4 d. ago Customers praise the 'gorgeous' Le Creuset kitchen essential that now has over 30% off

Le Creuset's kettle offers a touch of tradition in the modern day kitchen.

Economics

7 d. ago AFL 2025 grand final: where the Geelong v Brisbane decider will be won and lost | Martin Pegan

The Lions can draw on their kicking strength, while the Cats have the edge in midfield – but can the perennial contenders upset the reigning premiers?All your questions answered in our guide to the AFL grand finalGeelong v Brisbane is the AFL grand final we had to have. The pair of modern-day powerhouses have two of the past three premierships, and are the only sides to win more than two-thirds of their games over the past six seasons.They have already met in four finals in that stretch. Now, finally, they come together in the game that matters most. The 2025 grand final will be the first time in their 126 seasons that the Cats and Lions clash in a VFL/AFL decider. The winner at the MCG on Saturday will become the first club to claim two premierships this decade, as well as the first to secure five flags since the turn of the century. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Haunted walking tour of Scottish city named among top spooky family

The city offers family-friendly ghost tours that promise spooky fun for all ages.

Society

8 d. ago Wayne Rooney makes Man United ‘sacked’ claim as he dissects Ruben Amorim dressing room culture

The former Manchester United captain has spoken about the culture shift in modern day dressing rooms, which he has seen as a player and a manager.

Culture

8 d. ago Sane Inside Insanity: The Phenomenon of Rocky Horror review – joyous fan history of the cult classic

As Richard O’Brien’s time-warping, pelvic-thrusting camp extravaganza turns 50, this unofficial doc explores the ‘accidental’ success and what it still means todayThis warts-and-all history of Richard O’Brien’s beloved cult classic opens with a card briefly explaining the origins of it all, and a short quote familiar to the many fans of the musical: “It was great when it all began.” And wasn’t it just? Sane Inside Insanity goes deep into the early days of Rocky, upstairs at the Royal Court theatre, and goes on to detail the evolution of the cult, and how the film came to be, including various pieces of sharp practice and incompetent dealing on the parts of a few different people.Constructed from recordings of stage shows, old photographs, archival footage and talking heads, this unofficial documentary is competing with an official version produced by O’Brien’s son (Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror), with both being released to celebrate the film adaptation’s 50th anniversa...

Events

1 week ago I spent a day with the agent the CIA tried to silence. This is the brutal training he put me through, the truth he taught me about modern spying

I spy the target through a ground-floor window. He's exactly as intelligence suggested: in his 40s, male, 6ft. Two minutes to execution. Two minutes to the encounter with my target.

Politics

1 week ago ‘A broken system full of criminality and death’: the podcast lifting the lid on what happens to the UK’s rubbish

Turkey’s recycling centres treat vast amounts of the UK’s waste – and rely on refugees who work in conditions so unsafe that hundreds have died. A new podcast uncovers the sinister side of what happens when Brits throw things awayOn his way to a remote industrial zone at the edge of Istanbul, Adnan Khan compares it to something out of Mad Max. Packs of wild dogs roam around desolate wastelands; toxic chemicals spill out into the street, with corrugated metal sheets and “slapdash factories” scattered around. “It’s like a shantytown,” he says.However, once he sets foot inside some of these factories, he reaches for a different cinematic comparison. This time he’s thinking of the torture-horror film Saw, as he witnesses Afghan refugees working and living in conditions that he says fit the UN definition of modern-day slavery. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago The vanished streets and clubs of Manchester's 'Soho' torn down for the Arndale Centre

Home to 'beat clubs' and unlicensed coffee houses, the area was said to rival Hamburg as the 'fun city of Europe'

Politics

2 w. ago New York Cardinal Dolan says Charlie Kirk was a ‘modern day St Paul’

Charlie Kirk has been praised as a “modern day St Paul” by Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York.

Politics

2 w. ago Soft Clubbers, Evergroovers and Rave Aunts: Your current nightlife subcultures in the 21st century

Learn some of the lingo modern-day clubbers are using ahead of your next night, or day, out in town

Society

2 w. ago Nothing prepared me for the child poverty I see in Britain. November’s budget can and must halt its inexorable rise | Gordon Brown

Homes without heating, bedrooms with beds. If we are to offer any hope to the children of austerity, the next few weeks will be decisiveRun-down housing estates in Britain’s former industrial heartlands remind us of the poverty described by George Orwell in The Road to Wigan Pier in 1937 – but these days there is no Orwell to chronicle what the arithmetic of deprivation means for families condemned to lives of poverty.Millions of children, as the children’s commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, told us this summer, are faring very badly, living in “almost Dickensian levels of poverty”. And what she calls the striking awareness children have of being poor requires us to find a modern-day Dickens to hear their voices.Gordon Brown was UK prime minister from 2007 to 2010 Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Gorgeous UK village is like 'stepping back in time' with 'no modern shops in sight'

This tiny picturesque village feels like you're stepping back in time thanks to it's cobbled streets and old brick cottages - and there are no modern day chain shops in sight

Politics

3 w. ago You're smarter than most people if you can solve this brainteaser in 30 seconds

Think you're smarter than most people? Then you'll be able to solve this tricky brainteaser in less than a minute to maintain your title of a modern-day Albert Einstein

Politics

3 w. ago Carlo Acutis: Two miracles attributed to Brit teen who becomes saint today

British teen Carlo Acutis shot to fame among many young Catholics for being a relatable, modern-day role model, who used technology to spread the faith

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4 w. ago Honda e used car review: Joyously fun city EV is a modern day bargain despite modest range

Stunning interior and stylish design mean this second-hand buy remains one of the best looking EVs n the market

Politics