28 h. ago Love Island’s Conor slams castmate on TikTok after 'fallout' despite strong friendship

Love Island star Conor Phillips has sent TikTok into meltdown after seemingly slamming one his fellow islanders who he was good friends with while in the villa

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6 d. ago ‘Sometimes I overshare’: Adam Buxton on fear, fun, finance – and falling out with friends

The comedian has just released his debut album. He discusses songwriting, his recent memoirs, the problems with modern politics and why we all need to open upOn a muggy summer day, Adam Buxton is talking me through the songs on his debut album, Buckle Up. “There’s one on there called Standing Still,” he says, “which was written when I was feeling absolutely bleak and lost and is about opening a packet of pasta when all the pasta spills. I thought: ‘You can get a joke in there about being a fusilli billy and maybe that will distract a bit from the more earnest and pain-laden lyrics about how, every morning, I drink a cup of tea and it helps me with all the thoughts I have to smother.’”What are these thoughts? “I get overwhelmed by the world and, the worse the news gets, the harder it bites,” he says. “I get existential fear and I think I should go and join Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and work with them. But then, is that really the best use of my talents? My wife is like: ‘Please ...

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7 d. ago A guide to holiday villa etiquette: How not to fall out with your friends

Succumbing to Splitwise and lavishing praise on your more organised friends are key to a happy holiday, says Alice Cockerell

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3 w. ago Drayton and Mackenzie: Men, love and money in the 21st century

Novels that dip into the lives of their characters every few years risk them seeming detached from the world or clumsily inserted into historical events. Drayton and Mackenzie, Alexander Starritt’s third novel about two mismatched friends, enters into their lives at intervals, and falls into neither of those traps.

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3 w. ago Celtic shine after Newcastle howler, Hibs fall flat, EPL side beat Aberdeen, new signings

Premiership champions land Adidas Cup but draws and defeats elsewhere

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3 w. ago Reported birthday card from Trump to Epstein shines new light on their friendship as fallout from files release mounts

The latest report comes as Trump continues to face fury from both Democrats and Republicans over the handling of the so-called Epstein files

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3 w. ago Voices: My friends don’t make any effort with me now they have kids – why aren’t they interested in my child

The Independent’s agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help. Email dearvix@independent.co.uk for advice on love, work, family and relationships

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3 w. ago Voices: My friends don’t make any effort with me now they have kids

The Independent’s agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help. Email dearvix@independent.co.uk for advice on love, work, family and relationships

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4 w. ago I was in denial about my drinking until the morning I woke up to my five

Sarah Rusbatch battled with booze up until her 40s, and then she had a bad fall at a friend's birthday party...

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4 w. ago Brit tourist, 18, dies 'after taking ecstasy pill' in Ibiza on first lads holiday: Teen's family issue desperate warning

Ryan Long, from Eastwood, Essex, tragically passed away last Tuesday after falling suddenly ill while on holiday with four friends.

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4 w. ago Brit tourist, 18, dies 'after taking pills' in Ibiza on first lads holiday: Teen's family issue desperate warning

Ryan Long, from Eastwood, Essex, tragically passed away last Tuesday after falling suddenly ill while on holiday with four friends.

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