冼翰宇 Henry Shan

Dead Dads Club - Dead Dads Club Imbued with a real sense of healing and closure.

Review: Dead Dads Club - Dead Dads Club: Imbued with a real sense of healing and closure.

Fran Lebowitz Lays Down the Law The author and wit casts her judgment on Labubus, leaf blowers, and needless expressions of love.

“When I was a kid, we had leaf raking. Which is quiet. Leaf blowers are the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen.”

The power of print Britain’s weeklies have always been more than journalism – they are a battleground of ideas

The power of print

Britain’s weeklies have always been more than journalism – they are a battleground of ideas

By Geoffrey Wheatcroft

Watch Radiohead Wrap Up Their 2025 European Tour with a Soaring ‘Karma Police’ All eyes now go to 2026, but bassist Colin Greenwood has a busy tour schedule with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and Radiohead could be headed towards another hiatus.

All eyes now go to 2026, but bassist Colin Greenwood has a busy tour schedule with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and Radiohead could be headed towards another hiatus
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Taiwan-Europe interactions jump fivefold amid China, Russia tensions Despite engagement, European think tank report calls for more 'substance' across broader fields

Taiwan-Europe interactions jump fivefold amid China, Russia tensions
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#壹傳媒 創辦人 #黎智英 被控「 #串謀勾結外國勢力案 」和「 #煽動罪 」等案件，將於明日（12月15日）早上10時在西九龍裁判法院（暫代高等法院）迎來裁決。

黎智英面對三項控罪，包括兩項《 #港區國安法 》控罪和一項《刑事罪行條例》下的「 #串謀發布煽動刊物罪 」。

其中，他和《 #蘋果日報 》3間相關公司和6名前《蘋果》高層被控「串謀勾結外國或者境外勢力危害國家安全罪」和「串謀發布煽動刊物罪」兩罪。黎另被控一項勾結外國勢力罪，指他在《國安法》生效後請求外國制裁香港特區或中國。

Inside the Burberry bounceback An American CEO and a fresh cast of faces have set the British luxury brand on a new course. Is it blue skies ahead?

“I don’t really want to play it safe,” he says. “The industry is sort of in a moment where people are afraid to take risks. But I do think fashion – and particularly British fashion – is really about rebellion and having a point of view.”

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Inside the Burberry bounceback

Goodbye Martin Parr Serious photographs, disguised as entertainment

Goodbye Martin Parr

Serious photographs, disguised as entertainment

🖼️ Michael Prodger

A year after martial law crisis, Koreans carry on the fight for a better tomorrow Korea’s mass protests marked the creation of new communities and bonds of solidarity across the country that continue to this day

In this way, Koreans who came together in the streets to fight for Korea’s democracy have come to know, care for, lean on, and fight for one another to this day.

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China is bearing down on Taiwan – enabled by Trump’s weakness and vacillation | Simon Tisdall The US hasn’t just left Ukraine vulnerable; it is also provoking Xi’s intensifying attitude towards what he considers a renegade province, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

China is bearing down on Taiwan – enabled by Trump’s weakness and vacillation | Simon Tisdall

Patti Smith’s Family Secrets Nearing 80, the punk poet reflects on the twists in her story that have surprised even her.

Patti Smith spoke with @amyweissmeyer.bsky.social over matcha lattes about her new memoir, “Bread of Angels.” In the book, Smith reflects on her lifetime of reinvention—and the twists in her story that have surprised even her. Read more from their conversation:

War criminal Henry Kissinger died on this day two years ago.

It’s another opportunity to recall Anthony Bourdain’s thoughts on the esteemed American statesman.

Radiohead break record for highest ever attendance at The O2 London

Radiohead have broken the record for the highest ever attendance at The O2, which was previously set by Metallica in 2017! 🤘The band's four shows, which were in the round, saw each night breaking the previous night’s number- with the last seeing 22,355 fans attending the arena in one night. 💫 👏

My Bloody Valentine's crushing, much-mythologised use of volume is an instrument in its own right - in spite of the odd tech glitch, their OVO Wembley Arena show is a chest-crushing triumph...

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Yes, Zohran Mamdani Still Thinks Trump Is a Fascist The two politicians had an amiable meeting—but Mamdani hasn’t shifted.

Yes, Zohran Mamdani Still Thinks Trump Is a Fascist trib.al/KGv3ElO

Charli xcx reveals details of A24 ‘BRAT’ film The Moment It’ll be in cinemas on 30th January.

Charli xcx reveals details of A24 'BRAT' film The Moment: It’ll be in cinemas on 30th January.

