59 m. ago Top Welsh sporting fixture abandoned after traumatic incident

The Netball Super League clash between Cardiff Dragons and Birmingham Panthers was abandoned on Saturday night

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78 m. ago Bryn Terfel: ‘I’d stand on a table and sing Elvis at the drop of a hat’

The opera singer, 59, on his love of Wales, performing for the King, and where he goes to let his hair downI had an angelic childhood. I was brought up on a sheep farm in Pant Glas, north Wales, with my older brother Ian. My father was a farmer, my mum worked in a school for children with disabilities, and they and my grandparents were in different choirs. There was always singing in the household, pieces of music on the kitchen cupboards.I’d stand on a table and sing an Elvis song at the drop of a hat. I wasn’t a boy soprano, but I entered into competitions in the Welsh festival, Eisteddfod. That allowed me to think of singing as a career. Any given weekend, you can compete either singing, reciting or playing an instrument. Continue reading...

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78 m. ago Perfume Genius: Glory review – full of energy and biting nuance

(Matador)Consummate chronicler of 21st-century sensuality Mike Hadreas returns to his indie roots on a convivial seventh album stalked by death and desireDeath stalks the seventh studio album by feted US singer-songwriter Perfume Genius, nom de plume of Mike Hadreas – but stealthily, not so you’d recognise its presence at first. Here are 11 tracks that sound very much alive – songs that hum with universal emotion and queer carnality, everyday anxieties and high drama, from an artist whose struggles have formed the basis of a compelling body of work. Glory adds heft to it.Vivid with guitars, the album’s twin opening tracks bring the peripatetic Hadreas crashing back to indie rock after long spells in art pop, and orchestral and electronic environs. His last album, the dub-inflected Ugly Season (2022), originally accompanied a 2019 dance piece. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Andor boss calls for Disney to make Star Wars horror movie and sitcom

It’s a bold proposition...

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1 hour ago Welsh café known for its banging cheese toasties announces sudden closure

'It’s not something we’ve wanted to write'

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1 hour ago Downton Abbey star Joanne Froggatt reveals exciting new details for third film

Eager Downton Abbey fans have been treated to a reveal for the hotly anticipated grand finale of the beloved period drama as actress Joanne Froggatt spilled the beans

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1 hour ago King Charles recuperates after hospital stay as he sends condolences to Myanmar quake victims after death toll tops 1,000

King Charles has sent a message of condolence to the people of Myanmar following a deadly earthquake that has claimed more than 1,000 lives in the south-east Asian country.

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2 h. ago Maura Higgins oozes vintage glam while enjoying fizz as she moves on from Danny Jones kiss

Love Island icon Maura Higgins appears to have moved on from the Danny Jones kiss drama, which took place earlier this month, as she focused on her endless work projects

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2 h. ago “I decided to stop waiting to start my life with somebody”: the women who gave up dating and are happier than ever

More and more women are ditching dating and prioritizing solo life. They tell Rhian Lubin how they feel liberated abandoning the social norm of finding a partner before they check off the other big cornerstones of life

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2 h. ago Adolescence's Stephen Graham surprised by 'manipulative' trick as director spills show secrets

Adolescence co-writer Jack Thorne has revealed a big secret behind the scenes of the chilling Channel 4 drama, that left fans utterly shocked and gripped

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2 h. ago ‘Canary in the coalmine of totalitarianism’: how Columbia went from a home for Edward Said to a punching bag for Trump

The university had a history of being a home for cutting-edge discourse on Palestine – until it capitulated to the administration’s demands Last week, Columbia University announced that it would cave to demands by the Trump administration and adopt sweeping measures against pro-Palestinian activity on campus, including new restrictions on protest and the takeover of an academic department from faculty control.The news sent shock waves across higher education institutions nationwide for what appeared a stunning capitulation to attacks on academic freedom and the independence of the department of Middle Eastern, south Asian and African studies, or Mesaas, which became a scapegoat for what the administration viewed as a pro-Palestinian climate on campus. It was also a remarkable turn of events for a university that had for years been a home for cutting-edge academic discourse on Palestine, beginning with the scholarship of Edward Said, a leading Palestinian intellectual. Continue readi...

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2 h. ago Celtic vs Hearts LIVE score and goal updates from the Scottish Premiership clash at Parkhead

It's a return to domestic action as east meets west with the champions hosting the men in maroon.

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2 h. ago Celtic 0 Hearts 0 LIVE score and goal updates from the Premiership clash at Parkhead

It's a return to domestic action as east meets west with the champions hosting the men in maroon.

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2 h. ago Hindu priest 'raped and sexually assaulted vulnerable women and took £128k from one after telling them he was a god and knew black magic'

A Hindu priest revered by followers 'as a God' raped and sexually assaulted two 'vulnerable' devotees, a court has heard.

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2 h. ago I was horrified to find I was being filmed by a CCTV camera while on the loo in a women's public toilets... but the council WON'T take it down

Anna, 49, suffers from an overactive bladder since having children and relies on the public toilets in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, while out and about.

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3 h. ago 'I was given terrifying cancer diagnosis at 36 after waking up to horrifying sound'

George Dudnik was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in November 2024, and to add to the devastating news, he was also told that chemotherapy was not an option for him which he said made the diagnosis feel more like a "death sentence"

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3 h. ago Bridget Christie on brain fog, flirting, and why she won’t be taking a lover: ‘My heart is full. I am open to it, but I’m not looking for it’

She’s newly divorced and facing an empty nest, but the standup and creator of The Change insists she’s having the time of her lifeIs it a pigeon-hole, Bridget Christie asked to be photographed in, or is it a box? Either way, it’s some pretty trenchant visual messaging: whatever society wants to do with middle-aged women, Christie is done with it.It was also a chance for the 53-year-old to dress up as Kate Bush, recreating her 1978 shoot by Gered Mankowitz. And Christie loves dressing up. She did a whole show dressed as Charles II. The actor, writer and comedian is playful: she has way more than the usual number of funny facial expressions; her chat is peppered with silly, surreal ­diversions. Making people laugh is her thing, she says. “It motivates me, it helps me navigate the world, it’s like a drug.” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago ‘His genius is elusive’: Harry Lawtey and Toby Jones on bringing Richard Burton back to the screen

In new film Mr Burton, the Industry star plays a young Richard Burton, with Jones as the mentor who helped him find his acting chops. The duo discuss trying to understand a cultural icon – and how to nail that voiceSandringham Road lies in the east of Cardiff; a quiet run of Edwardian terrace houses overlooking Roath Mill Gardens. On a late July day, when the air is warm and the park spills out over its railings, Toby Jones and Harry Lawtey sit on the pavement, wearing matching striped pyjamas. The pair are some way into the filming of Mr Burton, an account of the early life of Richard Burton. Lawtey plays the actor in his younger years, when he was known as Richard Jenkins, and Jones is Philip Burton, the teacher who fostered his young student’s talent. So close would their bond grow that Jenkins would become Burton’s legal ward and take his surname. “Without Philip Burton there would never have been a Richard Burton,” Elizabeth Taylor once wrote. “That great rolling voice that cra...

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3 h. ago Bodies of 12 children and teacher found in aftermath of South East Asia quake as death toll surges

Dozens more children are feared trapped under the wreckage of the West Mye Mye Kyi preschool in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar following Friday's earthquake.

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3 h. ago Downton Abbey confirms heartbreaking detail in third movie poster – leaving fans in tears

The last film in the Downton Abbey franchise will be released in cinemas later this year - and fans are already preparing to say goodbye to the much-loved period drama

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