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De VS hebben gekozen. Een blauwe tsunami overspoelt het land: de Democraten winnen zetels in staten die lange tijd als ongenaakbaar Republikeins werden gezien.
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In 1998 you'd put a cartridge into your N64 and hear this (full soundtrack) but from tomorrow, on the Switch 2 there is this. Things have been updated and the gameplay refined over the 28 years, though the ocarina remains the key, and the reviews are in (Guardian)(Gamespot). And the water temple is apparently easier. An interview with Robin and Zelda Williams, and an orchestra plays the triforce melody (world tour next year).
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Cynics might say it’s about courting controversy, but I think these fancy dress faux-pas hint at a bleaker truth
It’s not easy being an optimist these days. It requires practice, like exercising a muscle. It’s why I like to think of reading the news as a kind of challenge, batting away the miserable updates with optimistic mental rebuttals. Global heating on track to exceed the 2C threshold? “But we have the technology to turn this around!” I think. A well-funded global fascist network? “People have overcome worse!”
And so it is that this week I find my optimism being put through its paces by the news of US superstar homemaker Martha Stewart and her offensive Halloween costume of a homeless person, complete with a dirt-smeared face and a sign reading “I AM HUNGRY HELP ME!!”.
Coco Khan is a freelance writer and co-host of the politics podcast Pod Save the UK
Continue reading...It’s 20 years since Jo and Richard Hill bought anything in Rotherham city centre. Why have they and so many locals abandoned it for the nearest retail park – and what would it take to change their minds?
On 22 May 1987, retail history was made in Rotherham. Parkgate Retail World, thought at the time to be the UK’s largest open-air shopping centre, welcomed shoppers for some one-stop retail therapy. The official opening was marked in swanky fashion with a “breathtaking” display from Marlboro’s red-and-white branded biplanes, followed by a “spectacular” laser show, the first in South Yorkshire. Helen Worth – Coronation Street’s Gail Platt – cut the ribbon before jovial local people jostled to fill their car boots with goods from Comet, Jolly Giant and Poundstretcher.
Almost 40 years on, the razzle is a bit less dazzling. Parkgate, as the retail park is called now, looks like any large big-box outdoor shopping centre you might find on urban fringes. There’s a Primark, a Sports Direct and a Matalan, plus (of course) a Frankie & Benny’s. Shoppers still seem to love it. “I think it’s ideal. It’s got everything here,” says Robert Gordon. The 66-year-old retired factory production manager had popped to Pets at Home to get a cupcake and toy for his dog Bruno’s fourth birthday.
Continue reading...Donald Trump and his Republican party have been dealt a devastating blow in the midterm elections with Democrats taking control of the House and Senate
Continue reading...Charities say government ‘must act now’ with cocaine-specific deaths eight times higher than in 2010
Cocaine has overtaken heroin as the biggest cause of drug deaths in England and Wales, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.
The government “must act now to reverse this deadly trend”, charities have said, with 1,233 deaths caused by cocaine last year.
Continue reading...Titanium Court is a bizarre world of 8-bit fairies, Shakespeare and surprise songs – its magic lies in never knowing what on earth is going on
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Earlier this year, I was stuck in hospital for several days, fuzzy on pain medication and bored out of my mind, with nothing but a Steam Deck for company. In the middle of one of those long nights, unable to sleep, I played a game called Titanium Court. It’s a strange creation that looks like it was made for the ZX Spectrum and reads like a postmodern Shakespeare adaptation – a compelling mix of strategy game and match-3 where you rearrange battlefields by matching tiles, before sending tiny lo-fi fairy armies to their deaths.
At the end of this late-night run, I met a boss I’d defeated before – a comically hungry dragon – and the game asked if I would like to skip the boss fight and enjoy a musical performance instead. A game has never asked me this before. Of course, I accepted. And then, instead of the familiar tiled battlefield, I was looking at a pixellated singer-songwriter, who launched into an extremely long preamble about the mating habits of the Pacific salmon before saying, “This is a song for anyone else who ever got so horny they could die,” and launching into a soulful acoustic guitar number accompanied by crude images of leaping fish. I began to wonder if my meds were making me hallucinate.
Continue reading...Fancy stationery, cashmere knits and truly beautiful ceramics … we’ve handpicked 61 thoughtful gifts to spoil the mother figure in your life for Christmas 2026
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A lot of stuff gets marketed as perfect for mums. But be careful, she really doesn’t want a kegel exerciser in her stocking, nor anything that makes washing up easier, unless you just do it instead of her. Also, beware of joke presents – they end up in the bin.
The perfect present for a mother figure of any age – be that a cherished aunt or beloved granny – is, I think, something either personal (which is where personalisation options can be useful) or an elevated version of something you know she likes that she may not treat herself to. Both take a little time and research, which I’ve done for you here.
Continue reading...Brahms’ first symphony was 21 years in the making. It was well worth the wait. Also, today, why Ivan Fischer and the Berlin Phil have parted company over a seating arrangement
By any reckoning, 21 years is a very long gestation period. Beethoven wrote his first eight symphonies (and was stuck into the ninth) in less time. But it’s how long it took Brahms to complete his First Symphony. He initially sketched it in the mid-1850s, in his 20s, and he was 43 by the time it was premiered, exactly 150 years ago on 4 November 1876 in Karlsruhe.
Earlier that summer had seen the premiere of Wagner’s Ring cycle in Bayreuth – another project that had taken more than 20 years to bring to fruition. But in contrast to the 15 hours and four operas of the Ring, all Brahms had to do was compose four movements, lasting about 45 minutes in performance. Why did it take him so long?
