23 m. ago Best cloud storage platforms that make backing up your data a doddle

We’ve found the solutions that will give you peace of mind when it comes to precious data

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45 m. ago Clueless review – Alicia Silverstone and Brittany Murphy are class acts in 90s Jane Austen parallel

Amy Heckerling’s high school romcoming-of-age classic, composed entirely of quotable funny lines, remains a sophisticated pleasure 30 years onThirty years ago, the world was swooning over Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice adaptation but all the time, the actual Jane Austen screen sensation that year was happening elsewhere in plain sight. Amy Heckerling’s high school romcoming-of-age masterpiece, inspired by Austen’s Emma, is now on re-release for its 30th anniversary and more than ever it feels like a complete joy, a deliciously movie-literate (and literate-literate) classic, with references to Stanley Kubrick, Oscar Wilde and William Burroughs to go with the Austen parallel.Clueless is something to compare with Bringing Up Baby and The Philadelphia Story – and Alicia Silverstone’s final, tearful scene matches, and even outclasses, Julia Roberts’ speech in Notting Hill about being just a girl standing in front of a boy. Like Withnail and I, it’s a film ...

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46 m. ago 'Perfect' series compared to Black Mirror streaming free despite studio's controversial move

The show's star has spoken out against the decision

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64 m. ago BBC Breakfast staff defend 'overwhelmingly loved' boss under fire from Naga Munchetty

It comes after it was revealed last week that editor Richard Frediani has reportedly taken an extended period of leave, after an internal review of bullying and misconduct allegations.

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89 m. ago This Bitter Earth at Soho Theatre review: Billy Porter makes an assured directing debut

This tale of an interracial couple in America is a fresh and illuminating take on recent social and political history that’s already being rewritten elsewhere

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1 hour ago This new biodegradable film could save 20 per cent on energy bills

Researchers say metafilm could be an alternative to air conditioning systems

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1 hour ago Killing machines: how Russia and Ukraine’s race to perfect deadly pilotless drones could harm us all

Cheap, scaleable and highly autonomous, these weapons are developing quickly – and experts say they should prompt a global rethink about securityOn a fine day in early June, Ukrainian soldiers launched their latest killer robot. With a click on a screen, the unattractively named Gogol-M, a fixed-wing aerial drone with a 20-foot wingspan, took off from an undisclosed location and soared into a wide blue sky.This “mothership” travelled 200km into Russia before releasing two attack drones hanging off its wings. Able to evade radar by flying at a low altitude, the smaller drones autonomously scanned the ground below to find a suitable target, and then locked on for the kill. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Like its demigod hero, Disney’s Hercules musical loses its divine status in clumsy hands

This show is lit up by sinuous harmonies and heart-melting ballads, but the warmth evaporates when the music stops

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2 h. ago It Used to Be Witches by Ryan Gilbey review – an idiosyncratic guide to queer cinema

This engaging and experimental book explores the complex politics of LGBTQ+ representation in filmFor the British film critic Ryan Gilbey, “cinema and sexuality have always been as closely intertwined [ ] as the stripes on a barbershop pole”. His new book is a bricolage of memoir, criticism and interviews with film-makers that explores the personal and political dimensions of this coupling. It opens with the author in Venice, preparing to give a lecture on cinema; writing in the third person, Gilbey describes himself as the “Gustav von Aschenbach of easyJet”, a reference to the ageing, lustful composer from Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice (played by a moustachioed Dirk Bogarde in Luchino Visconti’s 1971 film adaptation). Gilbey identifies with Aschenbach only because he remembers how his own once-hidden sexuality devitalised him: the closet “render[ed] him elderly before he had so much as touched puberty”. He employs the third person off and on throughout the book....

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3 h. ago Tom Cruise shares telling comment amid feud speculation with Brad Pitt after reuniting on red carpet for first time in more than 20 years

The Hollywood megastars last appeared alongside each other on screen more than three decades ago, in 1994 horror Interview with the Vampire.

