5 h. ago Coatbridge photographer launches Kickstarter campaign to fund new photo book

John McKenna is looking to get 'Japan: Transient Moments', a project inspired by the Buddhist concepts of impermanence and transience, into publication.

Culture

7 d. ago Fatboy Slim: ‘We converted the indie kids into rave monkeys – and it felt good’

The chart-topping DJ is releasing a photobook to commemorate 40 years in music. In this extract, he discusses the rise of big beat, a genre that fused acid house with the ‘anarchic rebellion’ of punk, and propelled him into the big timeMost artists struggle with the “difficult” second album. Not wanting to sound big-headed, but this was not the case for me. The early success, especially of tunes such as Going Out of My Head and Everybody Needs a 303, had crystalised in my mind where all of this was going. I knew what was turning people on and had kinda cracked the formula of how the next album should sound. The formula was: breakbeats from my love of hip-hop, the anarchic rebellion of punk, the energy of acid house and hooks from the pop music I grew up on. I had all the thrift store samples built into a library for audio collage, and a club to test out new tunes.This new movement in music so far had no name to pigeonhole it. We, and journalists, tried various options such...

Events

9 d. ago AI bubble now number one risk for markets, say fund managers

Fund managers' worries about a bubble - when share prices surge to unsustainably high levels - have tripled over the past month, according to the poll from Bank of America.

Economics

9 d. ago Candid New York: George Bradford Brainerd’s pioneering early work – in pictures

In the 1870s, a civil engineer devised early handheld cameras able to capture scenes with more detail than ever. He used the technology to document people on New York streets, from musicians to beggars to paperboys. The work of the innovator, often referred to as the ‘father of instantaneous photography’, has been compiled into a book by Erik Hesselberg called Candid New York: The Pioneering Photography of George Bradford Brainerd, out on 21 October Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Swinney ‘thinking warmly’ of late MSP Christina McKelvie at Wear It Pink event

Campaign has raised more than £43 million to fund research into breast cancer since it began in 2001

Events

3 w. ago Photographer releases London photo book shot mostly in Walthamstow during pandemic

Photographer releases London photo book shot mostly in Walthamstow during pandemic  Guardian Series

Culture

3 w. ago Serving detective and her husband used drones to smuggle thousands of pounds worth of heroin, cannabis and spice into prisons 'to order' to fund their luxury lifestyle

Mother-of-three Clare Davenport, then a detective constable with Staffordshire Police, and her husband Peter King worked 'in tandem' to enrich themselves.

Events

3 w. ago BAILLIE GIFFORD AMERICAN FUND: Mega rebound from US fund that wants to look tech titans in the eye

The mission is to invest in some of the most exciting growth companies in the United States and generate exceptional long-term returns.

Science

3 w. ago Tories demand Commons sleaze investigation after leaked texts suggested secret slush fund to propel Starmer to Labour leadership

The WhatsApp messages appear to directly contradict the party's denials last week that embattled Chief of Staff, Morgan McSweeney, used his Labour Together think tank to back Sir Keir.

Politics

3 w. ago Macron comes under pressure to PARDON his shamed predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy after French ex president was sentenced to five years in jail for criminal conspiracy

A Paris court sentenced Sarkozy, to five years in jail and a €100,000 fine over allegations he sought millions from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to fund his 2007 election campaign.

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