Continue reading...PARIJS (ANP) - Alexander Zverev zal als de nieuwe nummer 1 van de wereld het masterstoernooi van Parijs niet winnen. De Duitse tennisser verloor in de zestiende finale in twee sets van de Italiaan Lorenzo Musetti: 7-6 (5) 6-2.
Zverev is sinds maandag opnieuw de nummer 1 van de wereld. Door de halve finale in Wenen te halen wist hij voldoende punten te verzamelen om de koppositie te veroveren. De Italiaan Jannik Sinner is de nummer 2. Hij is geblesseerd. De Spanjaard Carlos Alcaraz staat op de derde plaats van de wereldranglijst.
NEW YORK (ANP) - De beurzen in New York zijn woensdag positief begonnen na de ruime verkiezingszege van de Democraten bij de midterms. Eerder op de dag leken de Amerikaanse beurzen nog flink lager te gaan openen door de vrees dat de Democraten strengere regels voor AI en datacenters zullen invoeren. Beleggers lijken echter opgelucht dat de congresverkiezingen nu achter de rug zijn.
Ook sloeg president Donald Trump in een reeks interviews een verzoenende toon aan. Hij zei bereid te zijn de nederlaag van zijn Republikeinse partij te accepteren en op veel vlakken met de Democraten te zullen samenwerken. De zorgen over een lange periode van politieke onrust in de Verenigde Staten namen daardoor af.
De Dow-Jonesindex noteerde kort na opening van de markt 2,1 procent hoger op 52.878 punten. De brede S&P 500-index steeg 1,1 procent tot 7655 punten en techgraadmeter Nasdaq klom ook 1,1 procent tot 25.622 punten.
De Democraten namen de meerderheid in zowel het Huis van Afgevaardigden als de Senaat over van de Republikeinen. Onvrede over de kosten van levensonderhoud en de oorlog in Iran leidde tot een harde afstraffing van het beleid van president Donald Trump en zijn partij.
De elektrische autofabrikant Tesla en AI- en ruimtevaartbedrijf SpaceX, die worden geleid door Elon Musk, verloren allebei zo'n 5 procent. De verkiezingsuitslag zou grote gevolgen kunnen hebben voor de bedrijven van de techmiljardair, een belangrijke donor van de Republikeinen. In de aanloop naar de midterms schonk Musk bijna 450 miljoen dollar aan de Republikeinse partijkas en riep hij zijn 240 miljoen volgers op het platform X op om niet op de Democraten te stemmen.
De overwinning van de Democraten in de staat Texas, waar Tesla en SpaceX zijn gevestigd, is een extra klap voor Musk. De Democraat Gina Hinojosa won de verkiezingen voor gouverneur van Texas, nadat ze campagne had gevoerd voor strengere beperkingen op de ontwikkeling van datacenters. Datacenterbedrijven als CoreWeave en Oracle verloren bijna 6 en 0,3 procent.
CVS Health ging ruim 12 procent onderuit. De zorgverzekeraar is van plan om het concern in de eerste helft van 2028 op te splitsen in twee aparte beursgenoteerde bedrijven, waarbij de apotheken en de verzekeringsactiviteiten worden gescheiden. Taxidienst Uber won 3 procent na publicatie van de resultaten. Fastfoodketen McDonald's, die ook met cijfers kwam, ging ruim 4 procent omhoog.
From his studio in Athens, Stelios Pupet renders meditative paintings that place organic elements within a subtle grid. The artist always begins with a structural matrix that he builds upon, sometimes leaving a square angle for a cloud or section of grass and other times manipulating the form into a natural curve.
In recent months, Pupet has begun to experiment with different media like pastel pencils and plans to incorporate oil pastels into his larger works on canvas. The shifts in his practice have been small, and “I think that just things got a little bit more wise,” he tells Colossal. In addition to a trio of works in progress in his studio, Pupet has several murals planned for 2027, which you can keep up with on Instagram.
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De Noordtunnel, onderdeel van de A15, wordt in 2027 en 2028 twee maanden afgesloten. Dat heeft niet alleen gevolgen voor de transportsector, verwacht Arjan Maat, directeur van het gelijknamige transportbedrijf uit Alblasserdam. "Het raakt iedereen in de portemonnee."
Weet u het nog, het debat over het Belastingplan 2025? Wat een spektakel was dat! Of het vuurwerk vorig jaar, toen de Kamer het Belastingplan 2026 besprak? Nee? Wij ook niet. Debatten over het belastingplan zijn normaal gesproken voor niemand leuk, behalve voor Pieter Grinwis en de familie van Pieter Grinwis, maar zelfs de familie van Pieter Grinwis zet de livestream meestal halverwege uit. Maar nu! Nu is Jesse Klaver opeens woordvoerder belastingplan van PRO, Geert Wilders is opeens woordvoerder belastingplan van de PVV, Gidi Markuszower is woordvoerder belastingplan van de Groep-Kwartjeshoer en namens het kabinet zit niemand minder dan drs. R.A.A. Jetten, minister van Algemene Zaken, naast staatssecretaris Van Berkel Eerenberg bij het debat over het belastingplan. Komt natuurlijk allemaal vanwege Het Gedoe in het minderheidskabinet, maar wij zijn ieder geval opeens ontzettend geïnteresseerd in het Belastingplan 2027. Gelukkig voert namens de ChristenUnie Pieter Grinwis gewoon het woord. Livestream na de breek.