7 h. ago 'Never sounds good' Man City face fresh questions over North Stand changes

Manchester City have announced more Flexi season tickets but are also relocating hundreds of fans in the lower tier of the North Stand

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49 h. ago Man City give major North Stand update with hundreds facing seat move

Manchester City have announced new plans for the North Stand that include the top tier but also the area behind the goal.

Politics

1 week ago ‘After the reading, the poets hold each other’: what happens when Ukraine’s largest literary festival comes under Russian attack

Fiona Benson was invited to Lviv’s BookForum by Ukrainian poet-soldier Artur Dron’. She recounts falling in love with the city and its thriving literary culture, before an air raid siren soundsI had been working on Exeter University’s Ukrainian Wartime Poetry project for two years when the invitation came to travel to the country’s largest literary festival. I didn’t exactly relish the prospect of a journey to a war zone, but I was assured that visiting BookForum in Lviv, a city so far west it’s practically in Poland, would be safe. I had been leading poetry workshops with exiles and editing translations of Ukrainian poetry, including soldier Artur Dron‘’s collection We Were Here, published last November. So, when Artur and his translator – the incredible poet Yuliya Musakovska – asked me and language professor Hugh Roberts to attend, I couldn’t say no.What I didn’t expect was to fall in love with the city: its gorgeous architecture, its cafes, its parks full of trees, and its write...

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2 w. ago Meet Anamanaguchi, the band behind the last Scott Pilgrim video game’s soundtrack – and the next one

Chiptune alt-rock band Anamanaguchi are having a bumper year, culminating in an opportunity to create the soundtrack they’ve always wanted to make – for a new Scott Pilgrim gameScott Pilgrim, the series of pop culture-saturated graphic novels by Canadian author and comic book artist Bryan Lee O’Malley, has become a timeless epic about teenage insecurity, love and redemption, and the intersection of arrogance and self-esteem – as well as a Canadian interpretation of emo, indie rock and shōnen-style comic books. It is a coming-of-age tale about an initially unlikable teenage boy growing up in the 00s, who matures through six graphic novels that deftly reference everything from Japanese manga to western superheroes, video games and Tintin. It is also, of course, a hit movie, a 2022 Netflix anime series, and a 2010 video game – the last two of which were soundtracked by New York City-based indie rock band Anamanaguchi.‘My favourite scene in the Scott Pilgrim anime is where Knives and Ki...

Culture

2 w. ago Former cabinet secretary ‘puzzled’ by China spy case collapse amid fresh questions over Starmer’s explanation

The former national security adviser and cabinet secretary said ‘of course’ China is a national security threat to Britain

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2 w. ago China 'threatened to retaliate' if Labour classed it as an 'enhanced' risk as ministers face fresh questions over collapse of 'spying' case

The measures introduced this summer mean that 'agents' of other powers face criminal prosecution if they fail to disclose activities.

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3 w. ago Follow Julie Andrews' foosteps in a tour of the charming Austrian city where The Sound of Music was filmed

Deputy Travel Editor Hayley Minn Heads to Salzburg, Austria with her mum and aunt to join a Sound of Music tour of the city.

Culture

3 w. ago Soundproofed ‘private meeting pods’ beam down in Scottish airport and city centre hotel

“Our research consistently highlighted that taking private calls whilst travelling is the biggest challenge facing hybrid workers and business travellers” – Nikki Gibson

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