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Snowy valleys, balloon bikes and a wild game of buzkashi: a different view of Afghanistan – in pictures
Photographer Daniel Malikyar, the son of Afghan refugees, has published a new photo book offering an intimate, alternative view of Afghanistan, moving beyond the imagery of war and unrest that has dominated Western coverage of the country. Raised in the US, Malikyar drew on family stories and childhood memories to travel independently into remote regions,…
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I saw royalty, lords and degenerates all come and go from my drugs den: Son of late restaurant critic AA Gill and ex Tory MP Amber Rudd, Alasdair Gill lost a decade to addiction. Now, six years sober, he tells his extraordinary story
Alasdair Gill, a chef and son of the late restaurant critic AA Gill and former Conservative MP Amber Rudd, has spoken about losing a decade of his life to drug and alcohol addiction while working in top London kitchens, including one with a Michelin star. He frequented a notorious Kensington property nicknamed the “Misty River…
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My brush with death and how a stern talking-to from my sister Carole made me change my ways: Why Kate’s ‘Naughty Uncle Gary’ finally gave up partying after being ‘awestruck’ by the Princess’s brave cancer battle
Gary Goldsmith, the Princess of Wales’s self-styled “naughty uncle,” has revealed how a serious health scare and a firm intervention from his sister Carole Middleton prompted him to give up alcohol and partying. Goldsmith, who had already lost six stone using weight-loss injections, suffered a life-threatening episode of internal bleeding linked to liver disease at…
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TV tonight: the two women who made a podcast about their ex-partner’s lies
Channel 4’s true-crime series Don’t Date Brandon airs its opener tonight, telling the story of Amber Rasmussen, who became engaged to Brandon Johnson after meeting him on Tinder, only to be told he had a “crazy ex”, Athena Klingerman, making unreasonable demands. The three-part documentary reveals that Johnson himself was actually the source of the…
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Hope dwindles for rescue in southwestern Japan quake as death toll climbs to 23
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan on Tuesday, causing widespread damage across the island of Kyushu and prompting a major rescue operation. The death toll has climbed to at least 23, with officials warning that hope of finding further survivors is fading as rescue efforts stretch into a second day amid…
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Mistfall Hunter class tier list: Best Roles to use
Mistfall Hunter has officially launched, and this Destructoid guide ranks the game’s six playable classes into a tier list to help new players pick a role. The guide’s author notes that no class is inherently bad, but understanding each one’s strengths and weaknesses is key to choosing well, especially since some classes now behave differently…
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“For all his showmanship, he was first and foremost a composer and musician, making music for the head and the heart”: Rick Wakeman, Ian Anderson, Geoff Downes and others pay homage to Keith Emerson
15 classic cuts from the keyboard genius’ career, as loved by the good and the great of prog rock and beyond
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Connecticut mom makes risky legal move after getting sweetheart deal for allegedly locking stepson inside decrepit house of horrors for decades
A Connecticut woman, named in reports as Kimberly Sullivan, has taken a legally risky step after previously securing a favourable plea deal over allegations that she kept her stepson confined inside a filthy, dilapidated house for years. The case drew widespread attention due to the disturbing nature of the alleged confinement and the conditions in…
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TMNT: Splintered Fate Scores “Legendary” Switch 2 Physical Release, New DLC Character And More Teased
Super Evil Megacorp has announced a physical Switch 2 release for its roguelike title Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate, produced in partnership with Nighthawk Interactive. The “Legendary Edition” bundles previously released content into a single cartridge release, giving players who prefer physical copies a way to own the game after it initially launched digitally,…
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‘People say I’m pouring Coca-Cola into fine malt whisky’: why is the National Theatre shaking up Sophocles?
The National Theatre is staging Electra/Persona, a new production directed by Benedict Andrews that fuses Sophocles’s ancient tragedy Electra with Ingmar Bergman’s 1966 film Persona, starring Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss. The two works, written 23 centuries apart, are performed either side of the interval and linked by a striking theatrical transition, reflecting Andrews’s long-standing…