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We're young enough to be part of an online world that puts a premium on appearance, too old for such narcissistic self-branding to be achieved without unsustainable effort. Dating apps and social media connect people…
Bowyer will be hoping to improve on Burton's best finish of ninth since their relegation from the Championship in 2018, however, the Brewers are currently the second-favourites to suffer relegation to League Two so it…
The Foxes, who have suffered back-to-back relegations from the Premier League to League One in the last two seasons, have won two of their last three after failing to win any of their first three league outings. The…
EastEnders stalwart Lacey Turner, footballer Shaun Wright-Phillips, Aussie singer Delta Goodrem, Gavin and Stacey's Melanie Walters and previous dropout Dani Dyer are some of the 15 celebrities meeting their dance…
Stoke, who haven't finished higher than 14th in the Championship since their relegation from the Premier League in 2018, lost their first three league outings before finding form in recent weeks. Whether a play-off push…
What our reviewer said "It's hard to come away from England 'Til I Die without the feeling that people like Tomsett are making things so much worse." Hannah J Davies Read the full review Pick of the rest 70 Up ITVX…
Naturally, our hero turns to weird science to address matters. Bad Apples Out now A splendidly deranged combination of weird-wave European arthouse sensibility and the aesthetic of a classic British debut sees Saoirse…
Then, in the Sala Grande, the main screening hall of the Venice film festival within the Palazzo del Cinema, the audience stood almost as one and turned to applaud the film-makers for 25 minutes. The film the audience…
Charlton, who were promoted from League One in 2025, are unbeaten in six of their first seven outings (won three, drawn three) to leave them sixth in the Championship and just two points off league leaders West Ham.…
Directed by Rubin himself and shot in black and white, the series is ostensibly designed to give viewers a look inside the brain of a godlike musical figure as he celebrates 30 years in music. As it makes eminently…