34 m. ago A stranger asleep in beautiful morning light: Joanne Leonard’s best photograph

‘My marriage had abruptly collapsed. I was longing for intimacy – yet this was not someone I knew well’It is not an accident that the image here, Another Morning, suggests intimacy; I was in a state of longing for just such intimacy when I made the photograph. Yet the figure was not someone I knew well. She was a guest in a house where I had lived only briefly in West Oakland, California. I’d come to live there after the abrupt collapse of my marriage. I noticed the beautiful light that flowed from a window and touched the sleeper covered only by a white sheet. I captured the moment, and it came to join several photographs I had made over the years of sleeping figures, of my daughter, my sister, my husband sleeping in our hotel room in Merida, Mexico – even sleeping dogs, with limbs entwined. I work towards an idea across a number of images, often over several years.A goal of mine as a photographer has been to find ways to avoid the intrusive aspects of photography. Rather than goin...

Culture

36 m. ago Manchester United hit with firm Bryan Mbeumo transfer refusal by Brentford

Manchester United want Bryan Mbeumo, who scored 20 Premier League goals last season for Brentford, as their second summer signing after the £62.5million arrival of Matheus Cunha from Wolves

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39 m. ago The good, the bad and the ugly: Clint Eastwood’s interview debacle reveals bleak truths about film journalism

An Austrian newspaper ran an interview with the cinema legend which he denied ever giving. What actually happens in the world of movie reporting can be yet more murkyIt is no surprise that Austrian newspaper Kurier’s Clint Eastwood interview went viral over the weekend. An audience with a 95-year-old film legend containing stern words about the current state of cinema was always going to go like a rocket. Particularly during cinema’s dregs season: the thin period post Cannes and pre the summer proper, with Mission: Impossible fever fading fast and Lilo & Stitch ruling the box office – a success from which only so many stories can be spun.Further evidence of this thinness comes from a quick scan of the news stories run over the past week in some of the trade magazines – Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Screen International – who must keep producing them, regardless of actual material. These include a write-off of an interview in which Michael Cera says he didn’t think Jacki...

Politics

1 hour ago Coronation Street fans 'work out' Betsy Swain's major 'secret sister' twist as dad intrigue begins

The teenager arrived in Weatherfield last summer, played by Sydney Martin, and is the daughter of DS Lisa Swain

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2 h. ago Queen Mary of Denmark dons daring ensemble to visit the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen

Queen Mary of Denmark cut a stylish figure during a visit to the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen this morning. The Queen, 53, put her best fashion foot forward as she arrived at DR Concert Hall.

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2 h. ago 'Chaos' at another Spanish island airport as bins overflow and major queues form

Tourists have taken to social media to express their anger and disgust at the conditions passengers are facing on either arriving or leaving the holiday airport

Events

3 h. ago Ombudsman proposes changes to interest levels applied to compensation

The ombudsman can currently direct businesses to pay 8% interest on top of the compensation for the period their customer was out of pocket.

Politics

3 h. ago Gemma Collins, 44, reveals she has been struck down with pneumonia as she explains why she's been 'quiet' on social media

Gemma Collins has revealed that she has been struck down with pneumonia.

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3 h. ago Do you use a towel to reserve a sun lounger? Take our poll and have your say

Sunbed wars are heating up at hotels everywhere - as holidaymakers race to reserve loungers with nothing but a towel. But is it a clever strategy - or just plain rude?

Politics

3 h. ago Period drama 'just like Downton Abbey' now streaming on Amazon Prime

It is set in the boom years of the 1880s in New York City

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3 h. ago Part toy, part fashion, the arrival of the viral Labubu was a long time in the making

Labubu, the plush toy from China’s Pop Mart is a social media darling, but the toothy little monsters are not an overnight success

Politics

3 h. ago Changes to employee perks including salary sacrifice and benefits in kind could be announced next week

New HMRC surveys suggest valuable employment perks could be under threat.

