6 h. ago A tower topped with a pangolin! The Oxford university building inspired by Tolkien and the pandemic

A chubby, rhubarb and custard-coloured tower bedecked with anteaters and moles make a fun neighbour to the city’s dreaming spires. It’s left some locals lost for wordsA carved stone pangolin clings to the top of the tower, its scaly tail curled into the crevice of a cornice, as if holding on for dear life. It crowns an arresting arrival to Oxford, the city of dreaming spires, the anteater taking its place on this skyline of slender steeples and gurning gargoyles, up there at the summit of the newest – and strangest – spire of them all.“I was thinking, ‘How do you mark Covid in a building?’” says David Kohn, architect of this curious addition to the campus of New College. “We were developing the designs in the middle of the pandemic, when pangolins had been in the limelight for all the wrong reasons.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Ed Sheeran admits regret over drunk exchange with Ruben Amorim

Ed Sheeran made headlines for the wrong reasons when he interrupted Ruben Amorim's post-match interview after his first ever Manchester United game and has confessed he was several pints deep

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6 d. ago Trump wants a Nobel peace prize. Here’s how he can earn one | Ken Roth

We must persuade Trump to do the right thing – securing peace in the Middle East – for the wrong reasonDonald Trump’s instinctive deference to the Israeli government is at odds with his self-image as an expert dealmaker. Much as it may seem laughable that the president wants the Nobel peace prize, his quest may be the best chance we have for securing any US government regard for the rights and lives of Palestinians in Gaza.Trump currently seems to endorse the strategy of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of trying to pummel Hamas into accepting defeat. To force Hamas to release its remaining hostages and to disband its diminished military force, Netanyahu has resumed Israel’s strategy of starving and bombing Palestinian civilians. In less than a week, about 600 Palestinians have already been killed. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Trump wants a Nobel peace prize. Here’s how he can earn one | Kenneth Roth

We must persuade Trump to do the right thing – securing peace in the Middle East – for the wrong reasonDonald Trump’s instinctive deference to the Israeli government is at odds with his self-image as an expert dealmaker. Much as it may seem laughable that the president wants the Nobel peace prize, his quest may be the best chance we have for securing any US government regard for the rights and lives of Palestinians in Gaza.Trump currently seems to endorse the strategy of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of trying to pummel Hamas into accepting defeat. To force Hamas to release its remaining hostages and to disband its diminished military force, Netanyahu has resumed Israel’s strategy of starving and bombing Palestinian civilians. In less than a week, about 600 Palestinians have already been killed. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Gemma Atkinson says daughter 'burst into tears' as she shares grief update after heartbreaking double loss

The Hits Radio host has been open and honest with her followers about the sadness she and her family has faced

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7 d. ago Alex Jones slams big Hollywood One Show guest she thought was 'full of himself'

The TV star has interviewed a number of big names for the BBC One programme over the last 15 years but one stands out for all of the wrong reasons

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8 d. ago Grand Designs' 'most heartbreaking story ever' reaches conclusion after years of crisis

Grand Designs is back for a new series, with host Kevin McCloud revisiting some of the UK's most ambitious and eccentric home builds - including one that became notorious for all the wrong reasons

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1 week ago What's wrong with Chas in Emmerdale? Real reason for collapse uncovered

Emmerdale fan favourite Chas Dingle - played by Lucy Pargeter - collapses tonight in worrying scenes - but what is wrong with her and is she going to be ok?

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2 w. ago OpenAI’s story about grief nearly had me in tears, but for all the wrong reasons | Kathryn Bromwich

If Sam Altman’s new model were a creative writing student, you probably wouldn’t stop them pursuing other job prospectsLike all parents who pretend to be impressed by their children’s terrible art, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman proudly announced to the world that the company’s new AI model is gifted at creative writing. “This is the first time I have been really struck by something written by AI,” he enthused on X.The prompt was to write a metafictional literary short story about AI and grief. The story closely follows the instructions. The individual sentences mostly make sense. But – with the greatest respect to Jeanette Winterson, who called the story “beautiful and moving” – it is an atrocious piece of writing. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago How the Snow White remake became the most divisive Disney film of all time

The Snow White remake has become so controversial it has had to ‘scale back’ its Hollywood premiere and axe its UK one. But it’s making headlines for all the wrong reasons

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2 w. ago ‘OpenAI’s metafictional short story about grief is beautiful and moving’ | Jeanette Winterson

I think of AI as alternative intelligence – and its capacity to be ‘other’ is just what the human race needsChatGPT firm reveals AI model that is ‘good at creative writing’‘A machine-shaped hand’: Read a story from OpenAI’s new creative writing modelI think of AI as alternative intelligence. John McCarthy’s 1956 definition of artificial (distinct from natural) intelligence is old fashioned in a world where most things are either artificial or unnatural. Ultraprocessed food, flying, web-dating, fabrics, make your own list. Physicist and AI commentator, Max Tegmark, told the AI Action Summit in Paris, in February, that he prefers “autonomous intelligence”.I prefer “alternative” because in all the fear and anger foaming around AI just now, its capacity to be “other” is what the human race needs. Our thinking is getting us nowhere fast, except towards extinction, via planetary collapse or global war. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago American actress and screenwriter looks adorable in childhood snap after going viral over awkward onscreen moment with very famous friend

An American actress and screenwriter looked simply adorable as a sweet childhood snap of her was shown during a recent TV appearance, which went viral for all the wrong reasons.

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3 w. ago Fox News' Leslie Marshall goes viral for all the wrong reasons: 'Embarrassment'

Fox News pundit Leslie Marshall has faced backlash online after blasting President Trump's policies in a heated MediaBuzz segment - as viewers call for her to be taken off air.  

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3 w. ago Corrie icon turned down TV show for rival role that made her famous for ‘wrong reasons’

EXCLUSIVE: Coronation Street star and I'm A Celeb beauty Helen Flanagan has opened up about her sparkling telly career and which shows she would be keen to do in the future

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3 w. ago Matt Healy's most controversial moments as The 1975 are set to headline Glastonbury

The singer has a track record for making headlines for the wrong reasons

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4 w. ago Why DO so many people HATE bakery chain Gail's? Here's what your opinion says about YOU

In November last year, Gail's, the upmarket bakery chain, announced it would be opening a new branch in Primrose Hill, a particularly chichi corner of north London.

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4 w. ago Why DO so many people hate Gail's? It's the upmarket bakery chain opening branches across the country

In November last year, Gail's, the upmarket bakery chain, announced it would be opening a new branch in Primrose Hill, a particularly chichi corner of north London.

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