“Electric Lotus,” a collaborative art amp with Jack White, one of my favorite musicians, is now on view at Newport Street Gallery for Jack’s exhibition “These Thoughts May Disappear.” The exhibition, curated by Jack White and Connor Hirst, will run from May 29 through September 13, 2026. Check it out! For more information, visit HENI’s website.

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Valtteri Bottas has brushed off recent speculation over his future in Formula 1, describing stories that appeared after the Canadian Grand Prix as “complete bull****”.

The glitz and glamour of Monaco make it the perfect place for films, TV and music – here are some of the best that feature the Principality.

Have you ever wondered who Antony Noghès was, or what Beau Rivage actually means? F1.com explains how every corner at the Circuit de Monaco was named.

Live coverage of all the build-up ahead of the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix weekend.

NASA has officially ended the MAVEN mission after the Mars orbiter stopped responding in December, apparently after an unexpected spin drained its batteries and knocked out communications. Launched in 2013 and orbiting Mars since 2014, MAVEN spent more than a decade studying how the planet lost its atmosphere and helped explain how Mars transformed from a potentially habitable world into the cold, dry planet seen today. The New York Times reports: The NASA spacecraft MAVEN, short for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, had been orbiting around the Red Planet since 2014. NASA last received a signal from MAVEN on Dec. 6, shortly before the spacecraft passed behind Mars. Then the spacecraft stopped responding. A review board found that MAVEN began unexpectedly rotating, causing its batteries to drain too quickly and resulting in a loss of power to the communications system.

"The team is certainly broken up about this," said Shannon Curry, the principal investigator of the mission and a scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder, at a news conference on Wednesday. "But at the same time, we are incredibly proud of the science we've accomplished over the last decade." NASA officials declined to speculate on the root cause of the mishap. A final report is expected to be released later this year.

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Mannelijke tuimelaars kunnen agressief zijn om een paring af te dwingen. Vruchtbare vrouwtjes gaan de grootste agressors waar mogelijk uit de weg.

De Partij voor de Dieren krijgt een andere fractievoorzitter: Christine Teunissen. Esther Ouwehand doet een stap opzij, ze blijft wel Tweede Kamerlid.

Ooit was natuur vanzelfsprekend. Tot zijn spijt was natuurbescherming „veranderd in een talkshow waar voor- en tegenstanders elkaar met argumenten bevechten”.

Bijna elke avond en nacht hebben bewoners van de Rotterdamse wijk De Esch last van ongewenste bezoekers die hen met lawaai van hard optrekkende auto’s en ronkende motoren wakker houden, en dat al drie jaar. De bewoners zijn het zat en eisen binnen twee weken maatregelen van de gemeente. “De wijk moet op slot.”

Deliveries in 30 minutes or less coming to Manchester and Birmingham and fresh groceries service to start in London

Amazon is expanding fast-track deliveries in the UK, including adding fresh fruit and vegetables to same-day services, after closing its standalone grocery stores.

The firm said it would expand Amazon Now, its ultra-fast delivery service that already delivers goods in less than 30 minutes to parts of London, to also serve Manchester and Birmingham this year.

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Pulp Fiction director writes in Sight and Sound that ‘since the pandemic … it seems almost impossible for a new movie to come out that I don’t pick to death’

Quentin Tarantino has criticised contemporary Hollywood, calling it “a flavourless sausage factory”.

Writing in Sight and Sound magazine, Tarantino said that “since the pandemic … it seems almost impossible for a new movie to come out that I don’t pick to death”. He added: “Flaws, implausibilities, audience pandering, miscast performers or just plain stupid shit usually torpedoes every new movie coming out of the flavourless sausage factory that used to call itself Hollywood.”

