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‘I like the sepia filter so much. It is on the edge of bad taste’ … Paul Kooiker’s Untitled (Hercules), 2020.‘I like the sepia filter so much. It is on the edge of bad taste’ … Paul Kooiker’s Untitled (Hercules), 2020.My best shotPhotography‘This is a “bear” – a larger gay man with a lot of body hair. I was surprised you could play with it like that. It almost looks like Hokusai’s waves’

Alexa ChungInterviewAlexa Chung: 'I don't know whether to be open and vulnerable'Hadley FreemanModel, TV star, It girl… Alexa Chung has become a style icon to rival Kate Moss. So why does she describe herself as 'nothing'?Recently, Alexa Chung , was reading interviews she gave when she was just starting out, to see whether she'd changed in the past few years. She came across a stand-out quote: "I don't want to be known for floating around and just going to parties,"

Australian book reviewsBooksReviewDown’s second novel solicits the kind of emotional investment in her protagonist that books like A Little Life or Shuggie Bain lobbied for When musician Liz Phair sang her 1991 song, Fuck and Run, I couldn’t help wondering at the irony of her choral lament – “Fuck and run, fuck and run / even when I was 12” – lyrics that claimed something akin to agency in a situation which, read a certain way, could be considered exploitative.

Guatemala This article is more than 3 months oldGuatemala president-elect’s supporters block roads to protest party suspensionThis article is more than 3 months oldDemonstrations surge after court upheld suspension of Bernardo Arévalo’s party over alleged voter registration fraud Thousands of protestors have blocked roads across Guatemala in surging demonstrations to support the president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo, after the country’s highest court upheld a move by prosecutors to suspend his political party over alleged voter registration fraud.

Coffee This article is more than 10 months old‘It went down smoother’: Starbucks’ olive oil coffee approved in MilanThis article is more than 10 months oldCompany’s CEO credits idea to mix classic Italian tastes to a daily ritual he adopted on a trip to Sicily Starbucks launches extra virgin olive oil-infused coffee Starbucks is once again daring to challenge Italy’s sacred coffee-drinking tradition by blending the beverage with another of the country’s revered food items: olive oil.

Lindsay Lohan This article is more than 13 years oldLindsay Lohan 'sacked from Linda Lovelace film'This article is more than 13 years oldDirector of Inferno says he was forced to dismiss actor, who was due to play 70s porn star in biopicLindsay Lohan has reportedly been sacked from the role of Linda Lovelace in a forthcoming biopic of the 70s porn star. Matthew Wilder, director and screenwriter of Inferno, said on his Facebook page at the weekend that he had been forced to dismiss the actor due to her ongoing travails.

One to watchPop and rockHer nihilistic college homework songs were a TikTok hit. Now, the Californian’s new double EP contemplates the ‘fantastic horror of having a mind’ Penelope Scott is the kind of artist who brings the end of the world even into her love songs. “Planets hit planets, it doesn’t matter,” she notes blithely on Time of My Life, reeling off various doomsday scenarios over a syrupy clarinet hook.

Russia This article is more than 1 year oldSister of oligarch Alisher Usmanov removed from EU sanctions listThis article is more than 1 year oldSaodat Narzieva was added to the list in April, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine The sister of the oligarch and former Arsenal football club shareholder Alisher Usmanov has been removed from the EU’s sanctions list, which was compiled in response to the war in Ukraine. Usmanov’s sister, Saodat Narzieva, was among a number of relatives of Russian officials and oligarchs added to the list in April.

Emergency planning This article is more than 8 months oldUK emergency alert test: Three looking into why users failed to get textThis article is more than 8 months oldNetwork’s users report en masse that SMS, accompanied by piercing 10-second tone, never arrived UK emergency alert test: live updates The mobile network Three said it was investigating why many of its users failed to receive an emergency alert from the government, the first nationwide test for the UK’s new national warning system.