3 d. ago You be the judge: should my flatmate stop filling our home with plant cuttings?

Cleo’s green fingers are making Jade see red, and filling their home with plant paraphernalia. You decide who needs to turn over a new leafEvery surface has something sprouting on it. I didn’t sign up to live in a botanical experimentIt’s not just a hobby, I’ve created an ecosystem of calm in our city home. Plus, I make good money Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Oasis in Cardiff banned items and bag restrictions for Principality Stadium gig

Oasis are back and in Cardiff for their first Live '25 dates - but to ensure you have the best experience possible, make sure you are aware of the things you can and can't take into the Principality Stadium

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2 w. ago ‘My heart is pounding’: Experiencing Rachel Zegler’s Evita balcony scene from the humble pavement

Paying theatregoers have bemoaned watching Don’t Cry For Me Argentina on livestream while passersby experience it live for free. But is it a seven-minute stunt worth waiting for?Move over Romeo: theatre’s second most famous balcony scene has stolen the show.Every night this week Rachel Zegler has emerged halfway through Jamie Lloyd’s production of Evita at the London Palladium to sing its biggest number to the Oxford Circus crowds. Last weekend the Hollywood ingenue was serenading surprised shoppers, but since her performance of Don’t Cry For Me Argentina went viral it’s become the hottest (free) ticket in the West End. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Female baboons with strong relationship to fathers found to live longer

Study suggests role of male parents may be under-appreciated in some primate speciesIf male baboons were subject to the same kind of cultural commentary as humans, the phrase “deadbeat dads” might be called for, such is the primate’s relatively limited involvement in raising their young.But a study suggests that even their little effort might go a long way, with female baboons who experience a stronger relationship with their fathers when young tending to live longer as adults. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Dâdalus & Bikarus: Off the Shelf review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month

(Lío Press)Zurich-based musicians Benedikt Merz and David Hänni meld krautrock, punk and big beat into tripped-out, swampy grooves that reach dizzying heightsAfter almost three decades of friendship, Zurich-based musicians Benedikt Merz and David Hänni moved into a studio together in 2019. They found common ground over their shared love of psychedelic music and spent long, woozy nights jamming together. But while one wanted to focus on live electronics, the other secretly wanted to start a band. The outcome was Dâdalus & Bikarus, a project which sits somewhere between these two worlds, welding elements of krautrock, punk and big beat into tripped-out dancefloor rhythms.Their second album, Off the Shelf, captures the obsessive energy of those early nocturnal experiments, which they’ve since built a reputation for in their live shows. Anchored by drawn-out loops, each track slowly builds tension to dizzying, near-erotic heights. On Erebros, this takes place across a hefty 11 minut...

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3 w. ago Experience: ‘I live as William Morris for three months a year’

It’s made me feel it’s OK to be an artist with a social purpose, though my wife hates the beardI have spent the first three months of the past six years trying to become the 19th-century designer and activist William Morris. I grow my hair and beard to look like him, while immersing myself in his work.On 24 March – his birthday – I dress as Morris and finish the quarter with some kind of absurd performance to highlight pressing social issues that he was concerned about, and that I want more people to focus on today. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk invites Trump to ‘live in my house’ to experience Russian war

Trump should ‘go to Ukraine and live in my house for one week,’ the heavyweight champion said

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3 w. ago Ukraine boxer Oleksandr Usyk invites Trump to ‘live in my house’ to experience Russian war

Trump should ‘go to Ukraine and live in my house for one week,’ the heavyweight champion said

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