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Watch Guimaraes’ best moments after Arsenal sign midfield maestro
Arsenal have signed Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes from Newcastle United. The BBC video highlights his best Premier League moments, underlining the technical quality and influence Arsenal hope he will bring to their midfield. Guimaraes has established himself as a prominent Premier League player during his time at Newcastle, combining ball-winning with passing and attacking contribution.…
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‘She’s the voice of a really particular moment’: how Phoebe Bridgers became her generation’s defining songwriter
Phoebe Bridgers’ third album, Lost Weekend, has received strong reviews and produced her first solo UK charting single, reinforcing the Guardian’s argument that she has become one of the defining songwriters of the 2020s. The article attributes her influence to an unusual blend of dry humour, emotional openness and unsettling musical detail, which has resonated…
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Can Harvey Nichols find its way back to being Absolutely Fabulous again?
Harvey Nichols, once synonymous with 1990s fashion glamour and featured in Absolutely Fabulous, is struggling financially and has been put up for sale by owner Sir Dickson Poon. Its future matters because the retailer has long been a landmark luxury department store, but it now faces fierce competition and uncertainty over whether it can regain…
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These devs have been building the perfect platformer for 22 years, and the Steam apocalypse won’t stop them now: “Video games have always been about a small team of sickos doing something”
The article profiles a small development team that has spent 22 years working towards what it considers the ideal platform game. It presents their persistence as significant because they intend to continue despite uncertainty and disruption affecting Steam, underlining the resilience of long-running independent projects. The developers argue that games have often been created by…
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Australian yoga teacher deported from Bali over his ‘illegal’ retreat at a luxurious villa – and now he is banned from Indonesia
An Australian yoga teacher has been deported from Bali and banned from re-entering Indonesia after immigration authorities ruled that a seven-day retreat he was running amounted to illegal work under his tourist visa. Peter Radcliffe, 55, from Perth, had organised the “Inner Growth” event at the luxury Villa Boreh in Buleleng, but officials said he…
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Federal funds can’t be used to give test strips to drug users, raising overdose fears
The Trump administration has told recipients of federal substance-use grants that the money cannot be used to buy drug-testing strips for people using illicit drugs. The strips can detect substances such as fentanyl and other dangerous additives, so public-health groups fear the policy change could remove a low-cost tool that helps prevent overdoses. The restriction…
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Clacton residents feels like the butt of a bad joke. ‘I saw Count Binface being interviewed – it made me really angry’
Clacton-on-Sea is holding a by-election after Reform UK leader Nigel Farage resigned as its MP, attracting an unprecedented 34 candidates. Although the contest has been portrayed nationally as a novelty battle between Farage and the satirical Count Binface, several residents and candidates said this framing trivialises a community facing serious local problems. Voters expressed frustration…
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Stalker 2 is finally letting us explore the Chornobyl Power Plant
GSC Game World has released a preview video for Cost of Hope, the first story expansion for Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl. The DLC will allow players to explore Iron Forest and the Chornobyl Power Plant, expanding areas of the game’s Zone that were previously inaccessible. Cost of Hope is said to contain dozens of…
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The Most Divisive Time-Travel Movie of the Century Is Officially Back on Free Streaming
The 2002 film The Time Machine has returned to free streaming on Pluto TV, prompting a reassessment of its divisive but ambitious take on H. G. Wells’ classic novella. Polygon argues that the film’s central idea — that some tragedies are unavoidable ‘fixed points’ in time — gives the story emotional weight and makes it…
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The “arrogant” 2013 album Noel Gallagher called the most pretentious he ever heard
Noel Gallagher once branded Arcade Fire’s 2013 double album Reflektor “arrogant” and “pretentious” without having listened to it, telling Rolling Stone that anyone releasing a double album needs to “pry themselves out of their own asshole.” The remark fits a pattern of blunt musical put-downs from the former Oasis frontman, who has also mocked Radiohead,…