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'It was heartbreaking to attend a fertility appointment in a maternity unit'
Niamh Smyth and her husband Justyn have spent over a decade trying to start a family, undergoing four rounds of IVF, with three unsuccessful attempts and one pregnancy which ended in miscarriage.
How to do neon festival make-up without harming your skin
Neon is on trend, but some make-up products pose a serious risk to your health. Here's what to check for, and how to dazzle.
You can’t argue with 118 Brummies in their swimsuits: Attilio Fiumarella’s best photograph
‘I was thinking about the Terracotta Army when I took this shot of Birmingham swimmers in their local pool, which faced closure. They had to stand there for an hour, waiting for the sun to come out’ I took this image in Birmingham on 20 July 2014 – part of my first professional photography project. I had moved to the city in 2013 and I would pass this building every day on the bus on my way to…
Portrait of a City review – master photographers capture the US cityscape in all its grime, grit and glory
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London Era-defining photographs from the likes of Alfred Stieglitz, Saul Leiter and Dorothea Lange showcase the urban landscape, from midnight crime scenes to gloomy corridors In pictures: Great American cities in pictures This – only the second photography exhibition in Dulwich Picture Gallery’s history – is a quietly contemplative but gripping show that traces two…
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How understanding inflammation could transform treatments from cancer to Alzheimer’s.
'Things need to change': The campaign for women's minister
Eimear, Pearse, Aoísha and Devyn from Ballycastle want to see a change in how women are protected in NI.
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Also, running during pregnancy and how to recover.
'You are not alone with endometriosis pain'
Endometriosis wellbeing hubs are being called for by a Medway woman.
‘They car-bombed my house – there’s not much more they can do’: the astonishing podcast taking on illegal bloodsports
After 20 mutilated animal corpses were left outside a rural primary school, the creators of award-winning podcast Buried began investigating – with a little help from Chris Packham. It plunged them into organised crime, the dark web and Line of Duty-esque rumours of police corruption In 2024, a village in Hampshire woke up to something truly disturbing. A mound of dead animals had been dumped…
What are the symptoms of meningitis and how is it spread?
Some people can carry bacteria in their nose or throat without getting sick, but can spread it to others.
Covid inquiry PPE report - key findings
What went wrong with the government's planning and buying of vital items like gloves and gowns that cost taxpayers billions of pounds.
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ACLU Demands FCC Release Records Pertaining to ABC Early License Renewal, Alleging Agency’s Stated Rationale for Review ‘Does Not Seem Credible’
The American Civil Liberties Union submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the FCC for records pertaining to the agency’s decision to require Disney’s eight owned-and-operated ABC …
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‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ Trailer: Ella Beatty Is an Axe Murderer in the Fourth Chapter of Ryan Murphy’s Bloody Anthology Series
Netflix has released the trailer for “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story,” the fourth chapter in Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s anthology drama series. This time around, the subject is Lizzie Borden, …
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Mateo Ybarra’s ‘Small Talk,’ a Locarno Premiere, Takes a Peek Into Switzerland’s Last Remaining Etiquette School for Women
“Small Talk,” directed my Mateo Ybarra (“Over Our Hills,” “Summer Camp”), will have its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival on Aug. 11. The film stars Hélène Bares (“Evy & Me”) as Charlie, …
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RioFilme to Announce New Incentives for International Co-Productions, Unveiling Them at Brazil’s Gramado Fest (EXCLUSIVE)
RioFilme, the film-TV agency of Rio de Janeiro City, will launch a call for proposals amounting to R$15 million ($3 million) for up to four international co-production projects involving Rio-based …
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Taylor Swift Named to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Becoming Its Youngest Inductee Ever
Taylor Swift will be adding another trophy to her shelf, as the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame announced Tuesday that the superstar will be inducted into the hall this fall, becoming, at 36, th…
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Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder Will Play Their ‘Hacks’ Characters on Stage in One-Night Event ‘Deborah Vance & Friends & Enemies Live!’
