64 h. ago I spent a long, confusing week watching every single Elizabeth Hurley movie

To unravel the mystery of the British actor, model and entrepreneur’s surreal, winding career – which this week finds her playing a dead millionaire in a Channel 4 reality show – Adam White spent seven days watching all 28 of her films, from the one where she murders Patsy Kensit to the erotic thriller her son directed

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3 d. ago Taylor Swift's wedding could impact the world, Living Nostradamus reveals in wild prediction

A psychic has made a shocking prediction about how Taylor Swift's financial future could completely change after she marries Travis Kelce - and what will be next for this ultra A-list couple.

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3 d. ago Mystery unravelled behind Europe’s largest earthquake could lead to better future predictions

Findings open up new perspectives on earthquake risk prediction in Europe, researchers say

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3 d. ago ‘It’s nature at its purest – remote, quiet and rejuvenating’: readers’ favourite wild places in Europe

From kayaking between icebergs in Iceland to a Pyrenean hideaway, our tipsters know how to get away from it all• Tell us where to go for late summer sun – the best tip wins a £200 holiday voucherOne of the most magical places I’ve been is Lake Saimaa in eastern Finland – a huge labyrinth of islands and tranquil forests where you don’t come across many people. We rented a lakeside cabin (typically they cost from about €100 a night, sleeping two) and watched the midnight sun shimmer across peaceful waters. Days were spent kayaking between uninhabited islets or hiking pine-scented trails, with only the call of black-throated divers (or loons) for company. We visited the Linnansaari national park on an archipelago in the middle of the vast lake (the largest in Finland and fourth largest freshwater lake in Europe), where encounters with rare Saimaa ringed seals await. It’s nature’s embrace at its purest – remote, quiet and utterly rejuvenating.Anthony Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Tickets for Europe’s largest indoor funfair in Glasgow go on sale this week

The carnival is celebrating its 106th year this festive season.

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6 d. ago How the 'mushroom murders' mystery unravelled as convict Erin Patterson faces her only survivor in court ahead of being sentenced

This is how a quiet family lunch in a small Australian town sent shockwaves around the world after a sinister murder plot came to light.

Events

7 d. ago Photos show thousands celebrating Caribbean culture at London's Notting Hill Carnival

Revellers are parading in colorful costumes through the streets of Notting Hill, in west London, for the annual carnival which started in 1966 and is one of the largest festival celebrations of its kind in Europe celebrating Caribbean culture.

Culture

7 d. ago The one change that worked: I abandoned my cynicism – and joined Europe’s biggest gay choir

I’ve sung at the Royal Albert Hall, made friends with people I would otherwise never have met and felt the power of being seen and heard for who I really amIt is April 2022 and I am standing in the middle of the stage at Cadogan Hall in London. As the pianist plays a plucky staccato intro, it dawns on me that I am about to sing the West Side Story classic I Feel Pretty, with choreography, in front of a packed audience, alongside 200 gay men.This was my first time performing with the London Gay Men’s Chorus (LGMC) – Europe’s largest gay choir. I first saw them perform years earlier in Soho, where they sang Bridge Over Troubled Water at a vigil for the Pulse nightclub shooting in Florida in 2016. After making it through the pandemic, the chorus’s years-long waiting list and months of rehearsals, I was under the bright stage lights, trying to remember the first line of the song and thinking: “what have I got myself into?” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago ‘I’ll be Poirot’: the Orient Express is back – but what is it like to ride?

It comes at a steep price, but the remodelled luxury train from Sicily to Rome immerses passengers in the country’s culture as well as passing through stunning scenery‘If anyone mysteriously vanishes, I can be Poirot,” said the passenger from India, twirling his moustache. It felt as though the spirit of Agatha Christie’s most famous character – best known for solving the Murder on the Orient Express – was lingering in the breeze at Palermo’s sublime botanical garden, which had been transformed into a makeshift waiting room for the 40 or so travellers about to board an Italian replica of the fabled train.Sipping espresso and sampling cannoli, the classic Sicilian pastry, the curiosity and suspicion for which Poirot is famous was palpable as the passengers subtly sized each other up. But the only mystery waiting to be unravelled over the next couple of days was whether their Rome-bound journey on La Dolce Vita Orient Express would live up to their dreamy expe...

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8 d. ago Notting Hill Carnival bursts into colourful scenes as parade peacefully goes off... as army of police officers line streets

The world-famous street party, which is the largest in Europe, officially begun on Sunday morning with dancers in bright costumes parading along the streets.

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8 d. ago Notting Hill Carnival bursts into colourful scenes as parade peacefully goes off... as army of black

The world-famous street party, which is the largest in Europe, officially begun on Sunday morning with dancers in bright costumes parading along the streets.

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8 d. ago Dark chapter saw Manchester shopping centre 'taken over by machine gun

It was part of the largest redevelopment zone in Europe at the time

Economics

9 d. ago ‘Trust me bro’?: China’s pitch for Europe’s largest embassy in London hits another snag after mystery floorplans emerge

‘Trust me bro’?: China’s pitch for Europe’s largest embassy in London hits another snag after mystery floorplans emerge  Malay Mail

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1 week ago Entrepreneur behind Europe’s largest surf resort launches adventure sports

Andy Hadden, founder of Lost Shore Surf Resort, Europe’s largest inland surfing destination, has unveiled The Lighthouse at the EICA - a premium flexible workspace inside the Edinburgh International Climbing Arena in Ratho. Designed for up to 90 professionals, it blends coworking and private desks, offices and breakout areas with unrivalled doorstep access to some of the UK’s most exciting adventure sports.

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1 week ago Russia pounds Ukraine with largest aerial bombardment in a month hours after Trump

Moscow launched more than 280 drones and missiles at central Ukraine in its latest attack

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on food and farming: climate chaos hits crops hard – and that should worry everyone | Editorial

Last year’s floods have been followed by heatwaves. Ministers must throw their weight behind resilient, adaptable agricultureBritish farmers are, of course, not the only people who are suffering from the effects of this summer’s heatwaves. Across Europe and the Middle East, record-breaking temperatures are threatening lives as well as livelihoods. France has experienced its largest wildfire since 1949, while across Europe an estimated 500,000 hectares of land have burned.But farmers are particularly vulnerable to extreme weather, which has a direct impact on crop yields. So reports of a second consecutive year in which food growers in parts of the UK are seeing dramatic falls in production should concern the British public. Access to food is frequently taken for granted in the world’s wealthiest nations. But increased food insecurity is among the dangerous effects of the climate crisis, as well as being worsened by Trump’s tariffs, and geopolitical instability including the war in U...

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2 w. ago Children in the 60s were asked to forecast the future, and their predictions were spookily accurate

These children ‘nailed it’ when they were asked to predict the future

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2 w. ago 2025 NFL Futures bets, predictions, player props: Wide Receiver prop bet picks for London, Worthy, Nabers

2025 NFL Futures bets, predictions, player props: Wide Receiver prop bet picks for London, Worthy, Nabers  CBS Sports

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2 w. ago HSBC flags 73% of Hong Kong commercial property loans as risky

Prolonged slump in retail spending and sluggish office demand put Europe’s largest lender on notice

Events

3 w. ago New gadget that could 'transform family beach trips' being tested this summer

For some, a major downside of visiting the beach is sand sticking to their feet, clothes and belongings. But Europe's largest tour operator is hoping to shake things up.

Society