62 m. ago Down Cemetery Road review – Emma Thompson is magnificent in this thriller from Slow Horses’ creator

The Oscar winner’s turn as a no-nonsense private investigator is a role model for women everywhere. She really shines alongside Ruth Wilson in this pacy, twisty thriller based on Mick Herron’s debut novelI always forget how good Emma Thompson is. That is partly because she tends to work in film rather than television and I last made it to the cinema in the mid-90s. It is also partly because she is always so how can I put this? so Emma Thompson in all her interviews and award speeches that I can’t envisage her putting herself away enough for Proper Acting.But of course she can – and does as the private investigator Zoë Boehm, a woman of flint and diamond, in the new eight-part thriller Down Cemetery Road, Morwenna Banks’ adaptation of Mick Herron’s debut novel of the same name. Herron has since become known for Slow Horses, the series about the busted spies in Slough House pushing paper under the world-wearied eye of Jackson Lamb, ever hoping to get back in the game. Gary Oldman, who...

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77 m. ago A moment that changed me: I hated running – until I saw it through my daughter’s eyes

She was five when I first took her to a junior parkrun and I was amazed at her attitude and ability. After a lifetime of seeing exercise as punishment, I could suddenly appreciate itAs a teenager, I was very much a “don’t put me down for cardio” girl. At school I would volunteer to be the goalkeeper as it required the least amount of movement. When it came to sports day, if I couldn’t blag a sicknote, I’d reluctantly sign up for long jump, since the long-jump pit was tucked away behind the bike shed and drew no crowds. The idea of running on the track in front of the whole school felt like a nightmare brought to life.Unlike lots of my male friends who played football or rugby for fun, I only saw exercise as punishment. Diet culture in the 90s dictated that thinness – and subsequent “goodness” – was a simple case of calories in versus calories out. Exercise was a gruelling way to stay slim and nothing more. I knew nothing of the feelgood effects of exercise, since I only ever experie...

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6 h. ago Liberation review – fiery and funny show brings 70s feminism to Broadway

James Earl Jones TheatrePlaywright Bess Wohl looks back on her mother’s activism in a moving and cleverly constructed look at how to balance the personal and the politicalThough not listed in the program, Liberation, an inventive and resonant new play by Bess Wohl, possesses a subtitle: A Memory Play About Things I Don’t Remember. The line presumably refers to the personal nature of the show, based in part on the life of Wohl’s mother, Lisa Cronin Wohl, who worked for Ms Magazine in New York during Wohl’s early years, but it also applies to the conversations at hand, within a women’s lib group in small-town Ohio, 1970. On the basketball court of a local rec center, six women hit the blinkered beats of second-wave feminism – workplace inequalities, consciousness raising, The Feminine Mystique – that many in the audience will only know secondhand, through family histories, re-creations like FX’s superb series Mrs America or inherited cultural shorthand. I, like Wohl – like anyone born...

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8 h. ago UK aid cuts a tragic mistake that will put national security risk, MPs say

Savage aid cuts and a narrow focus on cost to the taxpayer risked undermining ‘the very reason the aid budget exists’, the International Development Committee says

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8 h. ago Government’s aid cuts will threaten UK national security, say MPs

MPs have raised concerns that slashing the development budget will ‘lead to unrest and further crises in the future’ posing a threat to UK security.

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10 h. ago Bella Culley could be released from jail before she gives birth after plea deal

Bella Culley's lawyers are understood to be exploring the idea of applying for a presidential pardon, which if granted would see her immediately leave Georgia

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10 h. ago I was left with the wrinkliest skin AFTER retinol, how to use it correctly so it doesn’t happen, according to an expert

WHEN it comes to skincare, you’ve probably heard people swearing by using retinol. However, you should be careful how you apply the Vitamin A product so you don’t damage your skin, as one woman demonstrated.  TikTok user Lisa, who posts under @lisat449, shared how her skin was left more wrinkly after incorrectly using retinol. Showing...

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11 h. ago Shutdown stretches into 28th day as Senate again fails to pass spending legislation

As funding for food aid program is about to be exhausted, Congress fails for 13th time to advance Republican billUS politics live – latest updatesThe US government shutdown stretched into its 28th day with no resolution in sight on Tuesday, as the Senate remained deadlocked over spending legislation even as a crucial food aid program teeters on the brink of exhausting its funding.For the 13th time, Senate Democrats blocked a Republican-backed bill that would have funded federal agencies through 21 November. The minority party has refused to provide the necessary support for the bill to clear the 60-vote threshold for advancement in the Senate because it does not include funding for healthcare programs, or curbs on Donald Trump’s cuts to congressionally approved funding. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago How Hurricane Melissa could turn US soldiers’ attention from bombing ‘drug boats’ to humanitarian aid

Many of the troops aboard 8 Navy warships are trained to assist in natural disasters

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12 h. ago EUAN McCOLM: It's easy to laugh at Corbyn's impotent crank Left as would

With its interminable infighting and crackpot ideas about the world, the far-Left has never seriously threatened to win power in the United Kingdom.

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13 h. ago Westlife flying without stools or Mark Feehily at anniversary concert

Trademark stools garnered the biggest applause at Westlife's 25th anniversary concert in London. The trio paid tribute to absent member Mark Feehily, promising more music with him. They also reveal Louis Walsh has been busy finding them future hits plus there are major plans to tour the world, and crack America.

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14 h. ago Apple Martin releases music video after nepo baby's singing was slammed as 'off

The 21-year-old nepo baby has attempted to follow in the massive footsteps of her 48-year-old Coldplay frontman father as she kickstarts her music career.

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14 h. ago What to know as federal food help and preschool aid will run dry Saturday if shutdown persists

A new lawsuit by Democratic state officials seeks to uncork emergency money to help tens of millions of Americans keep buying food for their families after federal SNAP funding is expected run dry Saturday due to the U.S. government shutdown

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14 h. ago Aids cuts will help drive ‘lost decade’ for progress across the globe, UN warns

Global conflicts, pushback on climate action, and a retrenchment from values of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are also all seen as key threats to global development

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14 h. ago BBC issues call out to Brits who ‘have what it takes’ to apply for The Traitors next series

Brits are being encouraged to apply for the 2026 series of The Traitors

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14 h. ago Staggering autopen trail exposes chaos in Biden's final days... now pardons face unprecedented review

The US Department of Justice is being asked to review every single executive action taken by the Biden administration following a months-long Congressional inquiry.

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14 h. ago Breeders’ Cup: Aidan O’Brien shrugs off ‘nightmare berths’ after draw causes betting drift

Both Gstaad and Precise were handed the widest possible stalls in the Juvenile races when the big race fields were finalised for the Del Mar meet

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15 h. ago This Halloween vegetable is a ‘nutritional gold mine’ and packed with protein

Every part of a pumpkin is edible – so don't throw away the skin or innards if you're carving a jack-o'-lantern

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15 h. ago Unclog kitchen and bathroom drains in minutes with method that actually works

Clogged drains can cause all sorts of issues in the home but there's a way to deal with properly.

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15 h. ago Inter Milan goalkeeper kills elderly man, 81, in horror crash

Josep Martinez, 27, immediately stopped and provided first aid near club’s Appiano Gentile training ground

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