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3 h. ago Urgent 'do not eat' warning issued for popular sauce sold in UK supermarkets

Laoganma Black Bean Chilli Sauce is stocked in Sainsbury's, where it features in the world foods aisle, and has a batch code 18232 and best before date of March 8, 2026

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3 h. ago BBC Radio 2 DJ Sara Cox: The morning is when my brain is at its sharpest and my mood is at its highest

Broadcaster and author Sara Cox talks to Camilla Foster about her morning routine and what energy-boosting habits she couldn’t live without.

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3 h. ago Urgent recall issued as Brits told 'do not eat' popular 'contaminated' sauce

The batch of Laogana Brand Black Bean Chili Sauce in question is numbered 18232, dated 8/3/26, with the Food Standards Agency labelling it as a 'possible health risk'

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3 h. ago Urgent supermarket recall issued as Brits told 'do not eat' popular 'contaminated' sauce

The batch of Laogana Brand Black Bean Chili Sauce in question is numbered 18232, dated 8/3/26, with the Food Standards Agency labelling it as a 'possible health risk'

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3 h. ago Celebs Go Dating star dies after 'long illness' as tributes paid to 'unique energy'

Eden Blackman was one of the original dating coaches on the E4 reality series

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4 h. ago The Original by Nell Stevens review – queering the Victorians

This flamboyant tale of fakers and forgery, straddling the turn of the 20th century, is a smart and witty investigation into love and authenticityWe become ourselves by copying others, whether dutifully or audaciously, in acts of homage or appropriation. What is education if not a prolonged process of copying, and isn’t the same true, Nell Stevens asks in her latest novel, of falling in love? Suddenly besotted with another young woman, her protagonist Grace begins to wear her scarf at the side of the neck as her lover does, and to feel “clearer and more deliberate and more like myself” as she does so. “When we fall in love with a person, we fall in love with the copy of them, inexpertly done, that we carry around with us whenever they aren’t there.”At its heart The Original has two strands of copying: both are preoccupations of the late-Victorian era the book is set in. There are the pictures made by Grace when she’s brought, penniless, to her uncle’s house aged 10 after her pa...

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4 h. ago Chicken Town review – endearingly daft Fenland crime caper has a shedful of charm

Sparky performances lift this British crime comedy about a pair of young drug dealers who forge an unlikely alliance with a retired busybodyThere are echoes of Shane Meadows and the Coen brothers in this cheerful crime comedy set in the Fens in eastern England. It’s endearingly daft and unexpectedly charming for a film about small-town drug dealers full of knob jokes – and contains no actual violence from criminals who are more crap than nasty. There are some sparky performances from the young cast, and it manages to pull off natural, easygoing laughs without the cringe that often seeps into British comedies.Ethaniel Davy is brilliant as Jayce, who has just been released from 10 months in a young offenders’ institution – wrongly convicted for crashing a stolen car. Now that he’s out, he wants answers. What everyone except Jayce knows is that it was his best mate Lee (Ramy Ben Fredj, also terrific) behind the wheel of the car. Lee is the heir to a battery-chicken farming empire with ...

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4 h. ago What to do if your tablet is lost or stolen: tips to help ease your concerns

From remotely locking it to what to do if you buy a new one, the steps you need to think about takingWhat to do if your phone is lost or stolenWhat to do if your wireless headphones are lost or stolenTablets are the go-to for entertainment on travels for adults and kids alike, but they contain much more than the latest episode of The Traitors, with access to the ins and outs of daily life. So when one gets lost or stolen, the cost of the slate isn’t the only thing to worry about. If yours disappears, here’s what to do.Try to locate your tablet with Find My on Apple or Google, or Manage Content and Devices for Amazon’s Fire tablets.Remotely lock your tablet using Find My or management settings. Here you can mark it as lost, block the use of Apple or Google Pay, make it play a sound and leave a message on the screen for anyone who finds it. You can also remotely erase your tablet if you can’t find it.If you have mobile data on your tablet, contact your mobile broadband provider and bl...

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5 h. ago ITV workplace sitcom Transaction breaks away from trans tropes with panache

Jordan Gray is excellent as the snarky, manipulative and completely unsackable new shop worker Olivia

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5 h. ago Brad Pitt's F1 movie missed the point of what has made the sport so popular

F1: The Movie is visually and aurally spectacular pretty much from start to finish but, sadly, the Brad Pitt-led Hollywood take on the sport is let down by some glaring problems elsewhere

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