A product of working-class Manchester and its second-generation Irish culture, Stone Roses bassist Mani — who has died aged 63 — was the ultimate team player, and an embodiment of socialist values in his life and art.
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With sushi lunch, Taiwan president shows support for Japan in China dispute Chinese and Japanese governments in bitter dispute over democratically governed island

With sushi lunch, Taiwan president shows support for Japan in China dispute
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There Is A Light That Never Goes Out — The Dog and Bell in Deptford, London — Pellicle On a Friday night in early December, Deptford’s Dog and Bell is Christmas as imagined by a Haribo-addled toddler.  A huge resin Santa, grinning merrily in his sleigh, squats in Prince Street out...

I’ve written for @pelliclemag.com about the Dog and Bell, a unique pub whose evolution over the past 40 years nevertheless illustrates the story of modern London pubs. It’s here: www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/9/...

Oasis review – band go big on the first two albums with little left to chance Principality Stadium, Cardiff Liam is on his best behaviour for a singalong show that serves as reminder of how fantastic band were during purple period * Brothers in arms: Noel and Liam reunite on the Oasis reunion tour – in pictures * ‘Liam hasn’t sounded that good since the 90s’: fans react to the first night of the Oasis reunion tour The noise from the audience when Oasis arrive onstage for their first reunion gig is deafening. You might have expected a voluble response. This is, after all, a crowd so partisan that, in between the support acts, cheer the promotional videos – the tour’s accompanying brand deals seem to involve not just the obviously Oasis-adjacent sportswear brand Adidas, but the more imponderable Land Rover Discovery. Even so, the noise they make as the reconsituted Oasis launch into Hello takes you slightly aback, and not just because Hello is a fairly ballsy choice of opener: this is, after all, a song that borrows heavily from Hello! Hello! I’m Back Again by Gary Glitter. But no one in Cardiff’s Principality Stadium seems to care about the song’s genesis – the noise is such that you struggle to think of another artist that has received such a vociferous reception. So, the success of the show seems more-or-less like a foregone conclusion. Anyone who saw them in the 00s will tell you the latter-day Oasis were a hugely variable proposition live: you never knew what mood Liam Gallagher would show up in, or how the current state of filial relations might affect their performance. But evidently as little as possible has been left to chance at these reunion gigs. No one – including, to their immense credit, Liam and Noel Gallagher – seems interested in pretending this tour is anything other than a hugely lucrative cash-grab, and clearly you only grab the maximum possible cash if the tour does not descend into the kind of bedlam to which Oasis tours were once prone. So Liam is on his best behaviour – “thanks for putting up with us”, he offers at one juncture, “I know we’re hard work”, a noticeable shift from the days when he was wont to rain abuse on the audience. Continue reading...

Oasis review – band go big on the first two albums with little left to chance

Talking Heads Share "Psycho Killer" Video Starring Saoirse Ronan To Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Their First Concert Talking Heads formed in New York in 1975, which means the band is turning 50 years old this year. They’re celebrating that anniversary today with the first official music video for “Psycho Killer,” an...

Talking Heads played their first show 50 years ago today and are celebrating with the first-ever video for one of their biggest hits

Album Of The Week: caroline caroline 2 Have you ever realized several browser tabs are playing music at the same time? The first song on the new caroline album is like that, but in a good way. Imagine all those disparate outputs blaring un...

caroline's elaborately orchestrated experimental opus 'Caroline 2' is Stereogum’s Album Of The Week

The public radio network's chief executive said in a statement that the US president's order was a 'clear violation of the Constitution.' www.ft.com/content/f7a3...

Patriotism takes hold in Taiwan in face of growing threats from China YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

Stand with #Taiwan ✊

And when the episode ends with the exact song blasting unapologetically, it’s almost impossible not to burst out laughing.

“The Studio” is a love letter to the film industry, anyone who loves cinema will be completely drawn in.

It is, without a doubt, 2025’s must-see TV.

(4/4)

Director Sarah Polley, also playing herself, struggles to tolerate a series of disturbances from Seth Rogen’s studio executive, all because she wants to use The Rolling Stones' “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” for a long take—which would indeed be perfect.

(3/4)

After featuring a cameo of the legendary Martin Scorsese in the first episode, the second episode brings in Greta Lee—who rose to fame with ‘Past Lives’—playing herself (and even sneaking in a joke about A24).

(2/4)

Watch The Studio - Apple TV+ (UK) Seth Rogen stars as the newly appointed head of a movie studio. Desperate for celebrity approval, he and his executive team at Continental Studios mus…

Episode 2 (The Oner) of “The Studio,” latest series on Apple TV+, brilliantly portrayed the art of a long take. The episode itself also adopted this art form.

(1/4)

After featuring a cameo of the legendary Martin Scorsese in the first episode, the second episode brings in Greta Lee—who rose to fame with ‘Past Lives’—playing herself (and even sneaking in a joke about A24).

Returning sisterhood HAIM will play Radio 1's Big Weekend this May...

All eyes are on Liverpool!

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