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What looks at first glance to be your standard postwar love triangle β made up of oil-and-water brothers and a cagey housewife β reveals itself to be more like a multi-faceted crystal of lust and longing in the handsomely realized romantic melodrama βOn Swift Horses.β Unpacking the apprehensions and opportunities of boom-time America as laid…
Bob Gurr has often joked that if itβs at Disneyland and it moves, he likely had a hand in its design. Gurr first started working for Disney in late 1954, just months before Disneyland would open in July 1955, and is one of the figures instrumental in the look, feel and tone of the park….
As Chancellor Rachel Reeves meets her counterpart, US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent to discuss an “economic agreement” between the two countries, the latest trade figures confirm three realities that ought to shape negotiations. The first is that the US remains a vital customer for UK businesses, the largest single-nation export market for British goods and…
Brett Goldstein may be behind two of Apple TV+βs biggest shows, but he really wants to talk about puppets. The comedian β whose breakout role as foul-mouthed football player with a heart of gold Roy Kent on βTed Lassoβ earned him two Emmys and who co-created the series βShrinkingβ β has been packing his schedule…
A pack of suitors will table takeover offers on Friday for Poundland, the struggling discount retail giant, as its owner pursues a speedy exit from the British high street. Sky News has learnt that Endless, the turnaround investor, and Hilco Capital, the new owner of Lakeland, are among the bidders expected to lodge indicative proposals…
Yeehaw! BeyoncΓ© is going back on tour β this time with her ambitious country project, βCowboy Carter.β The album, which followed the hugely popular βRenaissance,β earned the superstar (at long last) the coveted album of the year Grammy as well as top country album at this yearβs awards show. She also nabbed a Grammy for…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ President Trump has pressed for quickly deporting hundreds of Venezuelan and Salvadoran men who are said to belong to a foreign crime gang. Those deportations have been challenged as illegal β and last week, blocked by the Supreme Court β if the detained men are not given a hearing to argue they are not gang…
Kemi Badenoch has said the Tories are “not doing a deal with Reform” after a Conservative mayor appeared to advocate for a “coming together” of the two rival parties. The leader of the opposition criticised talk of “stitch ups” ahead of next week’s local elections and said she was instead focused on ensuring that voters…
The accolades in womenβs golf keep coming for Orange Lutheran High junior Jude Lee. The Stanford commit has qualified for the U.S. Womenβs Open, the biggest championship in womenβs golf. She finished second in a qualifier at Soboba Springs Golf Course, earning her a spot in the tournament, which will be held May 29-June 1…
MEXICO CITYΒ βΒ At the entrance to Mexico Cityβs largest park lies a towering marble monument to six young military cadets killed in battle. The NiΓ±os HΓ©roes β βboy heroesβ β died while defending Mexicoβs capital during the Mexican-American War, which broke out 179 years ago this week. That conflict may not loom large in the minds…
