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“She stormed away from the room and went up to the hotel room and just wrote the words in their entirety.” How a sleazy record company man inspired Heart’s classic feminist anthem Barracuda
Heart’s 1977 hit Barracuda was written as a direct response to sleazy treatment by their record label, Mushroom Records, which ran an advertisement implying singer Ann Wilson and guitarist Nancy Wilson were lovers rather than sisters. The ad, styled as a National Enquirer parody with a suggestively cropped photo of the pair captioned “It was…
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Silent Hill: Townfall promises to “massively subvert” your expectations, and it’s left me painfully excited
Silent Hill: Townfall’s developers have given press an extended hands-on preview of the upcoming survival horror instalment, promising that while it echoes familiar series themes, it will “massively subvert” player expectations. Eurogamer’s writer played through the opening four to five hours, describing high anticipation given the strong reception of recent entries such as the Silent…
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Family of a young man, 22, fatally stabbed on NSW Central Coast share heartbreaking message
A 22-year-old man named Zane Robson has died after being fatally stabbed on the New South Wales Central Coast, near Gosford. His grieving family has since shared an emotional tribute following his death, though further details of the incident, including the circumstances surrounding the attack, were not available in the source material provided. The case…
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Japan in a ‘race against time’ to rescue people trapped beneath rubble after quake
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake has struck the Japanese island of Kyushu, killing at least 13 people, leaving others missing and displacing thousands from their homes. Rescue teams are engaged in what has been described as a “race against time” to reach people still trapped beneath rubble, with officials warning that the death toll is likely…
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‘I thought I would die’: Survivors describe the shock and horror of powerful Japan earthquake
A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto prefecture in southwestern Japan late on Tuesday, killing at least 13 people and leaving dozens more feared trapped beneath a collapsed Aeon shopping mall in Kumamoto city. Survivors described scenes of terror as buildings shook violently, with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warning that rescue teams face a “race against…
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Solo Sunny review – a rueful East German gem of ambition, loneliness and faded dreams
This review looks back at Solo Sunny, Konrad Wolf’s 1980 East German drama about a would-be pop singer trying to break free from a drab touring gang show and pursue a solo career. Wolf, a state-sanctioned GDR film-maker whose brother Markus was a senior Stasi official, captures the melancholy of thwarted ambition within the constraints…
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Take the plunge! A deep dive into New York and other great American cities – in pictures
The Dulwich Picture Gallery in London is hosting Portrait of a City: A Century of American Photography, an exhibition running until 4 October that brings together more than 100 landmark images by some of the 20th century’s most influential photographers. The show traces how rapid urban growth in American cities, particularly New York, spurred photographers…
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Rescuers search for the missing after Japan earthquake as death toll rises to 13
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu on 29 July 2026, killing at least 13 people and leaving others missing or trapped under rubble. Soldiers and emergency workers are racing to reach survivors at a collapsed shopping mall and a paper factory, with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warning it…
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Englishman, Scotsman, Northern Irishman and Welshman race is no joke
Four Team GB swimming team-mates who won 4x200m freestyle relay gold together at last year’s World Aquatics Championships in Singapore will now race against each other in the individual 200m freestyle at the Commonwealth Games. England’s James Guy, Northern Ireland’s Jack McMillan, Scotland’s Duncan Scott and Wales’ Matt Richards described the switch from teammates to…