Deborah Vance finally returned to the stage in the final season of “Hacks” and now she will in real-life too — sorta. In a first for “Hacks” and stars Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder, the stars (an…
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The Atlantic Festival announces interview with Colin Kaepernick and exclusive preview of Netflix’s <em>East of Eden,</em> with Florence Pugh, Zoe Kazan, and Bela Bajaria
New speakers include: Senator Mark Kelly, Padma Lakshmi, Joe Kahn, Gina Raimondo, Ben McKenzie, Malcolm Gladwell, Richard Linklater
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‘There is no age-limit on love!’: Lesley Manville and Peter Mullan on their heart-melting TV romance
Ten years later, the actors are stopped in the street to talk about their chemistry in the fantastic BBC sitcom Mum. The pair open up about joy, naughtiness and Tinder swiping More from our series …
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Edgier than the TV series, Michael Mann’s take on Miami Vice is gritty and intoxicating
Where the 80s series was all pastels and shoulder pads, the noughties action thriller has flip phones and Linkin Park – a better fit for a less optimistic world On its release in 2006, Michael Mann…
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‘Everything about me is good in his eyes’: the women in China choosing AI boyfriends over human men
In her new documentary Replica, film-maker Chouwa Liang taps into her own experience of finding love with artificial intelligence and makes contact with other women like her Sign up for a weekly em…
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Sundance Conversion Therapy Horror Film ‘Leviticus’ Director Adrian Chiarella Signs With Anonymous Content (EXCLUSIVE)
Anonymous Content has signed Melbourne-based writer-director Adrian Chiarella for representation, beating out several other companies that had been courting him. The move comes on the heels of Chia…
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New York Film Festival Unveils Spotlight Slate With Tom McCarthy’s ‘A Statement,’ Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Joy of Joys’ and More
The New York Film Festival has revealed its Spotlight lineup for the 64th edition and the section is stacked with fall’s most buzzy names and titles. At the top of the list is Tom McCarthy, writer …
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‘Josephine’ Trailer: Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan Star as Struggling Parents in Sundance Award-Winning Psychological Thriller
The first trailer for “Josephine,” winner of the top two prizes at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, has been released. Starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan, the psychological thriller is a wor…
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WNBA Trailblazer Sheryl Swoopes on How Roku’s ‘Gamechangers: Mother/Athlete’ Documentary Spotlights That Balancing Act
The Roku Originals documentary, “Gamechangers: Mother/Athlete,” made its world premiere at the 24th annual Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF) on Sunday afternoon. The intimat…
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Copernicus! Tony Soprano! The inventor of the semicolon! The heroic obsessions of artist Isabel Nolan
Ireland’s artist at the Venice Biennale steals religious imagery for her secular celebrations of scientists and humanists, including an Italian punctuation master – and even TV’s famous mobster It’…
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Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people – and stop recommending them
Music streaming platform creates ‘AI persona’ label that will appear on profiles and track listings in crackdown on fake performers Spotify is to label AI artists and exclude them from algorithm re…
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Feel the burn: why holidays from hell make for blistering fiction
Family fallouts, failing marriages, sunburn, food poisoning ... from Deborah Levy’s hypnotic and disturbing Hot Milk to All In, Claire Powell’s all-inclusive nightmare, Leon Craig looks at the best…
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Juilliard Orch/Royal Academy Symphony Orch / Salonen/Frang review – student players let rip, eventually
Royal Albert Hall, London Esa-Pekka Salonen led an orchestra of players from London’s Royal Academy of Music and New York’s Juilliard School through 20th-century classics with Vilde Frang the elect…
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Never Had a Chance review – a slice of gritty British Asian life with a side of drug dealing and addiction
Two likely lads in their 20s deal with problematic lives that dramatically intersect in this persuasive London drama This gritty crime drama unfolds entirely within the Punjabi community in London’…
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A Deeply Layered Novel About Masculinity
Chang-rae Lee’s new novel examines a young man’s attempt to be tough—and its far-reaching consequences.
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Isaac Mizrahi on stage, style and the legacy of Unzipped: ‘Fashion has no real spine any more’
The designer defined the glory days of 90s style with a wit that made him every supermodel’s best friend. As he gears up for a new cabaret show, he’s as outspoken as ever There’s a lot to look at i…
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Spin Cycle review – romcom hits full speed as couple air their dirty laundry
Underbelly Bristo Square, Edinburgh There is crackling chemistry between Zofia Zerphy and Rhiannon Bell while their washing gets done but this play remains a puzzle Names go missing like lost socks…
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Spain Is Ready for an Extraordinary Run of Eclipses
Tomorrow’s eclipse will be the country’s first in a century. Next year’s will be even more dramatic.
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Are Men to Blame for the Birth-Rate Collapse?
Whether dads do their fair share of the housework appears to have no effect on fertility.
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Disunion
February 2045 I took longer than some people to start calling it the war. And by some people, I mainly mean my husband, Asher. “This is it, Natalie,” he said to me that first Friday, back in June 2…
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The Man Who Refused to Sit on the Sidelines
Kevin Dowdell, a lieutenant in an elite FDNY rescue unit, taught his sons to take action. When he disappeared on 9/11, they went to Ground Zero to search for him.
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Marlon James Returns to Realism, and to Jamaica
In his new novel, gay men struggle to escape violence in Kingston.
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The Key to Understanding the Traditionalists
Readers respond to our May 2026 issue.
