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Lenzman, The North Quarter founder and drum & bass stalwart, dies
The influential DJ, producer and label boss had been living with kidney cancer since 2023
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Fun Home review – Alison Bechdel’s musical memoir feels every emotion
The Guardian reviews Fun Home, the musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s illustrated memoir, now revived by director Sarah Frankcom at the Royal Exchange in Manchester. Staged in-the-round, the production celebrates the cartoonist’s sexual awakening and queer identity while probing darker family dynamics, chiefly her relationship with her closeted father, who ran the family funeral business…
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‘Bowls her!’ – Bell removes Rodrigues as England start well
Lauren Bell bowls Jemimah Rodrigues with a brilliant delivery to give England a small glimmer of hope on the morning of day three against India, with the tourists falling to 177-3, their lead just short of 300 in the off-one Test at Lord’s.
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Rice in bed for nearly three days before Norway game – Tuchel
England boss Thomas Tuchel says Declan Rice was in bed for most of the three days prior to the World Cup quarter-final win against Norway because of a sickness bug.
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British Nationals Caught in Deadly Almeria Wildfires: Man Killed While Escaping; Couple Rescued With Severe Burns
British nationals have been caught up in wildfires that swept through Almeria province in Spain over the weekend, with at least one fatality reported. A British man attempting to flee the rapidly advancing flames perishe
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UK must cap political donations to stop the rich buying influence | Heather Stewart
In a Guardian comment piece, Heather Stewart argues that the UK must cap political donations to prevent a small group of wealthy mega-donors from buying political influence. The intervention comes as Labour’s “clean up politics” bill returns to the House of Commons, amid growing scrutiny of the financing of Reform UK and Nigel Farage’s wealthy…
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Marvel’s R-Rated Superhero Smash Is Quietly Crushing the Competition on HBO Max
Marvel’s 2018 film Deadpool 2, starring Ryan Reynolds, has become one of the ten most-streamed movies in the United States on HBO Max, thanks to a special, limited-time licensing deal between the platform, Disney and 20th Century Studios. The renewed interest comes as fans prepare for a busy year of Marvel Cinematic Universe releases in…
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EXCLUSIVE: Former ‘Apprentice’ star picked by Trump to showcase America’s 250th anniversary through art
Erin Scavino, who once appeared as a contestant on NBC’s “The Apprentice,” says President Donald Trump has chosen her to lead the State Department’s little-known Art in Embassies programme as the United States prepares to mark its 250th anniversary. In an interview with Fox News Digital at the Art Museum of the Americas, Scavino said…
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Democrat politicos rerun underhanded leftist playbook in effort to torpedo Trump’s AG nominee
Fox News reports that around 1,200 former Department of Justice officials signed a letter opposing the Senate confirmation of Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, ahead of key confirmation hearings. The article, written from a critical perspective, characterises the effort as a partisan manoeuvre by Democratic-aligned figures in Washington attempting to derail…
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Why do free speech debates make us so angry?
This Guardian essay, written by an anthropologist, argues that the ferocity of modern free speech debates stems not from disagreements over rules and principles but from implicit judgments about people’s character. The author traces the argument back to the January 2015 al-Qaida attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which killed cartoonists over their…