5 h. ago Cracker Barrel drops the hammer on consulting firm behind its disastrous rebrand debacle

Rebrand became a culture war battleground as conservatives reacted with fury to the now ditched new logo

Economics

3 d. ago The Department of War: Only manly men doing manly things in the name of America, thanks to our manly leaders Trump and Hegseth

It’s ‘highest male standard’ — zero fat, zero beards and zero diversity, writes Holly Baxter, as Hegseth exhorts US generals to WAR ... on culture

Politics

3 d. ago Great news — Trump and Hegseth have finally gotten rid of the woke, pronoun

It’s ‘highest male standard’ — zero fat, zero beards and zero diversity, writes Holly Baxter, as Hegseth exhorts US generals to WAR ... on culture

Politics

3 d. ago Lee Miller at Tate Britain review: These images will be seared onto your retina

The largest retrospective of the artist’s work staged in the UK charts her journey from Vogue cover girl to war correspondent

Politics

4 d. ago Labour must fight rightwing billionaires undermining net zero, says Ed Miliband

Exclusive: Energy secretary will hit out at the Tory and Reform ‘culture war’ and unveil target of 400,000 new jobs in clean energyLabour is in a fight against “global network of right-wing billionaires” who want to undermine net zero for their “vested interests”, the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has said.He said that the Tories and Reform UK were “importing a net zero culture war” and that accelerating the green transition would be key to winning the argument with the public. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week 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...

Politics

2 w. ago ‘Sun day’: US climate activists to rally for clean energy amid Trump attacks

Some 200 events are planned across the US this Sunday to celebrate growth of solar power and energy efficiencyAs the Trump administration wages an all-out assault on climate protections and renewable energy, activists are gearing up for demonstrations this Sunday to hype up solar power and energy efficiency.The national “day of action”, called Sun Day, will be spearheaded by veteran climate activist Bill McKibben. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Why vegan burgers are losing the US culture war over meat: ‘Not our moment’

Once seen as a climate fix, vegan burgers now languish at 1% of the US market amid rising meat culturePlant-based burgers were supposed to help wean Americans off their environmentally ruinous appetite for meat. But sales have plummeted amid a surging pro-meat trend embraced by the Trump administration, raising a key question – will vegetarianism ever take hold in the US?This year has been a punishing one for the plant-based meat sector, led by companies such as Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, with sales of refrigerated products slumping 17%. This follows a difficult 2024, during which sales fell 7%, furthering a multi-year spiral – last year Americans purchased 75m fewer units of plant-based meat than they did in 2022. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Vegan burgers are losing the US culture war over meat: ‘It’s not our moment’

Once seen as a climate fix, vegan burgers now languish at 1% of the US market amid rising meat culturePlant-based burgers were supposed to help wean Americans off their environmentally ruinous appetite for meat. But sales have plummeted amid a surging pro-meat trend embraced by the Trump administration, raising a key question – will vegetarianism ever take hold in the US?This year has been a punishing one for the plant-based meat sector, led by companies such as Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, with sales of refrigerated products slumping 17%. This follows a difficult 2024, during which sales fell 7%, furthering a multi-year spiral – last year Americans purchased 75m fewer units of plant-based meat than they did in 2022. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Firefighters sound alarm over Donald Trump state visit after strain on crews

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) sounded the alarm over the strain on resources from Donald Trump's state visit - and urged Keir Starmer to cancel the US President's lavish trip

Events

3 w. ago Caitlin Clark’s season is over, but the mob’s anger isn’t about her health

The Indiana Fever have shut down their star for the rest of 2025. And the toxic elements of her fanbase have lost a culture-war totemCaitlin Clark’s season is over. The Indiana Fever confirmed on Thursday night what many suspected, when the 2024 rookie of the year announced on social media that she would not be returning this year from the groin injury that has limited her to 13 games.“I had hoped to share a better update, but I will not be returning to play this season,” she wrote. “Disappointed isn’t a big enough word This has been incredibly frustrating, but even in the bad, there is good. The way the fans continued to show up brought me so much joy and perspective.” Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Christy review – Sydney Sweeney fights a losing battle in cliched boxing biopic

Toronto film festival: The rising star makes for a convincing boxer inside the ring in David Michôd’s by-the-numbers drama but flounders when outsideEven before Sydney Sweeney became better known for being in the centre of an increasingly absurd culture war, the unavoidable campaign to make her Hollywood’s Next Big Thing was showing signs of fatigue. The Euphoria grad, who gave a resonant performance in Reality, scored a sleeper hit with glossed up romcom Anyone But You but audiences were more impressed than critics, including myself (I found her performance strangely stilted). There was little interest from either side in her nun horror Immaculate, and earlier this summer her incredulously plotted Apple movie Echo Valley went the way of many Apple movies (no one knows it exists).Post-thinkpieces, two of her festival duds (Eden and Americana) disappeared at the box office and she now arrives at Toronto in need of a win. And what better way to achieve that by going for an old-fashion...

Sport

4 w. ago Trump ignites culture war with extraordinary plan to ban transgender Americans from owning guns

President Donald Trump's Justice Department could take a huge step to address gun violence that goes against decades of precedent set by previous Republican administrations.

Politics

last month Graham Linehan is 'considering suing the Met' after being arrested over 'anti

The Father Ted creator was detained by five armed officers as he returned to Britain from Arizona, and accused of 'inciting violence' in relation to three posts he had made on X.

Events

last month Met chief backs officers over Graham Linehan arrest row, but says they shouldn’t ‘police toxic culture wars’

Both Sir Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting have re-emphasised that police should prioritise street crime following backlash over Graham Linehan’s arrest

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