2 h. ago Best autobiographies and memoirs that everyone should read in 2025

The private lives of presidents and princes, romantic affairs, meditations on grief, awkward coming-of-age stories, or an inside look at Hollywood: the best autobiographies tell someone else’s story but ring true to our own life experiences.

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9 h. ago Putin’s play for an Indonesian airbase was always likely to fail – but Russia has wider ambitions

Russia remains a key arms supplier in South-east Asia, and Trump’s unstable leadership is providing more opportunities to make inroadsA defence industry report claiming that Russia requested a permanent base for its warplanes in Indonesia’s remote Papua region, right on Australia’s northern doorstep, sent Canberra into a tailspin. But in Indonesia, it was the frenzy whipped up in Australia’s tight election campaign that came as the real surprise.Foreign policy and defence experts are highly sceptical about the prospect that Jakarta would ever acquiesce to such a Russian request, and besides, it is hardly new. Moscow has sought permanent basing rights for its planes at Indonesia’s Biak airfield in Papua for almost half a century – and not once has it won approval. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago How did Netflix’s The Diamond Heist robbers get caught? Movie

Netflix's The Diamond Heist tells the real-life story of an attempted £350 million robbery.

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28 h. ago ‘Ambitious' new drama called 'Wes Anderson meets the Coen brothers' now streaming

The first four episodes of an inventive new Apple TV+ drama are now streaming

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32 h. ago Government Cheese review – David Oyelowo’s new drama is utterly meaningless

The Selma star is excellent in a beautiful-looking, zany, 60s-set show about a former criminal. But it is a big pile of random whimsy with very little coherent narrativeIn the blurb promoting Government Cheese, Apple TV+ describes it as “surrealist”. It isn’t, but it does have plenty of what is becoming the streamer’s signature style. Is your dramedy quirky, kooky and kind of cartoony? Is it set mid-century in the US, away from the big cities, where humble but smarter-than-average folk arch deadpan eyebrows at unusual events? Yes? You’ve got a full-season commission! Don’t worry about an engaging premise or a coherent narrative – we just want those zany indie vibes.We are in the San Fernando valley, California, 1969. After a riot breaks out during a flood, a burglar and petty fraudster, Hampton Chambers (David Oyelowo), is released from prison, strolling back into his home town of Chatsworth in his one sharp suit, with the rolling, bouncing gait of a born huckster who has fatally hi...

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35 h. ago David Oyelowo shares why his 'totally unique' new Apple TV+ series is a 'career first'

David Oyelowo stars in the new Apple TV+ series Government Cheese, which launches on Wednesday

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37 h. ago David Oyelowo explains why his ‘unique’ new Apple TV+ series was a ‘career first’

David Oyelowo stars in this quirky historical drama that’s guaranteed to be like nothing you’ve ever seen before

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48 h. ago Autobiographical ‘life story’ books helping Renfrewshire dementia patients

The life stories are said to help keep precious memories alive for patients

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49 h. ago The surprising real life story behind David Oyelowo's new Apple TV+ series Government Cheese

David Oyelowo leads the cast of new Apple TV+ series Government Cheese, which tells the story of a petty criminal who returns home from prison in 1967

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49 h. ago David Oyelowo's Government Cheese character is based on an incredible true story

David Oyelowo's new Apple TV+ series Government Cheese is a surreal period drama that follows one man's quest to reinvent himself

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50 h. ago Bryan Adams reveals the surprising origin behind his ‘first real six

The Canadian rock legend opens up about music, lockdown, and lost instruments in the Help Musicians’ podcast series

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53 h. ago Inside David Oyelowo's life from 'royal family' connection to tragic reason he changed his diet

David Oyelowo is set to star in the surreal new period comedy-drama Government Cheese on Apple TV+, but what do we know about the actor's life off the screen?

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54 h. ago Inside David Oyelowo’s life from devout faith to surprise ‘royal family’ connection

David Oyelowo is starring in an innovative new comedy-drama on Apple TV+ this week, so what do we know about his life away from the cameras?

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64 h. ago Downton Abbey fans are only now realising two of their favourite stars have a son together

Two Downton Abbey fan favourites have their own real life love story and even share a son together which fans are only just discovering.

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3 d. ago Luka Modric set to become minority owner of Swansea as Real Madrid star makes surprise decision

Croatian midfielder will not have his player career impacted by ownership move

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3 d. ago What to stream: Jude Law as a fed, a 'Law & Order' reunion and David Oyelowo in an oddball comedy

Mariska Hargitay reuniting with her old partner, Detective Elliot Stabler, on “Law & Order: Organized Crime” and Jude Law sporting a mustache and an American accent to play an FBI agent are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases

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5 d. ago This is how we do it: ‘If one of us is on a business trip and meets someone, we’re free to pursue it’

For Lise and Patrick, the possibility of sex with other people has allowed their own love life to blossom – providing it’s within limitsHow do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyOnce, Patrick had really nice oral sex with someone and told me what she did, and suggested we try that Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Apple Watch Series 10 now cheaper than Argos and Apple as it's axed by £50 in flash sale

If you're looking for the cheapest place to get your hands on the latest Apple Watch, look no further than this flash sale that's made it cheaper than the likes of Apple, Argos and Very

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5 d. ago Flash sale slashes price of Apple Watch Series 10 by £50 making it cheaper than Apple and Argos

This flash sale has axed the price of an Apple Watch Series 10 by a whopping £50 - making it the cheapest place to buy compared to Apple, Argos and Very

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6 d. ago ‘You must read my diaries’: unlocking the private life of Edna O’Brien

Towards the end of her life, the groundbreaking Irish novelist granted film-maker Sinéad O’Shea access to her most personal writing. What she revealed was shocking and inspiring‘Sinéad, you must read my diaries. The most naked ones are in Emory College, Georgia.”This was a voicenote left for me by Edna O’Brien in 2023, after I had started to film a feature documentary with her, granting me access to the most personal work she created in her lifetime: her unpublished diaries.Prurient = itching with lewd desire.Winnow = separate. Continue reading...

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