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Fiorentina’s Serie A renaissance feels a way off after chastening centenary | Nicky Bandini
Fiorentina’s 100th anniversary celebrations were overshadowed by a disappointing home defeat to newly-promoted Frosinone, deepening concerns about a squad that had already been thrashed 4-0 by Roma on the opening day. Despite a summer spend of more than €120m on new talent and a party atmosphere in Florence, the result left new manager Fabio Grosso…
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John Galliano Bows Out of Met Gala Amid Backlash
Fashion designer John Galliano has withdrawn from a planned Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition honouring his career, after a backlash over past antisemitic remarks threatened to overshadow the 2027 Met Gala. The show, John Galliano: Horizons, was to have been curated by Andrew Bolton and overseen by Vogue’s Anna Wintour, but criticism mounted over honouring…
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‘The whistling on the theme tune? That’s Dickie Attenborough!’ Hayley Mills on Whistle Down the Wind
Hayley Mills, star of the 1961 film Whistle Down the Wind, has shared her memories of making the film, which was adapted from a novel written by her mother, Mary Hayley Bell. The story, about children who discover a fugitive in their barn and believe him to be Jesus, was brought to the screen by…
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Les Siècles/Lehmann La Damnation de Faust review – vivid colour, soaring solos and a sharp-suited demon
Les Siècles, the period-instrument orchestra, performed Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust at the Royal Albert Hall under conductor Jakob Lehmann, who was making an energised Proms debut. While the period instruments and strong soloists brought vivid colour to Berlioz’s dramatic legend, the Albert Hall’s notoriously difficult acoustic sometimes muddied the intricate orchestral detail, meaning the…
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Ella Langley performs Jolene tribute to Dolly Parton in Auburn
Country singer Ella Langley paid tribute to Dolly Parton with an emotional live cover of Parton’s signature song “Jolene” during a concert in Auburn, Alabama, on Friday. The performance, first reported by Whiskey Riff, was one of many public tributes that followed Parton’s death last week at the age of 80, reflecting her status as…
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10 perfect albums that failed to break the Top 20 in the charts
This Far Out Magazine piece argues that chart positions are a poor measure of an album’s artistic merit, pointing out that many now-revered records by artists such as Bob Dylan, David Bowie and Black Sabbath never cracked the US Top 20. It uses this discrepancy to make a broader point about how commercial success and…
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Clancy’s lawyer attacks media as murder trial jury deliberates
Kevin Reddington, the defence lawyer for Lindsay Clancy, launched an angry public attack on media figures including Sean Hannity and Nancy Grace outside Plymouth County Superior Court on Monday, accusing them of unfair coverage as the jury entered its third day of deliberations in her murder trial. Clancy, 36, a former labour and delivery nurse,…
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Iran’s economy in crisis as US launches new sanctions campaign
Iran’s economy is in deep crisis as the United States launches a new sanctions campaign, “Operation Economic Outcast”, against a backdrop of runaway inflation, a collapsing currency and fuel shortages that many Iranians already find overwhelming. The situation matters because it threatens to push millions further into poverty while raising the risk of social unrest,…
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First Look At ‘Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing,’ Documentary With Rare Access To Giants Of The Ring – Venice Film Festival
A new documentary, Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing, directed by Erik Shirai, is premiering at the Venice Film Festival, offering rare access to elite sumo wrestlers and hopefuls as they train and compete. Produced for ESPN’s 30 For 30 strand, the film explores the brutal physical demands of the sport alongside its deep roots in Japanese…
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Seven suspects questioned after newborn found dead in Sheffield home
Seven people have been questioned by South Yorkshire Police on suspicion of murder after a newborn baby girl was found dead at a rented house in the Wincobank area of Sheffield, in a case that has drawn scrutiny after neighbours said the family had abandoned the child and left the property before officers arrived. Police…