17 h. ago Sir Geoff Palmer’s ‘extraordinary life’ hailed at memorial celebration

He was a former chancellor of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and was Scotland’s first black professor,

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3 d. ago A relic of horny Hollywood: why The Mummy remains a classic bisexual awakening movie

A floppy-haired Brendan Fraser, a smokey-eyed Rachel Weisz, some grisly scarabs and biblical plagues? Hail to a lost era of multiplex entertainmentAt the threshold between life and death sits the ancient Egyptian city of Hamunaptra and at the threshold of many a millennial adolescence (including mine) sits 1999’s The Mummy, a story about a hot lunk (Brendan Fraser) and a sexy nerd (Rachel Weisz) learning first-hand the consequences of expatriating cultural artefacts.A turn-of-the-millennium Spielbergian blockbuster with shades of the superhero craze to come, Stephen Sommers’ desert romp remains dizzyingly fun to this day. Both masterfully well-made and refreshingly horny, it is one of the last great examples of a specific mode of multiplex entertainment now all but lost to the sands of time: the mid-budget action-adventure movie. Continue reading...

Culture

3 d. ago 'I quit US for freezing European country and was floored when I saw coffee bill'

Jewells Chambers, an expat who originally hails from Brooklyn, New York, ditched the US for a life in the stunning "Land of Fire and Ice", but conceded there's one pitfall to living there

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7 d. ago Taylor Swift’s Life of a Showgirl hailed as ‘a hit’ as fans dissect raunchy new lyrics

The album, The Life Of A Showgirl, dropped at 5am in the UK

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1 week ago From the terraces of 1966 to the Wembley tunnel, lifelong fan Adron O'Connor relives his glory days thanks to the FA and Alzheimer's Society

Above the fireplace, Sir Geoff Hurst is suspended in midair having unleashed a fierce left-footer on goal. England's hero, a split second from the hat trick in a classic image from the 1966 World Cup final.

Sport

1 week ago Giorgio Armani’s final show: a catwalk memorial choreographed by himself

Designer’s 50th anniversary celebration was sadder but also grander and more spectacular than he intendedIn a fitting twist of fate the legendarily strong-willed Giorgio Armani, who towered over Milanese fashion for half a century and controlled every stitch of his empire right up until his death, got to choreograph his catwalk memorial himself.Armani spent his final months planning a celebration of 50 years of his brand with a show in the romantic cloistered courtyard of the Pinacoteca di Brera gallery in central Milan, where an exhibition dedicated to Armani has just opened. “Save the Date” notices for the night of 28 September had gone out before his death earlier this month. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Real life Slow Horses village hailed 'prettiest ever' with golden cottages

Castle Combe in Wiltshire is often called "the prettiest village in England" - a title it has held onto for decades thanks to its honey-coloured cottages, winding streets and setting beside the By Brook

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2 w. ago 'I am the luckiest man': King's aide hails paramedics who saved his life after suffering cardiac arrest in central London

Exclusive: Lord Lieutenant of Devon David Fursdon has emotional reunion with the paramedics who saved his life

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3 w. ago Hailey Bieber’s dad Stephen Baldwin praises daughter in rare comment amid rumored family rift

Bieber previously revealed in an interview she isn’t ‘super close’ with her family

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