-
Shearling Announce New EP Don’t Look At Me The Way A Dog Might Look At Your Leg: Hear “Believe Me (Dust)”
Experimental rock band Shearling have announced a new EP, titled Don’t Look At Me The Way A Dog Might Look At Your Leg, due for release this week. It follows the band’s acclaimed 2025 debut, the single-track album Motherfucker, I Am Both: “Amen” And “Hallelujah”…, and marks a shift towards more conventional, song-based structures while…
-
Krallice Announce New Album Scour Order: Hear “Living Useless Ritual”
Krallice, the experimental New York black metal band formed in 2007 by Mick Barr and Colin Marston, have announced their first-ever European tour alongside a new double LP titled Scour Order, the follow-up to 2024’s Inorganic Rites. The announcement is notable both for the rare pan-European trek from a band known for its dense, dizzying…
-
PM urged to uphold climate pledges made as mayor and ban new North Sea oil drilling
Leading climate scientists who helped Andy Burnham design Greater Manchester’s carbon neutral by 2038 plan have written to him urging him, as prime minister, to reject new North Sea oil and gas drilling. The intervention comes amid weekend reports suggesting his government could approve development at the Jackdaw and Rosebank oilfields, a move the academics…
-
CNN staffers see Paramount merger as ‘inevitable’ despite legal battle delaying Ellison takeover
A delay in the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger has done little to ease anxiety among CNN staff, who reportedly regard the tie-up as “inevitable” regardless of ongoing legal wrangling. The deal would place CNN under the control of David Ellison, and the uncertainty comes at a difficult time for a network that has already…
-
Measles Is Becoming So Common That Treatments May Soon Be Needed
Measles cases in the US have hit a 35-year high, driven by falling vaccination rates and large outbreaks in states including South Carolina and Utah. In response, a small number of biotech firms and academic researchers have begun developing treatments for the disease, something that was previously seen as unnecessary given how effective vaccination has…
-
Tragedy as body found at South Yorkshire bar and hotel
A body has been found at the Fitzwilliam Arms bar and hotel in Parkgate, Rotherham, after emergency services were called to the venue. The discovery has prompted a response from the authorities, though the article does not provide further details about the person or circumstances. The Fitzwilliam Arms is on Taylors Lane in Parkgate, South…
-
Glitched into empty space: why video games are obsessed with the Backrooms
The success of the 2026 horror film Backrooms, an A24 release that has become a box office sensation, has drawn renewed attention to its origins in video game culture, specifically the practice of “noclipping” – exploiting glitches to pass through walls and floors into areas never meant to be seen by players. This phenomenon, which…
-
America’s tipping culture has gone from rewarding service to fee insanity
This opinion piece argues that American tipping culture has shifted from a voluntary reward for good service into an increasingly mandatory system of fees and prompts that consumers resent. The author contrasts old-school tipping, seen as a genuine expression of appreciation for individual effort, with today’s practice of digital payment screens prompting customers to tip…
-
Why scientists watched grass grow for 170 years
Scientists at Rothamsted Research in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, have been running the Park Grass Experiment for 170 years, making it the world’s oldest continuous study of permanent grassland. Begun in 1856 by founders Sir John Bennet Lawes and Joseph Henry Gilbert to examine how fertilisers and manure affect hay yields, the study has evolved far beyond…