11 h. ago Is THIS Britain's loneliest BnB? Inside seaside cottage from BBC drama just steps from the beach... but you won't have to worry about people taking your sun lounger

The Old Rectory, the only building on Rhossili Bay, looks straight out onto Worms Head Island and plays a starring role in the finale of the BBC's new thriller The Guest.

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12 h. ago DJ Erick Morillo's lonely death after threatened arm amputation and rape charge

DJ Erick Morillo was found dead at his Miami Beach home on September 1, 2020, just three days before he was due to appear in court to face rape charges

Events

21 h. ago Create a magical cosy night in with new Harry Potter bath bombs for £10

The Mad Beauty x Harry Potter collection has landed at Boots that includes a trio of bath bombs that are perfect for a cosy night in - and you can get all three for £10

Economics

26 h. ago ANDREW PIERCE: The Red Queen may have departed but the Left will still control the Budget via a trio of radicals who subscribe to the mantra: Squeeze the rich 'until the pips squeak'

The truth is that yesterday's resignation of deputy prime minister Angela Rayner does not signal the end of the hard-Left's influence over the Prime Minister. Far from it.

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27 h. ago Resident pays for council to clean graffiti outside Angela Rayner’s flat

The word ‘bitch’ along with a much larger sign saying ‘tax evader!’ were pictured on a white wall on the outside of the home.

Politics

35 h. ago Long in the shadows, a new generation of songwriters gain recognition and success as artists

A new generation of songwriters are stepping into the spotlight, gaining recognition alongside the artists they write for

Culture

36 h. ago Lone women targeted in spate of robberies across Greater Manchester

The man was arrested following a foot chase

Events

38 h. ago ‘Just being who we are is political’: disco trio Say She She on impressing Nile Rodgers and making bold protest songs

Their origin story may have been quintessentially New York, but the ‘discodelic soul’ band are now spread across the US – and they’re more determined than ever to be heardSay She She’s origin story is so perfectly New York it could have been lifted from a more racially diverse episode of Lena Dunham’s Girls. It involves a “gnarly” eight-floor apartment block on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, a rooftop party turned sing-off and a debut show at Brooklyn’s coolest bar. So it’s mildly disappointing to discover that only one member of the trio still calls the Big Apple home.“I’m the last one standing,” Sabrina Cunningham confirms as she appears on Zoom, calling from her home in Brooklyn. She’s followed by Nya Gazelle Brown, who completed the band’s recent European tour, including a sold-out show at north London’s 3,000-capacity Roundhouse, while seven months pregnant. “I moved to Maryland over Covid,” Brown says. “I needed to stretch out and I wanted to be around family.” Th...

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41 h. ago Picture perfect corner of the UK 'better than Spain and Italy' for September break

The Cotswolds has been named the best place in Europe to visit in September, beating off competition from the likes of Spain, Italy and Greece, according to Lonely Planet

Politics

46 h. ago Intervision Song Contest: why Russia is reviving its ‘cultural counterweight’ to Eurovision

Conceived in 1960s Czechoslovakia, Vladimir Putin ordered the competition’s return and the US has now confirmed its participation – is this domestic theatre or international outreach?When singer-songwriter B Howard takes to the stage in Moscow this month, he’ll be making history. On 20 September the Los Angeles-born artist will be the first to represent the US at Russia’s revived Intervision Song Contest, a cultural spectacle that manages to be both nostalgic throwback and very modern geopolitical manoeuvre. While Eurovision has famously stretched its geographic boundaries to include Australia, Russia’s alternative contest represents a rather different kind of international outreach.Russia dusting off the Intervision brand, largely dormant since 1980 apart from a brief reprise in 2008, follows the country’s exclusion from Eurovision since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Its expulsion cut off access to a platform that – while often mocked by British audiences – had served...

Culture

58 h. ago Q&A: How the band Big Thief transformed into a trio and reimagined their sound

Adrianne Lenker, lead vocalist of Big Thief, describes her home as "the forests," reflecting her nomadic lifestyle

Politics

59 h. ago Folk Bitch Trio: ‘Being pathetic and lonely is great for songwriting’

On the heels of their debut album Now Would Be A Good Time, the Melbourne indie band open up about life on the road, their global aspirations and ‘the pathetic little tragedies’ that occur in your 20sGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAs Folk Bitch Trio tell it, the music industry is a sadly predictable place.“It’s exactly what everyone says it is, and exactly what everybody warns you about when you’re 18 and want to start working in music,” says vocalist and guitarist Jeanie Pilkington. “No one makes much money. The artist often ends up getting the shitty end of the stick. You have to work really, really, really hard, and sometimes it feels impossible.” Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Latest act announced to take centre stage at Folk club's October gig in Ayrshire

The Eilidh Grant Trio will appear at the Holy Trinity Church Hall, in Ayr’s Fullarton Street, on Tuesday, October 7.

Politics

61 h. ago Scottish landmarks named among Europe’s most magical castles for a secluded autumn getaway

A trio of Scottish castles were recommended in Pinterest's autumn 'whimsical wanderlust' list.

Politics

63 h. ago ‘As more join, it gets less risky’: how Greta Thunberg’s lone strike turned into a movement

In an extract from his new book, Tim Lenton explains how Fridays for Future challenged climate inaction to reach a positive tipping pointIn August 2018, Greta Thunberg was sitting alone on the ground outside the Swedish parliament with a placard reading “Skolstrejk för klimatet” (School strike for climate) and a bunch of pamphlets under a stone.An older woman stood over her and asked: “Why are you on strike? You have to go to school.” Greta retorted: “Why would I need an education if there is no future?”Positive Tipping Points: How to Fix the Climate Crisis is published by Oxford University Press Continue reading...

Events

66 h. ago Rayner received advice on flat purchase from a trio of professionals

Deputy PM consulted one conveyancer and two experts on law around trusts before buying property, say Labour figures

Politics

69 h. ago Manchester United transfer decision made as clear plan for trio emerges

Man Utd have kept three highly promising youngsters in house this summer

Sport

3 d. ago Starmer's bid to wrap himself up in a Union Jack is as cringe

The then Chancellor Gordon Brown was asked about what music he liked in an interview in 2006. To widespread incredulity he claimed he woke up to indie band the Arctic Monkeys.

Politics

3 d. ago Accepting my gray hair was one thing. Going back to school was another

I stopped dyeing my hair to avoid the hassle. As an older college student, responses from teachers and younger classmates surprised meA year ago, on my first day of graduate school, the lecture hall filled up around me – and I plotted revenge on the friend who’d persuaded me to enroll.To cure a thousand days of malaise, loneliness and brain fog, she’d suggested I apply to Columbia’s journalism school. So there I was, back in New York after two years in California, armed with 13 books about words and writing, every item of clothing I owned that looked like something my teenage nephews would wear, plus dried persimmons, avocados and walnuts from local farmers markets, the thing I’d miss about LA. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago The lesson I needed: going back to school later in life with gray hair

I stopped dyeing my hair to avoid the hassle. As an older college student, responses from teachers and younger classmates surprised meA year ago, on my first day of graduate school, the lecture hall filled up around me – and I plotted revenge on the friend who’d persuaded me to enroll.To cure a thousand days of malaise, loneliness and brain fog, she’d suggested I apply to Columbia’s journalism school. So there I was, back in New York after two years in California, armed with 13 books about words and writing, every item of clothing I owned that looked like something my teenage nephews would wear, plus dried persimmons, avocados and walnuts from local farmers markets, the thing I’d miss about LA. Continue reading...

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