39 m. ago Rangers fan who died in Istanbul hailed as 'nicest guy' as thousands raised on fundraiser

Christopher Potter, who is understood to have been in his 40s, passed away after being hit by the vehicle while crossing a road in Beşiktaş.

Events

51 m. ago Alabaster DePlume: A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(International Anthem)While some listeners might baulk at the earnest spoken-word incantations, you can’t argue with DePlume’s outstanding melodies, played with tremulous vibratoAlabaster DePlume’s seventh album comes with a statement of purpose. “What is it FOR?” asks the accompanying blurb, written by the artist, born Angus Fairbairn. “To inspire and facilitate our independent healing Recently I told everyone to ‘go forward in the courage of your love’ and ‘be brazen like a baby’. Following this incitement to boldness it is only fair that I offer a perspective on healing whatever comes as a result.”There is more – a lot more, including a poem – but you get the gist. An album arriving with an explicit mission statement is an unusual occurrence, but to anyone familiar with Fairbairn and his work, the obvious response is: well, of course it does. The only variable is whether you say that in a tone of delight or with a roll of the eyes. Since his 2020 breakthrough with the soothing To...

Politics

51 m. ago David Ellis reviews La Palombe: Sweet dreams are cooked like these

Il Portico restaurateur James Chiavarini knows all about fresh starts, says David Ellis, and the reborn La Palombe is leagues above what it was

Politics

52 m. ago Women ‘risk emptying their private pension pots a decade earlier than men’

Some female retirees could end up with a 14-year shortfall between their private pension funds running out, and the end of their life, L&G said.

Economics

63 m. ago Liverpool’s remarkable night in Paris and Bayern buoyant: Football Weekly Extra

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Mark Langdon and Lars Sivertsen as Liverpool pull off a miraculous win against PSGRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today: Alisson is in sensational form as Liverpool succeed in the ultimate smash-and-grab win at PSG in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie. Continue reading...

Politics

70 m. ago Netflix fans rave over 'hilariously quirky' comedy series with whopping 97% Rotten Tomatoes score as it rockets up the charts

Based on a comic book series with the same name by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse, Resident Alien has three seasons so far, with a fourth currently in the works.

Sport

93 m. ago Paddy McGuinness says 'I have no money' as he addresses Christine McGuinness divorce

Paddy McGuinness made a joke about his divorce from Christine McGuinness during an interview in Ireland this week when he spoke about feeling anxious before his comedy shows

Politics

1 hour ago New leader of the RMT promises ‘business as usual’ for the union

Eddie Dempsey is taking over from Mick Lynch, who is retiring.

Politics

2 h. ago Netflix fans can't get enough of 'female Jason Bourne' action thriller

Netflix has added a new action thriller to its roster and it has quickly become one of the most watched films on the streaming service in the UK over the past week.

Politics

2 h. ago Locals go to war over fears retired businessman's plan to build new snug at his  £800,000 home in village with links to Shakespeare will block historic footpath 

EXCLUSIVE: The route just a stone's throw from the childhood home of Shakespeare's mother is allegedly under threat - from the chairman of the local parish council.

Economics

3 h. ago Alive by Gabriel Weston review – a revelatory study of the body

A doctor draws on science, history, art and her own experiences to help us see human anatomy anewUntil the early 17th century, scientists believed that the heart operated a bit like a lamp, warming blood that had been produced by the liver. In 1616, when the English physician William Harvey corrected this misconception and explained how the heart works, the audience at the Royal College of Physicians booed him. Why did it take so long for scientists to understand the heart’s real function? One possibility is that until the invention of mechanical pumps in the late 16th century, doctors lacked the metaphorical language to describe what the heart does.“The truth of the body is as much about storytelling as it is about anatomy,” the writer and surgeon Gabriel Weston argues in Alive, an unusual and gripping book that she describes as an “ecumenical exploration” of her subject. An English graduate, in her early 20s Weston enrolled in a pioneering medical degree programme designed to enco...

