20 h. ago Rising Voices, Bold Visions: The Fresh Talent Redefining Edinburgh Fringe 2025

As the world’s largest arts festival returns, Edinburgh Fringe 2025 is set to showcase an extraordinary wave of fresh voices and bold new talent. This year’s lineup features powerful explorations of identity, resilience, friendship, and societal change—offering audiences a chance to connect with stories that are as timely as they are personal.

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35 h. ago Tom DeLonge says paranormal film he directed ‘way more real than people realise’

Sci-fi film Monsters Of California, co-written and directed by DeLonge, follows a group of friends exploring a series of paranormal events.

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1 week ago Rochelle Humes declares love as Marvin reveals Sam Thompson's family involvement

Rochelle got involved as Marvin and Sam opened up about their friendship as they explored their family history together

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2 w. ago Double date with your mate as Tinder launch feature to help Gen Z find love

Digital matchmaking app Tinder launches new 'double date' feature to encourage Gen Z to take their matches offline and into the real world in the hope of finding 'The One'

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3 w. ago Tinder launch 'Double Date' option urging singleton friends to 'explore together'

If you're fed up of swiping in order to find the one, then Tinder's new Double Date feature might be for you - as you can now pair-up with a friend in order to both land a match at the same time

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3 w. ago Travel influencer, 28, fell 60ft to her death in front of her friends when she lost her footing on one of Britain's deadliest mountains

Maria Eftimova, 28, who friends said had an 'insatiable thirst for life and exploring our world's beauty', joined a Facebook group who went hiking up a 3,000ft Snowdonia peak.

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3 w. ago Rising Stars of Edinburgh Fringe 2025: The New Voices Taking the Stage

As the world’s largest arts festival returns, Edinburgh Fringe 2025 is set to showcase an extraordinary wave of fresh voices and bold new talent. This year’s lineup features powerful explorations of identity, resilience, friendship, and societal change—offering audiences a chance to connect with stories that are as timely as they are personal.

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4 w. ago The Way We Talk review – sensitive drama explores deafness via three friends’ infectious warmth

Each character uses a different method of communication in Adam Wong’s drama, which benefits from the chemistry of its lead performersAn incisive film-maker with a keen eye for contemporary youth culture, Hong Kong director Adam Wong has returned with another sensitive ensemble drama. The film follows three twentysomething friends as they navigate various degrees of deafness. Alan, played by first-time deaf actor Marco Ng, is a cochlear implant (CI) user. He is also an ambassador for the surgery, which can help restore sound perception for those with hearing loss. Wolf (Neo Yau), his childhood friend, is a staunch user and supporter of sign language, which at one point was prohibited in local deaf schools; such institutions prioritised speech training, then believed to work better for hearing-impaired students. Sophie (Chung Suet Ying) is at a crossroads: she is a CI user who cannot sign, but yearns to learn.It would, of course, be simplistic to portray these different forms of comm...

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