22 h. ago The Divine Comedy on Something for the Weekend: ‘We hired a statuesque model for the video. I had to stand on a box’

‘I skip one part when we perform it these days. As I’m in my mid-50s it would be creepy’Having made two albums with a chamber vibe, I was thinking, “Where do I go from here?” I started hearing your Suedes and Saint Etiennes, and Blur were referencing stuff from the 60s and 70s too. I could see the way the wind was blowing. That sounds quite knowing, but I already loved John Barry, the Kinks, Adam Faith and, of course, Scott Walker. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Kim Novak, 92, slams Sydney Sweeney's 'sexualized' biopic about her romance with Sammy Davis Jr.

The film, titled Scandalous, will revisit the 92-year-old actress' 50s-era romance with fellow entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.

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64 h. ago I used to judge my mother’s gambling addiction. Now I think she was longing for a fairytale ending

Toni Jordan’s mother gambled fast, ferociously, without any sense of fun. The author has come to realise she was dreaming of a bigger life My mother, Margaret, died in 2018 at 75. It was a good death, all things considered. The very end was savage, as endings often are, but she was in her own home and on her own two feet until the final week. For a woman who’d smoked two packs a day all her adult life, who’d never exercised or even walked to the shops, who refused to drink water (“I’d spew!”) and lived on Coca-Cola, paté on toast, jubes and green olives from a jar – considering all that, she did OK.During my mother’s final days, I had it easy. My sister, Lee, lived closer and is, to be honest, a more nurturing person. She’s caring. Patient. Lee is also better with money than me, but I thought I should at least attempt to help – so at the end, I took charge of Mum’s bank accounts. She lived on the pension and died with a run-down brick veneer villa unit in an over-50s complex, an old...

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3 d. ago ‘I held on to what’s important’: Kim Novak on Hitchcock, Trump and her Venice lifetime achievement award

One of the stars of Hollywood’s golden era, 92-year-old says prize as much about her refusal to be controlled as her on-screen performancesShe was the No 1 box office star in the late 50s, but for decades Kim Novak, the star of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece Vertigo, has lived a life of quiet seclusion. Now, at the age of 92, the last of the great, glamorous movie stars of Hollywood’s golden era is back in the spotlight. She is being honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Venice film festival, where a documentary about her life and career, Kim Novak’s Vertigo, is premiering.For Novak, it is a tribute not just to her acting but to her lifelong refusal to be controlled and manipulated by Hollywood, or anyone else. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago The blush 'so easy to blend' on mature skin shoppers in their 50s and 60s all love it

"This is the best product I’ve seen in ages. The blusher is so natural, easy to apply and perfect for over 50s skin"

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4 d. ago Dear Coleen: I'm divorced and scared of dating again in my 50s

"The good thing is, being older and wiser means you know yourself better and know what you want and what you don’t want."

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5 d. ago Gloria Gaynor revealed as MAGA donor after being picked by Trump for Kennedy Center Honor

‘I Will Survive’ singer has reportedly donated nearly $22,000 to right-wing politicians and organizations since 2023

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6 d. ago Charity shop worker disgusted after woman tries to donate banned item with nasty detail

Working in a charity shop can be really rewarding, but it comes with its downsides – especially when donors bring in items employees would rather not have to deal with

Economics

7 d. ago Labour donor's firm paid £3.5m to provide 'green' electricity to power Trafalgar Square and City Hall

Details of Ecotricity contract emerge in freedom of information response

Economics

7 d. ago One of Labour's biggest donors has contracts worth £3.5million with Sadiq Khan

A Labour donor who has given the party more than £5million has contracts worth millions with Sadiq Khan's City Hall, the Daily Mail can reveal.

Economics

7 d. ago Who’s cashing in on Trump’s immigration crackdown? It’s not the American people nor the federal or state governments

Private contractors run many of ICE’s largest detention facilities. Now, with a push to deport more and more immigrants, these companies stand to win big under Trump. Alicja Hagopian reports.

Politics

7 d. ago The Guardian view on the carnivore diet: red meat for influencers, but bad news for health | Editorial

A fad for consuming high-protein, high-fat food, while avoiding vegetables, has taken off online. Followers are doing themselves no favoursOnce, it seemed that much of the world was intent on drastically cutting back on meat for health and environmental reasons. Vegetarian and vegan options appeared on restaurant menus and the very idea of a bloody red steak became almost unthinkable in liberal circles. And yet the carnivore diet is now all over Instagram and TikTok, prompting health bodies to start issuing warnings.Followers of this diet eat meat, fat, seafood, eggs and butter, avoiding all vegetables, fruits, grains and legumes as if plants were, as Paul Saladino, an advocate of this diet alleged, “poison”. Dr Saladino is a US psychiatrist and health influencer with a range of supplements called Heart and Soil that contain dried animal organ meat. He appears shirtless on social media, denouncing vegetables, which he says will harm us. Other Instagrammers tuck into plates of huge s...

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7 d. ago Breakthrough in fight against nerve disease that's rising in under 50s, hope for new treatment

Scientists are still not exactly sure of what causes the disease that affects around 150,000 people in the UK and more than 900,000 Americans.

Economics

7 d. ago Surgeons transplant pig lung into brain dead human recipient for first time

Genetically modified lung functioned for nine days, in latest development in xenotransplantation aimed at solving organ shortage crisisSurgeons have transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into a brain dead human recipient for the first time and found it functioned for nine days, researchers have revealed.The work is the latest development in a technique called xenotransplantation that is aimed at solving the organ shortage crisis: according to the World Health Organization, only up to 10% of the global need for such transplants is being met. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Dumfries dad to zip across the Clyde for charity which helped with brain injury recovery

Darren Dalzell is giving back to Capability Scotland after spending 22 days in critical care – half of that in a coma – after suffering multi-organ failure and developing sepsis.

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8 d. ago Top Reform donor wrote sleazy comment about breastfeeding mum in official report

We unearthed Andrew Perloff’s remarks in reports – with the property tycoon asking our reporter: "At a business meeting, you wouldn’t pull your trousers down, would you?"

Politics

9 d. ago They donated millions to Trump — now, ICE detention providers are reaping the rewards

Private contractors run many of ICE’s largest detention facilities. Now, with a push to deport more and more immigrants, these companies stand to win big under Trump. Alicja Hagopian reports.

Politics

9 d. ago Zohran Mamdani leads in fundraising for New York City mayoral contest

The Democratic nominee far outpaces former governor Andrew Cuomo and embattled incumbent Eric AdamsZohran Mamdani pulled in almost double the funds of his nearest rivals for New York City mayor between early July and mid-August, as the candidates prepare for the crucial post Labor Day push to the November poll.New York’s City’s campaign finance board said on Saturday that the democratic socialist, who won the Democratic party nomination in June against former state governor Andrew Cuomo, raised $1,051,200, with an average donation of $121 recorded equally from donors in and outside the state. Continue reading...

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1 week ago New Channel 4 series helping single blood donors find love in bid to tackle NHS shortage

Channel 4's new series "Love is in the Blood" is teaming up with NHS Blood and Transplant starring Adeola Patronne as the presenter and matchmaker, all in aid of donating blood and viewer entertainment

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1 week ago Gen Z more confident about retirement finances than those in their 50s

A fifth of 18 to 24-year-olds still expect to be able to retire when they are in their 50s, despite the fact their pension age is likely to be at least 68.

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