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The first new album from the indie Scots since 2024’s feel-good ‘ Millenials ’ back in 2024, the record arrives after they took some rare downtime from touring over the past year, with frontman Jack Cochrane also…
Read morePascal plays Alex Serian, a former child prodigy and classically trained cellist who returns to Los Angeles after 20 years on the road. Having left behind an orchestra in Chicago, Alex’s homecoming forces him to confront…
Read moreLast weekend, John and pro partner Katya Jones were high up on the leaderboard , earning an impressive 32 points and securing third place. With Halloween week bringing another test on the dancefloor, John will be hoping…
Read moreBut last Friday, it was a traditional Scottish ceilidh dance rather than a grassroots gig luring London's cool kids to its sticky dancefloor. The event is emblematic of a renewed appetite for analogue, in-person…
Read moreYet here I am empty-handed. "It could have been Chinese buns," she playfully suggests. Yes, it could have been. Especially because we are meeting to discuss her new series on Apple TV, Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook. It…
Read moreThe game is titled Where Birds Sleep , and not only is Neil starring in the project, but he is also helping to produce the game, which he describes as a "borderline psychological horror branching narrative role-playing…
Read moreThe season introduces familiar sights from One Piece, including a brand new 80-player Crossbones Isle map, with One Piece items scattered all over the island as players search for secret treasures. New abilities inspired…
Read moreThe audio drama , which is available now from Big Finish , is based on the first novel in Charlie Higson’s Young Bond book series and follows the future 007 as a 13-year-old schoolboy at Eton, uncovering a mystery during…
Read moreSampa’s intense and fearless flow punches through a meld of hip-hop, rock, soul, funk, and Kalindula rhythms. Sampa lambasts suffocating industry standards on the nimble ‘Simon Says’, delivers a sermon on geopolitics and…
Read moreMaguire has organised a cross-party letter to The Times, calling on Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband to use the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to press member…
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