22 h. ago 'Amazing' John Byrne painting of The Beatles achieves remarkable auction sale result

The painting by the late John Byrne shows each member of The Beatles beside a “spirit animal”

Economics

23 h. ago Rare John Byrne painting of The Beatles sells for more than £27,000

It was bought from the artist by his local parish priest.

Economics

8 d. ago Rare painting of The Beatles by Paisley artist John Byrne set to go to auction

The artwork was bought by a Renfrew priest in the 1970s and is one of 10 pieces that will go under the hammer at auction next month.

Economics

1 week ago Did AI mania rush Apple into making a rare misstep with Siri? | John Naughton

The company that prides itself on announcing products only when they’re ready grossly underestimated the demands of personalising its virtual assistantAfter ChatGPT broke cover in late 2022 and the tech industry embarked on its contemporary rendering of tulip mania, people started to wonder why the biggest tech giant of all – Apple – was keeping its distance from the madness. Eventually, the tech commentariat decided that there could be only two possible interpretations of this corporate standoffishness: either Apple was way behind the game being played by OpenAI et al; or it had cunning plans to unleash upon the world its own world-beating take on the technology.Finally, at its annual World Wide Developers’ Conference (WWDC) on 10 June last year Apple came clean. Or appeared to. For Apple, “AI” would not mean what those vulgar louts at OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Meta raved about, but something altogether more refined and sophisticated – something called “Apple Intelligence”. It ...

Politics

1 week ago Yoko Ono reveals death threats from Beatles fans in new film with rare John Lennon footage

Yoko Ono reveals death threats she got from Beatles fans in new film

Events

2 w. ago Comedian John Bishop shares rare photo of son Luke and pens an emotional message as he marks his 29th birthday

The comedian, 58, took to Instagram on Wednesday to wish his son a happy birthday as he shared a current and throwback image.

Culture

2 w. ago Trump says his administration won’t defy judges after multiple setbacks to his agenda in numerous court cases

Trump previously called for a District of Columbia federal judge who ruled against the administration to be impeached, prompting a rare rebuke from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts

Events

2 w. ago Supreme court chief justice says Trump call for judge’s impeachment ‘not an appropriate response’ – live

John Roberts issues rare public statement after US president escalates rightwing attacks on the judiciary White House’s defense for not recalling deportations ‘one heck of a stretch’, says judgeDonald Trump has called for the impeachment of the judge handling lawsuits over his administration’s deportation of suspected Venezuelan gang members, a significant escalation of rightwing attacks on the judiciary.While allies of the president such as Elon Musk have repeatedly said judges who rule against him should be impeached, this appears to be the first time the president has backed such calls publicly. Trump’s post on Truth Social does not name the judge, but seems to reference James Boasberg, the Washington DC-based justice who was appointed by Barack Obama and attempted to prevent the government from deporting the alleged gang members under the Alien Enemies Act. Here’s what Trump wrote:This Radical Left Lunatic of a Judge, a troublemaker and agitator who was sadly appointed by Barack...

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2 w. ago US Chief Justice rebukes Trump after president’s threat to impeach judges

John Roberts issues rare statement to say attacks on judicial branch of government are not ‘appropriate’

Politics

3 w. ago Tyson Fury in rare sighting with dad John after Oleksandr Usyk snub

Their meet-up comes just a few months after Tyson decided to remove his father from his corner ahead of the blockbuster sequel with Oleksandr Usyk

Politics