2 h. ago Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother, starring Cate Blanchett, surprise winner of Venice Golden Lion

The Voice of Hind Rajab, a harrowing account of a Palestinian child’s death in Gaza, won the runner-up Silver LionUS indie director Jim Jarmusch unexpectedly won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice film festival on Saturday with Father Mother Sister Brother, a three-part meditation on the uneasy tie between parents and their adult children.Although his gentle comedy received largely positive reviews, it had not been a favourite for the top prize, with many critics instead tipping the Voice of Hind Rajab, a harrowing true-life account of the killing of a five-year-old Palestinian girl during the Gaza war. In the end, the film directed by Tunisia’s Kaouther Ben Hania took the runner-up Silver Lion. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Sweeping changes were needed for Labour to be serious about a fresh start

Editorial: Moving so many ministers after such a short time may not seem ideal, but the end result is a team better matched to the challenges ahead

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10 h. ago Melania Trump is right that the robots are here – but she’s wrong on how to handle it | Arwa Mahdawi

The first lady has taken it upon herself to help children navigate AI. If she really wants to help, then she should ask her husband to stop gutting public education“The robots are here,” proclaimed Melania Trump during an AI event at the White House on Thursday. It can be hard to parse the first lady’s poker face and expressionless voice, but this certainly wasn’t a statement of regret. Rather Trump, reading from a script encased in a very analogue binder, was taking it upon herself to help America’s children navigate AI, which she touted as the “greatest engine of progress in the history of the United States of America”. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago 'I produced five seasons of The Voice and Sir Tom Jones is the ultimate professional'

The Voice UK has been a hit with viewers since it first aired in 2012 and one person who knows all about the success of the show is executive producer Moira Ross

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13 h. ago 'I made five seasons of The Voice and this is what it's really like working with Sir Tom Jones'

The Voice UK has been a hit with viewers since it first aired in 2012

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13 h. ago 'I produced The Voice and this is what it's really like working with Sir Tom Jones'

Sir Tom Jones has been a staple on The Voice UK since 2012

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14 h. ago Voices: Perran Moon MP insists he’s Cornish – good luck – after 15 years I’m still seen as English

As a Labour MP declares ‘I’m Cornish, not English’, London blow-in Fiona McGowan says ‘I’m English, not Cornish’ because, despite having brought up a family in the county, the locals will never let you forget it!

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32 h. ago Voices: As Angela Rayner falls on her sword, Keir Starmer will also take a hit

The prime minister is not just losing someone he has learned to value, says John Rentoul – his holier-than-thou pitch has been destroyed and the deputy leadership election will tip Labour into a civil war

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32 h. ago Voices: Readers clash over digital ID cards – from ‘Big Brother state’ fears to ‘making life easier’

Readers are split over digital ID cards, with some fearing a ‘dystopian nightmare’ and others saying they would ‘close loopholes’ and reduce fraud

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33 h. ago Voices: Does firing your worst employees ever make business sense?

As Lloyds plans to cut its bottom 5 per cent of staff, James Moore asks if threatening thousands of ‘underperformers’ with the sack can have an energising effect on the workforce

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35 h. ago Trump goes on a tear over ‘psychopathic nut job’ Jerry Nadler after veteran Democrat announces retirement

President calls New Yorker ‘most disgusting Congressmen in USA History’ days after 78-year-old said he would not seek reelection to make way for younger voices

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35 h. ago She was the authentic voice of the snarling Left, but as we now know, the Red Queen was a woman of gluttonous appetites with little between the ears: QUENTIN LETTS

Amid a Cabinet of dull mumblers, Angela Rayner was the eye-flashing exception. Sir Keir Starmer praised her 'working-class background' but actually that wasn't so rare, even in the modern Labour party.

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36 h. ago Voices: Welcome, Nadine, to the Reform UK care home for deadbeat defectors

The recruitment of former Tory minister Nadine Dorries is being hailed as a coup for Nigel Farage. Really? Sean O’Grady argues her slavish devotion to Boris Johnson and her track record in government suggest she’ll soon become a liability

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37 h. ago Closing the equity gap: Groundbreaking programme aims to boost Scottish female founders and investors

“By connecting experienced voices with emerging talent, we want to ensure that female-led businesses across Scotland can thrive” – Elizabeth Pirrie, AccelerateHER

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38 h. ago Children aged 6 and 8 drown after parked family car rolls into river

Car’s engine was switched off at the time of the incident, police say, prompting an enquiry into how the vehicle rolled away on its own

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38 h. ago Voices: If a dream can explain the toilet, what does it say about me?

This week, poet and artist Frieda Hughes has visions of lavatories on street corners, and wonders what meaning lies beneath its lid

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38 h. ago Rogue builder's £37K scam exposed by voice note about 'lemons'

The men targeted a pensioner in his mid-60s, charging him £37,000 for shoddy roof work, and have now been sentenced to more than two years each in prison for the fraud

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39 h. ago Sacred Lodge: Ambam review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month

(Avon Terror Corps)Matthieu Ruben N’Dongo amps up the intensity on a second album that makes an uncanny atmosphere out of swarming electronics, grisly vocals and polyrhythmic percussionSacred Lodge is the side project of Paris-based producer and sound artist Matthieu Ruben N’Dongo. Rooted in his ethnomusicological research, which explores the role of music in ritual contexts and his own Equatoguinean heritage, the results are unsettling but compelling, characterised by heady percussion and swarming electronics. But while his 2019 debut Hijos Del Sol was made up of murky downtempo instrumentals, N’Dongo’s follow-up amps up the intensity almost beyond recognition, with a collection of sludgy, abrasive tracks.One of the starkest differences is the use of vocals, which have previously only featured as echoey background textures. On Ambam, N’Dongo makes full use of his voice. Inspired by the tradition of field hollers and ritual chants (specifically of the Fang people, from which his fat...

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39 h. ago Nosferatu to One of Them Days: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

The classic movie gets a horrifying update starring a captivating Lily-Rose Depp, while SZA and Keke Palmer light up a hilarious buddy comedy. Plus: the worst – or most genius? – romcom premise everRobert Eggers, already one of the most distinctive voices in American cinema, risked looking a tad arrogant when he announced that he was remaking FW Murnau’s 1922 classic. But the risk paid off. Eggers has managed to capture both the pervading sense of dread and stylish production design of the original, while deepening the mythology to make it more palatable for modern viewers. It’s a true horror, with every frame filled with foreboding. And now, after playing both Pennywise the clown in It and Count Orlock, surely Bill Skarsgård qualifies as the world’s scariest actor. But it is Lily-Rose Depp’s tortured, possessed performance as Orlock’s victim Ellen that really impresses. Friday 12 September, 11am, 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere Continue reading...

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52 h. ago Daniel Levy gives up second powerful role after bombshell Tottenham exit

Daniel Levy is one of the most recognisable faces in English football and a powerful voice in the Premier League hierarchy - but he's now leaving north London giants Tottenham

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