2 h. ago Consume Me, the highly personal game about feeling ‘stupid, fat and ugly’ in high school

Jenny Jiao Hsia’s award-winning coming-of-age tale is a charming look at a teen trying her best to stay on top of thingsIf you visited the V&A’s Design/Play/Disrupt exhibition in 2018, you may have played an interesting minigame collection, in which you fought wobbly physics to feed a girl named Jenny, using a Tetris-style board to achieve the perfect calorie amount, and then twisting her into pilates poses.Almost seven years later, the full version of Consume Me, which won this year’s Independent Games festival grand prize, is set for a September release. According to developer Jenny Jiao Hsia, the game has become a semiautobiographical tale about how she felt “stupid, fat and ugly” in high school. What started as a collection of minigames about Hsia’s struggles with dieting and disordered eating grew into a game that looks at the many facets of her life as a teenager, including her relationship with her mother – who appears accompanied by Persona-style boss battle music and al...

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6 h. ago Scottish oyster festival set for best year in decades thanks to marine heatwave bringing bumper season

Exceptional breeding conditions thanks to high summer temperatures

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47 h. ago Green Man 2025 review – CMAT has her crowning moment in a weekend full of highlights

Festival set in the Brecon Beacons achieves that nebulous, indefinable intersection where people, music and nature coalesce

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48 h. ago Chappell Roan: what time is she playing Reading, and what's the setlist?

The super graphic ultra modern girl will be headlining one of the UK’s biggest festivals this week

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59 h. ago UK's biggest holiday park company to open four new sites in time for Christmas

This holiday park company is expanding the number of sites open during the festive period this year - with four new additions set to launch for Christmas and New Year breaks until 3 January, 2025.

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4 d. ago ‘Hellish’: heatwave brings hottest nights on record to the Middle East

Temperatures did not drop below 36C in Sedom, Israel on Tuesday night, while several parts of Jordan stayed above 35C on MondayJordan and Israel have suffered through their hottest nights on record, with nocturnal temperatures in the Levant well above levels that scientists consider “hellish”.Temperatures on Monday night did not go below 35C (95F) in Ghor es-Safi and Aqaba in Jordan, while in the capital, Amman, they stayed above 31.8C. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Aimee Lou Wood wraps up on snowy festive set as she films exciting new Christmas advert

The White Lotus and Sex Education star Aimee Lou Wood has been pictured getting into the festive mood as she is filming for Marks & Spencer's new Christmas advert

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6 d. ago Weather warnings issued as fourth heatwave brings thunderstorms

Yellow and amber heat alerts are in place across much of the UK

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6 d. ago University of Stirling gets set to host printmaking festival

Printmakers from across Scotland will be descending on the University of Stirling in mid-August to showcase their artworks at the second Festival of Printmaking.

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6 d. ago Leeds Festival: 15 acts who we still think could perform a secret set at this year's event

Let the speculation continue as Leeds Festival is a mere fortnight away.

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6 d. ago Weather warnings as summer’s fourth heatwave brings thunderstorms and showers

The heat is expected to give way to instability in Scotland, with a growing risk of thunderstorms and a chance of flooding and disruption.

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7 d. ago Brendan Fraser’s ‘Rental Family,’ Directed by Hikari, Set for London Film Festival

Brendan Fraser’s ‘Rental Family,’ Directed by Hikari, Set for London Film Festival  The Hollywood Reporter

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7 d. ago London Film Festival: Brendan Fraser Comedy ‘Rental Family’ Set As Gala Screening

London Film Festival: Brendan Fraser Comedy ‘Rental Family’ Set As Gala Screening  Deadline

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7 d. ago Brutal end to UK heatwave as Met Office warns of savage summer storms

The Met Office has warned that thunderstorms and rain are likely in the UK later today, bringing a brutal end to the scorching heatwave across the country

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7 d. ago Met Office pinpoints exactly when violent storms to bring brutal end to heatwave

Although the mercury exceeded 33C in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, on Tuesday, the weather is set to change - and the fourth heatwave of the year will come to an abrupt end

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7 d. ago Creamfields 2025: Who could perform a secret set at this year’s festival

Who are the leading contenders who could occupy the 9:30pm slot on Creamfields Saturday?

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8 d. ago Thousands evacuated in Spain amid deadly wildfires and new heatwave

Temperatures of 44C predicted as blazes rage across EuropeEurope live – latest updatesAlmost 6,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in northern, central and southern Spain as wildfires continue to burn amid a heatwave that could bring temperatures of 44C to some parts of the country.The deadly heat across large parts of Europe has created what scientists have called a “molotov cocktail” of climatic conditions that is fuelling vast wildfires. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Leeds Festival 2025: your guide to this year’s festival including travel, set times and banned items

What time should you arrive to Bramham Park in 2025 and what are your travel options this year?

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1 week ago Today at Bloodstock: Stage times and set clashes, weather forecast and pollen count for second day at festival

What’s the weather going to be like at Catton Hall today, as Bloodstock 2025 continues?

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1 week ago Brits warned to avoid BBQs as UK faces sweltering heatwave with highs in mid

Parents have been urged to talk to their children about the 'risks of starting outdoor fires' and sun-lovers asked not to bring disposable BBQs to the park ahead of the new heatwave

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