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• 🇺🇸 Japan's superfan Prime Minister meets Deep Purple — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Japan's superfan Prime Minister meets Deep Purple

  Related: #Politics, #Music
• 🇺🇸 The Cinema-ification of Sam Altman — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The OpenAI chief has moved beyond tech titan, beyond even villain, to become something entirely uncategorizable.

  Related: #Technology, #Media, #Leadership
• 🇺🇸 A Turkish border town known for its cats - in times of peace — 01/04/2026 [USA]

  The border town of Van in Turkey is known for being a hub for Iranian travelers, its lavish breakfasts ... and its cats.

  Related: #Tourism
• 🇺🇸 71 Best Podcasts (2026): True Crime, Culture, Science, Fiction — 21/03/2026 [USA]

  Get your fix of tech, true crime, pop culture, or comedy with these audio adventures.

  Related: #Podcasts, #True Crime, #Science
• 🇬🇧 No, Timothée Chalamet, opera isn’t ‘dead’ – it’s been alive for centuries | Letters — 20/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Readers respond to<strong> </strong>Rebecca Humphries’s article about the actor’s much criticised comments on opera and ballet<strong> </strong></p><p>Every generation seems to produce someone read...

  Related: #Opera, #Timothée Chalamet, #Rebuttal
• 🇬🇧 Natural History Museum tops UK attraction list with record visitors — 20/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>London museum defies drop in numbers seen elsewhere, attributed to cost of living and fall in international tourists</p><p>London’s Natural History Museum (NHM) was the most popular attraction in t...

  Related: #Tourism
• 🇺🇸 Anthony Chen-Produced Malaysian Drama Explores Identity Through Tiger Mascot — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  Tan Ce Ding’s debut feature “Somewhere in the South” follows protagonist Boon, a restless young man in a forgotten Malaysian town who gets roped into wearing a political party’s tiger mascot suit duri...

  Related: #Identity
• 🇬🇧 Totally Med: exploring Menton, where the French and Italian rivieras meet — 17/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Feted for its warm winters and famous lemons, the seaside border town has attracted artists and writers from around the world</p><p>‘It’s not France, it’s not Italy, it’s Menton.” The seaside town ...

  Related: #Travel
• 🇬🇧 Marseille is a haven for artists and progressives. How could it be on the cusp of far-right rule? | Mary Fitzgerald — 11/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>France’s coolest city has been shaped by immigration, yet a win for Marine Le Pen’s National Rally in local elections could be seismic – for the whole country</p><p>For many in Marseille, the far r...

  Related: #Politics
• 🇺🇸 Politics and Arkansas BBQ with Gov Sanders and Jonathan Martin — 10/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Politics
• 🇬🇧 Readers reply: What if Shakespeare was dropped in modern-day London? — 08/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions ponders the hypothetical reactions of eminent historical personages to today’s Trafalgar Square</p><p><strong>This week’s qu...

  Related: #Literature
• 🇺🇸 Welsh choir welcomes Premier League to Cardiff! — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  Welsh choir opens the show for Night Five of the Premier League in Cardiff.

  Related: #Sports
• 🇺🇸 Thousands gather to celebrate Huranga Holi in India — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  Thousands gather to celebrate Huranga Holi in India

  Related: #Festival
• 🇺🇸 Marlon Wayans Wants To “Cancel The Cancel Culture” With ‘Scary Movie 6’: “This Is About Bringing Back Comedy” — 04/03/2026 [USA]

  Marlon Wayans is reprising his Shorty Meeks role in Scary Movie 6 and is opening up about the new comedy horror film. In a new interview, Wayans calls the movie “multi-generational” and also weighs in...

  Related: #Comedy, #Entertainment
• 🇺🇸 Trump Will Attend White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Ending Boycott — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  He missed Hasan Minhaj. He skipped Michelle Wolf. But when mentalist Oz Pearlman takes the podium at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner next month, President Trump will be there. Trump...

  Related: #Politics, #Media
• 🇺🇸 Willie Colón Dies: Salsa Music Legend And Activist Was 75 — 21/02/2026 [USA]

  Willie Colón, the legendary salsa musician, actor and social activist, has died. He was 75. The Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner died “peacefully” on Saturday morning, surrounded by fami...

