3 h. ago ‘He threw body piercing parties and lay on a bed of nails’: the wild life of body modification guru Fakir Musafar

A new documentary explores how the pioneer of the ‘modern primitive’ subculture used painful BDSM practices to access new spiritual planes – outraging conventional societyIn the opening moments of A Body to Live in, a documentary by American film-maker Angelo Madsen, we are confronted with two black-and-white photographs. Taken in 1944 by the teenage Roland Loomis, they show him stripped to his underwear, his waist heavily restricted by a leather belt, a rope wrapped several times around his neck.Loomis later renamed himself Fakir Musafar and became one of the founders of the modern primitive movement – a subculture that revolves around body modification practices including branding, suspension, contortion and binding. A Body to Live in, which premieres internationally at London’s BFI Flare film festival this week, dissects Musafar’s body of work, which explored the tension between masculinity and femininity, pain and pleasure, spirituality and S&M. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago London Fashion Week through the eyes of fashion and textiles students

London Fashion Week through the eyes of fashion and textiles students  N.C. State University Technician Online

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14 h. ago Canada announces C$6bn deal with Australia to develop Arctic radar missile

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney says deal on ‘over the horizon’ radar is part of effort to assert Canada’s sovereignty over Arctic as US priorities shiftThe Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has announced a C$6bn deal (A$6.6bn) with Australia to develop an Arctic radar system, warning that Canada must take more responsibility for its defence as US priorities shift.Carney made the announcement on Tuesday in Iqaluit, capital of the Nunavut territory in the Canadian Arctic, on the final leg of his first official trip as prime minister since taking over from Justin Trudeau last week. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Justin Trudeau gives peek into his new life as a single dad after resigning as prime minister of Canada

Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau showed off his new life in an Instagram post, displaying a charming smile as he showed off his newly purchased kitchenware.

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22 h. ago Canada's new prime minister visits country's Arctic region to assert sovereignty

New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived at the edge of the Arctic Circle in an effort to assert sovereignty over the increasingly contested region

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25 h. ago Banks lift London's FTSE 100 ahead of BoE rate call this week

Banks lift London's FTSE 100 ahead of BoE rate call this week  Reuters UK

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38 h. ago Canadian PM Mark Carney warns Trump ‘disrespectful’ 51st state threats ‘need to stop’

Canada’s new prime minister Mark Carney has warned Donald Trump the US president’s threats to annexe Canada as the 51st state must stop if the two countries are to broach trade talks.

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41 h. ago Carney visits Macron and Starmer as he seeks alliances amid Trump trade war

Canadian PM stresses importance of ‘reliable allies’ in Paris before travelling to London where he was received by kingCanada is the “most European of the non-European countries”, Mark Carney has said during his first overseas trip as prime minister to France and the UK, where he is seeking stronger alliances to deal with Donald Trump’s attacks on his country’s sovereignty and economy.Without mentioning the US president by name, Carney and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, made a joint appearance in Paris to show a united stance against what they said were economic and geopolitical crises – a reference to Trump’s trade war and “America first” diplomacy that has left longtime allies scrambling. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Mark Carney is greeted by equerry Johnny Thompson as he meets King Charles during first foreign trip as Canada's new Prime Minister

Equerry Johnny Thompson was once one of the late Queen's most senior bodyguards and now serves His Majesty.

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43 h. ago Why pictures of Tom Cruise and Ana de Armas prove they are NOT dating

The actors were twice pictured arriving at a heliport in Battersea, south west London, last week, just one month after they dined out around Valentine's Day.

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45 h. ago Tube drivers encouraged to vote in favour of 'once in a generation' offer of four

Aslef encourages members to back London Underground modernisation

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46 h. ago Canadian PM dragged into Jeffrey Epstein scandal as Ghislaine Maxwell pics emerge

The new Prime Minister of Canada has been dragged into an Epstein pic scandal as photographs of the former governor of the Bank of England alongside Ghislaine Maxwell have emerged

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48 h. ago The Best London Fashion Week Shows Weren’t Even Happening at LFW

The Best London Fashion Week Shows Weren’t Even Happening at LFW  New Wave Magazine

Culture

48 h. ago London weather: Capital to be hotter than the Algarve this week as temperatures hit 21C

The official start to spring looks like being exceptionally warm in London

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48 h. ago Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney dragged into Epstein scandal over Ghislaine Maxwell picture

Donald Trump’s MAGA supporters have begun circulating the images in an attempt to smear the former Bank of England boss, who is today at Downing Street

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49 h. ago London to see mini heatwave this week with temperatures hotter than Ibiza

London to see mini heatwave this week with temperatures hotter than Ibiza  Yahoo News UK

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49 h. ago The south London DLR and Overground diversions, changes and cancellations this week

The south London DLR and Overground diversions, changes and cancellations this week  Yahoo News UK

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51 h. ago Canada PM Carney visits France and UK as Trump trade war deepens

Carney aims to bolster European alliances in wake of US president’s attacks on Canada’s sovereigntyMark Carney, the new Canadian prime minister, has arrived in Paris on his first stop of a visit to France and the UK as he seeks to bolster European alliances to deal with Donald Trump’s attacks on Canada’s sovereignty and economy.Carney is deliberately making his first foreign trip to the capital cities of the two countries that shaped Canada’s early existence. At his swearing-in ceremony on Friday, Carney noted the country was built on the bedrock of three peoples: Indigenous, French and British. He said Canada was fundamentally different from the US and would “never, ever, in any way shape or form, be part of the United States”. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago London travel news LIVE: Latest Tube and train status updates with severe delays on the Bakerloo line

London commuters are gearing up for another busy week in the capital as Monday comes back around yet again.

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53 h. ago London travel news LIVE: Latest Tube and train status updates as morning rush hour gets under way

London commuters are gearing up for another busy week in the capital as Monday comes back around yet again.

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