8 d. ago DJ Charlie Sloth says he was homeless at 16 and ‘sleeping on park benches’

The producer previously hosted the late-night weekday slot as well as Saturday night’s The Rap Show on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra.

Politics

9 d. ago South Park has become the most important TV show of the Trump 2.0 era | Jesse Hassenger

This season of the long-running animated sitcom has aimed its ire at the cruelty and stupidity of an administration others have found hard to successfully ridiculeI’ll admit it: I’m more of a Simpsons guy than a South Park guy. Nothing really against those South Park guys – I’ve caught plenty of episodes over its astonishing near-30-year run, and loved the 1999 big-screen movie. But while I haven’t always maintained clockwork viewership of The Simpsons, either, those characters have proved durable enough to revive my interest in episodes old and new. South Park has a thinner bench by comparison, and as the show itself astutely pointed out years ago, it’s difficult for a satirically minded animated sitcom to explore ground that The Simpsons hasn’t covered already. South Park’s political bent, too, has often seemed less varied than the warmer (but still sometimes cutting) social ribbing of Matt Groening’s signature show. It’s a fine line between omnidirectional satire and libertarian ...

Politics

1 week ago Homeless man battered to death with barbell as he lay sleeping in block of flats

Evan Lyons bludgeoned Christopher Phillips, 42, to death as he lay on a landing at a block of flats on August 13, 2023.

Events

1 week ago Oxford Street rough sleepers 'evicted from Park Lane camp' as sleeping bags line up on famous shopping destination

Park Lane encampment was dismantled by Transport for London (TfL) earlier this summer

Economics

1 week ago Oxford Street rough sleepers were evicted from Park Lane homeless encampment

Park Lane encampment was dismantled by Transport for London (TfL) earlier this summer

Politics

1 week ago Oxford Street rough sleepers were ‘evicted from homeless encampment’

Park Lane encampment was dismantled by Transport for London (TfL) earlier this summer

Politics

3 w. ago 'I let homeless people sleep on my sofa, even my mum thinks I'm mad'

Over the past five years Stuart Potts has offered hundreds of homeless people a place to stay

Politics