48 m. ago Starter for Ten review – David Nicholls adaptation features some of the best musical numbers of recent years

Musical adaptation of the ‘One Day’ author’s debut novel makes for a delightful night at the theatre

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69 m. ago Americana review – Sydney Sweeney heads cast in eminently watchable crime drama

Cowboys and Indigenous Americans tackle cultural appropriation and the legacy of the old west in a plot that revolves around a stolen Lakota artefactThere is a whiff of grandiosity about this crime drama’s title, hinting at ambitions to say something a little bigger than usual for a movie about cowboys and Indigenous Americans concerning cultural identities and appropriation, the legacy of the old west, and so on. It doesn’t quite lasso the bronco, but the ambitions of writer-director Tony Tost’s yarn are ambitious and interesting, and he has at least assembled a cracking cast to tell it.Audiences will probably be most excited about the presence of star-billed Sydney Sweeney, here playing Penny Jo, a sweet waitress with a stammer, although Sweeney is very much part of an ensemble that distributes screen time democratically. (The film premiered in 2023 at South by Southwest, but is only coming out now, perhaps because Sweeney has now become a legit phenomenon.) At the New Mexico midd...

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76 m. ago Joy Crookes: Juniper review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(Insanity)Four years ago, the south Londoner’s star was on the rise with her debut Skin – then she vanished. Now, she’s back with shimmering sounds and cleverly unsentimental lyrics, plus explosive cameos by Vince Staples and KanoIn an overcrowded pop market, where artists are encouraged to maintain a constant presence and stream of what’s depressingly termed “product”, south London singer-songwriter Joy Crookes’s career has progressed in a curious series of fits and starts. After releasing a series of EPs, she ended 2019 as a hotly tipped act: appearances on Later With Jools Holland, nominated for the Brits Rising Star award, placed high in the BBC’s Sound of 2020 poll, invited to support Harry Styles on tour. But the latter was nixed by Covid, and her real commercial breakthrough didn’t arrive for nearly two years: released at the tail-end of 2021, her debut album Skin made the Top 5 and, in Feet Don’t Fail Me Now, spawned one of those long-tail viral hits that achieves a weird om...

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80 m. ago Firebug started blaze at Wishaw McDonalds one week after finishing jail sentence for similar crimes

Alan Beck set a towel alight after placing an order and calmly left with his food as the flames took hold.

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89 m. ago I tried Apple’s AirPods Pro 3, and they have one major difference from the Pro 2

The ability to translate languages in real-time gets the headlines, but the sound quality is superb

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1 hour ago Chris Eubank Jr reveals role his father will play in Conor Benn rematch

Eubank Jr will rematch Benn at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on November 15 in the hopes of putting an end to their rivalry

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1 hour ago Mexico's sold as a family holiday paradise. But I live there and know the unsavoury truth

Having clocked up four years living in Mexico, I've heard countless wide-eyed travellers call it paradise on Earth. And in many ways, they're not wrong.

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1 hour ago Lola Young: I’m Only F***ing Myself review – Facing down her monsters in typically bold and blatant style

South Londoner embraces a proper melting pot of genres as she takes aim at narcissistic exes and opens up about her sexual escapades

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1 hour ago Earth Angel review – Alan Ayckbourn’s 91st play is a plea for decency

Stephen Joseph theatre, Scarborough In our polarised times, this is a generous look at a friendship between an enigmatic young man and a grieving widowerAdrian Prosper is a no-nonsense kind of guy. A retired police officer, he has dealt with enough lowlifes to see the worst in everyone. Played with frightening humourlessness by Stuart Fox, he is all suspicion and mistrust. When his newly bereaved brother-in-law, Gerald (Russell Richardson), is befriended by Daniel (Iskandar Eaton), an enigmatic young man, he thinks only the worst of the relationship.And he is not alone. In Alan Ayckbourn’s 91st play, he is joined in speculative plotting by Maxine (Liza Goddard), his misanthropic wife, as well as Gerald’s neighbours, the well-meaning Norah (Elizabeth Boag) and the online conspiracist Hugo (Hayden Wood). They are stoked by fear, small-mindedness and tribalism. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Alan Shearer makes Newcastle vs Barcelona Champions League prediction with 'very special' claim

Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer has given his prediction for the Magpies' Champions League clash with Barcelona on Thursday night

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2 h. ago David Ellis reviews Adoh: Accidentally London's best fast food

Adoh’s Sri Lankan street food is excellent, says David Ellis, it’s just a shame a meal here is over in the blink of an eye

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2 h. ago Harriet Walter to play grandmother to Bella Ramsey’s lead in new Channel 4 drama

Psychological thriller Maya explores themes of predatory male behaviour.

