35 m. ago Meet your descendants – and your future self! A trip to Venice film festival’s extended reality island

A flourishing lineup of immersive storytelling experiments are taking visitors into novels, nightclubs and outer spaceIn the largest cinema at the Venice film festival, guests gather for the premiere of Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro’s lavish account of a man who dared to play God and created a monster. When the young scientist reanimates a dead body for his colleagues, some see it as a trick while others are outraged. “It’s an abomination, an obscenity,” shouts one hide-bound old timer, and his alarm is partly justified. Every technological breakthrough opens Pandora’s box. You don’t know what’s going to crawl out or where it will then choose to go.Behind the main festival venue sits the small ruined island of Lazzaretto Vecchio. Since 2017, it’s been home to Venice Immersive, the event’s groundbreaking section dedicated to showcasing and supporting XR (extended reality) storytelling. Before that it was a storage facility, before that a plague quarantine zone. Eliza McNitt, this ...

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41 m. ago Ross Moriarty set for debut as Ospreys face two different XVs with Welsh interest in Bridgend

Ross Moriarty will start for the Ospreys against Exeter Chiefs in Bridgend on Saturday

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83 m. 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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88 m. ago The Office spinoff The Paper is here – here’s how to watch in the UK

The new workplace comedy releases in its entirety tonight on Sky and Now

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1 hour ago An exercise scientist recommends simple trick to increase health benefits of walking 10,000 steps a day

Shorter bursts of more intense physical activity have a positive effect, says Harry Bullmore

Science

1 hour ago Hidden gem Welsh town could be 'straight out of Bavarian hills' with amazing attraction

Hiding in the hills of North Wales is this quaint town, hiding one of the UK's breath-taking sights, perfect for a weekend getaway

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2 h. ago What will it take to further accelerate the shift to electric vehicles in London? Experts weigh in

Key figures in the electric vehicle (EV) industry, who are a part of the newly formed Electric London coalition, discuss London’s electrification journey and what the impact of changes to the Cleaner Vehicle Discount might mean, as part of The Standard’s Leading the Charge campaign

Science

2 h. ago Stop scrolling on your phone while on the toilet to avoid nasty health problem

Many of us are guilty of playing games or watching TikTok on the loo - but it could be putting us at risk

Politics

3 h. ago Sir James Dyson unveils new AI robot vacuum in a bid to help households to clean with ease

The tech giant also showcased the 'world's slimmest vacuum cleaner' at the event in Berlin.

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9 h. ago Dyson launches AI vacuum... and one with a motor smaller than 'a chocolate button'

The entrepreneur also unveiled the company's new Dyson Spot and Scrub AI robot vacuum, which it said has been engineered to clean both wet and dry floors.

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11 h. ago The Paper actor Domhnall Gleeson tells viewers: ‘We’re not bringing The Office back’

Gleeson said The Paper has ‘a different vibe’ and a ‘very different ensemble’

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13 h. ago Erupcja review – Charli xcx gives acting a trial run in shallow friendship drama

Toronto film festival: the star fails to make much of an impression in a slight and unpolished project filmed in Warsaw over the Brat summer of 2024The singer Charli xcx is, by her own admission, a workaholic – no sooner had she released Brat, the most dominant pop album and aesthetic of 2024, than she began work on its sequel, dropped just four months later. Insouciant and party-centric as her image may be, the pop star born Charlotte Aitchison is a sharp student of pop culture; she knows the audience demand for pop stars’ constant reinvention. The next career phase, it seems, is acting, with no less prodigiousness than music; the 33-year-old has seven films in the pipeline as a supporting or lead actor.Charli is neither the full star nor the anchor of Erupcja (Eruption), directed by Pete Ohs, but she will inevitably be the reason most English speakers hear of it. Filmed over a few weeks in Warsaw, Poland, in August 2024, in the heat of Brat summer, Erupcja seems, on paper, like a ...

Events

14 h. ago Rugby League star drinks toilet water then references it in celebration

Brisbane Broncos star Reece Walsh, 23, pulled a handful of water from his toilet and drank deeply multiple times in a disturbing video he posted to TikTok before his club stepped in

Sport

14 h. ago Aaron Ramsey 'curse' strikes again as Giorgio Armani dies after he nets for new Mexican club

The 'Aaron Ramsey curse' is back, with fans pointing out the death of Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani came just days after the Welsh international bagged a crucial winner

Events

16 h. ago Domhnall Gleeson: Don’t expect comeback of The Office in new spin

Gleeson, 42, best known for About Time, now stars in the mockumentary series The Paper, a spin-off from the American sitcom The Office.

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17 h. ago ‘The Paper’ blends the absurdity of 'The Office' and the optimism of 'Parks and Recreation'

"The Paper," a new spinoff from "The Office," is now streaming on Peacock

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18 h. ago Dyson's new products from world's slimmest vacuum to one that uses AI to detect stains

Dyson today launch 11 new products aimed at helping households from 'the world's slimmest vacuum cleaner' and the Dyson Spot and Scrub AI robot vacuum

Politics

18 h. ago Beer hall feast with huge platters of meat coming to Cardiff

Get ready for an October of eating, drinking and oompah-ing and it's all under one roof in the Welsh capital

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18 h. ago Tonight's rugby news as club's WRU statement sparks strong response and coach aims to poach Welsh talent

These are the latest rugby headlines on Thursday, September 4.

Sport

19 h. ago Photos of Welsh councillor seemingly shared on adult websites

Screenshots of Torfaen Reform UK councillor Sarah Lang seem to appear on adult websites

Culture