5 h. ago Pulp missed out on Mercury prize for reason fans are still fuming about

Pulp's 1994 album His 'n' Hers was nominated for the Mercury Prize a year before Jarvis Cocker and co. would ultimately win the award, but missed out for a tragic reason

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7 h. ago Pulp album missed out on Mercury prize by 'one vote' and fans are still fuming

Pulp missed out on the Mercury Prize for Album of the Year in tragic circumstances – but would come back to the awards show just two years later to bag the prize

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34 h. ago UK shoppers rank best supermarket ice cream and it's not Cornetto

A survey conducted by Which? revealed the best supermarket ice cream in the UK, and the results show how it isn't necessary to spend a fortune to get the best and most tasty products.

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6 d. ago A24: The best of the cult studio’s films ranked, from Moonlight to Lady Bird

The American production company and distributor has become shorthand for bold, stylistic and narrative gambles, from ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ to ‘The Lighthouse’. As the studio releases the polarising action film ‘Warfare’, Louis Chilton and Adam White rank their best movies so far

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7 d. ago Cambridge University will no longer tell students where they rank with their peers on test results amid claims it drives a 'culture of overwork'

The changes are expected to be implemented in the next academic year and will mean that undergraduates will no longer be told where they rank in their cohort based on test results.

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7 d. ago Pulp Albums Ranked: I rank all 7 studio albums by Jarvis Cocker's indie band

With the news that Pulp’s eighth album will be released later this year, we’re taking a look back at the Britpoppers’ discography to date.

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7 d. ago Pulp: Spike Island review – Jarvis Cocker and co’s joyous second coming

(Rough Trade)The anthemic lead single from the band’s first album in 24 years casts a wary eye over their peak 90s fame – but also suggests that performing is irresistible• Pulp announce More, their first album since 2001It seems weirdly fitting that Pulp have premiered their first album in 24 years with a song that appears to fret about the validity of returning at all.Of all the alt-rock artists hoisted to mainstream fame in the Britpop era, they were the ones who seemed least comfortable with the kind of attention it brought them: a perennially ignored band who’d spent a decade striving to get somewhere, only to find they didn’t much like it when they did. Something of the prickly, confrontational outsider clung to them even at the zenith of their success – 1995’s quadruple-platinum Different Class is an album packed with waspish, witty ruminations on the British class system – while 1998’s This Is Hardcore offered a paranoid and occasionally harrowing examination of their era as...

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7 d. ago Pulp delve into AI for teaser of first new music for 24 years

Pulp have tried their hand at artificial intelligence with their teaser for their first new music in almost 24 years.

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7 d. ago Pulp announce their first album in 24 years: ‘We hope you enjoy the music’

Britpop legends will support the album with a summer arena tour concluding in their hometown of Sheffield

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9 d. ago 49ers ownership inspection is music to Rangers ears as takeover comes with with a cast

The San Francisco 49ers rank highly in the NFL Players Association's annual report

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9 d. ago Spare a thought for the poor billionaires who backed Trump — and hate tariffs | Marina Hyde

As the great American self-own rages on, the super-rich are beginning to break rank. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s gone suspiciously quietTrade Wars, Episode V: The Empire Shoots Itself in the Foot. As the world financial markets fail to appreciate his genius, tariff-excreting president Donald Trump has explained it all away by stating that “sometimes you have to take medicine”. Why am I reminded of the bit in Covid where he appeared to suggest that disinfectant could helpfully be injected into the lungs? I guess that was just science, same as this tariffs plan is just economics.Even so, can it really still be less than a week since a Wall Street Journal poll found 77% of US Republicans thought tariffs would have a positive impact? Ah well. Famously, the American people have a great tolerance for pain. If only one of their kindly gazillionare firms could come up with some sort of financial opioid epidemic to take the edge off the coming agonies.Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist Continue ...

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1 week ago The three destinations ranking above Maldives as the most expensive countries to travel to revealed

These are the three destinations that rank above the Maldives as the world's most expensive countries to travel to.

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1 week ago Gorka Marquez's 'rank' move exposed by Gemma Atkinson as she makes Strictly Come Dancing partner admission

The Hits Radio host has opened up about family life with the dancer and didn't waste too much time in calling out his tradition, which she branded 'rank'

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2 w. ago Ryan Reynolds discovers where Wrexham rank financially in Championship as money details emerge

Wrexham's latest financial results have been analysed by football finance expert Kieran Maguire, who has provided insight into the club's standing compared to other teams

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2 w. ago Where Ryan Reynolds' Wrexham 'rank financially in Championship' as £8m payday edges closer

Wrexham's stunning financial results would put them in a strong position to compete in the Championship if they gain promotion, according to a football finance expert

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2 w. ago UK commitment to free trade will be tested by US tariffs, senior MP warns

Dame Meg Hillier also said there had been ‘unrest’ among the Labour rank and file following welfare cuts announced by ministers in recent weeks.

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2 w. ago Bruce Springsteen: our pick of his top 10 songs of all time as he performs tribute at Patti Smith concert

We pick out some highlights from The Boss’ stellar six-decade career

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3 w. ago How Scotland’s universities rank in new study of commercial spinout activity

“Tracking this progress will help us to understand how it will impact the founders we support” – Paul Taylor

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