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2 h. ago Housing support service in Ayr celebrates positive review after spot check on care provision

Blackwood Care's St. Leonard’s Court Housing Support Service was graded ‘very good’ across three quality indicators and ‘good’ across one other.

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2 h. ago Former Institute of Directors boss disqualified as a company director

The Insolvency Service said the move followed Covid loan abuse.

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2 h. ago ‘I love my new bedroom telly – I can play Hogwarts Legacy without supporting my own head’

(Contains affiliate links) Features editor Meg Jorsh has levelled up her life with a wall-mounted Mitchell and Brown TV and she wants you to read all about it

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2 h. ago Trump v the Truth review – no other broadcaster would attempt TV so daring (and mind

Channel 4’s use of facts to correct almost everything the US President has said since taking office in January is a monumental flex. Sadly three hours of him speaking is deadeningly boringIf nothing else, you have to applaud their commitment to the bit. Broadly speaking, the British media responded to Donald Trump’s state visit with a series of cautious little inserts nestled within scheduled news programming. Then along came Channel 4, which decided to go big, junking off a full night’s schedule to deliver an unbroken almost three-hour, fact-based, point-by-point repudiation of almost every single thing that Trump has said since he retook office in January. This sprawling extravaganza, entitled Trump v the Truth, formed the backbone of what effectively became Channel 4’s Trump Day on Wednesday. Preceding it was episode two of The Donald Trump Show, a weird hour that overlaid an arch Come Dine With Me narration over old Trump clips. And throughout the day, continuity announcers were...

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3 h. ago I’ve seen horrible things at football matches – but what landed on the pitch last week was the worst | Adrian Chiles

When a mysterious object fell from the sky mid-game, I knew it was a portent of doom. The surprise was finding out who chucked it thereA funny thing happened at the football last Saturday, and not in a good way. My team, West Brom, were outplaying Derby County but, importantly, without managing to score a goal. Ordinarily, as the second half went on, I would have given in to pessimism, assuming that for all our dominance we’d not score, though Derby somehow would, and I’d go home miserable. But on this occasion, I really thought the match would be ours. Until this thing happened.Play suddenly stopped, for reasons that were at first unclear. A few of the players were looking at something lying on the pitch. Gingerly, squeamishly, they edged closer to whatever it was. Bizarre. As opera glasses aren’t available on the backs of seats at football grounds, we couldn’t identify the object. Eventually a member of the ground staff appeared, wearing rubber gloves. He strode out to the middle ...

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3 h. ago The Chicago Sky have mismanaged, undervalued and fumbled the Angel Reese situation

The Sky have consistently chased away talented players from the organization. Now they are doing it again with one of the best young players in the leagueWhen the Chicago Sky selected Angel Reese, one of the most celebrated college players in years, with the No 7 overall pick last year, many believed she could be a turning point for the franchise. Yes, the Sky had won the NBA finals in 2021 but they have been a losing team for most of their history and Reese, in addition to her celebrity, would bring explosive athleticism and superb rebounding to the franchise. As a player, those lofty hopes have panned out: she is already a two-time All-Star and has led the league in rebounds in both her WNBA seasons.As a teammate, things aren’t so smooth. The Sky were knocked out in the first round of the playoffs last season. This time around they finished with the joint-worst record in the entire WNBA, alongside the Dallas Wings. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Sheridan Smith to star in new production of Alan Ayckbourn play

Described as a ‘gripping exploration of identity, family, and mental escape’, Woman In Mind will be performed in London, Sunderland and Glasgow.

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3 h. ago Dyson’s latest airwrap surpasses all other hair tools I’ve used

The new tool has Dyson’s fastest and most powerful motor

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