Politics

4 h. ago Halle Bailey's son Halo recognizes her as Ariel in The Little Mermaid for the first time

The six-time Grammy nominee - turning 25 this month - became a bona fide Disney Princess in 2023 when she starred in Rob Marshall's live-action reboot

Politics

5 h. ago Today's rugby news as Wales international annoyed by 'arrogant' Scotland and Faletau addresses retirement

The latest headlines from Wales and around the world

Politics

5 h. ago Flesh by David Szalay review – brilliantly spare portrait of a man

From youthful curiosity to midlife resignation, the protagonist is buffeted by forces beyond his control in this thrilling exploration of what it means to be aliveSamuel Butler’s 1903 novel The Way of All Flesh carried with it an implied subtitle. In the book of Kings, from which Butler drew his title, the dying David tells his son Solomon, “take thou courage and shew thyself a man”. Butler’s inference was clear enough: here is a book about what it means to live, what it means to die, and what might be a worthwhile way to fill the time in between.Flesh, the sixth book from Booker-shortlisted David Szalay, has more than just a biblical allusion in common with Butler’s masterpiece. Thrillingly, in an age when we arguably have weaker stomachs for such things, it also shares its bold ontological and artistic ambitions. In Flesh, Szalay has written a novel about the Big Question: about the numbing strangeness of being alive; about what, if anything, it means to amble through time in a ma...

Politics

5 h. ago Twiggy review – breezy telling of sunny star’s landmark career

Sadie Frost’s documentary follows the working-class Londoner taking bad luck in her stride as she progresses from fashion to film stardom and back againThis feelgood film directed by Sadie Frost is about the 60s fashion icon Twiggy; originally Lesley Hornby from Neasden in London, latterly Lesley Lawson after her marriage to actor Leigh Lawson, and then Dame Lesley Lawson with her DBE in 2019. (That is how she was gazetted, at all events, although Dame Twiggy has a ring to it.) With comments from A-listers including Edward Enninful and Suzy Menkes, it tells us the story of a working-class heroine with an almost eerily beautiful gamine face who became a fashion legend with a pop-star status that eluded earlier figures such as Jean Shrimpton, though without the smouldering attitude of the supermodel generation that came later.Twiggy made a glorious success of her life, and never conformed to any tragic narrative about how triumph in the ephemeral world of fashion and fame must surely ...

Politics

5 h. ago Twiggy review – Sadie Frost’s breezy telling of sunny fashion star’s landmark career

Frost’s documentary follows the working-class Londoner taking bad luck in her stride as she progresses from fashion to film stardom and back againThis feelgood film directed by Sadie Frost is about the 60s fashion icon Twiggy; originally Lesley Hornby from Neasden in London, latterly Lesley Lawson after her marriage to actor Leigh Lawson, and then Dame Lesley Lawson with her DBE in 2019. (That is how she was gazetted, at all events, although Dame Twiggy has a ring to it.) With comments from A-listers including Edward Enninful and Suzy Menkes, it tells us the story of a working-class heroine with an almost eerily beautiful gamine face who became a fashion legend with a pop-star status that eluded earlier figures such as Jean Shrimpton, though without the smouldering attitude of the supermodel generation that came later.Twiggy made a glorious success of her life, and never conformed to any tragic narrative about how triumph in the ephemeral world of fashion and fame must surely be pun...

Events

6 h. ago Integration joint boards funding gap hits £450m as watchdog urges action

Shortfall comes despite savings being made by boards across Scotland

Economics

7 h. ago Abdullah Saeed's 'Deli Boys' brings laughter and chaos to the screen

Abdullah Saeed wasn’t looking to write a groundbreaking comedy with “Deli Boys.”

Events

8 h. ago Elaine C. Smith in special Janey Godley tribute show at Glasgow Comedy Festival

The stand-up-comedian, who died in November, will be honoured at the event called An Afternoon for Janey at this year’s Glasgow International Comedy Festival.

Culture

12 h. ago Glasgow Comedy Festival: Nicola Sturgeon to grill comedian Ashley Storrie in drawcard show

The Glasgow Comedy Festival will take place later this month

Culture