3 h. ago Taylor Swift's unfiltered era: Taylor Swift's many feuds laid bare in new album

The singer, 35, has gone for a decidely racier image for this album, with the cover featuring her dressed in a Las Vegas showgirl-style outfit with a beaded bra, fishnet stockings.

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7 h. ago Taylor Swift’s Charli xcx hit job misses the point – and underscores her tedious obsession with conflict

Sixteen months after Charli used Brat to air her anxieties about Swift, the US star’s graceless response is a missed opportunity for growth – and betrays her vengeful sideCharli xcx released her sixth album, Brat, on 7 June 2024. Within seconds of it streaming, fans had deduced that the song Girl, So Confusing was probably about Lorde: all it took was the line “people say we’re alike / They say we’ve got the same hair”, riffing on a 2014 video where Charli and an interviewer did a bit about people confusing the two. In the song, Charli laid bare her anxieties about their relationship and admitted: “Sometimes I think you might hate me.” Exactly two weeks later came the Girl, So Confusing Featuring Lorde remix, brokered by the pair over text and voice note in the days after Brat came out. On Lorde’s verse, she owned up to ghosting on dinner dates with Charli and exposed the self-hate, projection and industry-fuelled sense of pop-girl-on-pop-girl rivalry that had made her shy away from...

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7 h. ago Taylor Swift’s Charli xcx hit job misses the point – and underscores her tedious obsession with conflict | Laura Snapes

Sixteen months after Charli used Brat to air her anxieties about Swift, the US star’s graceless response is a missed opportunity for growth – and betrays her vengeful sideCharli xcx released her sixth album, Brat, on 7 June 2024. Within seconds of it streaming, fans had deduced that the song Girl, So Confusing was probably about Lorde: all it took was the line “people say we’re alike / They say we’ve got the same hair”, riffing on a 2014 video where Charli and an interviewer did a bit about people confusing the two. In the song, Charli laid bare her anxieties about their relationship and admitted: “Sometimes I think you might hate me.” Exactly two weeks later came the Girl, So Confusing Featuring Lorde remix, brokered by the pair over text and voice note in the days after Brat came out. On Lorde’s verse, she owned up to ghosting on dinner dates with Charli and exposed the self-hate, projection and industry-fuelled sense of pop-girl-on-pop-girl rivalry that had made her shy away from...

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8 h. ago Stacey Solomon left furious over family issue that is 'driving her nuts'

The ups and downs of Stacey Solomon and Joe Swashes's life are laid bare in their BBC reality series, Stacey and Joe - with the TV star sharing the reality of parenting teenagers

Politics

30 h. ago Reform’s suggestions Starmer is inciting violence ‘offensive’, minister says

Home Office minister Mike Tapp also insisted that the Home Office would not be involved in any decision to cut Nigel Farage’s security.

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33 h. ago SNP accused of “guillotining” college sector as grim financial outlook laid bare

College budgets have faced swingeing real term cuts as the SNP is accused of overseeing the managed decline of the sector

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41 h. ago Arsenal make hard work of Olympiacos as Champions League problem laid bare

ARSENAL 2-0 OLYMPIACOS: The Gunners made heavy weather of seeing off their Greek opponents before Bukayo Saka's stoppage-time strike made the game safe

Sport

42 h. ago The unsung Ryder Cup hero credited as best in the business at one key thing

Edoardo Molinari receives rave reviews from Matt Fitzpatrick as the workings of Italian laid bare

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56 h. ago Man Utd suffer £63m loss as truth behind horror Ruben Amorim tenure is laid bare

Manchester United have endured a lacklustre year under the stewardship of Ruben Amorim, as the Red Devils fail to provide results on the pitch and take a huge hit in terms of squad value

Economics

57 h. ago True cost of Ruben Amorim's Manchester United reign laid bare amid £63m loss

Latest Manchester United transfer news and gossip as one player's market value has decreased since Ruben Amorim took charge

Economics

3 d. ago Keir Starmer exposes Nigel Farage decision as Union Jack vow laid bare

Welsh, English, Union Jack and Scottish flags were given out to supporters at Labour party conference in Liverpool, with the PM urging members to wave them in solidarity

Politics

3 d. ago The gilded existence that JK Rowling says makes Emma Watson 'ignorant': She blames her speeding on having a chauffeur, had £4m at 14 and 'hasn't used a high street changing room in years'

From sunning herself in Venice earlier this month to living a life of luxury in her nine-bedroom mansion, multi-millionaire Emma Watson has now come under fire for being 'ignorant... of real life'.

Economics

3 d. ago Hearts hailed for 'great bit of business' as Jamestown impact laid bare

Berra pleased with how Jambos have reinforced their squad

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3 d. ago Emma Watson's gilded existence laid bare by JK Rowling: How Harry Potter star amassed £42m fortune, bought nine

In a furious broadside, JK Rowling today accused the actress of 'pouring petrol on the flames' at the height of her abuse after criticising her public condemnation of the transgender movement.

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4 d. ago The death of Britain's pubs laid bare: Warnings six inns could close every day with generational threat to thousands of bars under Labour's watch

Squeezing between punters' shoulders to get to the bar, sharing stories around beer-stained tables and packing out gardens, the Great British Pub has been at the very heart of our culture for centuries.

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5 d. ago 'I treat patients in Gaza, kids are being shot in stomach and left with stomas'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Mandy Blackman, who is currently running a field hospital in al-Mawasi in the Gaza Strip for the charity UK-Med, has laid bare the horrors of life on the frontline

Science

6 d. ago Ruben Amorim fires warning to his Man Utd players for Brentford trip as poor form laid bare

Manchester United have the chance to win back-to-back Premier League games for the first time in the Ruben Amorim era when they travel to Brentford on Saturday afternoon

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7 d. ago New Scotland college and university funding analysis shows 'most colleges are not sustainable'

The stark financial position of Scotland’s universities and colleges has been laid bare in new analysis from the Scottish Funding Council.

Culture

7 d. ago Airspace over Danish city of Aalborg closed again last night after reports of drone sightings – Europe live

Unconfirmed sightings led to officials in Denmark to briefly close airspace again as PM warns ‘more to come’Airspace over the Danish city of Aalborg was briefly closed again last night after unconfirmed reports of drone sightings. While no drones were eventually found, it shows how Denmark is on the edge after repeated incidents this week.Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen conceded earlier that “there may be more to come,” as she laid bare the challenge these hybrid attacks pose for the country in a rare TV address. I consider it a new reality that Denmark and Europe are under more violent and frequent hybrid attacks. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago London's pupil exodus laid bare as schools empty across capital

Nine London boroughs - including Westminster, Lambeth, Southwark, Hackney and Camden - have seen the largest falls in primary pupil numbers in the country over the last five years

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