a marvel? And why do we respond to them with such deep pleasure?Last Sunday, while I was walking along a coastal path in Sydney, I was stopped in my tracks by a marvel. It was first noticed, as these things often are, by a small boy who was walking with me. Look at that! We both stopped and gazed at the marvel.It sat on a low sandstone rock near the edge of the sea. We squatted down to examine it more closely. It was only a walking boot, but it was laced delicately all over the back and sides and tongue, and even the rim of the sole, with small white conical seashells, as if someone had stitched the shells into the fabric. The shells’ bright whiteness was tinged with a faint pink and there was a dark narrow opening where, with careful observation, we could see in each shell a soft living creature.Full fathom five thy father lies/ Of his bones are coral made/ Those are pearls that were his eyes/ Nothing ...

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11 h. ago For the age of Amorim, this Manchester derby feels like a decisive moment

Against a backdrop of internal strife, facing their sky blue rivals provides a struggling team with chance to rebuild the brandThis brave overhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, this collection of generic spires with a massive plastic handkerchief chucked over the top. Three weeks on from first sight of the conceptual drawings for Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s stately pleasure dome, also known as the proposed Manchester United Stadium Soccer Product Hub, there is still a sense of double-take about the whole thing.Early impressions of the new ground ranged from a defunct Venusian mercury mine, to Dubai Butlin’s, to a pointed corporate monument to our divided world. Welcome to the Staff Lunch Arena, embodiment of the 21st-century conviction that if you just stopped buying so many sandwiches and also fired the tea lady you could probably afford a vast and unattainable house. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago PETER HITCHENS: Lucy Letby's case has been torn apart by the world's greatest minds. Yet those who believe she shouldn't be retried all spout the same old tripe...

PETER HITCHENS: Whether Lucy Letby is guilty or innocent, please can we just get on with it and reopen the case?

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17 h. ago Ndiaye on the spot as Everton put further dent in slim Arsenal title hopes

Liverpool do not require favours to secure the Premier League title but their neighbours gave them one anyway. Everton denied Arsenal the victory they needed to maintain extremely thin hopes of challenging the league leaders courtesy of Iliman Ndiaye’s penalty.Leandro Trossard put Mikel Arteta’s visitors on course for a win their overall display just about deserved but a soft second-half spot-kick, awarded for a fall by Myles Lewis-Skelly into Jack Harrison, enabled Everton to secure a fifth draw in six Premier League matches. The upshot is that Arne Slot’s side need only 11 points from their final eight games to seal Liverpool’s 20th league championship. Arsenal can have no complaints over the destiny of this season’s title. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago What is up with car door handles these days? | Dave Schilling

Why is everything computerised, automated or impossible to turn off these days?I believe, deep in my soul, that car companies’ number one goal in life is to ruin the experience of driving. I don’t have any direct evidence of this conspiracy to rob us of the pleasure of the open road, other than the cacophony of beeps, blips, bloops and blops that greet us in the latest models. Oh, and the screens. Every year, they try to find a new place to glue a touchscreen in a car, like Pizza Hut hunting for more orifices to stuff cheese into one of their pies.Everything is computerized, automated or impossible to turn off. According to surveys of new-car buyers by the market research firm Strategic Vision, satisfaction with car controls plummeted by 23 percentage points in the last nine years. The whiz-bang gizmos foisted on the North American car buyer have devolved from the glorious, life-saving back-up camera to gesture controls that allow you to turn an invisible knob to crank up the volume...

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21 h. ago 'Britain's filthiest bathroom' unrecognisable after extreme cleaner spends 11 days scrubbing hoarder's home for free

British TikToker Victoria Gordon, took to the app to share the results of scouring a flat that was caked in filth and piled high with rubbish.

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23 h. ago Glazed Carlos Alcaraz perfect for the online world but still jarringly human

One clip has been watched 25m times but a Netflix documentary shows him in his childhood bedroom with Wimbledon trophyThere’s a Carlos Alcaraz clip on YouTube that has to date been viewed 25m times. The whole thing is a seven-second loop of him catching a ball on his racket at Wimbledon. Currently it also has well over a thousand comments, engaged in a constantly shifting battle for most-liked, most-approved, most gushingly enthused-over.You probably shouldn’t click on it because it is also addictive, a perfect moment of perfect Alcaraz, another endlessly replicating needle-prod of pleasure into your overstimulated brain. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Streaming: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy and the best older women age

The recent Bridget Jones sequel, a big hit at the UK box office, celebrates the romance between its middle-aged star and her gen-Z lover, but from Babygirl to The Mother, how do women on screen with younger partners usually fare?At this admittedly early stage of 2025, with all the noisy blockbusters of summer still ahead of us, the UK’s box-office report tells a nostalgic story. The year’s highest-grossing new release, raking in more than double its nearest rival, Captain America, is Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy – a sequel in which its American distributors had so little confidence that they booted it straight to streaming. Brits who missed it in cinemas can finally access it on VOD this week. The film itself is something of a pleasant surprise too: a tender-hearted, flannel-cosy romcom – easily the best in the series since the first, 2001’s Bridget Jones’s Diary – now suffused with the gentle melancholy of middle age.Age, of course, is a critical concern of this instalment, whi...

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26 h. ago Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest prediction: Premier League betting preview, odds and tips

Nottingham Forest travel to Villa Park as Nuno Espirito Santo looks to maintain his side's challenge for a Champions League spot while Unai Emery seeks to maintain his side's resurgence in form

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31 h. ago Sarina Wiegman pleased to see England picking up momentum in Belgium rout

England 5-0 Belgium: Keira Walsh and Aggie Beever-Jones scored their first goals as the Lionesses moved to the top of their Nations League group

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36 h. ago Disneyland fire sparks panicked evacuation as smoke billows over theme park

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36 h. ago Last One Laughing star Lou Sanders reveals 'degrading' scene that was cut from show

Last One Laughing star and comedian Lou Sanders has opened up about the "embarrassing" scene that she's pleased Prime Video cut from the successful comedy competition

Culture

37 h. ago Hugh Jackman, 56, takes nonagenarian as date to George Clooney's Broadway debut amid claims his estranged wife Deborra

Brushing off the drama, Hugh, 56, walked arm-in-arm with ceramic artist Pat, 95, to see George star in the adaptation of Good Night, And Good Luck at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City.

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37 h. ago Brick lobbed through Scots mum's window as family left 'shaken'

Emilia Jedruchniewicz came home from work to find her downstairs bathroom smashed on Wednesday, April 2.

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38 h. ago Hugh Jackman, 56, takes nonagenarian, 95, as red carpet date to George Clooney's Broadway debut amid claims his ex wife Deborra

Brushing off the drama, Hugh, 56, walked arm-in-arm with ceramic artist Pat, 95, to see George star in the adaptation of Good Night, And Good Luck at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City.

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39 h. ago Dealer tried to flush phone and SIM card down toilet as police burst in his door

An examination of Corey Barnett's phone revealed he was involved in the supply of cocaine.

Economics

39 h. ago Gamers brand Trump's tariffs 'diabolical' as Nintendo delay Switch 2 pre

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