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Arteta demands ‘desire and ambition’ for title defence and says Lewis-Skelly will stay
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has urged his squad to show renewed “desire and ambition” as they begin the defence of their Premier League title, and confirmed teenage midfielder Myles Lewis-Skelly will not be sold this transfer window. Arsenal open their campaign against Coventry on Friday night, aiming to retain the championship for the first time…
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Foo Fighters to step in as support act for AC/DC for “one night only”: “This is literally a dream come true. So if you want blood, you’ve got it”
Foo Fighters have been announced as a last-minute replacement support act for AC/DC’s St. Louis show on 8 September 2026, part of the rock legends’ ‘Power Up’ world tour. Frontman Dave Grohl called the slot “literally a dream come true”, explaining that AC/DC’s 1980 concert film Let There Be Rock shaped his approach to live…
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The Song of Hiawatha review – Rafael Payare reveals the riches of Coleridge-Taylor’s hit cantata
Rafael Payare and his Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal gave the Edinburgh International Festival premiere of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s The Song of Hiawatha, a once wildly popular Victorian cantata trilogy that had fallen out of the regular repertoire. Festival director Nicola Benedetti’s decision to programme the work was a risk given its dated Henry Wadsworth Longfellow libretto…
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Tame Impala & Steve Lacy Hits Surge Thanks to Spider-Man – But Why is One Bigger Than the Other Abroad?
Two songs featured in the film Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Tame Impala’s “Loser” and Steve Lacy’s “Oh Yeah?”, are climbing several Billboard charts, illustrating how the blockbuster’s success is spilling over into music streaming. Domestically, Lacy’s track has the edge over Tame Impala’s on the US-focused Hot 100 and Streaming Songs charts, but internationally the…
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Arc Raiders Crossover Is Not What You Expect, I Guarantee It
Arc Raiders developer Embark Studios has announced a new collaboration with … Subway. The partnership that no one saw coming rewards players with a special skin when they buy a sandwich, along with other in-game items. Now through October 26, people who buy a qualifying meal at Subway will get a code to unlock the…
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Dozens of ‘dangerous’ artworks are buried under dirt in Sydney, and visitors will be asked to dig deep
Sydney’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas is presenting Heap, an unusual installation in which 80 artworks by eight Australian artists are buried under tonnes of dirt in the foyer of Carriageworks, inviting the public to physically dig them up. The project blends exhibition, installation and mock archaeological dig, with each hidden piece representing a “dangerous idea”…
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A Pulitzer, a Movie, and Two Mind-Melting New Books — Best Year Ever?
Author Daniel Kraus is enjoying an extraordinary year, capped by winning the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for fiction in May for Angel Down, a supernatural First World War survival story written as a single novel-length sentence. Within weeks he had also released The Sixth Nik, a wildly inventive science fiction horror novel, alongside Partially Devoured, a…
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Apple TV’s ‘Ted Lasso’ Replacement Officially Returns With First Look at Season 2
Apple TV has confirmed that its golf comedy “Stick” will return for Season 2 on 4 November, alongside first-look images of the new episodes. The renewal comes as Apple TV continues a strong run in sports comedy this year, following the record-breaking premiere of “Ted Lasso” Season 4, and underlines the streamer’s push to build…
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Yellowjackets final season premieres on Paramount+ on 20 November
“Yellowjackets” has confirmed that its fourth and final season will premiere on Paramount+ on 20 November, available with the platform’s premium plan, alongside a newly released synopsis and full cast list. The series, praised by critics and increasingly popular with viewers, is closing out its run with a season teasing survivors racing to hide their…