12 h. ago Gatsby by Jane Crowther; The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson

Two enjoyable debut novels put fresh meat on Fitzgerald’s deathless classic – one a modern-day retelling in which Gatsby becomes a female influencer, another a pacy murder mystery in the vein of Agatha ChristieIt might seem unfathomable to us now, but F Scott Fitzgerald’s third novel was something of a let-down when it was published 100 years ago; his previous books, This Side of Paradise and The Beautiful and Damned – there had also been a novella, The Diamond As Big As the Ritz, and short stories including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – had been more commercially successful and found greater favour with critics. Fitzgerald’s tale of obscure origins, extreme wealth and obsessional romantic desire appeared too unlikely, too contrived and, perhaps, too uncomfortable a reminder of class and financial inequality and its consequent social schisms to be recognised for what it was: a masterly exploration of delusion, self-delusion, myth-making and complicity.Fitzgerald himself died...

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60 h. ago How rewilding could turn Britain into a modern day Jurassic Park: Scientists want to reintroduce wolves and bears to the UK

Scientists and land owners have proposed releasing wolves, bears and lynxes - but not everyone is on board with this controversial 'rewilding' plan.

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3 d. ago Strathaven Miniature Railway launches modern airbreak carriages as new season starts this Mother's Day weekend

Six new carriages will replace the dated original carriages which have been carrying generations of families for 35 years.

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7 d. ago Samuel L Jackson on shark thriller Deep Blue Sea: ‘I’ve had many deaths – but everyone remembers this one’

‘I had no idea I’d get so wet. I was in water for a month. It was kind of wild. For the storm scenes, they were dumping it down on us from towers. There were big-ass waves flying everywhere’I’d always wanted to be killed in a movie by something big that was chasing me. I missed out on my death scene in Jurassic Park because a hurricane destroyed the set in Hawaii, so I never got to go down and get eaten by a velociraptor. When Renny Harlin told me he was making a horror movie with killer sharks, and that I was going to be the first person to die, I said: “Great!” It was a good idea – once he’d killed me, it meant any character’s life was up for grabs. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago 'I found old Tesco receipt from 1991 and the prices left me floored'

The yellowing piece of paper shows the prices of goods on a 32 item bill from 34 years ago - and some of the prices have left modern-day shoppers scratching their heads

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9 d. ago Porridge? No, prisoners can now choose from 22 breakfast cereals!

A look at the options available to modern-day prisoners in Scotland's jails shows that rather than being limited to porridge, they can now buy any one of 22 different cereal options from prison shops.

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1 week ago Living Nostradamus says Elon Musk might accidentally put us in touch with aliens

EXCLUSIVE: The ‘modern-day Nostradamus’ reckons that some of the technology the world's richest man Elon Musk is working on could inadvertently connect us with ET and his space mates

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1 week ago Thousands of Roman artefacts found during building work given to London Museum

The finds were uncovered at the site of a 3rd century AD temple to the Roman god Mithras, in the modern-day City of London.

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1 week ago Iguanas probably floated to Fiji millions of years ago on record

Lizards may have snacked on their raft of uprooted trees and plants on their months-long journey across the PacificResearchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji. Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas – thousands of miles and one giant ocean away.They thought maybe they scurried there through Asia or Australia before volcanic activity pushed the Fijian islands so far away. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Nostalgic McDonald's fans call out 'depressing' change to restaurants

A throwback photograph of a McDonald's restaurant has been shared online alongside its modern day counterpart, prompting fast food fans to speculate over reasons behind the change

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2 w. ago What WW3 could look like in Britain as MP warns 'you will be conscripted'

As veteran and MP Mike Martin warns Brits will 'obviously' be conscripted if WW3 breaks out, the Mirror examines what modern-day war could look like in Britain - from food rations to curfews

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3 w. ago ‘They came across as muppets’: Christo Grozev on being target of Bulgarian spy ring

Investigative journalist called ‘modern-day Sherlock’ by Alexei Navalny on unsettling photos, reprisals and being exiled from ViennaChristo Grozev was sitting in a New York cafe in February 2023, expecting to fly back to his home in Vienna that evening, when US law enforcement officials delivered some news that changed his life.“I was told that it’s not a good idea for me to leave back to Austria, because there’s been some intelligence suggesting there’s a red team waiting for you,” said Grozev, a Bulgarian-born investigative journalist who has infuriated the Kremlin by exposing numerous Russian intelligence operatives in recent years. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Sasami: Blood on the Silver Screen review – a quirky move to the mainstream

(Domino)The US artist segues from industrial metal to radio-friendly pop most memorable for its vividly relatable lyricsSasami Ashworth’s gentle indie rock debut, Sasami (2019), felt reasonably familiar to fans of her previous band, Cherry Glazerr; the bracingly industrial metal of 2022’s Squeeze less so. Now the California musician has moved into sprightly, shiny pop for her third solo album, picking over matters of the heart. And the groin – apparently, Lana Del Rey-alike Nothing But a Sad Face On is about Eve’s mixed emotions after being “banished from the Garden of Eden for fucking a snake”. Don’t fret if you can’t recall that precise bible story; Ashworth has plenty more relatable tales of compromised, messy modern-day dating.Pop may not always come naturally to her. Most of Ashworth’s choruses linger on the ear no longer than a lost ladybird, and the deft Taylor Swift via Grimes-sounding production can’t conceal a dearth of durable material. But Slugger is surefooted, summery ...

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3 w. ago AI brings female football trailblazer back to modern day as new research reveal half of Brits are unaware of 50

In a bid to raise awareness of the unsung talent and inspire the next generation of female players, the woman who scored more goals in her career than Cristiano Ronaldo has been brought back to life by Three UK using AI technology to share her incredible story.

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