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Richard Gadd explains ‘complicated’ scene in intense new BBC show Half Man

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd has said he wanted to leave viewers with complicated feelings over a sex scene that transpires in the first episode of his intense new BBC/HBO drama, Half Man. The actor and writer is returning to screens two years after his Netflix series – based on his own traumas and experience of being stalked while struggling as a comedian – became an global hit. Gadd, 36, stars in Half Man opposite Jamie Bell, with Mitchell Robertson and Stuart Campbell playing younger versions of their characters, Ruben and Niall. The show, which Gadd created and wrote, follows a pair of estranged “brothers” who are reunited on Niall’s wedding day, when Ruben turns up unexpectedly. The series then proceeds to flash back to their time as teenagers in the Eighties, who meet after their mums begin dating. In one …

Richard Gadd explains unsettling sex scene in new drama Half Man

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The Film From 1969 That Explains Contemporary America

Published by Sam Flores

The best thing I watched in the past year was an epically long movie about retired militants, but it wasn’t One Battle After Another, the Oscar winner for Best Picture. It was The Sorrow and the Pity, a four-hour documentary from 1969 about life in Nazi-occupied France. Reviewing the film in The Atlantic in 1972, David Denby called it “one of the greatest documentaries ever made,” and that remains true. What makes the film so effective is not how it looks at the Germans, a spectral presence, but how it chronicles the way that many ordinary citizens simply lived their lives as if nothing had changed. The director Marcel Ophuls, who died last year at 97, explores collaboration and resistance through the lens of a small city, Clermont-Ferrand. It’s about an hour from Vichy, where the Nazis established a puppet government headed by the World War I hero Philippe Pétain. Pétain’s former protégé Charles de Gaulle fled to Britain, coordinated resistance to the Nazis, and returned to lead a free France. The idea that the …

The UK is alarmingly unprepared for the threats it faces – security expert explains why

Published by Sam Flores

Lord Robertson, former UK defence secretary and Nato chief, has said that the UK’s national security is “in peril”. He is right. There is no secret about what the threats are. In addition to the woeful news from the Middle East and Ukraine every day, stories of sabotage, hacking, Russian reconnaissance of undersea cables and the testing of the UK’s defensive reactions keep coming. The country’s leaders need to spell out what these threats mean for the UK. They must also be honest about our minimal defensive capabilities. Russia arguably does not have the capacity or intent to launch a ground invasion of the UK. Yet if tensions were to escalate, Russia certainly has the capacity to attack the UK by air and sea. Its long-range bombers routinely test the limits of UK airspace and perform targeting runs for air-launched cruise missiles. The UK has little in the way of land-based anti-aircraft and anti-missile defences. Most of what we have is ship and aircraft based. This has the advantage of mobility, but as we saw …

Solar panels won’t slash energy bills on their own – an expert explains how to maximise savings

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Energy bills in the UK are still expected to rise in the coming months, putting more pressure on household budgets despite the shaky ceasefire in the Gulf. Meanwhile, use of solar power is growing across the UK, achieving 22 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity from nearly 2 million installations, by February 2026. In March, solar panel sales in the UK rose sharply, with one renewable energy firm reporting a 54% increase in sales. While rooftop solar is often seen as the most effective way to reduce electricity costs , it is not an option for all households, especially those living in flats or rented homes. The UK government has plans to expand the use of solar as part of a wider focus on energy security. And it has now said plug-in solar will soon by available in the UK. These are small systems, typically around 800W, that can be installed on balconies or external walls and connected directly to a household socket, without needing an electrician. They could offer a more accessible option for households …

Flooring professional explains how to repair cracked and broken tiles

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more A leading choice for its versatility, durability and timeless appeal, tile flooring is perfectly suited to high-traffic areas, kitchens and bathrooms. Whether they’re ceramic, stone or porcelain, they blend practicality with style and can elevate your scheme from lacklustre to luxe. But what happens when signs of wear and tear set in, cracks appear, or they feel loose underfoot…. and you haven’t budgeted for new flooring? Expensive, at the best of times, especially once labour and materials are included. As Adrian Cox, managing director of Fix-A-Floor, winner of Best Innovation award 2023 at The Tile Association, and exhibitor at the Homebuilding & Renovating Show, points out, tiles which feel loose or sound hollow don’t always need replacing. White kitchen chair with blue tiled kitchen …

Euphoria’s Costume Designer Explains Why Nate Jacobs Wears So Much Bottega Veneta

