7 h. ago From penis straws to puppy yoga: Inside the ‘zen do’ revolution

As wedding season approaches, Olivia Petter reports on the rise of the chilled out hen do, aka the ‘zen do’, a soothing alternative to an age-old tradition defined by hedonism and vodka

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11 h. ago Row breaks out over Bayeux Tapestry after historian claims he's found an 'extra penis'

Seven years ago, Oxford academic Professor George Garnett claimed to have identified 93 depictions of male genitalia. But now another scholar believes he has found another appendage.

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13 h. ago Historians dispute Bayeux tapestry penis tally after lengthy debate

Two Bayeux scholars at loggerheads over whether dangling shape depicts dagger or the embroidery’s 94th phallusIn a historical spat that could be subtitled “1066 with knobs on”, two medieval experts are engaged in a battle over how many male genitalia are embroidered into the Bayeux tapestry.The Oxford professor George Garnett drew worldwide interest six years ago when he announced he had totted up 93 penises stitched into the embroidered account of the Norman conquest of England. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Trump targets Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue with memorandum

President directs attorney general to investigate supposed foreign contributions, an unsubstantiated rightwing claimThe Republican president is taking aim at a Democratic fundraising platform, issuing a presidential memorandum to crack down on supposed foreign contributions to elections, an unsubstantiated claim from the right..Donald Trump announced the memo on Thursday, directing the attorney general to investigate, and report to the president, “concerning allegations regarding the use of online fundraising platforms to make ‘straw’ or ‘dummy’ contributions and to make foreign contributions to US political candidates and committees, all of which break the law”. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Trump Revolution: 100 Days That Changed the World has no answer to Trump’s chaos

With fresh outrages issuing from the White House on an almost hourly basis, this Channel 4 documentary struggles to find its bearings – and that may be exactly as the president’s strategists intended it

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22 h. ago Meet the Revolut Trading CEO who has never applied for a job – and wants investing to kill off ‘girl math’

Bringing investment opportunities for the masses and promoting women in finance – Revolut Trading UK CEO Yana Shkrebenkova talks to Karl Matchett

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23 h. ago Revolut reveals internal points system to help determine staff bonuses

The fintech company is expected to gain a full UK banking licence later in 2025

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24 h. ago Meet the Revolut Trading CEO who has never applied for a job

Bringing investment opportunities for the masses and promoting women in finance - Revolut Trading UK CEO Yana Shkrebenkova talks to Karl Matchett

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28 h. ago Revolut to start British banking operations this year as profits surge

Revolut expects to finally start operating as a UK bank in 2025 after the challenger's profits and revenues surged last year.

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31 h. ago Hong Kong allows outspoken Cardinal Joseph Zen to attend Pope Francis' funeral

Hong Kong’s outspoken Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen has been allowed to leave the southern Chinese city to attend Pope Francis’ funeral in Vatican City

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35 h. ago Texas man executed for fatally stabbing and strangling young mother in 2004

Moises Sandoval Mendoza receives lethal injection in Huntsville for death of 20-year-old Rachelle O’Neil TollesonA Texas man convicted of fatally strangling and stabbing a young mother more than 20 years ago was executed on Wednesday evening.Moises Sandoval Mendoza received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 6.40pm, authorities said. He was condemned for the March 2004 killing of 20-year-old Rachelle O’Neil Tolleson. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Xi contrasts China’s clean energy promises with Trump turmoil

Virtual meeting of leaders also hears UN’s António Guterres proclaim ‘no group or government’ can stop green revolutionChina will continue to push forward on the climate crisis, Xi Jinping has said while appearing to criticise the “protectionism” of Donald Trump’s tariff policies.The Chinese president was attending a closed-door virtual meeting with the UN secretary general, António Guterres, Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, and about a dozen other heads of state and government to discuss the climate crisis. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Dolls 'salvaged' from thrift shops, VHS tape sculptures and war trauma paintings: The four artists shortlisted for this year's Turner Prize are revealed

Announced today at Tate Britain - on what would have JMW Turner's 250th birthday - the shortlist has attracted criticism for failing to be revolutionary in the same way as previous years.

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45 h. ago 'People say the name I gave my dog isn't normal – but I love it'

A woman has shared the unusual name she gave her adorable golden retriever puppy - and while she loves it, it seems it's not gone down to well with everyone else

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49 h. ago Mediazoo whitepaper breaks down what AI revolution actually means for the creative industries

Learning and communications creative agency, Mediazoo, have published an exclusive whitepaper that shares their own bespoke methodology outlining how they integrated AI into their workflow – and how they can help others do the same.

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49 h. ago 'I sensed my comments about 9/11 were the final straw': Read our most jaw

Every week, FEMAIL asks two singletons to report back from their blind date. Today, Alison, 31, and Rob, 35, recount their lunch - complete with some rather controversial talking points.

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50 h. ago Why is the US right so obsessed with the Obamas’ marriage? | Arwa Mahdawi

Conservative commentators can’t stand the idea that people they loathe can live fulfilling livesAn estate on Martha’s Vineyard. A nine-bedroom house in DC. A family home in Chicago. Barack and Michelle Obama own about a gazillion dollars’ worth of property. Turns out they don’t need any of their fancy mansions, however, because they live rent-free in rightwing commentators’ heads. While the right has always been fixated on trying to find fault with former president Obama, they have now become unhealthily obsessed with the idea that Barack and Michelle’s marriage is failing. There’s no evidence to support this, mind you. Just vibes.Picking up on these mysterious vibes is conservative commentator Megyn Kelly, who recently proclaimed on her podcast that she thinks Michelle and Barack “married the wrong people”. Many straws were grasped at to come to this conclusion – including the fact that Michelle once said that she likes going to bed early (wise woman) and her husband doesn’t. Conti...

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50 h. ago Revolution in the workplace: designing for a happier workforce

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52 h. ago ‘Death to streamers!’: can a New York video store start a revolution?

Despite the ongoing Netflix era, Brooklyn’s Night Owl Video hopes formats such as VHS, DVD and Blu-ray will see a vinyl-like revivalThey trickle in by twos and threes, spiritual seekers to a temple long thought gone: the video store. Some of these acolytes are sentimental for the days of Blockbuster and famed New York institutions like Kim’s Video. Others are so young that Blu-ray Discs, DVDs and VHS tapes represent novelty, not nostalgia.Either way they’re here, at a small, freshly painted storefront in Brooklyn, to buy movies that you hold in your hand, store on a shelf and watch whenever you’d like – the powerful but fickle newer gods of Netflix, Hulu and Prime be damned. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Andor season two review – the excellent Star Wars for grownups is as thrilling as ever (and funnier too)

Comedy spacecraft thefts, passive-aggressive in-laws and a planet being fracked to death – the revolution just got playful, comrades!Comrades! Welcome back to the revolution. Andor is the Star Wars TV show with the sharpest political acumen: yes, like everything in the franchise, it’s about an underdog rebel movement fighting against a totalitarian empire in space, and it has plenty of thrilling battle sequences, but here there are no Jedi mind powers or cute green backwards-talking psychics. Under the hard-nosed stewardship of writer Tony Gilroy, Andor bins the magic and myth and replaces it with the reality of anti-fascist struggle, where the good guys are ready to risk their lives for freedom. It’s the Star Wars spin-off with the strongest claim to being a proper drama – but, in season two’s opening triple bill, it shows it can do sly, wry comedy too.We’re a year on from where we left off, which is four years before the Death Star blows up at the end of the original movie – the p...

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