1 hour ago Come Dine With Me's Whisk Man reveals what he regrets most from becoming an overnight celebrity

Kev Riley, 44, became a meme when his dinner party trick on Com Dine With Me became an internet sensation in 2012. Today he has revealed what he regrets most after going on the show.

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25 h. ago 'I bought £80 worth of brand new Pokémon cards and one left me gobsmacked'

The latest series of Pokémon cards, Mega Evolutions, was released in the UK over the weekend, and Social News reporter Zahna Eklund was lucky enough to get their hands on some

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26 h. ago 'I spent £80 on new Pokémon card release and price of one left me floored'

Pokémon Mega Evolutions trading cards released in the UK over the weekend, and after spending £80 on packs, Social News reporter Zahna Eklund was left floored by what they pulled

Economics

26 h. ago Tame Impala: Deadbeat review | Alexis Petridis’s album of the week

(Columbia)Australian indie’s breakout star takes a dancefloor diversion, but amid the four-four fun are fears about fame’s effect on his domestic lifeIn May, Dua Lipa introduced a special guest at her Sydney gig: Kevin Parker, who duetted with her on a version of The Less I Know the Better, the biggest hit Parker has ever released under the name Tame Impala. The pair have a longstanding creative relationship – Parker co-produced and co-wrote most of Dua Lipa’s last album, Radical Optimism – but nevertheless made for quite the study in contrasts. She was resplendent in a glittering lace catsuit, stiletto-heeled boots, a fake fur stole draped over her shoulder. Lank-haired, clad in a baggy multicoloured cardigan and a string of wooden beads, Parker looked not unlike a man who had arrived onstage direct from a very long night up at Glastonbury’s stone circle.You could see it as a visual metaphor for Parker’s unlikely journey to pop’s upper echelons which began, improbably enough, while...

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27 h. ago BBC Breakfast pays touching tribute to rock star after sharing sad death news

Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty shared the sad news regarding a music legend's passing during Friday's BBC Breakfast

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28 h. ago The Last Dinner Party: From the Pyre review – baroque’n’roll band’s speedily released second album is overheated

(Island Records)The London five-piece throw the kitchen sink at these dizzyingly dense songs, often crushing their melodic pleasures in the processIn an era when new bands struggle to break into the mainstream, the Last Dinner Party’s unusually swift rise (they were supporting the Rolling Stones a mere eight months after their first gig, and won the Rising Star Brit award just two years later) meant they spent much of the press cycle for their Mercury-nominated, chart-topping 2024 debut rubbishing suggestions they’d been manufactured by the music industry. As its follow-up arrives, the London five-piece still seem defensive. “While it may seem to an outsider that we have moved quickly on to a second album,” they write in a self-penned press release, “this timing felt like a natural progression to us.”From the Pyre certainly doesn’t sound opportunistically rushed out. Quite the opposite, in fact: this is a dizzyingly dense collection of long, intricate tracks that layer biblical imag...

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30 h. ago Tame Impala review, Deadbeat: Imposter syndrome meets disco on this anxiety

Kevin Parker’s latest record begins with what might be the best opening track of the year, as he makes mountains out of social awkwardness molehills

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48 h. ago New Music Friday: The Last Dinner Party, Tame Impala, Sudan Archives and more big releases this weekend

Something for the weekend? Our pick of some of this weekend’s biggest album releases from the musical world.

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49 h. ago What time ARC Raiders 'sever slam' is this weekend on PS5, Xbox and PC

This upcoming PS5 and Xbox game is free to play for one weekend only ahead of its release later in October

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4 d. ago MAFS UK groom horrified as drunk wife PUKES on plane before chatting up younger lad on disaster honeymoon

A MARRIED At First Sight UK groom revealed his newly-wed wife threw up over him on the way back from their honeymoon and chatted up another man. The furious groom appeared frosty towards his wife at the latest dinner party, but after explaining what had happened everyone could quickly see why. Reiss and Leisha are...

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4 d. ago MAFS UK experts left stunned as groom makes shock confession at dinner party

EXCLUSIVE: A Married at First Sight UK groom makes their feelings known in an exclusive clip from tonight's episode

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4 d. ago MAFS UK spoiler sees bride break down in tears as tensions rise at dinner party

A new Married at First Sight UK spoiler has shown the dinner party erupting into chaos following the arrival of the new brides and grooms

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4 d. ago MAFS UK bride sobs 'I can't keep doing this!' as dinner party ends in disaster with marriage on a knife edge

The newlyweds have not had the easiest ride on the E4 show, with viewers left outraged at Sarah over the last few weeks for slamming her husband as not her 'usual type'.

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4 d. ago MAFS UK spoiler sees dinner party descend into chaos as bride breaks down

A first look at an upcoming episode of Married at First Sight UK sees a bride break down in tears as she continues to question her new marriage

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5 d. ago MAFS newcomers bring the drama in first look at explosive dinner party as groom says he’s been ‘disrespected’ by wife

MAFS newcomers bring the drama with them as the groom says he's been "disrespected" by his wife at an explosive dinner party. Reiss and Leisha walked down the aisle on the E4 show last week but its been a bumpy ride. The pair got off to a bad start at their wedding reception when Leisha pummelled Reiss with questions about...

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5 d. ago Tories and Reform battle to be heirs to Thatcher’s legacy on her centenary

Gala dinner to remember Conservatives’ most successful leader puts spotlight on who will carry forward her ideasIt is a glittering annual dinner in honour of the Conservative party’s most successful leader and, on the 100th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher’s birth, one that is bigger than ever.Yet as Tory grandees, celebrity backers and wealthy donors prepare to sit down at a gala dinner at London’s Guildhall on Monday evening, a battle for her legacy is under way between the party she once led and the insurgent threat to its survival, Reform UK. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Simple menu, minimal stress, banging playlist: top chefs’ tips for a dinner party even the host will enjoy

Love to feed your friends but hate spending a fortune and working yourself to exhaustion? Here’s how the experts ramp up the flavour while dialling down the chaosOne of the great joys in life is enjoying good food with friends. It can taste all the better if you have cooked it yourself, but this isn’t something that comes naturally to everyone. What are the best tricks to pull off a meal – whether it’s for two or 20? Here, chefs share the simplest ways to wow at a dinner party. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago The Life of a Showgirl is a massive hit – and massively divisive. What should Taylor Swift do next?

Swift’s 12th LP is set to dominate the charts – despite fans lampooning the lyrics and lamenting its quality. Guardian music writers discuss what it means for her careerLaura Snapes Taylor Swift’s 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl (TLOAS), has been a smash statistical success. She’s broken records that she previously set, and in the US is second only to Adele for the most sales in a single week. The cinematic release party this weekend grossed $34m in the US and an additional $13m worldwide. But it’s second only to her 20-year-old debut – written in her teens – as the worst reviewed album of her catalogue, with a 70% approval average on Metacritic. What are the successes and failures of this record?Alexis Petridis The success part is obvious. It’s set to become the biggest-selling album of the year by a preposterously long chalk. In terms of shortcomings, I think the biggest one is prosaic – a lack of really memorable melodies. I think you’d be hearing a lot less about the cringy l...

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9 d. ago Gary Lineker left Stephen Fry astonished with what he did at dinner party

Stephen Fry was left shocked by what he saw from Gary Lineker and another former England captain at a dinner party

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9 d. ago Stephen Fry 'astonished' by Gary Lineker and Will Carling's actions at dinner party

Stephen Fry couldn't believe what he saw from Gary Lineker and Will Carling at a dinner party

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