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Charming homes for sale with family gardens in England – in pictures
Five English homes for sale are highlighted for their family-friendly gardens, ranging from rural cottages to larger period and modern properties. – Fanner’s Green, Essex: Grade II-listed three-bedroom cottage with fruit trees and field views, £720,000. – Buxton, Derbyshire: 1898 landmark house with large lawn, library and cellar, £1.1m. – Staplefield, Sussex: Two-bedroom Victorian cottage…
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TV tonight: a great comedy drama about a flawed Muslim American
The Guardian’s television guide highlights the UK terrestrial return of Ramy, with Channel 4 showing two episodes from its third series. The comedy drama follows a flawed Muslim American and is praised for having aged well, particularly an episode centred on a disastrous Tinder date; the guide also recommends a range of dramas, comedy and…
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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Besting ‘No Way Home’s $50M U.S. Previews – Thursday PM Box Office
Spider-Man: Brand New Day has taken more than $50 million in US and Canadian Thursday preview screenings, surpassing the preview total for 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home. The result makes it the biggest preview performance for a Sony film and the strongest since the Covid-19 pandemic, signalling the potential for an exceptionally large opening weekend.…
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HSBC to pull out of Australian retail banking market
HSBC will exit Australian retail banking, closing all 19 branches over the next 18 months and selling its mortgage and personal-loan portfolio to Blackstone. The move ends the London-based bank’s decades-long consumer presence in Australia, reflecting the difficulty foreign banks face competing in a market dominated by major local lenders. The sale, subject to regulatory…
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“I spend more time writing emails than playing guitar these days. That really bums me out. I’m trying to bring the joy back into creation”: Elder’s Through Zero is a bid to balance conflict and resolution
Elder’s seventh album, Through Zero, is presented as a renewed creative statement from the psych-rock band after frontman Nick DiSalvo experienced burnout following 2022’s Innate Passage. DiSalvo says the pressures of administration had displaced the pleasure of making music, and the record seeks to restore that sense of joy while exploring balance between conflict and…
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‘I was so self-assured in my early 20s. Then my frontal lobe hit’: Rachel Chinouriri, every pop star’s favourite UK pop star
Rachel Chinouriri reflects on overcoming severe performance anxiety as her career gathers momentum, following a period in which she felt intense pressure to prove herself in the music industry. The Croydon singer-songwriter says early experiences of panic and embarrassment taught her that the worst outcomes she feared rarely happened, helping her become more secure in…
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‘It makes your heart sing’: can a pioneering project show that rewilding really works? – podcast
The podcast examines a pioneering rewilding project on a Lincolnshire farm, where its aristocratic owner aims to demonstrate that restoring nature can also be financially viable. It matters because intensive farming has severely depleted England’s ancient woodlands and freshwater wetlands, raising questions about how land can support both food production and wildlife. Written by Patrick…
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Sony lifts profit outlook as film revenue declines
Sony has raised its full-year operating-income forecast by 8%, expecting stronger profitability from PlayStation, despite a 13% fall in Sony Pictures’ quarterly revenue. The results underline how growth in gaming and music is offsetting weaker television-production deliveries and theatrical revenue within the film and television business. Sony Pictures generated $1.978 billion in revenue in the…
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Why vile child sex charges against Sydney to Hobart Race bigwig may never make it to trial: Court move that could end case early
Michael Neumann, a prominent former administrator with the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race and Royal Yacht Club of Victoria, has been charged with ten child sex offences and has offered to resolve the case by pleading guilty. The case may not proceed to trial if prosecutors accept his plea offer; the court granted a six-week…
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Spider-Man credits scene signals Holland’s MCU return in space
The post-credits scene of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” indicates that Tom Holland’s Spider-Man will return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and may next appear in space. This matters because it potentially connects the character to Marvel’s forthcoming Avengers films, despite Holland not being officially listed for “Avengers: Doomsday”. The film reportedly introduces Sadie Sink as…