51 h. ago The Four Seasons, A Complete Unknown and Model/Actriz: the week in rave reviews

Tina Fey returns with a starry sitcom, Chalamet’s Dylan biopic is on streaming and the New York quartet make a joyful noise. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Chilling Classic Crime for combatting the May heat: The Soho Murder by Mike Hollow, The Ten Teacups by Carter Dickson, Murder On Bluebell Hill by Jane Bettany

Barry Turner reviews the best Classic Crime novels out now.

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3 d. ago Best oven and hob deals for May 2025: Cheap offers on electric and gas models

Oven or hob not working as it should? Deals to make a new purchase easier on your wallet

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3 d. ago Model/Actriz: Pirouette review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(True Panther Sounds/Dirty Hit)Inspired by Mariah and Kylie but full of jackhammer rhythms and noise, the quartet’s second album could attract a big followingYou can see why Model/Actriz’s 2023 debut album Dogsbody attracted a lot of approving critical attention. In an era when rock music largely leans towards familiarity – where originality has essentially come to mean rearranging recognisable sounds from the past in a relatively fresh way – here was a band who genuinely didn’t seem to sound much like anyone else.The Brooklyn quartet had released a handful of noisy singles pre-Covid, which attracted vague comparisons to the notoriously challenging clangour of the late 70s no wave movement or the frenetic dance-punk of Liars, an outlier band on the far left field of the early 00s New York scene that gave the world the Strokes and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. But on Dogsbody they honed their sound into something entirely their own. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Best laptop deals in the UK for May 2025: Cheap offers on top models

Tip tap away on a discounted tech

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4 d. ago Best microwave deals in May 2025: Save on top tried and tested models

We’ve found the cheapest options from Samsung, Sage and more

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5 d. ago Dealer’s Choice review – Hammed Animashaun is the ace in a busted flush

Donmar Warehouse, LondonPatrick Marber’s debut play about a group of poker players brims with banter, but this pallid 30th-anniversary revival exposes its weaknessesIn 1995, two British playwrights made their debuts with all-male, six-character chamber-pieces strongly influenced by Pinter and Mamet, and set over one long, tense night in London. Jez Butterworth’s Mojo and Patrick Marber’s Dealer’s Choice proved to be superficially dazzling calling cards rather than enduring classics. Now a pallid 30th-anniversary revival of the latter reveals its weaknesses.Set in a restaurant where the manager Stephen (the Paul Bettany-esque Daniel Lapaine) and his employees Frankie (Alfie Allen), Sweeney (Theo Barklem-Biggs) and Mugsy (Hammed Animashaun) are gearing up for a late-night card game, the play brims with bants.At Donmar Warehouse, London, until 7 June Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump has found in El Salvador a model for the repressive state he wants to build – and he’s just getting started | Jordana Timerman

Nayib Bukele has shown how brutal control can be sustained not just through force, but by raising the cost of speaking outThe Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) maximum security prison in El Salvador is the crown jewel of President Nayib Bukele’s efforts to quash not only criminal gangs, but also criticism and political opposition to his government. The “mega-prison” is also one of the more visible destinations in the emerging map of American deportations – a sprawling archipelago that includes conservative US districts, the Guantánamo military base and Central American waypoints connected by a tangle of military and charter flights.That the two states have connected their penal architecture is no coincidence. Donald Trump’s aggressive policies towards foreigners build on Bukele’s infamous iron fist crackdown against criminal gangs: it’s a political toolkit that leverages anti-establishment anger to justify an authoritarian slide. In deploying strongman tactics to address social c...

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2 w. ago Are these SUVs now modern classics? Noughties cars like Porsche's Cayenne will be collector's items, experts say

Hagerty has earmarked four segment-driving SUVs from the noughties it believes have the ingredients to go on to become modern classics. Would you snap one up?

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2 w. ago Secret Aladdin's cave of 180 classic cars hidden in the English countryside for years is uncovered

There has been huge interest in the auction, which will take place at the site on June 28 this year, as car enthusiasts wonder whether they might be able to pick up a motoring gem for a bargain price.

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2 w. ago France’s Sakina Karchaoui: ‘If everyone brings their own little madness, it will make us win’

PSG player on her reinvention in midfield, Euro 2025 confidence and how she embraces her role-model statusSakina Karchaoui is one of the most popular players in the France team. Perhaps the most popular. But when she joins us at 9am at Clairefontaine, the national centre of French football, Les Bleues’ No 7 appears quite shy. Wearing a blue tracksuit emblazoned with the French rooster, she smiles for the first time when Kenza Dali teases her: “Interview for the Guardian in English please, Saki!”Spring has finally sprung in the French capital and for the native of Salon-de-Provence, in southern France, the prospect of training in the sunshine is another reason to smile. “We are almost ready for the Euros,” Karchaoui says as she looks at the training ground below. “We work a lot tactically with the coach, we work technically, physically, all aspects of football. I think we can win many things together; we’ve got so much talent. And if everyone brings their own little madness, their ow...

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2 w. ago Best men’s wallets and card holders from designer to classics

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2 w. ago Motorist 'blew a gasket' after neighbour complained about classic car

Peter Jibb has been driving his Austin since 1979

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3 w. ago Acclaimed Al Pacino film that ‘broke steak’ is airing on TV tonight

The legendary actor has appeared in many classic films over the course of his career.

Culture

3 w. ago Cars that become classics in 2025: These 10 models all turn 40 this year

When you hear the words 'classic car' you're mind drifts away typically to think about iconic models from yesteryear like Silver Birch Aston Martin DB5s. But probably not Renault Espace MPVs...

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3 w. ago Coronation Street Carl Webster star's Hollywood roles and appearing in cult classic TV show

Jonathan Howard joined Coronation Street but has also starred in some huge hits

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3 w. ago Tesla stops taking orders in China for two models imported from US

Carmaker removes ‘order now’ buttons for Model S saloon and Model X SUV on its Chinese website amid tariffs warBusiness live – latest updatesTesla has stopped taking orders in China for two models it previously imported from the US, as companies scramble to adapt to prohibitive tariffs imposed in Donald Trump’s trade war.The manufacturer, run by Trump’s close ally Elon Musk, removed “order now” buttons on its Chinese website for its Model S saloon and Model X sports utility vehicle. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 13 best fans for 2025 – tried and tested models to help you stay cool

Be prepared for when the temperature rises, with these top-rated fans

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3 w. ago Meet the WAGs of the Masters 2025: A Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, a rising tennis star, the daughter of a hockey legend and two high school sweethearts

Most of the Masters focus will be on the course but the players' wives and girlfriends will be attracting attention too. Mail Sport takes a look at the glamorous partners set to steal the show at Augusta.

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3 w. ago Classic car cohort returns to Crieff Hydro for veterans charity event

Motoring fans were dazzled by a display of classic and supercars at the weekend as an impressive convoy of vehicles returned to Crieff Hydro Hotel in aid of the veterans’ charity, Erskine.

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