42 m. ago Every One Still Here by Liadan Ní Chuinn review – an extraordinary debut

This brilliant short-story collection confronts the knotty truths of Northern Ireland’s bloody pastThe literature of the Troubles is a rich one, from Seamus Heaney’s North (1975), Jennifer Johnston’s Shadows on Our Skin (1977) and Bernard MacLaverty’s Cal (1983), to Eoin McNamee’s Resurrection Man (1994), Anna Burns’s Booker-winning Milkman (2018), and Louise Kennedy’s Trespasses (2022). The latest addition to the corpus, a slim debut story collection by nonbinary Northern Irish writer Liadan Ní Chuinn, shares the brilliance and burning energy of those other books, but there is a fundamental distinction. Ní Chuinn was born in the year of the Good Friday agreement, the 1998 power-sharing deal that delivered peace and brought an end to the Troubles; why, then, should their writing be so obsessed with them?“I believe, these things, they’re the making of us,” a character says at one point. He’s talking about a dead friend, but his words might apply to Northern Ireland’s past 50 or so ye...

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42 m. ago ‘We need real change, not fiddling at the edges’: voters on Labour’s first year

People from across the UK discuss why the government is struggling to win the approval of a deeply divided publicFor Aiden Robertson, a 35-year-old consultant from Burnley, Labour’s first year back in government can only be summed up as “incredibly disappointing”.The year had been marked, he felt, by “dreadful communication, a lack of clear purpose, zero vision”, while Labour had been “pandering to Reform voters who will never back them”. Continue reading...

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43 m. ago Brits reach record levels of burnout as GPs urge workforce to make one major change

New data has shown that British women are more affected by burnout than anywhere else in Europe - with symptoms including physical exhaustion, headaches, and feelings of dread

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51 m. ago New details emerge about what Erin Patterson did just days before she was found guilty of murder

Erin Patterson was so confident she would be found not guilty of murder that she covered her Leongatha home in black plastic tarps, expecting to enjoy privacy once the trial ended.

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70 m. ago Wimbledon fans all have same complaint as they fume at BBC's Carlos Alcaraz coverage

Carlos Alcaraz beat Andrey Rublev in an engrossing match at Wimbledon on Sunday night, but viewers on BBC One were annoyed by the way the broadcaster decided to show it

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78 m. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Inside the courtroom as four verdicts are handed down

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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1 hour ago This Is Spinal Tap invented the rockumentary – and its influence is everywhere you look

‘Pavements’ is the latest rock band film to play with fact and fiction, suggesting that a cult 1990s group with one or two minor hits are in fact the most influential music outfit in the world. And, like films about fake musicians or real ones, it all leads back to ‘Spinal Tap’, argues Xan Brooks

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1 hour ago She was from a good family but had a secret life online where men preyed on her

"That kind of language shows a lack of respect for her as a human being and demonstrates what they think of her."

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2 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Jury announces four verdicts

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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2 h. ago What to Stream: Spielberg looks back at 'Jaws,' Clipse reunite and 'Bachelor in Paradise' is flirty

Steven Spielberg reflecting on his shark blockbuster in the documentary “Jaws @ 50” and Clipse, the dynamic duo of Pusha T and Malice, returning for the album “Let God Sort Em Out” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you

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2 h. ago Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White

We’ve been living in a great experiment: can finance provide basic human rights such as housing? The answer is increasingly no“The housing crisis is now as big a threat to the EU as Russia,” Jaume Collboni, the mayor of Barcelona, recently declared. “We’re running the risk of having the working and middle classes conclude that their democracies are incapable of solving their biggest problem.”It is not hard to see where Collboni is coming from. From Dublin to Milan, residents routinely find half of their incomes swallowed up by rent, and home ownership is unthinkable for most. Major cities are witnessing spiralling house prices and some have jaw-dropping year-on-year median rent increases of more than 10%. People are being pushed into ever more precarious and cramped conditions and homelessness is rapidly rising. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Why you should NEVER trust a fitness watch to count how many calories you're burning; HARRY WALLOP puts the leading brands to the test, with very surprising results....

Once considered the preserve of Lycra-clad cycle bores, these wearables are increasingly being seen as a possible saviour for the creaking NHS.

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7 h. ago Now that's what you call a burner phone! Creepy case is covered in fake SKIN that burns just like human flesh when exposed to UV

Dubbed the 'Skincase', the creepy case is 3D-printed using silicone, which means it not only looks like human skin, but also feels like it.

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7 h. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: World waits on verdict as jury enters seventh day of deliberations

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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10 h. ago Geri Halliwell breaks cover at F1 British Grand Prix after snubbing Mel B's wedding

Geri Halliwell has stepped out at the F1 British Grand Prix with her family, just one day after she snubbed her former Spice Girl bandmate Mel B’s wedding to Rory McPhee

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11 h. ago BBC Wimbledon viewers make same complaint over Clare Balding 'disruption'

Fans tuning into the BBC's live coverage of the tennis tournament weren't impressed

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12 h. ago Dentist being fined £150K by NHS for keeping patients' teeth too healthy

A Mirror special report from one of Britain’s worst dental deserts exposes an NHS system ‘not fit for purpose’ and causing an exodus of dentists going private

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12 h. ago Chicago woman charged with murder after kids are stabbed inside burning home

Police were called to Wendy Tolbert’s home in the Logan Square section of the city just after 9:00am on Friday after someone called 911 to report a person armed with a knife.

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13 h. ago Ben Stokes’ waning influence with the bat on display in England’s soggy defeat | Andy Bull

Captain was bamboozled by Jadeja’s bowling before falling to Washington Sundar in crushing second Test loss to IndiaIt was raining hard in Birmingham on Sunday morning. A weight of great black clouds broke over the city while it was feeling its way into the day. On the streets people pressed themselves together under the cover of bus stops and awnings: revellers off to the Queens Heath pride festival, heavy metal lovers making their way home after Black Sabbath’s farewell gig at Villa Park the previous evening, and cricket supporters bound for the ground, most of them with last-minute tickets, split between anxious Indian and wry English fans, the only people in the city who were happy enough to be getting wet.The bad weather was about the only way England were going to get out of this match with a draw. A team who have spent three years learning how to do the improbable were in no position at all to attempt the unremarkable and bat out the match, even after the rain had washed out ...

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13 h. ago Mature shoppers achieve 'youthful skin' with foundation that 'doesn't settle in lines'

“Youthful skin, just a touch. I love this foundation. It is not Matte!!! It looks like skin should. Medium coverage and does not settle in my lines.”

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