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Kneecap continue to call out Gaza ‘genocide’ ahead of Sziget fest ban

ADVERTISEMENT This summer has seen Irish rappers Kneecap dropped from a number of line-ups, including Germany’s Hurricane and Southside festivals, as well as being slapped with a three-year ban from Hungary ahead of their planned performance at Sziget – where the band would have played tonight.  “It is important to say that Hungary is an island

Spooky summer: Why are people celebrating Halloween so early?

ADVERTISEMENT What? Summerween. It’s Halloween - the spooky decor, candy eating and horror movie watching - but in summer!  Why? Because Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress like a total… No Mean Girls quotes, please. Sorry, what we meant to say is, we have no definitive answers to that

South Park gears up to troll Trump once more with new viral teaser

ADVERTISEMENT Wouldn’t you know it, the South Park creators are doubling down...   The hit animated show, which made headlines last month with its first episode in two years, heavily mocked Donald Trump. And they’re not stopping any time soon. The new episode – “Got a Nut,” due today - will see Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 80 years later: Lessons from the living

ADVERTISEMENT Where there was once fire and ruin, Kunihiko Iida now walks through green lawns and memorials. Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park – built on the site where the atomic bomb hit on 6 August 1945 – is today a place of quiet reflection. It is also where 83-year-old Iida spends his time as a volunteer

Former Rolling Stone Mick Taylor claims the Met has his stolen guitar

ADVERTISEMENT It’s the sort of story that could only come from the chaotic swirl of 1970s rock ‘n’ roll excess. Former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor reckons the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is currently displaying his guitar – a 1959 Gibson Les Paul he says vanished in a haze of hard-living while

Francis Ford Coppola gives update amid reports of hospitalisation

ADVERTISEMENT Following reports that Francis Ford Coppola had been admitted on Tuesday to the Policlinico Tor Vergata, a public hospital in Rome, the acclaimed American director has released an update on his health. The director of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now and his representative have released a statement revealing that Coppola underwent a non-emergency cardiac

Judge says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs must stay in jail until sentencing

ADVERTISEMENT Disgraced rapper and music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs must stay in jail while he waits for his sentencing, a judge said, denying his latest bid for bail. Combs, 55, has been behind bars since his September arrest. He faced federal charges of coercing girlfriends into having drug-fuelled sex marathons with male sex workers while

The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

ADVERTISEMENT Hello, and happy August! From Sydney Sweeney's controversial American Eagle advert, to a documentary about adult content creator Bonnie Blue, the internet has felt louder than ever with various celebrity controversies. But beyond that, life ticks on - and Freaky Friday sequels await. If you're venturing to Scotland for the Edinburgh Fringe, keep the

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Eurovision Song Contest gets a brand new look to celebrate 70 years

ADVERTISEMENT To celebrate 70 years of being the world's largest live music event, the Eurovision Song Contest has revamped its brand identity with a new look, including fresh logos and a custom-made font. The main logo, a hand-drawn script that was first introduced in 2004, and redesigned in 2014, has been simplified into a smooth

Melania Trump’s letter to Putin goes viral for possible use of AI

ADVERTISEMENT Following Donald Trump’s summit talks with Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday and ahead of the landmark meeting of the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ in Washington today, the White House has released the letter from first lady Melania Trump to Putin.   In the letter, hand-delivered to Putin by Donald Trump, Melania Trump raised
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