11 h. ago Paedo who filmed kids in playgrounds housed just metres from three nurseries

Brian Wilkinson, 64, secretly filmed children in school playgrounds, in parks and in public changing rooms before sharing the footage with predators around the world

Culture

30 h. ago Tiny market town with proper pubs on one of the world's most scenic train journeys

I love a Welsh market town, especially if it's got bags of character and history and proper pubs where you can get a round in without having to remortgage your house

Politics

31 h. ago Robbie Williams' world tour cancelled by host country over 'public safety fears'

Robbie Williams has been forced to cancel the final show of his world tour by the concert's host country due to fears over "public safety," and the singer has apologised to disappointed fans

Politics

34 h. ago Newspaper chief falls to death from window in 'strange' Russian incident

The secretive head of Pravda publishing house, Vyacheslav Leontyev, 87, plunged 70ft from his home in western Moscow.

Events

55 h. ago What can be done about the 'soulless and grim' slab of concrete in the middle of Cardiff

People have been invited to imagine Central Square as a 'world-class public realm'

Politics

67 h. ago Robbie Williams cancels his final show of world tour due to ‘public safety’

Williams began the tour in May, performing in cities including London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Helsinki and Athens

Politics

4 d. ago Thomas Tuchel calls for World Cup schedule change that would cause chaos in UK pubs

England will face stifling temperatures in USA, Canada and Mexico should they qualify for next summer's World Cup and head coach Thomas Tuchel has urged organisers to shift kick-off times to help players cope with the heat

Events

4 d. ago Pubs in England set to stay open well into the early hours to screen late

Thanks to the time difference and searing daytime temperatures in host countries the US, Mexico and Canada, games are expected to start at 5pm, 8pm, 11pm and 2am BST.

Politics

5 d. ago England fans set for World Cup TV nightmare amid player welfare concerns

England could secure their spot at the World Cup next summer when they face Latvia in a couple of weeks, but the tournament could propose challenges for fans watching from home

Sport

5 d. ago UK's 'most scenic train ride' has 'delightful' views of countryside

The Tamar Valley Line, which runs through Devon and Cornwall from Plymouth to Gunnislake, has been newly named as the most scenic railway line in the whole of the UK

Politics

7 d. ago Sperm racing is all the rage among the tech bros. Why am I not surprised? | Arwa Mahdawi

It started as a gag, but Eric Zhu’s sperm races are doing good work in putting male fertility under the microscope – literallyRemember when Elon Musk challenged Vladimir Putin to physical combat and Mark Zuckerberg to a cage fight? Neither of those brawls took place for various reasons. Not least, I suspect, because Musk is just self-aware enough to know that he would not emerge with his dignity, or his spine, intact. However, if the richest man in the world is still casting around for a way to publicly demonstrate his virility, I think I’ve hit on the perfect way: sperm racing.This isn’t some below-the-belt insult. Sperm racing is an emerging “thing” among tech types now. A teenage entrepreneur called Eric Zhu came up with the idea, and went viral with his first sperm race in April. That initial race was rudimentary: college students gave sperm samples to be analysed and the results were turned into an animated race that visualised the fastest offerings. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago ‘Go woke, go broke’? New study challenges claims progressive films flop at the box office

Film data analyst Stephen Follows finds no evidence that ‘woke-adjacent’ cinema is doomed commercially – and claims some genres may benefit from diverse casting“Go woke, go broke” is a movie catchphrase du jour, loved by rightwing culture warriors, who take aim at mainstream films judged to have adopted progressive values, and therefore are worthy of boycott and complaints. Films as varied as The Marvels, Charlie’s Angels, Ghostbusters (the 2016 reboot) and Pixar’s Elio have been attacked for their perceived commitment to inclusiveness and diversity, and in some cases their box office revenue appears to have been affected as a result.But is it actually the case? Film data analyst Stephen Follows, an adviser to Guinness World Records and author of The Horror Movie Report, has published research on how audiences actually respond to “woke-adjacent” content in current cinema. First presented at the Zurich film festival on Saturday, Follows’ research suggests that there is no blanket rul...

Politics

1 week ago How English public schoolboy Louis Partridge won the heart of one of the world's most famous popstars and became the nation's go

The London-born actor first burst onto the global stage aged just 17 in 2020 alongside Millie Bobby Brown in Netflix 's Enola Holmes - a breakout role that's left him thoroughly in demand ever since.

Politics

1 week ago On Antisemitism: A Word in History by Mark Mazower review – the politics of prejudice

This nuanced analysis of what ‘antisemitism’ means explores the evolution of anti-Jewish discrimination, and how it became a driver for political activismAdolf Hitler’s defeat didn’t end prejudice against Jews in Germany or any other country. But the Third Reich did, in Mark Mazower’s judgment, “discredit antisemitism as a positive programme for decades to come”.It is an arresting turn of phrase that makes reckoning with the Holocaust after the second world war sound more like a trend in public policy than a moral imperative. But that is the point. Mazower, a professor of history at Columbia University, is talking about a particular manifestation of anti-Jewish sentiment that rose and fell in a relatively short time frame. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Trump is waging culture war on Europe by promoting rightwing allies, report finds

Study says US president seeks to interfere in elections and ‘move the ideological centre of gravity’ in European politicsThe Trump administration is waging a culture war on Europe by aggressively promoting the Maga movement’s political and ideological allies on the continent and publicly humiliating the EU on the world stage, a joint report by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and European Cultural Foundation has concluded.The study argues that the US president is actively seeking to interfere in European elections, transform the transatlantic relationship toward conservative values and rally Europe’s rightwing populists around the theme of free speech. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago How to get to the Oasis reunion gigs at Wembley Stadium in London: complete London public transport guide for final two shows

How to get to the Oasis reunion gigs at Wembley Stadium in London: complete London public transport guide for final two shows  Time Out Worldwide

Sport

2 w. ago Venice police fine parents of children who played football in public square

Murano resident reported children, aged between 12 and 13, to the policeItaly might be a football-loving country but that did not stop police in Venice from pursuing a group of unlikely targets: 14 children who fell foul for playing the game in a public square, leading to fines presented to their parents, in a move that has sparked a debate about the rights of young people to play outdoors.The children, aged between 12 and 13, were playing football earlier this month in Pino Signoretto square in Murano, an island of about 4,500 inhabitants in the Venetian lagoon, when a resident, annoyed by the noise they were making, reported them to the police. Continue reading...

Society

2 w. ago British tourist visits Disney World and is shocked by what Americans really think of us

With thatched cottages, old pubs and a castle the Disney World UK pavilion perhaps perfectly represents how the rest of the world actually sees Great Britain

Events

2 w. ago Calls for Charlie Kirk murder suspect's public execution with 'firing squad for world to see'

A US congressman has called for the person behind the assassination of Donald Trump confidant Charlie Kirk to be publicly executed by firing squad to 'make an example of him'

Events

2 w. ago One of London’s ‘ugliest’ buildings will soon have three new public art galleries

One of London’s ‘ugliest’ buildings will soon have three new public art galleries  Time Out Worldwide

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