It’s time to be blunt: the government is about to expose hundreds of vulnerable women to the risk of death or serious injury. Survivors of domestic abuse, including women who have suffered years of physical violence and intimidation, are now preparing for the moment in October when 5,000 prisoners begin to be released early. What…
Tate McRae has responded to accusations of being MAGA after her Morgan Wallen duet and alleged relationship with Jack Hughes. The ‘Sports Car’ singer has addressed her rumoured MAGA affiliations in an interview with Variety. McRae has collaborated with Morgan Wallen on the song ‘What I Want’; Wallen stirred controversy over his use of a racial…
Later this week, he is expected to change the government’s stance on oil and gas exploitation, with a new energy secretary in place. Those Labour MPs worried about the Green Party taking their seats will be concerned about this – but a lot more will be worried about whether this could be seen to be…
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network, A Real Pain, When You Finish Saving the World) will in the coming days receive Polish citizenship and hopes to spend more time making movies in Central Europe because the kind of films he likes to create are more and more difficult to make in Hollywood, he said on Saturday. The actor,…
Two weeks before Josh Simons stood down as the Makerfield MP for his benefit, Andy Burnham was at Salts Mill in Shipley celebrating the life and work of the poet Tony Harrison. It was a small gathering, with actors, directors, writers and family members paying homage. Burnham wasn’t the only politician to speak; Richard Burgon,…
Suits. Gnomic poetry. Moody, insistent riffs. It used to be that you’d know what to expect from NYC rockers Interpol. The band’s first two albums, in the early 00s, were blockbuster successes, shifting half a million units each thanks to dramatic songs also fit for jerking around at an indie disco. Interpol duly jumped up…
Release the files! ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This has been going on long enough, and it’s high time that the powerful were held accountable for their lies. The conspiracy must be exposed, and the truth needs to be given to the people. The Trump administration may have declassified more than 160 military archive files related to UFOs…
M.I.A. was booted from Kid Cudi‘s Rebel Ragers Tour in May. Weeks later, she filed a lawsuit against Cudi seeking more than $2.8 million. Now, the “Paper Planes” rapper is telling her side of the story, as she joined The New York Times’ Popcast for her first interview detailing what led to her dismissal from…
Hernan Bas has been living in Venice this year, painting tourists. He’s aware of the ironies. (He is the kind of tourist, he tells me, who started looking at Venetian property prices, oh, about a week into his stay.) The Cuban-American artist is from Miami, and he knows about mass tourism all too intimately: he…
A Spirit Airlines plane sits parked at Hollywood Burbank Airport in California, April 16, 2026. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Spirit Airlines struggled for years, battered by larger, cash-rich airlines that copied its business model as well as by failed mergers, higher costs and, most recently, a surge in jet fuel prices because of the…
