17 h. ago Top Tory tells poor people they shouldn't watch tele as it "rots their brain"

Kemi Badenoch's director of strategy sparked fury with her social media comments which saw her compared to a Dickensian villain by one wag and saw another ask: "What is wrong with you?"

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3 d. ago Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center should serve as a warning to UK arts institutions | Charlotte Higgins

Culture is not immune from the advances of the hard right – but it isn’t too late for resistanceInto the pale stone wall of the Kennedy Center, above its elegant terrace on the edge of the Potomac river, are carved bold and idealistic sentiments. “This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor. To further the appreciation of culture among all the people, to increase respect for the creative individual, to widen participation by all the processes and fulfillments of art – this is one of the fascinating challenges of these days.” Those are the words of John F Kennedy, after whom the US’s national performing arts centre is named. The impulse to build it came from Dwight D Eisenhower; it was given JFK’s name after his assassination; and it opened in 1971, to the music of Leonard Bernstein and the choreography of Alvin Ailey, in the presidency of Richard Nixon. The Kennedy Centre, in short, was designed to be bipartisan, a place of gathering for Democrats and Repub...

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4 d. ago I tried the walking method that offers ‘10 times the benefits’ of walking 10,000 steps per day

Movement in any form can benefit your health, says senior fitness writer Harry Bullmore. But can this latest walking trend help time-poor people step up their exercise plans?

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5 d. ago Our attention spans really are getting shorter – here’s how you can fix yours

Numerous studies have charted our waning ability to concentrate over the past quarter century; literacy rates and reading for pleasure are simultaneously on the decline amid a proliferation of ‘brain rot’ content. Helen Coffey digs into our collective loss of focus and asks the experts how to reverse the dumbing-down process

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9 d. ago Chilling 'brain rot' warning as kids up until 5am on TikTok and YouTube

Around a fifth of the time children aged eight to 14 spend on YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok and WhatsApp is between the hours of 9pm and 5am, the media watchdog has found

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2 w. ago Experts weigh in: You’re definitely giving yourself brain rot

Growing rates of ADHD in the US heighten concerns that heavy short-form videos leads to ‘brain rot’

Politics

2 w. ago BBC Normal People star lands 'dark' new role with Nicholas Hoult from Poor Things writer

The six-part series will be coming to Disney+ in the UK as production gets started next year

Politics

2 w. ago Quality of migraine care dependent on ethnicity, UK survey finds

Ethnic minority people more likely to experience poor treatment and even racism, Migraine Trust research showsPeople from ethnic minority backgrounds are more likely to experience worse migraine care and to fear discrimination because of their condition, a survey by a leading UK charity has found.Migraines are characterised by a severe headache, alongside other symptoms including dizziness, numbness and vision problems. About one in seven people in the UK are affected by the condition. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Soup firm Campbell’s dismisses executive over alleged ‘poor people’ comments

Senior figure allegedly referred to customers buying ‘highly processed food’ and denigrated Indian employeesBusiness live – latest updatesCampbell’s has dismissed an executive who allegedly referred to the soup company’s products as being made for “poor people” and denigrated its Indian employees.Martin Bally, who was the vice-president of Campbell’s information technology department, was recorded making the alleged comments by another employee. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Campbell's Soup branded 's*** for f****** poor people' by top dog in leaked recording

Campbell's Soup Company is facing a lawsuit after a top exec is claimed to have made insulting comments regarding the food, customers and employees - including that "chicken came from a 3D printer"

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3 w. ago Campbell’s Soup executive called its products food for ‘poor people’, lawsuit alleges

Executive Martin Bally put on leave after alleged remarks were purportedly recorded and attributed to him in lawsuitA Campbell’s Soup Company executive has been put on temporary leave after he allegedly referred to the firm’s offerings as “shit for fucking poor people” – a remark purportedly caught on an audio recording and attributed to him in a former employee’s wrongful termination lawsuit.The lawsuit was filed last Thursday in Wayne county circuit court in Michigan by Robert Garza, who had joined Campbell’s New Jersey headquarters remotely in September 2024 as a security analyst. Garza alleges he was fired in January after he raised concerns about comments made by Martin Bally, Campbell’s vice-president of information technology – including referring to one of the company’s ingredients as “bioengineered meat” while going off on a racist tirade. Continue reading...

Society

3 w. ago Campbell soup boss caught on tape saying firm makes 's*** for poor people', lawsuit claims

Campbell’s has suspended top boss Martin Bally after he was allegedly caught on tape sneering that the “world’s most iconic soup brand” makes “s***” for poor people, US lawsuit hears

Economics

3 w. ago Leaked recording reveals Campbell's exec's sickening remarks about iconic soup's ingredients

A leaked recording from a former staffer has sparked chaos for Campbell Soup, claiming to show a company VP trash-talking the brand's own products and the people who buy them.

Events

3 w. ago TikTok and Instagram usage leading to brain rot, says American Psychological Association

The more short-form content a person watches on social media, the poorer their cognitive performance, the study found

Technology

4 w. ago Expert issues warning to drivers on key safety risk: 'We have to be so careful'

New research shows an alarming number of people drive with poor vision putting themselves and others as risk.

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