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Director Ally Pankiw has claimed she gave the new Harry Potter series the brush-off when the opportunity to direct an episode presented itself. Ally has previously directed prolific TV shows like Feel Good and Black Mirror, and on Thursday, shared screenshots of what appeared to be a conversation between herself and a member of her…

So you’re about to go off to uni – if there’s one thing you want to get right in your student haul, it’s your laptop. Aside from nights out and lie ins, you’ll be spending most of your time glued to a screen, whether you’re at a lecture or lying in bed. Your bank account…

I’m going to be real for a second: sometimes in the summer I get home and find the soles of my feet are completely covered in city grime. Eurgh, gross, I know. Honestly, every time it disgusts me, but I’ve always held the assumption that sandals can’t possibly have a closed toe, or they’ll look…

I’m sure you’re already aware of this, but there has been an unfortunate assumption batting around that men who like anal sex are gay. Well, I’m here today to prove them wrong. Of course, the majority of gay men enjoy anal sex, but it’s by no means limited to that particular segment of the population….

Nigel Farage is heading back to parliament – and straight back into a political crisis. As expected, the Reform UK leader comfortably won Thursday’s Clacton by-election, increasing his majority from 8,500 in 2024 to more than 12,000. This was hardly surprising, given his nearest challenger was Count Binface after Labour, the Tories, Lib Dems and…

Ryan Murphy’s new series The Shards brings Bret Easton Ellis’ semi-autobiographical thriller to life in a new, seductive drama. The show is set at a 1980s elite Los Angeles prep school and follows a fictionalised version of the author in his younger years. His cliquey, privileged high school social group is thrown into turmoil when…

It might not always have been for the reasons a creator would want, but Ricky Gervais’ new comedy Alley Cats has been one of the most talked-about TV shows around for the last couple of weeks. The animated Netflix sitcom centres around a group of surly, foul-mouthed cats living on the streets of London, featuring…

This week you might have seen a heartbreaking story being shared, in which a leading medical expert warned that three toddler deaths in the past two years in Australia had been linked to excessive cow’s milk consumption. The young children had developed infections, but also had extreme iron deficiency anaemia, where a lack of iron…

Grease star Stockard Channing has opened up about what she has described as her “reclusive” life in London. The 82-year-old actor recently wrote an essay for the Sunday Times, in which she spoke about what spurred her move across the pond. “Since just before Covid I’ve been living in London,” Stockard explained. “My partner, Daniel…

I clutched my pregnant belly and looked around the room. Nearby, nursing students moved briskly through a crowd of emergency patients, checking vitals, calling out to each other. I knew I wasn’t their most urgent triage priority, certainly not compared to the bleeding patients on gurneys around me moaning, “Help me … can someone please…