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Chanel Beads shares eclectic collection ‘Eternal Music’, an exclusive playlist to accompany The Cover

  • Chanel Beads shared an exclusive "Eternal Music" playlist for NME's The Cover
  • Playlist features Hal Hartley, Don Omar and Cocteau Twins among others
  • Accompanies NME's weekly profile of the eclectic New York band

Chanel Beads, the rising New York band featured in NME's latest instalment of The Cover, have released an exclusive playlist called "Eternal Music" to accompany their profile piece. The release forms part of NME's weekly series spotlighting emerging musical talent, with the accompanying feature written by Priya Elan…

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Portraits Of Tracy Releases New EP ‘Q: From Where Do Our Primal Instincts Originate A: MTV!’

  • Portraits Of Tracy releases new EP in full
  • EP blends punk, soul and psychedelic influences
  • Artist cites Stereolab, Beach Boys, Dead Kennedys as inspirations

US musician Portraits Of Tracy, raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has released a new EP titled 'Q: From Where Do Our Primal Instincts Originate A: MTV!' in full. The release highlights the artist's stylistic versatility, spanning genres from hardcore punk to vintage-style soul, unified primarily by their distinctive…

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New exhibition to explore how Georgia O’Keeffe’s desert home shaped her art

  • Courtauld to stage Georgia O'Keeffe: Ghost Ranch exhibition from October 2027
  • Nearly 24 works never before shown in the UK
  • Show examines how her New Mexico desert home shaped her art

The Courtauld Gallery is to stage a new exhibition exploring how Georgia O'Keeffe's remote New Mexico home at Ghost Ranch shaped her celebrated paintings of the American desert landscape. The show, titled Georgia O'Keeffe: Ghost Ranch and opening in October 2027, aims to deepen understanding in the UK…

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What If We Got AI Right? by Eleanor Drage review – avoiding apocalypse

  • Guardian review of Eleanor Drage's AI ethics book "What If We Got AI Right?"
  • Book argues big tech can't deliver utopia while chasing profit and power
  • Reviewer praises ideas but says some arguments feel rushed and unconvincing

This is a Guardian review of Eleanor Drage's book "What If We Got AI Right?", which sets out to challenge Silicon Valley's binary narrative that artificial intelligence will either usher in utopia or trigger apocalypse. Drage, a researcher at Cambridge's Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, argues…

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Police hunt darts match attacker in lobster suit

  • Police hunt man in lobster suit over Alexandra Palace darts assault
  • Victim knocked unconscious on 13 December, still injured months later
  • Met Police release CCTV image appealing for witnesses

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police are searching for a man dressed in a lobster costume who is suspected of seriously assaulting another man outside Alexandra Palace in north London after a World Darts Championship match. The victim, a man in his twenties, was punched and knocked unconscious and…

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Melbourne mother of two Brooke Timmins was allegedly murdered in front of her children by partner Jorden Turney in Clyde North, as court hears of his history of mental illness

  • Melbourne mother allegedly murdered by partner in front of children
  • Alleged killing occurred in Clyde North, Victoria
  • Court heard evidence of accused's history of mental illness

A Melbourne mother of two, Brooke Timmins, was allegedly murdered in front of her children by her partner, Jorden Turney, at a home in Clyde North. The case has gone before court, where details emerged about Turney's history of mental illness, raising questions about his state of mind…

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Football Weekly’s summer mailbag: World Cup 2026, the off-season and more: part one – podcast

  • Football Weekly panel answers listener questions in summer mailbag podcast
  • Topics include World Cup 2026 officiating and off-season routines
  • Lighter segments cover celebrity lookalikes and Barry Glendenning's note-taking

This is a podcast episode from the Guardian's Football Weekly series, in which host Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, John Brewin and Jonathan Wilson for the first part of a summer mailbag special, answering listener-submitted questions during the football off-season. The episode uses the World Cup…

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“They sound like a very talented band forced to play punk.” Stuart Adamson’s guitar work elevates Skids’ Scared to Dance above the ordinary

  • Skids' 1979 debut paired teenage vocalist Richard Jobson's avant-garde approach with Stuart Adamson's distinctive post-punk guitar, reaching the UK Top 20
  • Critics dismissed the album's polished production at release, but its artistic merit has proven durable, with Adamson's style influencing U2 and other later artists

This is an album review revisiting Skids' 1979 debut Scared to Dance, part of Louder's Album of the Week Club series. It argues that guitarist Stuart Adamson's playing, later of Big Country, lifts the record above typical punk fare, even though critics at the time dismissed its polished…

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The Ukrainian start-up taking the missile fight deep into Russia

  • Fire Point makes ~100 Flamingo cruise missiles and hundreds of drones daily
  • Flamingo missiles hit targets over 600 miles inside Russia
  • Cheaper than Western equivalents; workforce grown to 6,000 staff

Fire Point, a Ukrainian arms start-up founded after Russia's 2022 invasion, is now producing around 100 long-range Flamingo cruise missiles and hundreds of drones a day, making it central to Ukraine's ability to strike deep inside Russian territory. Chief executive Iryna Terekh says almost every recent deep-strike attack…

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“We don’t want to spark disaster.” Arthur ‘God of Hellfire’ Brown partners with Yorkshire chimney sweep to issue Public Service Announcement warning of fire dangers

  • Arthur Brown fronts a wildfire-safety PSA amid the UK heatwave.
  • Made with a Yorkshire chimney sweep near the North York Moors.
  • Warns against BBQs, naked flames and discarded cigarettes on dry moorland.

Musician Arthur Brown, best known as "the God of Hellfire" from his 1968 hit "Fire", has teamed up with a North Yorkshire chimney sweep to record a Public Service Announcement warning of the fire risks posed by the current UK heatwave. The video, filmed on the North York…

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