8 h. ago Glasgow hat shop shuts down after almost SEVEN decades as owners admit ‘heavy hearts’

ONE of Scotland's oldest hat stores is closing after more than six decades with owners revealing their heartbreak of having to shut shop. Ella Bulloch Hats & Accessories announced the devastating news after 61 years of trading. The firm, based in Muirend, Glasgow, provides headwear for grand events like weddings and horse races. In a...

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12 h. ago Bill Bryson: ‘Ever since I was a little boy, I have pretended to be able to vaporise people I don’t like’

The American British author on pet peeves, the perils of fantasy dinner parties, and revisiting The Short History of Everything two decades laterGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailYou did a whole book on Australia, and have travelled here a bit since – what’s the number one tip or recommendation you’d give someone coming for the first time?Get out and walk! I mean, maybe not through the outback, but if you’re in any of the cities, walk. I do that wherever I go. And I love to just go off and explore without knowing where I’m going, without a map or any preconceived ideas. I think it’s the best way to discover a place, and it has the great virtue that if you turn a corner – say in Sydney – and there’s suddenly the Harbour Bridge, you feel as if you’ve discovered it. There’s a real feeling of exhilaration, I think, in that. But also, you discover little cafes and hidden corners and odds and ends.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for ...

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38 h. ago Templegate’s Tote Placepot tips for Cheltenham with £250,000 guaranteed on Saturday

THE Placepot is a bet where you select a horse to be placed in the FIRST SIX races of any meeting. You can pick more than one horse in a race – you just multiply the number of selections in each race to calculate your stake. So for staking it’s 2x2x1x2x2x2 which adds up to...

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41 h. ago From the Met to maximum security: Joyce DiDonato is on a mission to bring opera to the people

The celebrated American mezzo-soprano has graced the world’s top opera houses, but is equally passionate about performing to first-timers – and inmatesGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAmerican mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato apologises for the bed hair as we chat via zoom from Tasmania, where she’s preparing a series of concerts to mark her first time performing in Australia. “I’m windswept”, she laughs as she pats down her signature spiky blond hair. “I’m having a week of vacation, which is rare for me.” Downtime for DiDonato is made rarer by a punishing touring schedule that sees her perform around the globe in recitals showcasing her extraordinary vocal technique, while juggling major roles in classical and contemporary opera. She’s a regular at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and has sung in the world’s top opera houses, including Milan’s La Scala and Covent Garden in London.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend,...

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57 h. ago Racing chiefs to investigate after wrong JP McManus horse runs in race at Punchestown

Centreofattention ran in the 2m½f novice chase instead of Enda Bolger stablemate Don't Tell Jack. The matter will be referred to a senior official, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board has confirmed

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3 d. ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Thursday’s two meetings, including Sedgefield Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Blue Topaz, to sparkle at Sedgefield and also hopes Lunar Orbit can score on the same card and complete his Daily Double

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5 d. ago Estate agent dies after fall from horse during race as friends pay tribute to ‘competitive & kind

AN ESTATE agent has died after falling from a horse during a race as tributes pour in for the "competitive and kind-hearted woman". Geraldine White fell from her horse Emeer during an endurance event in Moreton, Dorset last month. The 76-year-old was taking part in an endurance ride that involved 120 competitors just outside Dorchester...

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5 d. ago I used to scold myself for forgetting things. Then I built a daily survival pouch

It contains a stain-remover pen, silent fidget toy and a few Band-Aids, and Matilda Boseley never leaves home without itGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI’ve spent a lot of this year trying to perfect the art of leaving the house.This might sound like an odd mission until you’ve seen me spend 25 minutes getting distracted while looking for my wallet and sunnies, doubling back to grab my laptop, tripling back for my work pass, missing my train, arriving at my destination with 1% battery and only then realising the medication I was meant to take that morning is still sitting on the counter.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Horse racing tips: ‘He’ll love conditions and his last run suggests a win is coming’ – Templegate’s 9

TEMPLEGATE tackles a cracking Saturday of racing confident of unleashing hell on the bookies. Back a horse simply by clicking their odds below. CASTLE COVE (3.45 Doncaster, nap) William Haggas can make a splash in the November Handicap. His mount will love the wet conditions on Town Moor as the curtain comes down on the...

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9 d. ago Four top tips for your garden over autumn & winter to help save cash in the long run

JUST because the weather has turned, don’t stop giving your outdoor areas some love and attention. Making the effort over autumn and winter will not only give you a space to enjoy when it’s chilly, but will help save cash in the long run. Follow these tips . . . TIDY UP: Use sunny late autumn days to...

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1 week ago Horse racing tips: ‘He looks a good few pounds ahead of his mark’ – Templegate’s Thursday NAP has been transformed

TEMPLEGATE'S tips for Thursday's horse racing are below. Back a horse simply by clicking their odds. OCEAN CONQUEST (12.55 Ludlow, nap) The Twiston-Davies runner looked a different horse when winning on comeback here two weeks ago. He found two miles on the sharp side but managed to get his head in front near the line....

