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Reform UK conference latest: Nigel Farage attempts to reverse sliding poll ratings as donation row rumbles on
Reform UK’s conference opened in Birmingham as Nigel Farage sought to shift attention away from funding controversies affecting himself and his party. Farage recently won a by-election in his Clacton constituency, called in protest at a Commons standards inquiry examining an undeclared donation from Christopher Harborne, and used a BBC interview on the eve of…
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George Michael’s ‘Faith’ guitar up for auction
George Michael’s guitar from the 1987 video for “Faith” is going to auction with Sworders on 29 October, expected to fetch around £100,000, as the centrepiece of a wider archive belonging to his late personal assistant, Siobhan Bailey. The instrument, an original 1940s Gretsch Synchromatic 160, featured prominently in the video that helped relaunch the…
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Chad Powers finale reveals Gerry’s blackmail plot against Russ Holliday
The Season 2 finale of Disney+/Hulu’s “Chad Powers” resolves the season-long mystery around backup player Gerry, revealing he had uncovered quarterback Russ Holliday’s secret double life as “Chad Powers” and used the evidence to blackmail him. The episode ties together several threads that have been building all season, including strained relationships between Russ, his coach…
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London photographer documents young Black British jazz revival
Temi Adegbayibi, a 26-year-old London photographer, has built a striking body of work documenting Britain’s jazz scene, most notably through his relationship with breakout band Ezra Collective. What began as photographing his cousin’s church worship band grew into a professional practice capturing gigs and festivals, and his images have since been exhibited at the Royal…
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Misfits Together musical examines Monroe and Miller marriage
A new musical, Misfits Together, will explore the marriage of Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe and playwright Arthur Miller, aiming to give a nuanced and intimate portrayal rather than the caricature of “the hourglass and the egghead” that greeted their 1956 union. Written by Bastille’s Dan Smith and To Kill a King’s Ralph Pelleymounter, with a…
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Premier League paradox: midfielders are more and more expensive, yet more and more mediocre | Jonathan Liew
Writing in the Guardian, Jonathan Liew argues that Premier League clubs are paying record sums for central midfielders this summer while the overall standard of the position declines relative to the rest of European football. He points to Manchester City’s club-record £125m signing of Enzo Fernández from Chelsea, alongside big-money moves such as Elliot Anderson’s…
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‘Anatomy of a Portrait’ Profiles Fernanda Wittgens, Italy’s First Female Museum Director and an Anti-Fascist Activist
A new documentary, “Anatomy of a Portrait” (“Anatomia di un Ritratto”), will have its world premiere in the Venetian Nights strand of Venice Days on 4 September, telling the story of Fernanda Wittgens, Italy’s first female museum director. Wittgens led Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera during and after the Second World War, and was also an…
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DOJ threatens to cut billions in welfare funding from states for failing to report illegal migrants
The US Department of Justice has warned states they risk losing billions of dollars in federal welfare funding unless they report individuals known to be in the country illegally to the Department of Homeland Security. A legal opinion issued by the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel on Wednesday reverses a 1998 interpretation that had confined…
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Will ‘proper captain’s performance’ be springboard for Shankland?
Lawrence Shankland scored twice as Rangers beat Falkirk to record back-to-back wins under manager Derek McInnes, having previously netted the winning penalty against Aberdeen just days earlier. The result marks a turnaround after a difficult start to the season under McInnes, which had included dropped points in Rangers’ opening two league games and a Europa…