1 hour ago Terence Stamp remembered by Priscilla director Stephan Elliott: ‘Those eyes turned everybody to jelly’

The Australian director reflects on his 32-year friendship with Stamp, who was initially ‘absolutely terrified’ to play a trans woman – and their work on the Priscilla sequelTerence Stamp, face of 60s British cinema, dies at 87Stamp was the mesmerising dark prince of British cinemaTerence Stamp: a life in picturesI first saw Terence in The Collector (1965) when I was a kid. It struck in my head as the ultimate horror film – it terrified the daylights out of me. Terence’s greatest beauties were his eyes – in some of the early films you don’t see it, but in person, when they were shining, he could hold a room. He’d sit there and say, “Watch this, I’m going to stop a restaurant.” And he could do it. I saw him do it! It was extraordinary. He once told me that he used to have real fun on Superman when he was bored, stuck on top of the ice castle. “I’d just stare down until everyone went quiet,” he said.We tried many actors when casting Bernadette in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of ...

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1 hour ago Terence Stamp, a close friend of Diana and lover of Julie Christie and The Shrimp: How the most beautiful man in the world would try anything 'except incest and Morris dancing'

His perfectly symmetrical features and dazzling blue eyes, topped with a boyish mop of tousled blond hair, were angelic. But when he grinned, his face radiated a sparkle of raffish mischief.

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2 h. ago Margaret Pomeranz remembers David Stratton: ‘I feel as though one half of me has gone’

Australia watched the pair discuss films for decades. Off screen, their friendship was one of deep respect: ‘I had his back, he had mine’Every cinephile in Australia wanted to be David Stratton. His passion was infectious – and his legacy lives onDavid Stratton, esteemed Australian film critic, dies aged 85Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI know I have been reticent about commenting on David Stratton’s death (he didn’t want to “pass”, he wanted to die – no euphemisms for him!). But apart from wanting to hug my grief to myself, I felt that it was his family who should be considered, not me. And if anyone should have a tribute it is Strats’ wife, Susie, who was the most wonderful support to him over these difficult years. I told him he was lucky to have married a younger woman!David was a stoic, he never wallowed in his deteriorating health. He continued to watch a new movie every day and revisit old favourites. He would enthuse about a new Australian film he’d just seen – h...

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6 h. ago Stacey Solomon strikes up sweet friendship with 'down to earth' Molly

Stacey Solomon has revealed she's struck up a sweet friendship with Molly-Mae Hague after their pair met at dinner during their respective holidays to Turkey.

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7 h. ago Matheus Cunha’s electric debut and the Man United gamble worth taking

The Brazilian’s energy and desire to take the game by the scruff of the neck is exactly what is needed at Old Trafford

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7 h. ago Rangers transfer twist as Hamza Igamane lands Lille lifeline amid Dor Turgeman alarm bell

The Ibrox striker merry-go-round looks set to jolt into full swing

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7 h. ago Keir Starmer hails Volodymyr Zelensky's desire for a "just and lasting peace" in Ukraine

European leaders appear poised to join Mr Zelensky in a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian president, after his last encounter with his American counterpart in the Oval Office resulted in a diplomatic crisis.

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8 h. ago Record salaries for UK chief executives as pay rises for third year in a row

Report finds more than £1bn handed out to just 217 FTSE 100 bosses in the last financial yearThe bosses of Britain’s largest listed companies took home record high pay packets for the third successive year, according to a report.Analysis found that the record set in the last financial year means the average FTSE 100 chief executive is now paid 122 times the salary of the average full-time UK worker. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Starmer hails Zelensky’s desire for ‘just peace’ amid fears of Russian land grab

The Prime Minister and French president Emmanuel Macron chaired a meeting of the coalition of the willing on Sunday afternoon.

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9 h. ago Keir Starmer praises Zelensky's 'desire for peace' as Europe braces for crunch White House talks

Keir Starmer will jet to Washington, DC, to stand side-by-side with the Ukrainian wartime leader and a host of European allies to discuss an end to Russia's bloody invasion

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9 h. ago The Guardian view on the Alaska summit: there must be no more gifts to Vladimir Putin | Editorial

As Volodymyr Zelenskyy heads to Washington amid talk of land swaps, European leaders must have his backHours after Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin departed from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska on Friday, Moscow officials reported that two more villages in Ukraine’s east had been seized by Russian forces. It was a grimly apt postscript to a “peace summit” that allowed a pariah leader to posture on the world stage, but signally failed to achieve the outcome that its host claimed to desire.Mr Trump had suggested that he would be “unhappy” if a ceasefire were not agreed during discussions with Mr Putin. There would, he warned, be “severe consequences” if his guest proved unwilling to end the war. Predictably, no ceasefire announcement was forthcoming, and the sanctions Mr Trump has repeatedly threatened, but never imposed, have been kicked into the long grass. Instead, the US president offered a crucial concession to Mr Putin, concurring that a cessation of hostilities sh...

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10 h. ago Boden's £62 waterproof coat down from £156 has a modern twist on classic autumn style

"Beautiful yet practical raincoat with a nice modern yet subtle twist with the neon stripe down the sides"

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10 h. ago The friendly NHS worker whose smile hid evil, twisted desires

Former colleagues have struggled to reconcile their memories of Tracy Turner with the monster who conspired to abuse children

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11 h. ago New clues in deadly marriage: Jason was bludgeoned to death by his wife and father

US prosecutors described Sharon Martens as the 'void' in the Martenses' story: a wife, mother and grandmother who saw her husband rush upstairs with a baseball bat... yet fell asleep.

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11 h. ago Notorious nursery monster and babysitter killer become 'best friends' in jail

Evil nursery worker Roksana Lecka, 22, who assaulted several toddlers, and babysitter killer Sabrina Kouider, 35, have become best pals behind bars at HMP Bronzefield

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12 h. ago Voices: Pricing people out of using Mounjaro would be bad news for the NHS

The astronomical rise in weight-loss drug prices caused by Trump’s tariffs could have a significant – and dangerous – impact on Britain’s pharmacies and patients, writes Leyla Hannbeck, CEO of the Independent Pharmacies Association

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12 h. ago New evidence in a deadly marriage: Jason was bludgeoned to death by his second wife and father

US prosecutors described Sharon Martens as the 'void' in the Martenses' story: a wife, mother and grandmother who saw her husband rush upstairs with a baseball bat... yet fell asleep.

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12 h. ago Scots shop worker hospitalised after being 'sprayed with substance' as police hunt suspect

The incident took place in Glasgow and is now being investigated by Police Scotland.

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13 h. ago London street looks 'normal' until you spot tiny detail with unexpected twist

There's a litany of charming and characterful streets across the country but one street in London comes with two houses that offer an unexpected twist that, once you spot it, can't be missed

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14 h. ago The power of pulses: 15 easy, delicious ways to eat more life

Want to consume more gut-friendly fibre, as well as minerals, vitamins and antioxidants? Like the idea of a more sustainable diet? Here is the answer - and baked beans are only the startWorried about rising food prices, your diet’s carbon footprint or whether you’re eating healthily enough? Believe it or not, there could be a magic bullet: pulses.According to a study by the University of Reading, published in the European Journal of Nutrition in March, adults who eat more pulses – dried beans, peas and lentils – have a higher intake of nutrients including fibre, folate and vitamins C and E; minerals such as iron, zinc and magnesium; and a lower intake of saturated fat and sugar. Similar results have been found in American, Australian and Canadian research. Continue reading...

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