6 h. ago £100 smartwatch with 'brilliant' features plummets to £26 at Amazon

Wearers can choose between multiple different watch faces.

Economics

16 h. ago Domination by Alice Roberts review – a brilliant but cynical history of Christianity

The humanist historian brings objects to life beautifully, but falters when it comes to people and their beliefsDomination tells the story of how a tiny local cult became one of the greatest cultural and political forces in history. Alice Roberts puts the case that the Roman empire lived on in a different form in the church.It is not an original idea – after all the foundation prayer of Christianity says “thy Kingdom come” – but Roberts tells the story from the point of view of individual parishes and even buildings. It’s a revelation, like watching those stop-motion films of how a plant grows and blooms. There’s a section about how a Roman villa might transform into a parish, the long barn providing the footprint, the web of relationships providing the social connection, the very tiles and columns providing the building materials. I can’t think of anyone who writes better about the way objects can speak to us. There’s a passage here describing her joy on grasping wha...

Politics

25 h. ago Coronation Street star lands exciting new role in 'brilliant' Channel 4 series

Channel 4 is set to air a "captivating" new thriller that features a number of famous faces including a well known Coronation Street star.

Politics

28 h. ago BBC Shetland actor cast in ‘brilliant’ cosy crime drama with 97% on Rotten Tomatoes

The BBC has announced that filming is underway for the second season of the cosy crime drama.

Events

31 h. ago Comedian Susie McCabe to bring new show to Stirling as part of 2026 tour

The Glasgow comic will hit the road next April and May following her successful run at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.

Culture

32 h. ago Germany leads a military exercise in the Baltic as tensions with Russia simmer

Germany is leading a major military exercise that focuses on moving troops and equipment to Lithuania as tensions with Russia on the eastern fringe of NATO simmer

Events

35 h. ago Dog spots itself on Channel 5 show 'A Yorkshire Vet' and has brilliant reaction

Border Collie search dog, Ace from Oldham Mountain Rescue Team left viewers in awe after he was seen excitedly watching himself star on Channel 5 TV show, A Yorkshire Vet

Politics

38 h. ago The funniest, strangest, and most brilliant things from this year’s Fringe

From established Edinburgh legends to breakout comedy stars, these are the 2025 shows everyone will be talking about

Politics

41 h. ago Argos shoppers race to buy 'brilliant' £100 coffee machine for just £19 online

"Makes nice coffee and hot chocolate. My mum loves this machine as it so easy and makes just what you want rather than filling a kettle."

Economics

42 h. ago Scottish town with scenic walks and 'brilliant Sunday roast' perfect for autumn day out

The ideal place to head to celebrate the start of the new season.

Politics

42 h. ago Senator’s visit to spy agency canceled after MAGA firebrand Laura Loomer intervenes

Senator Mark Warner described Laura Loomer as “a figure with a long history of extreme and outlandish fringe views, including 9/11 denialism, anti-Muslim harassment campaigns, and associations with white supremacists”

Events

56 h. ago Forget Tomb Raider and Uncharted, there’s a new generation of games about archaeology – sort of

In this week’s newsletter: an archaeologist and gamer on why we love to walk around finding objects in-game and in real lifeThe game I’m most looking forward to right now is Big Walk, the latest title from House House, creators of the brilliant Untitled Goose Game. A cooperative multiplayer adventure where players are let loose to explore an open world, I’m interested to see what emergent gameplay comes out of it. Could Big Walk allow for a kind of community archaeology with friends? I certainly hope so.When games use environmental storytelling in their design – from the positioning of objects to audio recordings or graffiti – they invite players to role play as archaeologists. Game designer Ben Esposito infamously joked back in 2016 that environmental storytelling is the “art of placing skulls near a toilet” – which might have been a jab at the tropes of games like the Fallout series, but his quip demonstrates how archaeological gaming narratives can be. After all, the incongruity ...

Politics

57 h. ago Wowcher's £15 deal on luxury advent calendars includes big names like Liberty, Radley and Selfridges

"Brilliant experience! Easy to use and find an amazing deal."

Economics

62 h. ago The Chase star Paul Sinha names 'biggest douche bag in TV' who insulted him

The Chase star Paul was not happy after an encounter with Adrian Edmondson which left such a bitter taste in his mouth he wanted to tell him ‘you’re not even the funniest person in your marriage'

Politics

3 d. ago Viewers hail 'brilliant' thriller series on Netflix as 'best thing they've binged'

This thrilling drama series on Netflix is receiving rave reviews from viewers with many binge watching all six episode in a row and hailing it as one of 'the best'

Politics

3 d. ago A House of Dynamite review – Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear endgame thriller is a terrifying, white

Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson and Tracy Letts star in this immaculately constructed nightmare procedural that ticks down the minutes from an atomic bomb’s launch to its detonationKathryn Bigelow has reopened the subject that we all tacitly agree not to discuss or imagine, in the movies or anywhere else: the subject of an actual nuclear strike. It’s the subject which tests narrative forms and thinkability levels. Maybe this is why we prefer to see it as something for absurdism and satire – a way of not staring into the sun – to remember Kubrick’s (brilliant) black comedy Dr Strangelove, with no fighting in the war room etc, rather than Lumet’s deadly serious Fail Safe. Bigelow, with screenwriter Noah Oppenheim, broaches one of the most frightening thoughts of all: that a nuclear war could or rather will start with no one knowing who started it or who ended it. I watched this film with translucently white knuckles but also that strange climbing nausea that only this topic can create.Th...

Events

3 d. ago Football Daily | Are Strasbourg a sister club to Chelsea or just their storage facility?

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Strasbourg, official seat of the European parliament, the jewel of the Alsace region on the west bank of the Rhine. Important historically, geographically and politically. One of the city’s most famous sons, Arsène Wenger, as a boy, was so embedded that his first language was Low Alemannic German, not French. To use a word Wenger brought to the English football vernacular – footballistically – Strasbourg was never too much of a hub. The club reformed after liquidation as recently as 2011, having won just one French title back in 1979 when Wenger was a fringe player already embedded in coaching. In defence was the future France coach Raymond Domenech, the keen astrologist in charge when a very Gallic bust-up ravaged Les Bleus at the 2010 World Cup.We’re all captivated by the journey of Wrexham. It’s been amazing for Welsh football and hopefully now in a number of years we’ll see young players coming through There isn’t similarities t...

Sport

3 d. ago New Netflix thriller series hailed 'brilliant' by fans who say it's 'best thing they've watched'

People are praising a new British mystery thriller show that was recently added onto Netflix. Made by the creators of Line of Duty, viewers say it's 'the best thing they've binged'

Politics

3 d. ago Ally McCoist questions Youssef Chermiti to Rangers transfer gamble as he reveals who should still be boss

McCoist can't see why Ibrox chiefs didn't spend money on proven players instead of the former Everton fringe man

Politics

3 d. ago Snap up an Apple Macbook Air for just £94 in brilliant deal that's perfect for students

If you're a student looking for a new laptop before term starts, this deal could be perfect as you can currently snap up a MacBook Air with Intel Core i5 for just £94

Economics