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Burning Man at 40: the once anarchic desert festival faces a midlife crisis
Burning Man, the Nevada desert arts festival, has just marked its 40th anniversary while showing clear signs of demographic strain: attendance is ageing rapidly, with wealthy tech figures increasingly prominent, and the proportion of younger participants shrinking sharply since the event resumed after its pandemic hiatus. The shift raises questions about whether the festival can…
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‘Incoherent’ Donald Trump should back Britain in the face of Argentina’s plan for ‘colonial takeover’ of the Falklands says top Tory Tugendhat
Shadow foreign secretary Tom Tugendhat has criticised Donald Trump as “incoherent” and “erratic” after the US president questioned whether British forces would be willing to defend the Falkland Islands against a potential Argentine attack. Trump made the comments while visiting Dublin, suggesting UK troops might be deterred by the long sea journey to the islands,…
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Trans Pregnancy Drama ‘Aman’ Boards Parallax Films for Global Sales Ahead of Toronto and London Premieres (EXCLUSIVE)
International sales agent Parallax Films has taken on worldwide sales rights for “Aman,” a short film by writer-director Rahul Roye about a trans man who discovers he is pregnant on the eve of his gender-affirming surgery. The deal was announced ahead of the film’s world premiere in the Short Cuts competition at the Toronto Film…
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Ukraine peace talks loom, Chile care-home fire kills 16, Jimmy Lai’s daughter reveals cancer diagnosis
Zelensky’s team eyes October talks with Russia and the US as Moscow rejects a Putin-Zelensky G20 meeting; a Chilean nursing home fire has killed sixteen. Also: Rupert Lowe turns down Musk funding, an Afghan teenager pleads guilty to a London murder, and Arsenal beat Sunderland 2-0.
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Wild scenes on flight from Melbourne as two men allegedly claim to have a gun before they are restrained by group and zip-tied to their seats
A Qatar Airways flight from Melbourne to Doha erupted into chaos on Friday afternoon when two male passengers allegedly assaulted crew members and claimed to be carrying a firearm, sparking a prolonged mid-air struggle. Passengers and cabin crew, reportedly up to seven people, worked together to restrain the pair, who allegedly spat at and headbutted…
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Afghan small boat migrant, 18, who travelled 200 miles to stab shop worker faces life behind bars
An 18-year-old Afghan man who arrived in Britain as a small-boat migrant has pleaded guilty to murdering a shop worker in London, in an attack prosecutors said was planned rather than spontaneous. Suliaman Tajzai travelled nearly 200 miles from his home in Leeds to lie in wait outside Farmanullah Sherzad’s home near Westminster Abbey, chasing…
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WHSmith accused of ‘price gouging’ as airport shops charge tourists £2.69 for Polos
WHSmith has been accused of “obscene price gouging” after an investigation found its airport stores charging tourists more than double the price of basic goods compared with other shops in the same terminals. The findings, uncovered by The Mail on Sunday, come amid growing concern over the cost of shopping at airports, with consumer experts…
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Romanian toyboy who married British vicar, 81, flaunts new lifestyle of luxury goods and business-class flights after spending £1million and inheriting the OAP’s £150,000 estate
Florin Marin, a 33-year-old Romanian influencer, has spoken about the lavish lifestyle he leads six years after inheriting money and a pension from his British husband, retired vicar Philip Clements, who died in 2020 aged 81. The couple’s relationship, which began on Grindr in 2015 and drew public attention including an appearance on Jeremy Kyle’s…
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The Bob Dylan “demo” the Traveling Wilburys never used: “In his garage”
A resurfaced anecdote from Jeff Lynne recalls that he and Bob Dylan once recorded a demo of the standard “I’m in the Mood for Love” in Dylan’s garage while working on material for the Traveling Wilburys, but the song never made it onto the group’s 1988 debut album. The story is a small but telling…