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I Give You My Silence by Mario Vargas Llosa review – Nobel laureate’s final novel is a love letter to Peru
This fascinating, eccentric book becomes a quirky primer on Peruvian music and culture When I Give You My Silence was published in Spanish in 2023 its author, the Peruvian Nobel laureate Mario Varg…
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Momo and the Time Thieves review – kids’ fantasy jaunt sticks the boot into capitalism
This new adaptation of Michael Ende’s 1973 novel contains some neat parables for our digitally nihilistic age, but even a mystical tortoise can’t save it it from monotony Momo – the 1973 fantasy no…
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The Democrats Can’t Just Laugh Off ‘Woke 1’
Republicans have no incentive to let them forget past excesses.
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Frankie McNair: Huge Ass Mindset review – a stellar comic finds laughs in the darkest places
Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh With charisma and craft, the Australian standup discusses childhood sexual abuse in a show with a healing quality If fringe audiences know Frankie McNair’s work at …
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‘A horrible nightmare’: the shocking story of the eBay harassment scandal
Jaw-dropping documentary Whatever It Takes details an aggressive stalking campaign targeted towards a couple whose reporting criticized the tech company When Massachusetts husband-and-wife team Ina…
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Virtue and a Sledgehammer – take a literal hammer to your past
What do you do when you return to your home town, with your dead mother in your car boot, to find the inhabitants have been turned into robots? In the boot of her car, Pratelle carries the corpse o…
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Plus, how much do people really change their habits for a free coffee?
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England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C
England is on track to become one of the first countries in the world to eliminate hepatitis C, a dangerous virus that attacks the liver, figures show.
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Fancy a Nobbly Bobbly? Or a Jelly Terror? The eye-popping guide to the greatest ice lolly wrappers ever
From Fonzie to Elvis to the Daleks, from a Mini Milk to a Seaside Saucy to a Freak Out, incredibly rare vintage ice lolly wrappers have now been memorialised in a 96-page, nostalgia-inducing deligh…
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You Won’t Get Free of It by Rachel Aviv review – a subtle study of the mother-daughter bond
The most complex of female relationships is thrown into sharp relief in this moving series of essays Rachel Aviv has a profound interest in the vagaries of human psychology: Strangers to Ourselves,…
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Nimrods review – Green Day’s early years inspire teenage kicks in amiable punk road movie
San Francisco’s pop-punk pioneers Green Day loom large in this fun, puppyish film about a scrappy band desperate to meet their idols Inspired by their own youthful rowdy escapades – “our early days…
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Mourinho review – if he didn’t want to open up, maybe he shouldn’t have starred in a docuseries…
Football manager José Mourinho stars in a three-parter from the creators of Bros: After the Screaming Stops. Don’t expect it to be quite so entertaining… Among his previous credits, the director of…
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A bit on the nose! The world’s longest-running photography exhibition – in pictures
Now on its 167th edition, the Royal Photographic Society’s annual show features moving explorations of kinks, visual disorders … and long-snouted clowns Continue reading...
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Yeehaw! Bring on the tap-dancing cowgirls! How the Edinburgh Military Tattoo suddenly got cool
With its marching bands, billowing flags and precision drills, the Tattoo has never exactly been cutting edge. But now an experimental theatre-maker has been let loose on it … Dusk has settled on E…
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Amanda Knox in Cartwheel review – rookie standup acquitted of murder tells her story
Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh Performer cleared of death of her roommate in Italy uses new motherhood as framework for her defiant comedy show ‘Welcome to the most controversial show on the frin…
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Hindsight Is 2024
Some institutions jumped onto the MAGA bandwagon after the 2024 election, but it hasn’t taken long for those decisions to look shortsighted.
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Harriet Richardson: Creep review – a scandalous delve into shame and desire
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh With the air of a hungover postmortem, Richardson gives a head-spinning account of an encounter with an older comedian If you’re partial to a bit of gossip and scanda…
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Tupac Shakur: jury selection begins in trial of ex-gang boss for rapper’s killing
Prosecutors allege Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis ordered killing and provided gun in Las Vegas drive-by shooting 30 years ago Jury selection began on Monday in Las Vegas as the murder trial of a former gan…
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Barack Obama launches podcast about books that ‘shaped his worldview’
The former US president will host six episodes of A Great Book for Audible, discussing work from Toni Morrison and John le Carré to James Baldwin Barack Obama is set to host a podcast about books t…
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Photos: European Rivers Fall to Record Lows
While Europe braces for yet another heat wave, prolonged drought conditions have dropped inland waterways to record-setting low levels, exposing long-submerged shipwrecks and affecting navigation.
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Never Trump, Still a Republican
Why Jeff Flake still believes the spell over his party will break
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The Galloping Cure review – powerful new opera tackles the opioid crisis with bite and black comedy
Festival theatre, Edinburgh Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s new music theatre work boasts a richly textured score with a direct but sophisticated musical language. Daniela Mack is ideal as the con…
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