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Frankie Thompson: Horrible Things review – a show to make you shudder with laughter
This is a review of Frankie Thompson’s fringe show “Horrible Things” at Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh, praising it as a wildly inventive mix of clowning and performance art. The reviewer highlights Thompson’s use of lip-synced audio clips and audience-involving stunts to satirise male figures and behaviour, giving the show a high rating for its comic invention…
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Girl, 19, reveals her heartbreaking bucket list after deciding to stop treatment for terminal cancer
Alexa Gourneau, a 19-year-old from the US, has decided to stop treatment for leukaemia after a decade of chemotherapy, blood transfusions and hospital stays, choosing instead to spend her remaining time living as normally as possible. She was diagnosed with the disease aged nine, and her family says the constant medical intervention had left her…
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Notorious Colorado police department ignored 911 calls about man destroying community garden and bee hives… but quickly raced to scene to help HIM after he collapsed
Residents in Aurora, Colorado, say police failed to respond promptly to multiple 911 calls reporting a man rampaging through their neighbourhood, destroying a community garden and beehives, and only arrived after he collapsed and needed medical attention. Worku Woldemariam, 42, is accused of causing a string of destructive incidents over several days, including vandalising a…
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Guns, axes, explosives: violent museum heists are on the rise, says Europol
Europol has warned that robberies at European museums are becoming increasingly violent, with thieves using guns, sledgehammers, axes and even explosives rather than relying on the stealthier methods traditionally associated with cultural goods theft. The EU police agency said this shift towards forceful tactics could signal the involvement of new criminal networks, sometimes recruited on…
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‘A rock star on her own terms’: why we’re still so fascinated by Meg White
A recent, since-deleted Daily Mail article attempting to track down former White Stripes drummer Meg White ended up misidentifying and stalking the wrong person, reigniting discussion about why the public remains so fixated on the reclusive musician. Since the band’s 2011 split, Jack White has pursued a prominent solo career while Meg has deliberately withdrawn…
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How GoFundMe became America’s backup plan
The Verge’s Decoder podcast interviews GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan, who took the helm in March 2020 just as the coronavirus pandemic upended American life. The conversation explores how the platform has evolved into what host Nilay Patel calls a “load-bearing part of American culture,” reflecting deep problems in the US social safety net, most notably…
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Netflix reportedly considers opening its app to other streamers
Netflix has reportedly discussed opening its app to allow subscriptions or content from rival streaming services, according to The New York Times. The talks are said to have focused on Peacock and Fox One, though it remains unclear whether Netflix would sell subscriptions to these services directly or simply incorporate their content into its own…