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Andy Burnham’s cabinet changes open door to rethink on Brexit
Andy Burnham has made cabinet appointments and held early calls with EU leaders that suggest his government may pursue a bolder renegotiation of Brexit than his predecessor, Sir Keir Starmer. Just a day into his premiership, the removal of Nick Thomas-Symonds, who led Starmer’s Brexit reset negotiations, and his replacement by Hamish Falconer signals a…
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Pokémon Pokopia Zorua’s Hide-and-Sneak contest event guide
Pokémon Pokopia has launched Zorua’s Hide-and-Sneak contest, a limited-time minigame in which players must sneak up to a Pokémon Center’s PC without being spotted by three watching Pokémon. Faster completion times unlock better rewards, giving players an incentive to keep replaying the event and refine their stealth tactics before it ends. The contest runs from…
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Xbox Game Pass July 2026 lineup revealed with Halo remake
Xbox has revealed the second wave of Game Pass additions for July, headlined by the day-one release of Halo: Campaign Evolved, a remake of the 2001 original that kickstarted the franchise. The announcement matters for subscribers because it offsets a heavy month of removals, with the new titles arriving just as nearly 20 games leave…
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Larry Bass, one of Ireland’s most prolific film and TV producers, says RTÉ will remain a basket case until funding issues are sorted – as he reveals what he believes is the solution to national broadcaster’s problems
Larry Bass, one of Ireland’s most prolific television and film producers, has said that RTÉ will continue to struggle as a broadcaster until its underlying funding model is fixed. He argues that the national broadcaster’s ongoing difficulties stem primarily from unresolved financial issues rather than from other operational or editorial failings. Bass, whose production credits…
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Blue state mocked after ‘Sex and the City’ actress tapped to recommend top judges
New York’s judicial appointments process has attracted ridicule after Janet DiFiore’s successor as chief judge (the article identifies the appointer as the chief judge of the state’s highest court) named actress Cynthia Nixon, best known for playing Miranda Hobbes in “Sex and the City”, to the Commission on Judicial Nomination. The body is responsible for…
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Les Savy Fav will wreak havoc on Music Hall of Williamsburg one more time before it closes (BV Presale)
I wasn’t able to retrieve the article content — the page returned only a Cloudflare “Just a moment… enable JavaScript and cookies” challenge with no actual text, and I don’t have permission to use WebFetch to try fetching it another way. Based on the title alone, I can tell you the gist: Les Savy Fav…
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Fallout: New Vegas director says RPGs should be messy and force players to make hard decisions: “No person can fix everything”
The director of Fallout: New Vegas has argued that well-designed role-playing games should embrace messiness, presenting players with difficult choices that carry genuine trade-offs rather than clean, universally satisfying resolutions. The comments touch on a recurring debate in RPG design about whether games should offer players a way to “fix” every problem or should instead…
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What to know about the landmark Warner Bros. Discovery sale
Warner Bros. Discovery’s sale process — one of the largest media deals ever — has hit a legal roadblock after a federal judge paused the transaction following a lawsuit from 12 state attorneys general filed on 13 July. The deal is significant because it would reshape the entertainment industry, consolidating a major Hollywood studio, HBO,…
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Windows 11 Start menu changes trickle into Beta, movable taskbar still MIA
Microsoft is rolling out further redesigned Start menu features to Windows 11 Beta channel Insiders, though a much-requested movable taskbar remains restricted to experimental builds only. The update suggests Microsoft is responding to user feedback, but critics argue that restoring interface options removed years ago matters less than addressing the operating system’s rising hardware demands…
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Patti Smith, Carlos Santana Capture John Coltrane’s Singularities in Book Excerpt
A new book marking the centenary of jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, titled Coltrane: The Definitive Visual Celebration of the Legend and edited by his son Ravi, brings together photographs with reflections from admirers including Patti Smith and Carlos Santana. The volume situates Coltrane’s influence within the wider history of jazz, revisiting landmark albums such as…