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1 week ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Thursday’s four meetings, including Newcastle Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, Bonnie's Boy, to win at Newcastle and also hopes Mick's Spirit can score at Chelmsford and complete his Daily Double

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1 week ago Melbourne Cup 2025: Jamie Melham follows in Michelle Payne’s footsteps with win aboard Half Yours

Melham becomes second woman to win famous race over 3200mJockey and horse complete Caulfield-Melbourne Cup doubleJockey Jamie Melham became the second woman to win the Melbourne Cup after Half Yours saluted on a wet track under cloudy skies at Flemington, in front of around 80,000 spectators. The five-year-old gelding – the only Australian-bred horse in the race – finished two lengths ahead of Goodie Two Shoes, with Middle Earth third.Interviewed on the track immediately afterwards, Melham, who created history as the first female jockey to complete the Caulfield-Melbourne Cups double, said: “What just happened? Oh my god”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Dry bedding quickly indoors with no tumble dryer using expert's simple tip

As the colder months set in, drying bedding indoors can feel impossible. But one expert has shared his top tips on how to dry your bedding without running up your bills

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2 w. ago President JD Vance or Marco Rubio? We’re seeing the first signs of the battle over Trump's succession | Simon Tisdall

It’s currently a two-horse race – and the next US leader is guaranteed to be a careerist who knows nothing of statesmanshipMillions of Americans yearn for 7 November 2028, the scheduled date of the next presidential election. That’s the day the Trump era effectively ends. Probably. That’s the day the Democrats will atone for Kamala Harris’s calamitous 2024 failure. Possibly. That’s the day US democracy is reborn. Hopefully. Succession talk is tantalising Washington. Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, has given the clearest sign yet that he’ll run and glossing over past blunders, Harris reckons she deserves a second chance.Yet most attention is focused on the Republicans, after Trump, 79, again threatened to defy the constitution and seek a third term. “I would love to do it,” he said this week. He rowed back later, albeit unconvincingly. “We’ll see what happens,” he teased. This undignified narcissist’s electoral fan dance will drag on interminably. Of greater practical interest a...

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2 w. ago The moment I knew: I was riffling through my sudoku book when I saw a message on puzzle 239

Actors Michael Wahr and Adinia Wirasti met on set in 2018. Less than a year later, his world stopped when he spotted a handwritten noteFind more stories from the moment I knew seriesGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIt was 2018 and I’d just landed a role on HBO series Grisse. I was excited to meet the cast, who’d already started filming in Batam, Indonesia. After a flight from London to Singapore, then a ferry to Riau Islands, I arrived at my chalet. Even though it was late, I was invited to join the others at one of the villas.About 20 people were gathered, eating, drinking and chatting loudly. I was given a drink and a bowl of noodles, then shortly afterwards the director and showrunner asked me to read a scene with one of the actors, Adinia. She was so graceful and precise in her reading, I remember sitting across from this woman and being in complete awe of her.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday...

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2 w. ago Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers: ‘We don’t want to be the biggest band in the world. It’s just fun playing with our besties’

The Australian rock band are ‘legit now’ with their second album, Glory. They talk about performing while underage, playing with Dave Grohl and the ‘girl band’ labelGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email“If you want to rock, you’ve gotta break the rules. You’ve gotta get mad at The Man,” a wise man (Jack Black) once said (in School of Rock). And in 2015, four 15-year-olds in Canberra watching the Richard Linklater film at a sleepover decided they wanted to do just that, forming a rock band the morning after that has become one of Australia’s most exciting acts: Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – a joke name suggested by one of their uncles that stuck.The four teenagers had enough punk brio that they were soon being booked to play venues they weren’t old enough to enter unchaperoned. Adults around them would assume they were in their early 20s, when they were actually 16 or 17.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Sa...

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2 w. ago 'He continues to improve with each run' – Jason Heavey's horse racing tips

The Daily Star Chief Tipster highlights an in-form horse bidding for a third win of the season

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2 w. ago Breeders’ Cup: ‘Six months sober’ Oisin Murphy names his best chance at Del Mar

Champion jockey Oisin Murphy is named on four horses in Breeders’ Cup races over both days at the annual championships in California this weekend

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2 w. ago Horse racing tips: Two runners making debuts for new trainers can hammer the bookies at a price on Tuesday

SUN Racing's Tuesday picks are below. Back a horse by clicking their odds. LONGSHOT ARKENDALE (1.20 Leicester) He has some useful form off higher mark and should run well on this debut for new connections. EACH-WAY THIEF VON KROLOCK (5.00 Wolverhampton) He’s moved to James Owen who has a cracking record of improving new arrivals....

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