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Vanishing towards a perfect blue sky, with summer trees veiling in bright green what might otherwise be dour brick houses, it could be a hyperreal vista painted by David Hockney. The black and white stripes of the…
But expect to get reacquainted with a different object to play music soon: the CD player, once consigned to obsolescence, is back. John Lewis report that searches for CD players are up 96% since July, possibly owing to…
The Stephen King novella that would become Rob Reiner's Stand By Me is simply called The Body, and there's no doubt that commercial considerations factored into naming the film after the song that blankets the…
This is the follow-up to Elouise Eftos's fantastically provocative 2025 debut, Australia's First Attractive Comedian , and it's another intelligent, in-your-face hour about men and women, sex and expectations. OK, so it…
Michael notably didn’t include any reference to the child sexual abuse allegations against Jackson, though the story was included in the initial screenplay. However, a clause in a legal settlement was discovered, which…
Now she recreates the whole thing, from the drive to the Catskills resort, to Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey's lift, in this fizzy one-woman show. With a coat stand for costumes and a box of props (yes, she's carried a…
The former model has been delving into the music world this summer, releasing the singles ‘I Forgot’ and ‘Out of My Head’ back in June. Now, she’s announced that the songs are part of her upcoming debut album ‘Not…
Not the type you're thinking of – even though she has just married her partner, Maddy. This rollercoaster platonic relationship is with Stella, the girl she met at school shortly after moving from South Africa to the UK.…
This account of a brutal homophobic attack on a group of gay actors in 1980s Kingston has already been longlisted for this year's prize. The Bridge by Colm Tóibín Picador, 3 September Twenty years on, this short novel is…
According to a message on the product’s website, another shipment is due at the beginning of September, and you can pre-order it here . Made with organic aloe, Drought Drops also come with a Musgraves-themed…