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Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro is in the soprano’s DNA, but she’s never thought about directing it. Creating her own production has been daunting and fascinating – and her son’s building blocks even helped

I am not one of those performers who has spent their life on a theatre stage or film set thinking, “I wish I could direct this”. However, earlier this year, I found myself with an unexpected six-week gap. A scheduled project had been delayed for technical reasons, and it was at this time that Wild Arts’ producer Max Parfitt asked how well I knew The Marriage of Figaro.

I have lived with Mozart’s opera for as long as I can remember. Susanna’s “Deh, Vieni Non Tardar” was one of the first major arias I sang, aged 12 or 13, while studying in Los Angeles. Later, I wrote my final high school paper on Figaro, the adaptation from Beaumarchais’s play to Da Ponte’s libretto. I even translated the entire score word for word, which is probably why I still know it so deeply. My Metropolitan Opera debut at 19 was in Figaro, singing Barbarina. I performed my first Susanna on the same New York stage a few years later, and I’ve since sung the role many times all over the world.

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The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

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We pop open a selection of fun but healthy fizzy flavoured waters that should satisfy even the fussiest princess

I am not a princess about many things, but there has to be sparkling water in the house. Refreshing, enlivening and occasionally hangover-clearing, it is an essential. Thankfully, my husband is aligned with me (it would never have worked with someone who answered: “Tap’s fine”, when offered water in a restaurant).

I’m not fussy about my fizzy, though – SodaStreamed tap is fine – but I am increasingly seduced by the rainbow of new flavoured, unsweetened sparkling waters such as Dash Water and Aqua Libra that have turned up of late. Depending on how you look at them, they offer a healthy take on fizzy drinks and/or bring a bit of bling to an otherwise neutral beverage. “They make water a fun drink,” says the chef and author Jesse Jenkins, who co-founded sparkling water brand Yew.

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WOERDEN (ANP) - Koninklijke Horeca Nederland (KHN) doet onderzoek naar de grootte van een datalek in de sector en is een meldpunt aan het inrichten. De branchevereniging krijgt signalen van meerdere hotels waarbij gasten nepberichten met betaalverzoeken krijgen, bevestigt KHN na berichtgeving in meerdere media over een datalek in de hotellerie.

"Hoeveel hotels het exact betreft gaan wij nu inventariseren", stelt voorzitter van KHN Marijke Vuik. "Of veel consumenten benadeeld zijn, is ook nog niet bekend. Dit wijst mogelijk op een breder cyber- of phishingprobleem in de keten van reserveringssystemen." Volgens Vuik is het moeilijk om vast te stellen waar het probleem zit.

KHN adviseert consumenten om alert te blijven. "Twijfel je over een bericht? Klik dan niet op links, deel geen gegevens en neem altijd rechtstreeks contact op met het hotel of boekingsplatform via de officiële contactgegevens", stelt Vuik.

ROTTERDAM (ANP) - De groene stroom die consumenten en ondernemers krijgen is wel echt duurzaam te noemen, zeggen energieleveranciers Eneco en Essent in een reactie op een onderzoek van klimaatstichting HIER. Die organisatie meldde donderdag dat ongeveer een derde van de groenestroomproducten niet van duurzame bronnen in Nederland komt, maar wordt 'vergroend' met certificaten uit het buitenland. Daarbij gaat het onder meer om bepaalde producten van Eneco en Essent.

Volgens HIER zijn vier zakelijke producten van Eneco niet echt groen te noemen, omdat de stroom deels of helemaal uit het buitenland wordt geïmporteerd. Een woordvoerder licht toe dat Eneco wel vindt dat dit echt groene stroom is en spreekt van een "definitiekwestie". "HIER vindt certificaten blijkbaar te onduidelijk. Voor ons werkt het certificatensysteem naar behoren en we kunnen duidelijk inzien of we groene stroom kopen."

Op een van de producten van Essent heeft HIER soortgelijke kritiek.

The president of AmCham Russia said the inaugural match will take place at the Kristall ice palace within Moscow’s Luzhniki Olympic Complex on July 1.