48 h. ago Christy review – Sydney Sweeney fights a losing battle in cliched boxing biopic

Toronto film festival: The rising star makes for a convincing boxer inside the ring in David Michôd’s by-the-numbers drama but flounders when outsideEven before Sydney Sweeney became better known for being in the centre of an increasingly absurd culture war, the unavoidable campaign to make her Hollywood’s Next Big Thing was showing signs of fatigue. The Euphoria grad, who gave a resonant performance in Reality, scored a sleeper hit with glossed up romcom Anyone But You but audiences were more impressed than critics, including myself (I found her performance strangely stilted). There was little interest from either side in her nun horror Immaculate, and earlier this summer her incredulously plotted Apple movie Echo Valley went the way of many Apple movies (no one knows it exists).Post-thinkpieces, two of her festival duds (Eden and Americana) disappeared at the box office and she now arrives at Toronto in need of a win. And what better way to achieve that by going for an old-fashion...

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3 d. ago RBC Hires Citi's Ron Ruffini as Managing Director in London Amid Global Talent War

RBC Hires Citi's Ron Ruffini as Managing Director in London Amid Global Talent War  AInvest

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4 d. ago London Mayor joins Green party in calling for London arms fair to be scrapped

London Mayor joins Green party in calling for London arms fair to be scrapped  Hackney Citizen

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4 d. ago Sudden landslip causes chaos for trains between Milton Keynes and London

Sudden landslip causes chaos for trains between Milton Keynes and London  Milton Keynes Citizen

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4 d. ago Radiohead announce first tour dates since 2018 – and face boycott from pro

Activists have asked fans to spurn the gigs until the band ‘convincingly distances itself’ from guitarist Jonny Greenwood performing in Tel Aviv during the Gaza warRadiohead have announced their first live shows in seven years, the source of much anticipation by fans. Flyers posted in cities around Europe teased dates in London, Copenhagen, Madrid, Berlin and Bologna, which the band have now officially confirmed for this winter.The band will play four-night residencies at a single venue in each country, with the Spanish, Italian and UK runs coming in November, and the Danish and German dates in December. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago It looks like Radiohead are teasing their first gigs in seven years in London, Copenhagen and other European cities

It looks like Radiohead are teasing their first gigs in seven years in London, Copenhagen and other European cities  NME

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6 d. ago Bengaluru woman cop told to pay ₹2 lakh to UK citizen over missed London flight: Know why

Bengaluru woman cop told to pay ₹2 lakh to UK citizen over missed London flight: Know why  Mint

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8 d. ago American woman living in the UK reveals the common US habit that would send the average Brit 'into a coma'

Maxine Berry, who is known on TikTok as Yorkshire Yank, regularly shares the cultural differences she's noticed between living in England and previously residing in the States.

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9 d. ago Betting Culture in London: A Look Into the City’s Evolving Gaming Scene

Betting Culture in London: A Look Into the City’s Evolving Gaming Scene  London Post

Culture

9 d. ago U.K. bars Israeli officials from defense trade show in London, citing escalation of Gaza war

U.K. bars Israeli officials from defense trade show in London, citing escalation of Gaza war  CBS News

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1 week ago Kneecap cancel all US tour dates over clash with court hearing in London

Band member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh faces terrorism charge in UK for alleged display of Hezbollah flag mid-performanceThe Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap have cancelled their scheduled US tour dates in October, citing the proximity to a court hearing in London involving band member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh’s alleged mid-performance display of a Hezbollah flag.Ó hAnnaidh, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, was charged with a terrorism offence in the UK in May after being accused of displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah during a concert in London last November. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago It’s the great grandparent revolt – and it shows we parents aren’t the only ones burnt out by family life | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Politicians are scrabbling to raise birthrates, but when the older generation is the only childcare safety net, that’s a problem ‘Enslaved grandparent syndrome” – sounds extreme, doesn’t it? But that’s what some psychologists in Spain are calling the childcare burden faced by older people in that country, where 35% of people over the age of 65 take care of their grandchildren several days a week. In my London neighbourhood, the sight of a grandparent pushing a baby in a buggy, or a toddler in a swing, is fairly common, but in Madrid, even more so. The latest Europe-wide survey, in 2016, found the proportion of over 65s undertaking childcare at least several days a week in southern European countries – Spain especially, but also in Italy and Greece – is much higher than in France (13%) and Germany (15%) or the UK (18%).This is the result of historical cultural norms of shared care between generations, but now some Spanish grandparents are fighting back. After working all their lives,...

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2 w. ago 'Serious failure' in communication between venues and Fringe Society, Assembly founder warns

The Fringe Society met with deputy first minister Kate Forbes

Events

2 w. ago 'Eberechi Eze became a different animal in training – I wouldn't go near him'

On the verge of a transfer to Arsenal, Eberechi Eze's former team-mates have told the story of how he evolved his game to earn a return to the Emirates Stadium

Politics

2 w. ago Increased betting tax would be a hurdle that horse racing may not overcome

Comment: Why a proposal from the government to change the betting tax could devastate this integral part of British culture

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2 w. ago Chimamanda has returned to fiction after 12 years. But is the author stuck in the 2010s?

As a talent, the Dream Count writer remains confident and commanding – but as a social commentator, Adichie seems strandedDon’t already get The Long Wave in your inbox? Sign up hereIt’s summer reading time, and I have finally dived into Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Dream Count, her highly anticipated return to fiction after a 12-year hiatus. This week, I give a review of sorts – what was most striking about the work is how it feels of a certain time, and how Adichie is an icon who sits between two eras.Feminist icon to pop culture artefact? Continue reading...

Culture

2 w. ago ‘Liam Gallagher is funnier than most standups!’: Is comedy the new rock’n’roll – or vice versa?

Oasis’s tour gobbled up Edinburgh audiences while fringe comics put on shows about Britpop and Arctic Monkeys. The music industry and the funny business could be more entwined than ever‘Comedy is the new rock’n’roll!” This line, variously attributed to a defunct listings mag, a member of the Comedy Store Players and Janet Street-Porter, became common currency in the 1990s, when comedy gatecrashed arenas with Newman and Baddiel’s maiden Wembley gig in 1993. Had the art of making people laugh eclipsed – in size, public enthusiasm, cultural cachet – the art of making people groove?It feels like a quaint conversation in light of the arrival of Oasis’s mega-tour in Edinburgh this month, which triggered panic among standups at the gazumping of their fringe audience. But has comedy returned to playing second fiddle to its sexier, better-loved big brother? Or are such distinctions meaningless in a cultural landscape unrecognisable from the 1990s? Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Citi's London job cuts included various members of the sustainable finance team

Citi's London job cuts included various members of the sustainable finance team  eFinancialCareers

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3 w. ago Trying to keep cool in an increasingly hot world – picture essay

The Cooling Solution is a photographic and scientific project that aims to show how people are adapting to high temperatures and increasing humidity across different countries, cultures and socioeconomic conditionsAs temperatures rise around the world, the inequality between those who can afford to stay cool and those forced to suffer is laid ever more bare. For some, air conditioning is a given; for others it is an unaffordable luxury.The photographer Gaia Squarci and researcher Jacopo Crimi visited Brazil, India, Indonesia and Italy to photograph the stories of people in extreme heat and how they are learning to adapt to it. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago London Is Officially One of the Best Cities in the World for Gen Z

London Is Officially One of the Best Cities in the World for Gen Z  Time Out Worldwide

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