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The best recent poetry – review roundup
A review roundup assesses four recent poetry collections, each using distinctive forms to explore everyday life, displacement, family roles or institutional confinement. – Matthew Welton’s *Small Birds Singing* uses flexible unrhymed couplets to find meaning in ordinary urban scenes and overlooked objects. – Jana Prikryl’s *The Channel* reworks *King Lear* and personal Czech displacement to…
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Stevie Nicks Once Accused This Fellow Icon of Treating Her Music in a “Vile” Way
Stevie Nicks publicly criticised Mick Fleetwood over a dispute concerning the rights to her Fleetwood Mac song “Silver Springs”, calling his treatment of the matter “vile”. The disagreement contributed to her leaving the band in 1991 and illustrates the tensions over songwriting and commercial control within Fleetwood Mac. “Silver Springs” was omitted from the 1977…
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Shift-Up uses AI K-pop video to promote Stellar Blade: Bloodrain
Shift-Up has promoted its forthcoming action game Stellar Blade: Bloodrain with what appears to be a fully generative-AI K-pop music video. The video features protagonist Evie performing an original Shift-Up song, and has prompted criticism and confusion from some fans, highlighting concerns about the company’s increasing embrace of AI in game marketing and potentially development.…
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Super Mario Sunshine is finally coming to Nintendo Switch Online, seemingly letting Switch 2 owners play a worse version than the one Switch has had for 6 years
Nintendo is set to add Super Mario Sunshine to Nintendo Switch Online, giving subscribers access to the GameCube classic through the service’s retro library. The announcement matters because Switch owners have already been able to play a remastered version through Super Mario 3D All-Stars, raising concerns that the newer Switch 2 option may offer an…
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Sony has enough RAM to see the PS5 through the year including GTA 6’s launch
Sony says it has secured sufficient RAM supplies to maintain PlayStation 5 production for the rest of the year, including around the planned launch of Grand Theft Auto 6. This matters because the game is expected to drive exceptionally high demand for PS5 consoles, while wider pressures on memory supply could otherwise have affected availability.…
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Cyclist injured in car collision on Chesterfield Road South
A cyclist was injured in a collision involving a car on Chesterfield Road South. The incident highlights the continuing risks faced by people cycling on busy roads, although the available article text does not provide further information about the severity of the injuries or the circumstances of the crash. The report is dated 31 July…
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Xbox Wants to Eventually Reach More Than a Billion People Each Day, Asha Sharma Tells Staff the Target Is to Get Halfway There by 2030
Xbox chief Asha Sharma has told employees that Microsoft aims to reach 500 million daily users by the 2030 financial year, as an interim step towards eventually engaging more than one billion people each day. The target is significant because Xbox currently reaches just over 100 million daily users and its gaming revenue has fallen,…
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Sheffield Wednesday closing in on Hull City forward who won promotion with Bolton Wanderers – thestar.co.uk
Sheffield Wednesday are reportedly close to signing a Hull City forward who previously helped Bolton Wanderers win promotion. If completed, the move would add attacking experience to Wednesday’s squad and represent a notable transfer between Championship rivals. The available article text does not include the player’s name, proposed fee, contract details or the timing of…
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Dungeons & Dragons is Getting an Official Star Wars Expansion
Dungeons & Dragons will receive an official Star Wars expansion in 2027 under its Universes Beyond label, Wizards of the Coast has announced. The crossover is significant because it extends D&D into another major licensed universe while the company insists such projects will supplement, rather than replace, material for its own settings. The expansion is…