66 m. ago My cultural awakening: A Timothée Chalamet drama made me leave my partner – and check him into rehab

It took a viewing of the 2018 film Beautiful Boy, about a father and his addict son, for me to see that my relationship had become damagingly codependentTwo summers ago, I met a man on a dating app who would become my boyfriend. The red flags were there from the start, but I ignored them all. When I stayed at his, he didn’t have a towel to offer me, and he never changed his sheets. It became obvious that he didn’t know how to look after himself. Even though, in reality, he could survive without me (similar to how a teenage boy would survive on his own, eating burgers in bed), I felt like, if I wasn’t there to buy groceries, cook and clean, he might die. He would disappear for days, on a drink- or drugs-fuelled bender, and I’d assume he’d overdosed in a basement somewhere. I lived in fear that something terrible would happen to him. I became his boyfriend and his caregiver.This was a familiar role for me: I’d done it in all my previous relationships. I needed to be needed. If the per...

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66 m. ago Stick: Owen Wilson’s charmingly funny golf drama is as feelgood as Ted Lasso

It’s easy to forget the Hollywood star is also an Oscar-nominated writer and highly subtle actor. He’s perfect in this gentle, humane tale of a washed-up sportsman trying to regain his mojo as a mentorGolf is – apologies to fans, the ground is gonna get a little rough – inert material for TV and film. It’s not explosively combative like say football, either American or actual. In golf, players interact with the environment, not each other. There is no time pressure. Physical adjustments are minute, the airborne ball impossible to see. For casual spectators, the experience mostly amounts to watching a middle-aged man shuffle above a tiny ball, like an emperor penguin sitting on an egg. The sound of even a world-beating putt is a soft plop.However, a lack of basic knowledge brought me late to Friday Night Lights, a show that became one of my favourites. I’d like to avoid making that mistake with Stick (Apple TV+, from Wednesday 4 June), so let’s see. Wisely, the show isn’t aiming at F...

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2 h. ago Food You Want to Eat review: Bad boy chef Thomas Straker turns over a delicious new leaf

Thomas Straker. Oh boy. Where do you know that name from? Pop quiz: is he a) the viral Instagram chef who fiddles with butter, b) the owner of an eponymous celeb-magnet restaurant, or c) a former pariah of the restaurant world, who in 2023 upset the internet’s collective apple cart by posting a celebratory picture of his all-male, all-white chef brigade?

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2 h. ago Summer dress guide 2025: the trends to know for the beach, office and Royal Ascot

From tomato red to gothic florals, Joe Bromley on the six trends to know this summer

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2 h. ago Beautiful hidden gem London hotel where celebrities stay and with fascinating past

OK! checked in to Henry's Townhouse in London's Marylebone, once the home of Jane Austen's brother and which has been transformed into a stunning boutique hotel

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3 h. ago Quiet UK seaside town named as one of UK's top summer destinations

The travel review website has released its summer travel index for 2025, revealing the fastest growing destinations in the UK, with one destination much closer to home making the list

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3 h. ago ‘I found London’s coolest party house where rock stars stay and with fascinating past’

Looking for a unique spot to stay – or celebrate – in the capital? We found a charming and luxurious hidden gem of a hotel rich in history in London's Marylebone district

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5 h. ago Live Review: Alan Sparhawk at EartH Theatre in Dalston, London, UK

Live Review: Alan Sparhawk at EartH Theatre in Dalston, London, UK  Northern Transmissions

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7 h. ago Rachel Reeves set to revive Tory plans to invest in the Red Wall as Labour tries to head off Reform threat

Rachel Reeves is said to have ordered a review of the framework to enable investment in the North and Midlands at next month's spending review.

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7 h. ago Clint Eastwood's daughter Francesca is PREGNANT: Nepo baby expecting second child 7 months after arrest drama

Francesca Eastwood has revealed she's expecting her second child-uplifting news following her felony domestic violence arrest last fall.

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8 h. ago ‘New era of threat’ amid changing face of war, UK defence review to warn

MoD document expected to highlight dangers posed by Russia and China, and shortfall in UK troop numbersBritain is facing “a new era of threat” with drones, artificial intelligence and other technologies changing the nature of warfare more fundamentally than at any other point in history, the government’s strategic defence review is expected to conclude on Monday.The 130-page document written by three advisers to the prime minister, Keir Starmer, will warn of the “immediate and pressing” danger posed by Russia and is expected to try to draw heavily on lessons learned from the war in Ukraine. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Inside the "strange and weird" world of Dept. Q with Edinburgh's Chloe Pirrie

Surreal, strange, weird... what happens when you set a Scandi noir crime drama in Scotland.

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8 h. ago £1.5bn in extra funding for military homes as part of defence review – Healey

The review, expected soon, will set out the money, which will be put towards work to improve housing and unlock further development.

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8 h. ago Epstein accuser sues federal government saying FBI did ‘absolutely nothing’ after she reported her abuse

Politically-connected financier and convicted sex abuser died by suicide in a New York jail

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8 h. ago I’m in my 50s, and Jones Road’s tinted moisturizer is perfect for mature skin

The lightweight formula evens skin tone and delivers natural-looking radiance

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9 h. ago Landlord shot and killed while trying to evict tenant, police say

Police said the tenant got “upset” when he was served an eviction notice

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9 h. ago Watch: Japan ambassador gives Irn Bru 1901 recipe the thumbs up

His Excellency Hiroshi Suzuki had tried Irn Bru earlier during his visit, but not the original 1901 recipe

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10 h. ago And Just Like That season three review – finally! The Sex and the City spin off hits its stride

The series has given up trying to squeeze its characters into the modern age and is content to just be. Fans of the original will sink into it as if it is made of marshmallows and airIt all fell into place for me around the shoe montage. Roughly halfway through the third season of And Just Like That, there is an on-screen procession of footwear, strident and unapologetically far too long. Carrie has been accused by her downstairs neighbour of walking too loudly on the floor above his bed. A parade of sandals, boots and mules strut back and forth across a polished and expensive wooden floor. I watched this march of the stilettos and began to suspect that the storyline had been retrofitted to the idea of simply showing off the shoes. And I realised that, even if that is the case, I don’t mind at all, because And Just Like That has found its feet.It took a while for it to get there, but finally, the Sex and the City spin-off feels comfortable in its own skin. If the first two seasons w...

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10 h. ago Police in Hawaii accused of arresting sober drivers to meet DUI quota: ‘I was pretty scared, pretty terrified’

From 2022 through 2024, Honolulu police arrested 127 people who had a blood-alcohol content level of 0.000 after a breath or blood test for driving under the influence, according to the lawsuit

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10 h. ago Liverpool parade crash suspect Paul Doyle accused in court of ‘using vehicle as a weapon’

Paul Doyle set to attend plea hearing in August and given provisional trial date in November

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