27 h. ago Priests indulged in ‘binge drinking culture’ and played ‘seven last shots of Christ’ at Welsh cathedral

Former singers at Bangor Cathedral have claimed there ‘seemed to be any excuse to bring out the wine’

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4 d. ago England's worst spots for binge drinking revealed as list shows booziest places

The top ten towns and cities in England for binge drinking have been revealed, with one specific part of the nation featuring in the list multiple times

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4 d. ago Jack Lowden: Play by Slow Horses star from Edinburgh International Festival to be screened in UK cinemas

The play was originally created by National Theatre of Scotland

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7 d. ago Nadine Shah plays voices of Gaza children during Glastonbury set

Nadine Shah also read an open letter from Artist for Palestine UK in her set on the Other Stage at Worthy Farm

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9 d. ago How Queen Elizabeth's dresser caused her to break royal protocol with 'very unusual suggestion' during visit to honour indigenous community

Renowned for her vibrant fashion sense, Queen Elizabeth II understood the powerful role clothing could play in diplomacy and cultural respect.

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2 w. ago Playwright Douglas Maxwell on 25 years of hits, from My Bad Magnet to So Young

With two of his acclaimed plays being restaged this year, Douglas Maxwell reflects on a quarter of a century spent working in and for Scotland. Interview by Joyce McMillan

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2 w. ago Playwright Douglas Maxwell on 25 years of hits, from Our Bad Magnet to So Young

With two of his acclaimed plays being restaged this year, Douglas Maxwell reflects on a quarter of a century spent working in and for Scotland. Interview by Joyce McMillan

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3 w. ago How Thomas Frank's Tottenham will play: A culture shock from Ange Postecoglou, ultra

In swapping Big Ange for Flexible Frank, Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has switched one of the Premier League's most unshakably principled managers for one of the most adaptable.

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4 w. ago Male friendship isn’t easy. Just ask Trump and Musk | Dave Schilling

The older I get, the harder it is to maintain ties – and a series of unhinged social media posts probably wouldn’t helpI have a hard time maintaining male friendships these days. The older I get, the less time I have for the sorts of activities stereotypical American males enjoy: sporting events, competitive binge drinking and collecting rare coins in a dark basement. OK, maybe that last thing isn’t nearly as common anymore, but what is common (if you believe various trend pieces in newspapers and magazines) is the increasing rarity of long-lasting male friendships. Most of my guy friends keep in touch with me through group chats or the occasional solo check-in text. I have, by my count, at least 10 group chats with different circles of friends. All of them are organized around a unifying theme – Star Trek, movie industry gossip, the Los Angeles Dodgers, hating that one guy who wore flip-flops to my wedding. My whole social life revolves around screens now. I watch a show or a baseb...

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last month ‘I’ve been crucified!’ Sarah Jessica Parker on dating, delis – and surviving three decades of Carrie haters

From being attacked for gentrifying New York to gen Z calling her toxic, Sarah Jessica Parker’s most famous role isn’t shy of controversy. As Carrie Bradshaw returns, she talks about being an antihero – and the death of fashionCarrie Bradshaw was undoubtedly not intended as a hate figure when Sex and the City first aired. But in recent years, a curious cultural shift has occurred: newer fans have started to see Carrie, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, as the most toxic thing about the horny, headline-grabbing show. An entire website, Carrie Bradshaw Is the Worst, was devoted to explaining why Carrie sucked. (The most common complaints: she cheated on nice guy Aidan; talked about herself too much.) One viral essay posited that Carrie was TV’s first female antihero. Parker, 60 and still synonymous with pop culture’s most iconic single gal, has grown to love the term.“I prefer that to any other description of her, because it allows her to be as male as the men have been. ...

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