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“All the faders had been moved and knobs turned, despite the studio being locked and alarmed. Somebody – something – had moved everything”: Jethro Tull’s early 80s featured a haunted studio, nuclear evacuation cars on standby, and a tasteless stage trick
Ian Anderson has reflected on Jethro Tull’s early-1980s transformation, a period in which the band embraced electronic instrumentation and navigated significant lineup changes. What began as Anderson’s planned solo album, A, was released under the Jethro Tull name at his label’s insistence, sidelining most of his longtime bandmates (aside from guitarist Martin Barre) following the…
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The bizarre moment Vladimir Putin sang Leonard Cohen’s favourite song: “One of the greatest”
An article recounts an odd episode in which Vladimir Putin sang a verse of Fats Domino’s “Blueberry Hill” during a children’s charity event in St Petersburg in 2010, performing it in English before an audience of bemused celebrities. The piece links this to Leonard Cohen, who reportedly regarded “Blueberry Hill” as his favourite song and…
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The Bizarre Cult Sci-fi Classic ‘Donnie Darko’ Is Now Free to Watch
Richard Kelly’s cult 2001 sci-fi film “Donnie Darko” is now available to watch for free on YouTube, giving new viewers a chance to discover one of its era’s most beloved and bewildering films without paying for it. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a troubled teenager who is visited by a man in a sinister…
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Mystery island the size of TWO football fields suddenly appears in Canadian lake… then vanishes
A forested “island” roughly the size of two football pitches was spotted floating in the Williston Reservoir in northern British Columbia, Canada, in early August, before mysteriously disappearing weeks later. Officials from utility company BC Hydro were initially sceptical that the footage was genuine, fearing it might be AI-generated, but satellite images later confirmed the…
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Preview: Stranger Than Heaven Kicked My Ass, and I’m Not Proud
A Push Square journalist previewed Stranger Than Heaven, Sega’s upcoming Yakuza prequel from RGG Studio, at Gamescom and struggled badly with its overhauled combat system. Despite years of experience with the Yakuza series, the writer found the new mechanics, which map attacks from each side of the body to separate shoulder buttons, unexpectedly difficult to…
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Obsessed finance worker bombarded female friend with calls, texts and emails for a year when victim ‘ghosted her’ after they fell out doing the Three Peaks Challenge
A finance industry analyst has been spared jail after admitting she stalked a former friend for almost a year, bombarding her with calls, texts and emails after the friendship abruptly ended. Louise Heseltine, 48, and Sally Bisset had grown close through activities including the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge, but Ms Bisset decided to cut contact…
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Ms Rachel confronted on accusing Israel of ‘genocide’ in park interaction with podcaster
Podcaster Avi Lichtschein has said he confronted children’s YouTube educator Ms Rachel, whose real name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, over comments accusing Israel of “genocide” in its war with Hamas, during a chance meeting at a neighbourhood park. Lichtschein recounted the exchange on the Sunday episode of his show “Depends on the Context,” saying he…
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Sigourney Weaver Was “Not Very Happy” About This ‘Aliens’ Cut [Exclusive]
Actor Michael Biehn has revealed that his Aliens co-star Sigourney Weaver was upset when director James Cameron cut a key scene explaining what happened to her character Ellen Ripley’s daughter during her decades in hypersleep. Weaver reportedly felt the scene was essential, as it deepened the emotional context behind Ripley’s protective, surrogate mother-daughter bond with…
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This 6-Episode Mystery Series Puts a Modern Twist on Agatha Christie
BritBox has announced Tommy & Tuppence, a six-episode series that reimagines Agatha Christie’s amateur detective duo in a modern setting, marking the first time the story has been given a contemporary English-language adaptation. Starring Josh Dylan and Antonia Thomas as the married sleuthing pair, the show updates characters who traditionally aged across Christie’s original works,…
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Tobias Forge opens up about Ghost’s hiatus
Ghost frontman Tobias Forge has spoken candidly about the band’s hiatus following the completion of the “Skeletour”, which supported 2025 album ‘Skeletá’. He told Kerrangi! that after 70 dates on the road, he felt exhausted and, for the first time in his career, uncertain about the band’s next direction, prompting him to step back rather…