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“He’s very underrated. If you asked David Gilmour, he’d probably say, ‘Yeah, he’s my idol!’” Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt names prog’s great unsung guitar hero

This 1970s player is an influence to many, he says, but doesn’t get the credit he deserves

Guitar World

How 1.5 million km of undersea internet cables can double up as an earthquake and tsunami warning system

Forecasting earthquakes presents a serious challenge on land, but in the oceans that cover around 70% of the Earth’s surface it is all but impossible. However, the vast network of undersea cables that crisscross the world’s seas could soon change this. As well as transmitting data around the planet, they…

The Conversation

Is Jacob Elordi really what Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights should look like?

Bad boy Heathcliff is described as ethnically ambiguous and ‘dark’ in the novel, yet is played by a pretty straightforward white Australian Elordi

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2026 Oscar Nominations: 'Sinners' Breaks An Awards Record

'Sinners' was a smash hit for Hollywood, and now it's an awards season record breaker.

Inverse

Rick Wakeman, Steve Hackett, Asia, Caravan, Focus and more lined up for huge new prog cruise taking place this summer

Prog-friendly venue Trading Boundaries announces a new prog cruise venture up and down the Rhine for July

Louder

'If you want to ride a bike, we'll figure it out': the innovation and all-are-welcome attitude that made Newbury Velo our Club of the Year

The Berkshire club has something for just about everyone, from kids' CX to partially sighted tandem riding to adult racing

Cycling Weekly

"A veteran virtuoso who remains startlingly undimmed by the passage of time": Jan Akkerman celebrates four decades of My Focus – Live Under The Rainbow

Celebrating its 40thanniversary, Freddie's solo debut remains flawed but sporadically glorious.

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This capital city could be Europe’s most underrated Christmas destination

The capital of Estonia is complete with a Christmas market, plenty of history, and incredible food

The Independent UK

The EV Market May Have Too Many Options. Here's Why That's A Problem

You can't make a great electric replacement for every gas car you sell. You need to focus on where you can win.

InsideEVs

Here's when you can stream 'Hamnet' at home

Here's when you'll be able to stream "Hamnet" at home on PVOD and Peacock.

Tom’s Guide

Cool new proggy sounds from Jan Akkerman, Soen, Evergrey and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

Ace new prog you have to hear from Argovia, Myrath, Engrupid Pipol in this week's Tracks Of The Week

Louder

“Completely spontaneously, I started yodelling. It came from nowhere”: How an eccentric Dutch progressive rock group made the strangest hit single of 1973

It featured the greatest yodelling since The Sound Of Music

Louder

Frieze director Eva Langret: 'This is London hosting the entire art world'

Director of Frieze London Eva Langret gives the Standard her personal guide to this art highlight in the capital

Evening Standard

I tested these brilliant OneOdio over-ears and they're now my favorite budget headphones –by a mile

The OneOdio Focus A6s may well be the best budget over-ear headphones I’ve ever had the privilege to use. Here’s why.

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“It’s heraldic. It’s funny. It’s virtuoso and also really stupid! I wouldn’t change a note”: Simple ideas and happy accidents propelled a Dutch band’s second album to the pinnacle of prog. And yodelling.

Master craftsmen’s 1971 release was a unique fusion of ingenuity, passion and febrile chemistry – plus some tension – and they never looked back

Evening Standard

Frieze London 2025: Everything to see and do

All the parties, the shows, the clothes — oh, and the odd bit of art

Louder

"I play these songs because my soul and heart are in there..." Former Focus guitarist Jan Akkerman will release a new live album in December

Jan Akkerman also announces live dates for the Netherlands in December and Norway in June

Motor1

The Final Ford Focus ST Has Been Built

We knew this day would come, but that doesn’t make it any easier. Ford is ending decades of hot hatch tradition by pulling the plug on the Focus ST. The final car rolled off the assembly line at the Saarlouis plant in Germany on Friday, September 26. The Blue Oval…

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What to Expect at Focus/25 as the Design World Converges on London

Setting the agenda for the season ahead, Focus/25 at the Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, is an event not to be missed on the design calendar

InsideEVs

The Ford Focus Hatch Is Dead. It May Return As An EV Crossover: Report

It will become a hybrid and electric crossover with a focus on affordability slotting between the Puma and Explorer EV.

The Texas Tribune

UT System will push to enforce campus protest bans that judge temporarily blocked

A judge said the university can’t be trusted to enforce a state law that bans overnight “expressive activity,” among other restrictions, in a constitutional way.

Al Jazeera

James Dobson, controversial evangelical who advised US presidents, dies

Dobson advised Trump and four other US presidents and was a fierce opponent of abortion and LGBTQ rights.

Metal Hammer

“A lot of metalheads wind up finding prog – but it’s in a lot of their favourite bands already”: Progressive metal has never been healthier, and here’s why

Members of Jinjer, Blood Incantation and Rivers Of Nihil explain the current rapid evolution of a genre that broke out 40 years ago

Reason

Focus, No Distractions, and Grind

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The Conversation

Ghana’s older people feel left behind and ignored: how to care for them better

Ghana’s national agenda often focuses on the country’s large number of young people. In fact a less noticed demographic transformation is reshaping society: the country’s older population is growing rapidly. According to Ghana Statistical Service estimates, people aged 60 and above are projected to make up over 12% of the…

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