Grindr is the daddy of todays dating apps it wasnt just about simpler hookups | Justin Mye
Swipe right: the decade that changed datingOnline dating This article is more than 1 year oldGrindr is the daddy of today’s dating apps – it wasn’t just about simpler hookupsThis article is more than 1 year oldJustin MyersLGBTQ+ people blazed a trail with swipe culture, which fulfils a genuine need for those who are less confident or conventional
Disco. Brunch. Iced coffee. All beloved by the gay community way before they went mainstream.
Jerome Ave: inside one of New York City's last working class areas - in pictures | US news
Jerome Ave: inside one of New York City's last working class areas - in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Photographs have gone on display from a project documenting and celebrating the workers and tradespeople of Jerome Avenue, in the Bronx, where many people still make a living in small shops and factories. The city is considering a plan to rezone two miles along the street, which has already led to the raising of rents
Poot Lovato: has the internet discovered Demi's secret sister?
InternetHow pop star’s ‘twin who was locked in a basement her whole life’ captured the web’s creatives and fans with onslaught of Poot memes and Photoshop efforts
In the best conspiracy theory to hit the internet ever (and that’s not difficult, given that most of them are offensive in one way or another and involve terrorism), a Tumblr user has discovered the (possible) existence of pop star Demi Lovato’s twin sister, Poot Lovato.
Private equity pioneer Guy Hands to leave Terra Firma when Im 64 | Guy Hands
Guy Hands This article is more than 6 months oldPrivate equity pioneer Guy Hands to leave Terra Firma ‘when I’m 64’This article is more than 6 months oldDealmaker and ardent Brexit critic to leave senior posts at firm he founded more than 20 years ago
Private equity tycoon Guy Hands referenced a Beatles song as he informed staff of his decision to leave the buyout firm he founded two decades ago.
Thousands of messages reveal how teenagers plotted murder of Brianna Ghey
Crime This article is more than 1 month oldThis article is more than 1 month oldDefendants seemed to take delight in discussing gruesome ways of killing – but why they targeted Brianna remains unclear
One killer called the other a “sociopath”; while her partner-in-crime said she was “not a normal person” who would “joke about dead babies”.
Despite this, or perhaps because of it, the girl and boy who murdered Brianna Ghey were firm friends, having met at school aged 11.
You couldnt make it up: Barbra Streisand on taking on Hollywood, her pal King Charles and c
Barbra Streisand photographed by Herb Ritts. Photograph: AUGUST | Image ReseShe’s the Hollywood megastar who’s sung for everyone – and looked to science when her beloved pet died. In an exclusive extract from her new memoir, the singer and actor shares some tales from an extraordinary life – including a spooky encounter with a medium
by Barbra StreisandIn the winter of 1968, a package arrived at my New York apartment. Inside was a copy of a short story called Yentl the Yeshiva Boy, by Isaac Bashevis Singer.
'The reaction has been overwhelming. People now realise her qualities as an artist. She does everyth
UK news'The reaction has been overwhelming. People now realise her qualities as an artist. She does everything herself 'Four-year-old debutante turned pop sensation who is taking Britain by stormIt all began in Barranquilla, a sweltering port city on Colombia's Caribbean coast. In the restaurant a man was hammering on a doumbek, the traditional bellydancing drum. Diners swayed in their seats and clapped to the rhythm and so did the four-year-old girl sitting with her father.
Dear England review touching, funny retelling of Gareth Southgates quiet revolution
TheatreReviewNational Theatre, London
It’s a game of two halves, but James Graham’s dramatisation of Southgate rescuing a languishing England team delivers tension and movement
James Graham’s story of the beautiful game and the travails of the England squad has some beautiful moments. It traces the team’s fortunes from the moment their diffident, upstanding and quietly revolutionary manager, Gareth Southgate (Joseph Fiennes, bearing an uncanny resemblance), comes into their lives.
It traces real world events, from penalty shootouts that bring a life-like tension to the aftermath of losing a game.
It depends what you call monopoly: young Rupert Murdochs first big television play
After taking over from his father, the young Rupert Murdoch had found himself ‘in a sink-or-swim fight to retain his family’s place in Australia’s media set’. Photograph: Aubrey Hart/Getty ImagesAfter taking over from his father, the young Rupert Murdoch had found himself ‘in a sink-or-swim fight to retain his family’s place in Australia’s media set’. Photograph: Aubrey Hart/Getty ImagesRupert MurdochThe 1958 hearings in which the 27-year-old Murdoch lobbied for his first TV licence offer a glimpse into the global media proprietor he would become
Keith Lemon's Fantastical Factory of Curious Craft: a banter Willy Wonka
The watcherTelevisionReview Contestants create crafts for a celebrity guest, then Lemon’s mother comes out with a tea trolley. Is this a fever dream? I was wondering when the robots would take over, and it is apparently now. The Fantastical Factory of Curious Craft (Sunday, 8.15pm, Channel 4) has clearly been generated by an AI-powered machine glowing ominously deep inside Channel 4 HQ, because I refuse to believe a human mind could come up with this idea.