Shed: Exploded View review â love, loss and horrific male violence | Theatre
PHobie Eclair-Powell’s disturbing new play is defined by dislocation. This is because she overlays conversations in the broken exchanges between her three central couples: Abi and Mark, her student lovers. Lil and Tony were married several times. And the generation in between, Naomi and Frank. The conversation abruptly switches from one pairing to another, echoing […]
Peter Doherty: Stranger In My Own Skin review â the moments of honesty are utterly arresting | Television
Peter Doherty: Stranger In My Own Skin is the third Doherty film to hit screens recently. Wait all day for documentaries about the Libertines frontman’s turbulent life and more. There was a Channel 4 movie about Louis Theroux’s death in November, his unsolved death after attending a house party with Doherty in 2006. He cast […]
Mastercard Black Card review: A premium card lacking a wow factor – The Points Guy
Mastercard Black Card Overview of The Mastercard® Black Card™ is a premium card with benefits that enhance your travels. Benefits include a $100 annual airline incidental credit, reimbursement of Global Entry or his TSA PreCheck application fees, and Priority Pass Select membership. This card earns 1 point per dollar spent on all transactions, and points […]
Taylor Swift: The Eras tour Melbourne show review â eye-popping spectacle from a generous performer | Taylor Swift
When Taylor Swift performed for the first time in Melbourne 15 years ago, there were 900 people in the audience. The US megastar will perform for 250,000 people in Melbourne this week. Love her or hate her, you can’t deny that. Australia is in the midst of Swiftmania. Ahead of the much-anticipated Australian leg of […]
Jennifer Lopez album ‘This Is Meâ¦Now’ is uninspired: review
music review This is me…now ICYMI: Jennifer Lopez is like crazy in love. Even 20 years after their first get-together, her appeal to Ben Affleck has been proven time and time again by her multiple hyphenations. So do we really need a dozen baker songs about Bennifer 2.0? Apparently, J.Lo thinks so with her first […]
West Midlands PCC applies for judicial review over scrapping of his role | Police and crime commissioners
The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has announced that she will take the Home Secretary to court over plans to abolish her role and transfer powers to the region’s mayors. Simon Foster, who took up the West Midlands PCC job in 2021, said he had applied for a judicial review to challenge what […]
US judge to review TX law allowing police to arrest migrants for illegal entry
A federal judge in Austin will evaluate whether Texas can enforce a new law that gives police broad powers to arrest immigrants suspected of entering the United States illegally. The hearing will be the first legal challenge to Texas’ new immigration law, which is scheduled to go into effect March 5. The Justice Department’s lawsuit […]
UK Announces Review of ‘Extremist’ Diversity Programmes in Military
Britain will conduct a review of the “roots and branches” of the “radical culture” of diversity, equity and inclusion policies that pervade the armed forces, amid growing threats of war and nascent military conscription, according to Grant. Defense Secretary Shapps said: announced. Following reports that the British Army plans to lower standards for security checks […]
Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign: Vultures 1 review – weak lyrics from a witless edgelord | Kanye West
VJust as it is assumed that every Kanye West album must be released, the arrival of ‘Ulchers 1’ has been delayed, muddy and even more controversial, although the latter is now a self-inflicted evil. A smoldering pile of emotions left West without a record label and an estimated $1.5 billion in poverty. According to a […]
Usher’s Super Bowl half-time show review – a frenetic, daring nostalgia tour | Usher
IIf anyone has the right to sit on a throne in the middle of Las Vegas, it’s Usher. During his 18 months in town, the king of R&B was crowned an ambassador of near-unparalleled showmanship, sweet escapism, and good times. He’s an old-school performer, give or take, the type of person who is constantly on […]