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Overmono review – irresistible dance duo swap club intimacy for well-earned spectacle
Overmono, the Welsh dance-music duo of brothers Tom and Ed Russell, played their biggest headline show to date at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, marking a shift from intimate club sets to full outdoor spectacle. The gig, staged to celebrate the release of their second album, tested how well their anthemic, big-room sound…
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Trouble sleeping? Your neighborhood could be partly to blame, experts say
New research and expert commentary suggest that where someone lives, not just their personal habits, can significantly affect how well they sleep. Nutritionist Erin Palinski-Wade, author of “The Sleepdemic Solution,” says household and neighbourhood conditions can directly interfere with rest, adding a wider environmental dimension to the more familiar advice about screens, caffeine and bedtime…
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Lesbians, latex and $2,000 condoms: why are this summer’s movies so obsessed with sex?
This summer’s crop of films is unusually preoccupied with sex, offering a raunchy counterpoint to widely reported “gen Z celibacy”. Titles including One Night Only, I Want Your Sex, The Invite and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma each explore young people’s fraught relationship with desire, reflecting a broader cultural shift that also spans…
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Van Dijk looks forward to more quality arriving at Liverpool before new season
Virgil van Dijk has said he is ready to welcome Ronald Araújo as a new centre-back partner at Liverpool, with the Barcelona defender’s loan move to Anfield close to completion. The Dutch captain made his first pre-season appearance in almost an hour of action as Liverpool were beaten 3-2 by Monaco, having led 2-0, with…
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Sinking ships, dark humour and really good bad guys: Beryl Bainbridge – ranked!
The Guardian ranks the novels of Beryl Bainbridge, the British writer known for her black comedy, sharp domestic tragedies and unsettling “really good bad guys”, from her weakest to her best works. – 10. *Every Man for Himself* (1996) – acclaimed Titanic novel, but its fidelity to fact mutes Bainbridge’s usual humour and eccentricity -…
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Space mirrors could ruin astronomy — and your eyes
The company Reflect Orbital has won FCC approval to launch a test satellite called Eärendil-1, the first step towards a planned fleet of up to 50,000 orbital mirrors designed to reflect sunlight onto Earth on demand. The firm envisions uses such as powering solar farms at night, boosting agricultural yields, aiding search-and-rescue operations and lighting…
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How Norway’s Øyafestivalen Became One of Europe’s Best Music Fests: Balancing Huge Headliners With Homegrown Artists, Prioritizing Gender Parity and More
Øyafestivalen, a four-day music festival held in Tøyen Park in Oslo, has grown into one of Europe’s most acclaimed events by combining major international headliners with strong support for local Norwegian talent. Founded in 1999, the festival draws around 22,000 attendees a day and is noted for its relatively intimate scale, careful attention to logistics…
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Judge tosses shoe retailer DSW’s preemptive copyright suit against Sony Music
A federal judge in Ohio has dismissed the portion of shoe retailer DSW’s pre-emptive copyright lawsuit that targeted Sony Music Entertainment, ruling that the retailer’s complaint was an “anticipatory filing” designed to get ahead of an infringement suit Sony was expected to bring. This clears the way for Sony’s own infringement case, filed in California,…
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day 4K Steelbook Designs Seemingly Revealed, Since Removed by Amazon
Amazon briefly published, then removed, artwork for the 4K UHD Steelbook and Collector’s Edition releases of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, offering fans an unofficial first look at the physical media packaging. The listings appeared over the weekend at Amazon and Walmart, both of which had already opened preorders for the special editions roughly a week…
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‘We can’t have any evidence’: Judge exposes damning secret texts between Central Synagogue bigwig and ex-wife that blew apart his defence in multimillion-dollar Rose Bay view war
A judge in a multimillion-dollar Sydney property dispute has revealed secret text messages that undermined the defence of a senior Central Synagogue figure, identified as Mr Rothner, in a bitter legal battle over harbour views in the exclusive suburb of Rose Bay. The case, centred on the historic property Villa Biscaya, involves allegations that trees…