23 h. ago How hot is too hot work: your rights when working in the August heatwave, temperature – what UK law says

With parts of the UK set to swelter at 34°C, know your rights at work 🌡️

Society

4 d. ago Best air coolers that will get you through the August heatwave

Tackle the heat indoors affordably with an evaporative swamp cooler

Society

9 d. ago ‘It’ll be carnage’: why Sydney Sweeney’s risky political moment may backfire

Hollywood star’s ‘more is best’ attitude to commercial tie-ins is one thing, but politics and celebrity rarely mix wellIt is one of the questionable perks of Donald Trump’s “wall of sound” approach to communication that the slightly icky moment of connection between the world of Maga and one of Hollywood’s hottest young stars was broadcast live and uncut.As the US president boarded Air Force One, a reporter asked whether he had any thoughts on Sydney Sweeney, a “very hot actress right now”, being a registered Republican. Of course he did. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago A 32C heatwave will boil London in August: here’s when it will hit

A 32C heatwave will boil London in August: here’s when it will hit  Time Out Worldwide

Events

1 week ago Authority: Essays on Being Right by Andrea Long Chu review – scorching hot takes

The Pulitzer-winning critic has some choice words for the likes of Zadie Smith, Hanya Yanagihara and Bret Easton EllisAndrea Long Chu stands accused of not playing by the rules, of appraising works of fiction as if they were essays or confessions rather than aesthetic objects. “It is true that I tend to treat a novel like an argument”, she writes in the introduction to Authority, a collection of essays and reviews published between 2018 and 2023 in outlets such as N+1, Bookforum and New York Magazine. Long Chu – who won a Pulitzer prize for criticism in 2023 – believes “all novels refract the veiled subjectivity of their authors”, and to pretend otherwise is to indulge a “pernicious form of commodity fetishism”. In her reviews, books betray their authors, invariably revealing some kernel of inadequacy – be it immaturity, myopia or just terminal dullness.This approach borders on the psychoanalytical, and makes for fun reading. Long Chu diagnoses a case of “Munchausen by proxy” i...

Culture

3 w. ago The Institute review – this is how you butcher a Stephen King novel

Flimsy characters, zero fun and the replacement of dread with upsetting scenes of child torture: this show strips out every bit of the author’s geniusMe, I’m always in the mood for hokum. You can serve it to me at any point on the largest platter you have and I will grab my hooey knife and absurdity fork and start shovelling. But, like any chef, you have to know what you’re doing. You have to make some effort, have the basic ingredients assembled in the right proportions and send it out from the kitchen hot, steaming and looking delicious. Tepid hokum, bland hokum – well, that ain’t no hokum at all.And so to the latest Stephen King adaptation, this time by Benjamin Cavell and directed by Jack Bender (Lost, From, Under the Dome – the latter another King tale) of the horror master’s 2019 novel The Institute, travelling to our screens under the same name. Continue reading...

Politics

4 w. ago The best shorts to wear according to your height and body type: Top fashion editor's definitive guide to the trending styles and what to avoid

If you were looking for a chance to debut your knees, now's the time. Here are some shorts styles that are hot right now.

Politics