  Related: #Music, #Activism
• 🇬🇧 Six great reads: dating in later life; a lost Amazon van, ‘gong bath’ freezers, and Toni Morrison — 21/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/21/six-great-reads-dating-in-late...

  Related: #Literature, #Lifestyle, #Architecture
• 🇺🇸 Carnival tribute to Brazil’s Lula in Rio sparks political backlash — 16/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Politics, #Social division
• 🇬🇧 ‘A love letter to all the good men I know’: Shahrbanoo Sadat on making Afghanistan’s first romcom — 12/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Opening the Berlin film festival, No Good Men blends romance and rebellion, capturing love, humour and female agency in Kabul on the eve of the Taliban’s return</p><p>‘Afghanistan’s first romantic ...

  Related: #Cinema, #Politics
• 🇬🇧 The Monocle review – sultry celebration of Paris’s secret Sapphic society — 12/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p><strong>The Corn Exchange, Newbury<br></strong>There are quirky, characterful dances, bodies melting together and understated charisma in this story of a famed 1920s lesbian club</p><p>Le Monocle w...

  Related: #History, #LGBTQ+
• 🇬🇧 Comedians pick on me for my loud laugh – but nothing will make me stop | Jane Howard — 12/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>It’s the part of myself I’m most frequently embarrassed by – but as comedy festival season approaches, I’m prepared for the worst</p><p>I thought Daniel Kitson was just about ready to kick me out ...

  Related: #Social Norms, #Entertainment
• 🇺🇸 New York Fashion Week designer: "More people committing to the fantasy" right now — 12/02/2026 [USA]

  Christian Cowan is one of the many designers featured in this season's New York Fashion Week. The 31-year-old is the creative director of his fashion label, which he founded in 2017. He joins "The Dai...

  Related: #Fashion, #Lifestyles
• 🇺🇸 New York Fashion Week trends, styles to look for — 12/02/2026 [USA]

  Fashion Week officially began on Wednesday in New York City. The top designers and brands are getting ready to showcase their fall and winter collections. CBS News contributor Lauren Sherman has more.

  Related: #Fashion, #Commerce
• 🇬🇧 Cees Nooteboom, Dutch novelist and travel writer, dies aged 92 — 11/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Writer made international breakthrough with 1980 novel Rituals and won acclaim for his travel writing</p><p>The Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom, whose novels, travel writing and translations made him a...

  Related: #Literature, #Obituary
• 🇺🇸 LaMonte McLemore, Founding Singer With the 5th Dimension, Dies at 90 — 11/02/2026 [USA]

  His group notched smooth hippie-era hits like “Up, Up and Away” and “The Age of Aquarius” in embracing a genre-blurring sound they called “champagne soul.”

  Related: #Music, #Obituary
• 🇺🇸 Andrew Ranken, Whose Drumming Powered the Pogues, Dies at 72 — 11/02/2026 [USA]

  Known as “The Clobberer,” he pounded out driving rhythms that fueled the band’s boisterous blend of traditional Irish music, rock and punk.

  Related: #Music, #Obituary
• 🇺🇸 Food tour of New York highlighting Dominican and Haitian food — 11/02/2026 [USA]

  "CBS Mornings" goes on a food tour of New York highlighting food from Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

  Related: #Gastronomy, #Immigration
• 🇺🇸 New York Fashion Week begins — 11/02/2026 [USA]

  New York Fashion Week is underway, with designers debuting looks for the Fall/Winter 2026 season. Claire Sulmers, the editor-in-chief and founder of Fashion Bomb Daily, joins with more.

  Related: #Fashion, #Commerce
• 🇺🇸 Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show delivered a much-needed ray of hope — 11/02/2026 [USA]

  'The performance was widely well received and genuinely heartwarming. We saw kindness, respect and a sense of people believing in better things to come,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

  Related: #Entertainment, #Social Unity
• 🇺🇸 I was in a car crash - then I forgot how to speak Welsh — 11/02/2026 [USA]

  Ellis Pears was involved in a car crash in 2024 that left him socially isolated and struggling academically.

  Related: #Health, #Society