30 m. ago Bose × LISA Ultra Open Earbuds review: I tested the Blackpink singer's latest collaboration

Blackpink singer Lisa has joined forces with Bose on a new pair of headphones - and they're seriously chic.

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39 m. ago Victoria gushes 'David really does look after me' as son Brooklyn Beckham shows off his love letter tattoo tribute for wife Nicola Peltz amid family feud

Victoria Beckham has shared a sweet gesture from her husband David, gushing that 'he really does look after me'. 

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52 m. ago The Lost Tapes, Beethoven sonatas 18,27, 28 & 31 album review – Richter always found something fresh to say

Sviatoslav Richter(Deutsche Grammophon)Sviatoslav Richter’s already huge catalogue is enriched by these rediscovered recordings of recitals of Beethoven’s piano sonatas from 1965Though he claimed to dislike performing in a studio, Sviatoslav Richter became perhaps the most intensively recorded pianist of the 20th century. But while his studio work was extensive, it was the huge volume of recordings made officially and unofficially at his recitals across more than 40 years that really bulked out his discography, with multiple versions available of many of the core works in his repertory. For those reasons the rediscovery of “Lost Tapes” might not initially seem so remarkable. The performances, of four Beethoven piano sonatas, Opp 31 no 3, 90, 101 and 110, are taken from recitals that Richter gave in 1965. Op 110 comes from a performance at the piano festival he had founded the previous year at La Grange de Meslay near Tours, the others are taken from a concert in Lucerne three months...

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99 m. ago Gardeners should swap hydrangeas for pretty plant which looks after itself

Hydrangeas are a great garden staple, but there's a better option for those who want a plant that flowers profusely and asks for almost nothing in return.

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2 h. ago Haim: I Quit review – the messiest breakup album of recent times, in every sense

(Polydor)The three LA sisters dwell on the bitter end of a relationship in tracks that range from replayable valley-girl rap to plodding country-popHaim’s 2013 breakthrough single The Wire was a swaggering, high-spirited breakup anthem. The slick, twanging pop-rock was correctly identified at the time by Portishead’s Geoff Barrow as echoing the oeuvre of Shania Twain (though this wasn’t the sick burn he thought it was), over which the LA trio copped to commitment phobia, communication issues and having their heads turned, before skipping into the California sunset with their hearts intact. Well, to commandeer the title of Haim’s debut album: those days are very much gone.I Quit, the sisters’ fourth album, still has plenty of breakup songs, but these are no cheerful odes to dumping dudes in your 20s. Instead, the record fixates on the bitter end of a deeply flawed long-term relationship; at least some of these songs are informed by the love lost between lead vocalist Danielle Haim an...

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2 h. ago Trump to review Aukus nuclear submarine pact with Australia and UK

Aukus is a trilateral strategic security partnership aimed primarily at countering China

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2 h. ago Fringe Galaxy expands: theSpaceUK unveils dazzling 2025 line

The stars have aligned for another bumper year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, as theSpaceUK launches its 2025 programme – and it’s nothing short of a theatrical supernova. With over 400 shows spanning theatre, comedy, cabaret, music, dance and family performance, theSpaceUK continues its legacy as one of the Fringe’s boldest and most eclectic venues.

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2 h. ago 'Sheer incompetence': John Swinney urged to cut taxes amid £1.1bn economic performance gap

The Scottish Conservatives say the First Minister should cut taxes following the Chancellor’s spending review.

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2 h. ago Britain on track to become a ‘National Health State’, says thinktank

Resolution Foundation says half of all public spending will be allocated to the NHS and social care by the end of the decadeBusiness live – latest updatesBritain is on track to become a “National Health State” where half of all public spending is allocated to the NHS and social care by the end of the decade, according to a leading thinktank.Rachel Reeves used her spending review on Wednesday to prioritise billions of pounds for the NHS as she outlined Labour’s priorities up to the next general election, while squeezing funding for other areas. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Tax rises will come if economy shrinks further, IFS warns Rachel Reeves after Spending Review

The Spending Review delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves has had a mixed response.

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3 h. ago Voices: First the spending review, now the economy – what else lies in wait for Rachel Reeves?

Official figures showed UK plc plunged into the red in April, contracting by 0.3 per cent. There is no sugar-coating how bad of a result that is for the chancellor, writes James Moore

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3 h. ago Belcea Quartet at Wigmore Hall review: a meticulous, lovingly shaped take on Beethoven

The quartet been playing Beethoven’s quartets for decades – they’ve recorded all 15 of them twice – now, they truly inhabit the work

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3 h. ago Reeves only a ‘gnat’s whisker’ from having to raise taxes in autumn, says IFS – UK politics live

Institute for Fiscal Studies says figures for projected departmental efficiencies savings from Treasury are not credibleReeves gambles on ‘renewing Britain’ to win voters’ trustRachel Reeves is now on ITV’s Good Morning Britain. Susannah Reid and Richard Madeley are interviewing her.Q: You must be disappointed about the growth figures? Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Ruth Wilson on her return to the West End stage, the threat from AI, and why London tops New York

“The sexuality of women is always weaponised or used against them,” says Ruth Wilson. “Whether you’ve slept with men or not, it’s sort of dangerous either way.” The 43-year-old star of His Dark Materials, Luther and The Affair is talking about her role as Josie in Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon for the Misbegotten at the Almeida — her first play since the astonishing 24-hour performance of The Second Woman at the Young Vic in 2023, which won her a special Evening Standard Theatre Award.

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3 h. ago David Ellis reviews Marvee's Food Shop: Sit back and take your sweet time at this Caribbean

David Ellis finds a tribute to the traditional Caribbean takeaway in Ladbroke Grove

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4 h. ago Voices: UK aid cuts are even harsher than they first appeared. And the scale is horrifying

Many of us hoped the worst damage could be avoided, writes Sarah Champion, chair of the International Development Select Committee – but the spending review has dashed that

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4 h. ago Tax hikes will come if economy shrinks any further, IFS warns Rachel Reeves

In a scathing assessment, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) suggested the Treasury was at times ‘making up the numbers’

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4 h. ago Garden gadget shoppers are 'absolutely thrilled' with and 'wouldn’t be without' now 40% off

Shoppers love this garden gadget and say they couldn't live without it

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4 h. ago Voices: Yes, ‘Renewal’ Reeves needs to raise taxes – but how will she pull it off?

The chancellor’s fiscal headroom is already compromised by her commitment to tackle child poverty, writes Sean O’Grady. So she needs luck – and to be more boring than ever – to raise the revenue she desperately needs

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4 h. ago Waxahatchee at London’s Eventim Apollo was a night of musical brilliance with no room for chaos

Katie Crutchfield’s band delivered a superlative set on Wednesday night, bringing the American songwriter’s remarkable material to life with steady excellence

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