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Nigella praised as new Bake Off judge as latest contestants announced
Nigella Lawson has received glowing early reviews for her debut as a judge on The Great British Bake Off, ahead of the new series starting on Channel 4 later this month. She replaces Dame Prue Leith, who stepped down from the role, saying she wanted to “work less and play more.” Critics who previewed the…
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AI will help find cure for cancer ‘within our lifetimes’, says Arm Holdings chief
Rene Haas, chief executive of the Cambridge-based chip designer Arm Holdings, has claimed that artificial intelligence will help find a cure for cancer “within our lifetimes”, arguing that modelling how DNA markers are affected by cancer is currently too complex for both humans and existing AI systems, but that increasingly sophisticated computers will eventually solve…
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Now Tom Kerridge is charging £60 for fish and chips after the Michelin-starred chef caused controversy for the price of the meal
Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge has sparked fresh backlash after it emerged his fish and chips dish now costs around £60 at The Hand and Flowers in Marlow, Buckinghamshire. The dish, served with Caviar Tartare Sauce and Minted Pea Purée, comes with just 17 chips, prompting accusations online that the chef has “lost the plot” over…
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BLACKPINK’s JISOO to Star as 4 Different ‘Cinematic Characters’ in Conceptual Fashion Campaign
BLACKPINK member JISOO has been announced as the star of a new conceptual fashion campaign for London-based label Self-Portrait, in which she plays four distinct “cinematic characters” across a series of short films. The campaign builds on her existing relationship with the brand, for which she became the first musician to serve as its face…
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Massive fire engulfs apartment complex under construction, forces evacuations in South Bend
A fire broke out early Tuesday morning at the Stadium Flats apartment complex, then under construction in South Bend, Indiana, prompting the evacuation of residents from a neighbouring building. The blaze, which also engulfed a construction crane, produced large flames and heavy smoke but was contained by firefighters before it could spread to the nearby…
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Elon Musk’s Ex Ashley St. Clair on Rejecting a $40 Million NDA and Participating in ‘Musk’ Doc: ‘I Hope the Risk in Trying to Fight Back Helps a Little Bit’
At a Venice Film Festival press conference, Ashley St. Clair, an ex-partner of Elon Musk, discussed her decision to turn down a reported $40 million non-disclosure agreement so she could appear in Alex Gibney’s new documentary “Musk”. St. Clair, who gave birth to Musk’s 13th child last year, said accepting the payout would have compromised…
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Nottingham attack victim’s death was ‘potentially preventable’ experts say
An inquiry into the 2023 Nottingham attacks has heard that the death of student Barnaby Webber, 19, was “potentially preventable” had he received different medical treatment at the scene, according to an expert panel. Webber and fellow student Grace O’Malley-Kumar, also 19, were stabbed to death by paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane as they walked home…
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Richard Alston, trailblazer and guiding light of British dance, dies aged 77
Sir Richard Alston, the British choreographer and teacher who steered contemporary dance in new directions with elegant, intelligent work, has died aged 77. A former artistic director of Rambert and the Place, he created more than 50 pieces for his own Richard Alston Dance Company and was renowned for lucid, musically attuned choreography that shaped…
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Five Gaelic language artists who aren’t Kneecap
This feature article celebrates Gaelic-language music beyond the hip-hop trio Kneecap, whose success has drawn wider attention to efforts to preserve Celtic languages such as Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Manx following centuries of colonial suppression. It highlights that Kneecap represent only “the tip of the iceberg” of a broader scene of artists using music to…