3 d. ago The revolution will be in VistaVision: what are the politics of One Battle After Another?

Paul Thomas Anderson’s thrilling new film has irked some on the right and galvanised others on the left – but its politics are more complicated than they initially seemAbout two dozen movies have topped the box office in 2025, and it’s safe to say that Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another is the only one that depicts its protagonists freeing arrested immigrants from detention centers. The movie doesn’t face much competition for the title of most political weekend-topper of the year; superhero pictures such as Captain America: Brave New World perpetually tell the most anodyne stories possible, even when they’re supposedly about Washington-based conspiracies; Sinners conceals some of its bigger ideas within a crime-and-horror vampire story; even Mickey 17, another riskily expensive Warner Bros movie from a beloved auteur with political overtones, has genre-movie trappings. On the other hand, some rightwing pundits suggested in all seriousness that Warner should have delayed...

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7 d. ago Parents like traditional games at parties but some spend £500 on event

Nostalgia plays a big part when parents host parties for their children

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9 d. ago Mary Berry says 'the American way' is the best for storing eggs

Mary Berry has shared a top tip for keeping your eggs fresher for longer.

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9 d. ago Even a rebrand may not be able to save America’s most storied gaming event

In this week’s newsletter: since 1988 the Game Developers Conference has been a core part of the gaming calendar – but exorbitant costs and Trumpism put that at riskEvery year for as long as I have been alive (read: since 1988), the annual Game Developers Conference has been held in California. It started out as essentially a house party: a gathering of 27 people in the living room of Atari designer Chris Crawford. By the mid-90s it had left Chris’s house and grown to more than 4,000 attenders, and in 2005 found a permanent home in San Francisco’s Moscone Center. These days, about 30,000 game development professionals of all kinds attend every year. The online GDC Vault is a precious trove of game development history and useful advice for any gaming discipline.GDC has developed a bit of an image problem in recent years, however, as we have reported before. It’s prohibitively expensive for developers: a conference pass is more than $1,500, and travel and accommodation in one of the w...

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1 week ago Two Scots behind Shanghai’s first Highland Games have hailed event huge success

Cameron Wilson and Sarah Armstrong came up with the idea to bring the best Scottish traditions to their new home after emigrating to China more than a decade ago.

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2 w. ago Enhanced Games: Lord Sebastian Coe refuses to discuss controversial event

The World Athletics president faced the media after former world 100m champion Fred Kerley became the first track athlete to join the Enhanced Games.

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2 w. ago Olympic 100m medallist Fred Kerley joins Enhanced Games weeks after ban

World champion from 2022 is first American man to joinKerley provisionally banned by Athletics Integrity UnitThe Olympic 100m silver and bronze medallist Fred Kerley will compete in the inaugural Enhanced Games, the event’s organisers revealed on Wednesday, weeks after the Athletics Integrity Unit handed the American a provisional suspension for whereabouts failures.The 2022 100m world champion is the first track athlete and American man to join the event that permits athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs that are banned in official competition. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Air miles be damned. I say the best way to find out about the joy and complexity of our world is through novels | Pushpinder Khaneka

For me it started with Colombia and Gabriel García Márquez. As I read 200 books from different regions, I gained a clarity news reports seldom giveSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreDear reader, are your shelves heaving under the weight of books by dead white folks? Do your eyes glaze over at the mention of foreign fiction? Is your reading diet missing the vibrant flavours of stories from Africa, Asia and Latin America? Restricting your reading to novels from Europe and North America is like going to an all-you-can-eat Mexican buffet and just eating tortillas. Why do that?I have been getting to know about countries in the global south through literature. Being an intrepid traveller, current events addict and avid reader led me inexorably to read books from around the world. The book that most reeled me in to the ability of literature to open the door to...

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3 w. ago In pictures: Prince Harry attends Invictus Games event in London

In pictures: Prince Harry attends Invictus Games event in London  Forces News

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3 w. ago Britain's Prince Harry speaks at Invictus Games event in London

Britain's Prince Harry speaks at Invictus Games event in London  MSN

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3 w. ago Prince Harry's telling response when quizzed about 54 minute reunion with King Charles

Prince Harry was all smiles as he attended an event for his Invictus Games after meeting with his father, King Charles, for a 54-minute private reunion at Clarence House

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3 w. ago Olympic medallist Ben Proud becomes first British athlete to join Enhanced Games

Swimmer won silver for GB in the Paris pool last summerEvent allows athletes to take performance-enhancing drugsThe Olympic swimming medallist Ben Proud has become the first British athlete to join the Enhanced Games, an event that allows athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs.The 30-year-old, who won silver in the 50m freestyle in Paris last summer, does not believe the event undermines clean sport. “I think [the Enhanced Games] opens up the potential avenue to excel in a very different way,” he told BBC Sport. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Smiles from Charles and Camilla as royal couple visit Braemar Gathering

The annual Highland games event is held every year near to the Royals’ Highland residence at Balmoral.

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