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In The Room | Local elections: Green vs Reform heats up, and Starmer comes out swinging

Local elections are often a stick used to beat the government with. That’s never been truer than in this Thursday’s contests. Across the country, voters are expected to desert Labour, exposing the real dividing lines in British politics that have been emerging since before the 2024 general election.

The Independent UK

Asha Bhosle: the bad sister whose singing opened up a world of queer possibility for me

Asha Bhosle, the last surviving singing legend of the golden era of Hindi cinema, has died at 92. She debuted in the industry shortly after Indian independence in the late 1940s and is now widely considered the best-known singer in India, with more than 12,000 songs to her name. Over…

The Conversation

‘You are under reacting’: Woman is convinced someone is sneaking into her apartment. Management refuses to believe her—then she finds evidence

A woman thinks someone is entering her apartment without her permission. Sadly, she alleges the building’s management hasn’t taken her concerns seriously.

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‘I asked about renewing our vows - my husband was horrified!’ Sara Davies on the secret to a long-lasting marriage

From teenage sweethearts to business partners, Sara shares the low-key ritual that's kept their relationship thriving after almost 30 years

Woman & Home

Son of Nobody by Yann Martel review – Life of Pi author discovers a long-lost poem from Troy

An epic poem about the Trojan war is merged with the domestic heartbreak of the scholar who discovers it in this ambitious, structurally problematic novel

The Guardian - UK

Nottingham Forest’s Elliot Anderson pays heartfelt tribute to late mother

The 23-year-old missed Forest’s Europa League win over Porto after his mother passed away

The Independent UK

Elliot Anderson out of vital Nottingham Forest Europa League match due to family bereavement

England international Elliot Anderson was not named in Nottingham Forest’s squad to face Porto on Thursday evening. The club confirmed that Anderson was unavailable following the death of his mother, Helen. Forest posted on X that “our thoughts and heartfelt sympathies are with the Anderson family at this difficult time.”…

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Bollywood classics, rave bangers and Michael Stipe duets: 10 of Asha Bhosle’s greatest recordings

After her death aged 92, we look back on the vast and varied catalogue of one of India’s greatest vocalists, who brought actorly skill to her Bollywood playback performances

The Guardian - UK

Son of Nobody review: More proof that Yann Martel is a literary paper tiger

Although this time, at least, Yann Martel’s tale is about people, he can’t resist his animal flourishes once again

Evening Standard

TV tonight: bittersweet drama starring Paapa Essiedu about a couple trying for a baby

First of a six-part series from the creator of Mum and Him & Her dealing with pregnancy loss. Plus: the final part of Norma Percy’s gripping Clash of the Superpowers. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The impossible task of caring for ageing parents who did not care for you: ‘There’s a lot of reliving old triggers’

It’s hard under the best of circumstances. For those with difficult family relationships or estrangement, it’s even more complicated

The Guardian - AU

Emmerdale and Hollyoaks stars reveal heartbreaking loss as mum dies on Mother’s Day after Alzheimer’s battle

Siblings Jamie Lomas and Charley Webb revealed that their mother Helen had been living with the illness for more than a decade

Evening Standard

The family that served 13 presidents in the White House over eight decades

The Ficklin family was a constant presence for nearly eight decades, serving presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Barack Obama

The Independent UK

Nicole Kidman and daughter act out Bridesmaids

Nicole Kidman has revealed that she and one of her daughters act out the 2011 comedy-romance film Bridesmaids to cheer themselves up when feeling sad.

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'He'd laugh': football great accused of abusing girls

Former champion footballer Barry Cable allegedly intimately touched and exposed himself to young girls in a spa in the 1980s, a child sex abuse trial has heard.

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TV Spy — The Affair, Scarpetta and all the US dramas you can watch on UK services: March 7-13

There are loads of great US dramas you can watch in the UK this week.

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Kristen Wiig reveals hilarious Bridesmaids scene that was not part of original script

The food poisoning sequence in 2011's Bridesmaids was added later in the writing process.

The Guardian - UK

The Walsh Sisters review – no fan of Marian Keyes will have been expecting a TV adaptation like this

This BBC take on the warm, funny books renders various characters totally cheerless. It works fine as a drama, but the humour of the novels is sadly missing

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Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman review – a perfect fairytale for our times

What does good living look like? With his marriage and career in meltdown, a man tries to get back to nature in this thought-provoking fable

Reason

The Epstein Files Are Becoming a Witch Hunt

"This type of broad reveal of criminal investigative files, released to a rabid media, will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt," warned Clay Higgins.

The Guardian - UK

Gill Benton obituary

Other lives: Avid socialist and champion of working-class young people

Inverse

85 Years Ago, A Horror Icon Revolutionized A Sci-Fi Thriller Trope

With 'The Devil Commands,' Boris Karloff cemented his legacy as film history’s greatest mad scientist.

The Mary Sue

The Usual Suspects Are Mad Lupita Nyong’o Is Playing a Mythological Woman in ‘The Odyssey’

Why did Elon Musk have to weigh in?!

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Why is Elon Musk taking aim at Christopher Nolan's casting decisions for 'The Odyssey'?

Elon Musk is mad at the thought that Helen of Troy could be played by a Black actress, saying that Oscar winning director Christopher Nolan “has lost his integrity” over the casting of the peerless Lupita Nyong’o.

The Guardian - UK

‘Risky’ Tories, ‘drama queen’ Jenrick and Farage’s Trump problem: voters’ verdict on the battle for the right

In focus groups in Warrington and Godalming, there was a feeling Keir Starmer was adrift – but are Reform’s ‘Globetrotters’ the answer?

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