Published by Jenni Sidey

Euphoria is back, perhaps for the last time. While (most of) its primary cast, now older and much more famous, has returned for the HBO hit’s third season, the series is also reinventing itself again seven years since its first season aired. The show’s eye-catching, memeable fashion and makeup, in addition to its highly quotable moments, have stood the test of time between seasons; despite being set at the fictional East Highland High School in small-town Southern California, the characters’ looks and makeup were always upping the ante. This season, which takes place five years after the last, places those same characters into a characteristically surreal version of the real world: into drug dens, McMansions, and Hollywood backlots. With that new world-building in mind, Levinson enlisted costume designer Natasha Newman-Thomas to succeed the show’s former Emmy-winning costumer Heidi Bivens, who previously tapped Newman-Thomas to work on another HBO-Levinson project: The Idol, the 2023 HBO series starring The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp. “I absolutely adore Heidi’s work on seasons one and two, and I was a …

Chagos Islands deal shelved – legal expert explains what happens next

Published by Sam Flores

The UK government has shelved legislation to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after the US government withdrew its support for the deal. Until and unless the US gives their consent, the UK will not be able to pass legislation, and the treaty between the UK and Mauritius to transfer sovereignty, signed in 2025, cannot be put into effect. This is because the agreement would require a 1966 British-American treaty on the Chagos Islands to be amended. Formal letters needed to be exchanged for this to happen, and the US will not provide theirs. The US president, Donald Trump, has changed his mind on the issue several times. While initially granting support for the deal, in January 2026, he called it an “act of great stupidity”. In February 2026, Trump told the UK on social media: “DO NOT GIVE AWAY DIEGO GARCIA!”, saying that the US might want the US-UK military base on Diego Garcia to be used in operations against Iran. Under the deal, Mauritius would allow the US and UK to access, maintain, …

Trump Calls Tiger Woods From Rehab, Melania Explains Epstein Statement

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Saturday Night Live wasted no time parodying President Donald Trump’s polarizing Easter social media post about the Iran war. The cold open kicked off with James Austin Johnson’s Trump discussing the wording of the post with Ashley Padilla’s Karoline Leavitt. “Start with, ‘Open the f-ing Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in hell.’ And then at the end, maybe throw in, ‘Praise be to Allah,’” Johnson’s Trump said, which prompted Padilla’s Leavitt to reply, “You think I should type, ‘Praise be to Allah,’ and that’s from you, the President of the United States?” “Yes, yes, Allah, you say Allah. It’s a sarcastic attack on the world’s largest religion,” he added. “They famously have a great sense of humor about that kind of stuff.” “As your press secretary, this puts me in a tough position, sir,” Padilla’s Leavitt responded. “Oh, don’t worry about that, Karoline. Like I said to Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem right before I fired them, you’re doing a terrific,” he added. Trump went on to “make some urgent phone calls” …

Labrinth Explains Why His Music Isn’t Included

Published by Daniella Wilson

A day before Euphoria‘s third season premiere on HBO, Labrinth is continuing to speak out about his fallout with the Emmy-winning drama. On Saturday, Labrinth took to his Instagram Story to share additional comments about the series, seemingly in response to creator Sam Levinson‘s recent interview with Rolling Stone, in which he called Labrinth an “incredible collaborator” and said, “I don’t know” why he left after working on the show’s first two seasons. “People will comfortably lie in this industry and still call themselves honest people. So no cap, I decided to remove whatever music I had in it,” the musician wrote. “I spoke to HBO, as far as I know, we are cool. I left because, last truth, when I work for someone, their vision is paramount to me, but I don’t let people treat me like shit.” Last month, Labrinth also expressed his frustration with his record label, Columbia, and the entertainment industry in a since-deleted Instagram post: “I’m done with this industry. Fuck Columbia [Records]. Double fuck Euphoria. I’m out. Thank you and …

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All posts tagged: Explains

Richard Gadd explains ‘complicated’ scene in intense new BBC show Half Man

Richard Gadd explains unsettling sex scene in new drama Half Man

The Film From 1969 That Explains Contemporary America

The UK is alarmingly unprepared for the threats it faces – security expert explains why

Solar panels won’t slash energy bills on their own – an expert explains how to maximise savings

Flooring professional explains how to repair cracked and broken tiles

Euphoria’s Costume Designer Explains Why Nate Jacobs Wears So Much Bottega Veneta

Chagos Islands deal shelved – legal expert explains what happens next

Trump Calls Tiger Woods From Rehab, Melania Explains Epstein Statement

Labrinth Explains Why His Music Isn’t Included