Shared from www.theguardian.com The customary brouhaha erupted yesterday after the release of Vanity Fair’s annual Hollywood Issue cover photos, the most striking of which depicts an angry Benedict Cumberbatch emerging fully clothed from a hot […]
Shared from www.theguardian.com Environmentalists in Montana called it the “death watch”. Following years of financial losses one of the handful of remaining coal-fired power plants in the state appeared doomed, its likely fate offering a […]
Shared from www.theguardian.com The run-up to an album release is all about teasing and pleasing the fans: thrilling videos, the promise of a fantasy-fulfilling collaboration, the drip-fed unveiling of a musician’s new era. But earlier […]
Shared from www.theguardian.com Few video games in recent years have managed to equal the sledgehammer disappointment of Cuphead. For those of you not in the know, Cuphead was an independent 2017 game that captured gamers’ […]
Shared from www.theguardian.com You needn’t be a Hollywood expert to be familiar with the movie motif of a flag fluttering on a conquered planet far away. But as real-life space exploration is an increasingly global […]
Shared from www.latimes.com Something interesting is happening in the “Progressive R&B” category at this year’s Grammy Awards. Four of the six nominated albums contain songs that bear the unmistakable rhythmic signature of a Detroit hip-hop […]
Shared from www.theguardian.com Start: Anstruther waterfrontDistance: 7 miles (14 miles if not returning by bus)Time: 3-4 hoursTotal ascent 102 metresDifficulty: Easy. Use OS Explorer 371 map Google map of the route Allow Google content? This […]
Shared from www.theguardian.com When you try to describe the much-loved video game Lemmings, it sounds like a wind-up. Your mission: herding a collection of tiny, green-haired, blue-jumpered, bipedal sprites from a trapdoor entrance to a […]
Shared from Lifestyle | The Guardian Named after the central French town of the same name (which, confusingly, also claims a much older almond cake, the pithiviers fondant, as its own), the pithivier is a […]
Shared from Culture | The Guardian Since 2009, each episode of this enjoyable podcast has covered a new old curio. There are episodes about The A-Team, Tetris, Candid Camera, Zork, the McRib sandwich and the […]
Shared from Culture | The Guardian When Game of Thrones ended, I promised myself I would never again become invested in a sprawling medieval fantasy where humanity makes a desperate last stand against an apocalyptic […]
Shared from Lifestyle | The Guardian When it comes to ways to warm up a fashion crowd on a cold New York evening, singer Miguel performing Prince covers is probably a pretty safe bet. That’s […]
Shared from Culture | The Guardian First we see him leaning against a wall, arms folded, a working man with pen and paper tucked into the breast pocket of his checked shirt. Then he is […]
Shared from Lifestyle | The Guardian Despite growing up under the tyranny of “no hat, no play”, it wasn’t until my late 20s that I started wearing a hat every time I was in the […]
Shared from Culture | The Guardian Fans of the original Star Wars trilogy, your time is up. Remember when you knew that the one true set of works based in a galaxy far, far away […]
Shared from Lifestyle | The Guardian Dave Hughes has been one of Australia’s best–loved comedians for more than two decades. In that time, Hughesy thinks he must have toured “up to 20” different shows. “People […]
Shared from Lifestyle | The Guardian LaQuan Smith’s autumn/winter 2022 show at New York fashion week on Monday evening started over an hour late. It soon became clear why – a celebrity was involved. Julia […]
Shared from Lifestyle | The Guardian It might be fashion week in New York at the moment, but Monday was also Valentine’s Day. For the Coach show in the afternoon, each guest – including rapper […]
Shared from Lifestyle | The Guardian Naomi Campbell has described becoming a mother at the age of 50 as “the best thing I’ve ever done”. In a photoshoot for the March issue cover of British […]
Shared from Culture | The Guardian What do poets talk about when they talk about love? The first poem I ever wrote was a love poem. I was 14. I don’t remember any of the […]