15 h. ago The Guide #192: How reality TV and streaming has shaped 21st

In this week’s newsletter: In the second of our new miniseries looking back at the last quarter-century of pop culture, we chart the transformation of television since 2000To try to get our heads round the fact that we’re somehow a quarter of the way into the 21st century, the Guide is running a miniseries of newsletters looking at how pop culture has changed over the past 25 years. We tackled music last month and we’ll be looking at the state of film next month, before sharing our favourite culture of the century so far, and asking for yours too, in July.Today, we’re taking the temperature of TV. Like the music industry, television has seen its entire business model upended by the streaming revolution this century. That has meant what was once a universal activity – an entire nation sat around the glow of the old cathode ray tube – has been replaced by people watching a galaxy of different shows, or watching the same show but at completely different times. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Brit tourist, 68, dies three months after 'unprovoked' attack on Spanish island left him in a coma with horrific head injuries

Retired carpenter Marshall Latham, 68, from Nantwich, Cheshire, has died from his injuries three months after he was attacked by a stranger while on holiday in Fuerteventura, Spain.

Events

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A dad who took his children on a ride at an Edinburgh fairground was horrified as he watched their car come 'completely off' the ride

Society

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India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire Saturday after U.S.-led talks to end the most serious military confrontation between the nuclear-armed rivals in decades

Events

2 w. ago Putin's chilling WW3 threat to UK as towns and cities named on 'nuclear hitlist'

The Russian despot has made a number of threats to the UK in the past, with various towns and cities said to be on the list of potential targets in the event of a nuclear attack

Events

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Putin's apparent willingness to consider using the weapons further highlights threats he has made to Western nations supporting Ukraine.

Events

2 w. ago Vladimir Putin's chilling threat to UK as cities on Russia's nuclear 'hitlist' named

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Events

2 w. ago Scottie Scheffler admits being 'fired up' by Rory McIlroy before emotional hometown triumph

World No.1 wins CJ Cup Byron Nelson with record-equalling score after watching the Ulsterman complete his career Grand Slam at the Masters

Events

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Vile rapist Brandon Smith has been jailed

Events

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The Kremlin has accused British security services of being behind a series of high-profile assassinations in Russia and warned that "British blood must be spilled" as a result

Events

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Shannon Meaney attacked 57-year-old John Lowe with his prosthetic leg in February 2023.

Events

3 w. ago Pakistani minister's chilling World War Three threat that country 'has 130 nukes aimed at India'

A Pakistani government minister has warned India that their nuclear arsenal are 'not kept as models' and were 'targeted' at India as tensions rise in the disputed Kashmir region

Politics

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Adventurer Ed Stafford witnessed the heated argument near a car park in Cornwall as he spent 60 days with Romani gypsies and Irish travellers across the UK.

Events