37 h. ago ‘I was the only out queer guy in rock’: Faith No More’s Roddy Bottum

The keyboard player on his heroin overdose, how Kurt Cobain wanted to be gay and why his memoir will ruin his Christian relatives’ Thanksgiving dinnerWhen Roddy Bottum began work on his remarkable autobiography The Royal We, the Faith No More keyboard-player knew exactly the book he didn’t want to write. “The kind that has pictures in the middle,” he says, via video-call from Oxnard, California, where he’s completing a new album by his group Imperial Teen. “I’m not a big fan of rock memoirs – they’re the most predictable, name-droppy, sub-literature experiences.”The Royal We certainly isn’t name-droppy – Bottum doesn’t even use the surnames of his bandmates. And while he outlines the group’s origins and early development, this takes a back seat to his “youth escapades” in San Francisco, “before the internet, before that city got ruined”. Much of the focus is on his sexual awakening, and how the related secrecy and shame have affected his life. “I was having sex with men when I was v...

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62 h. ago Luke Evans and Joanna Scanlan star in ‘gripping’ new ITV drama The Party

The Party is based on a novel by Elizabeth Day and is described as a ‘gripping exploration of loyalty, class, and the truths we hide’ by Evans.

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62 h. ago Luke Evans' 'gripping' new ITV drama about 'class, sex, shame and power' is being made in Wales

Tom Cullen also stars in The Party will which air on ITV

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8 d. ago The Guardian view on Andrew’s downfall: Britain’s relationship with the royals needs a reset | Editorial

The former prince’s retirement from public life is welcome. Problems around royal secrecy and entitlement remain to be tackledPrince Andrew is no more. Henceforth the king’s younger brother will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. With the Thursday night announcement, and the news that Mr Mountbatten Windsor will quit his 30-room home in Windsor, the monarch hopes to draw a line under the shame of the former prince’s friendship with the dead sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and alleged sexual assault of Virginia Giuffre when she was 17, which he has always denied.These “censures” – as Buckingham Palace termed them – were made necessary by Mr Mountbatten Windsor’s poor judgment and deceit, including the lie that he had broken off contact with Epstein in 2010. But the real damage was done by his grotesquely entitled behaviour and appalling choice of friends. It should not have taken the painful details in Ms Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, an extract of which was pub...

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1 week ago Mark Drakeford says his electoral system a reason why Reform UK won't win power in Wales

The former First Minister claimed the new electoral system he helped to introduce will prevent Reform UK from forming a government in Wales

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2 w. ago Men who filmed woman having sex without her consent told to 'hang their heads in shame'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Nathan Howard, Jason Lewis and Jack Thompson admitted a single charge of voyeurism dating back to June 2022 and were sentenced at Belfast Crown Court

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2 w. ago Gen Z's spending power could 'power an evolution of Britain's high streets by 2050'

According to new research from American Express, under the sway of Gen Z (today aged up to 28), high streets of the future could be transformed into vibrant social hubs with immersive shopping and AI-powered technology driving new retail experiences.

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3 w. ago Holly Willoughby reaches out to old pal Fearne Cotton after paedo ex Ian Watkins dies

After a ‘wobbly’ Fearne Cotton posts about shame in the wake of her former lover, child sex offender Ian Watkins’ ‘murder’ in prison, her old bestie Holly Willoughby offers her love and support

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