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5 h. ago 28 Years Later: Everything we know about the zombie sequel, including Cillian Murphy's confirmed return

It’s taken nearly 20 years, but the highly-anticipated horror sequel will arrive on screens next year and one famous face could be back soon

Politics

5 h. ago A quiet Tiananmen Square anniversary displays China's ability to suppress history

For most Chinese, the 36th anniversary of a bloody crackdown that ended pro-democracy protests has passed like any other weekday

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5 h. ago Sali Hughes on beauty: Foaming cleansers for clean skin without the squeak

Exfoliating cleansers don’t have to leave your skin tight and dry – there are great options for all skin typesThe ritual of facial cleansing is sacrosanct in my home, but only for me. While beauty buffs use melting balms, silky oils and rich creams to remove daily makeup, dirt and SPF, and separate exfoliants to remove dull skin, the vast majority of consumers – including my own family – will always prefer a foaming face wash that does it all.I get it. Exfoliating cleansers are fast to use (and easily stored in the shower), and give that fully refreshed feeling only wet cleansing can. The drawback is that they can leave your face feeling tight, dry and begging for moisturiser, and frequently fail what I call “the towel test” – that is, they leave behind enough makeup for it to lightly stain a white towel during post-cleanse drying. So which exfoliating cleansers do a decent job and leave skin clean, without too much squeak? Continue reading...

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5 h. ago The Seven Year Itch at 70: a comedy about infidelity ruined by the Hays code

Marilyn Monroe is incandescent in Billy Wilder’s comedy about a tempted married man, but it’s a film hampered by restrictions of the timeOne of the patterns that emerges in Conversations With Wilder, a delightfully candid 1999 interview book that the director Cameron Crowe did with his film-making hero, Billy Wilder, is that Wilder tends to look more fondly on his hits than his misses. To him, commercial flops were rarely the result of audiences misunderstanding his work, but a regrettable failure on his part to connect with them. So it’s notable that Wilder didn’t have kind things to say about the Marilyn Monroe comedy The Seven Year Itch, a box-office sensation that’s rightfully settled a few tiers below classics like Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment and Some Like It Hot, his brilliant second go-around with Monroe.A work-for-hire job for Darryl Zanuck at 20th Century Fox, The Seven Year Itch didn’t originate with Wilder, but George Axelrod’s 1952 Broadway comedy a...

Politics

5 h. ago Florida Man v Canada: how the Stanley Cup final became a proxy war

Edmonton face the Panthers in the NHL title showdown for the second season in a row. But there are plenty of talking points off the ice tooThis time last year the story of the Stanley Cup final between Florida and Edmonton was mostly about Connor McDavid, hockey’s generational talent, getting the chance to bring the Cup back to hockey’s generational home. And it almost went his way, after the Oilers overcame a three-game deficit to force a deciding Game 7. Instead, McDavid’s win came a little later. His series-winning goal against the US in February’s Four Nations Cup amid the febrile nationalism created by Donald Trump’s annexation threats and tariffs seemed to quiet the doubters about where hockey both belonged and who rightly owned its highest honours. But here we are again, on the eve of the final, with the Oilers back in Florida for the second season in a row – Game 1 is on Wednesday night – and with a team from that state contending for the Cup for the sixth straight year.The ...

Events

5 h. ago Dave Mason forced to cancel tour as rock legend battles 'challenging' health issue

British rock legend Dave Mason has announced he's cancelled all his upcoming tour dates after battling a recent period of ill health

Society

6 h. ago Review: I went to see Stranger Things actor play his TikTok megahit ... now I understand what the fuss was all about

It's easy to be cynical about an actor turned singer. But Djo is the real deal.

Events

7 h. ago Greg Monks' family reveal their worst fears for Brit who vanished on stag do

Greg Monks, 38, vanished after becoming separated from friends just hours after they arrived for a five-day stag do in Albufeira, Portugal - he was last seen in navy Nike shorts and a t-shirt

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