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Restaurant owners reveal the biggest mistake diners make before ordering
Restaurant professionals have told Fox News Digital that diners often undermine their own meals by asking servers the wrong opening question. Rather than “What should I order?” or “What’s your favourite?”, hospitality experts suggest questions that draw out what a kitchen does best, leading to more personalised and satisfying recommendations. The advice matters because a…
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July 2026 new video games are about to run the table
Games site Polygon has flagged the week beginning 13 July 2026 as an unusually busy one for new video game releases, particularly for indie titles. The piece frames this as part of a wider pattern of release-date jockeying in 2026, with publishers crowding certain windows and steering clear of Grand Theft Auto 6’s 19 November…
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“This band is like no other, what they stand for and what they’ve done”. The story of the Rage Against The Machine anthem that topped the Christmas charts 17 years after it was released
In December 2009, Rage Against The Machine’s 1992 track “Killing In The Name” reached the UK Christmas No.1 spot, driven by a grassroots Facebook campaign designed to stop that year’s X Factor winner, Joe McElderry, from claiming the top slot. The song sold more than half a million downloads to become the fastest-selling digital single…
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Bonnie Tyler totally eclipsed her power-ballad peers, and created an astonishingly wide variety of pop
The Guardian’s Alexis Petridis pays tribute to Bonnie Tyler, who has died aged 75, reflecting on a career marked by two distinct phases of global success that seemed almost unconnected beyond her name. Tyler first broke through in the mid-1970s with catchy “medium wave pop” hits before reinventing herself, later in her career, through a…
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The Best Food Dehydrators for Self-Sufficient Kitchens (2026)
WIRED has published its 2026 guide to the best food dehydrators, framing the appliances as a compact, quick alternative to canning or freezing for preserving surplus produce, foraged food, wild game or fish. The article, drawing on hands-on testing by the writer and contributing reviewer Lisa Wood Shapiro, argues that dehydrators broaden home food-preservation options…
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Sheffield green belt row between rival parties opposed to plans
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Former Marathon director settles lawsuit against Sony and Bungie, following his firing over alleged inappropriate messages to female staff
Christopher Barrett, the former director of Bungie’s upcoming game Marathon, has settled his lawsuit against Sony and Bungie, drawing a close to a legal dispute that followed his quiet departure from the studio. Barrett was fired after several female Bungie staff accused him of inappropriate behaviour, and he subsequently sued for breach of contract and…
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Peak District-style tradition pays tribute to 40-year-old Sheffield neighbourhood charity
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‘A lot of art in Ireland was made by one type of man’: Richard Malone on taking his colourful fabric creations to the EU Council
Irish artist Richard Malone has created a major sculpture installation for the Council of the European Union’s Justus Lipsius and Europa buildings in Brussels, marking Ireland’s assumption of the EU presidency this month. Titled Cuimhne agus Séadchomhartha (Memory and Monument), the work features his colourful fabric sculptures — with dramatic drapes and folds resembling mythical…
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Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer of Total Eclipse of the Heart, dies at 75
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh singer best known for the 1980s hits “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Holding Out for a Hero”, has died at the age of 75. Her family said she died “unexpectedly” on Wednesday night in a Portuguese hospital as a result of an illness she had been receiving treatment for, and…