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Rivals season 2 review – Thrusting buttocks and heaving bosoms… Jilly Cooper’s escapist romp is back

Rivals season 2 review – Thrusting buttocks and heaving bosoms… Jilly Cooper’s escapist romp is back

Published by Daniella Wilson

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 “I like persons better than principles,” Lord Harry Wotton, the libertine mentor in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, tells his impressionable friend. “And I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.” This manifesto of decadence could well serve as the county motto for Rutshire, whose randy residents form the ensemble of Disney+’s Rivals, returning this week for its eagerly awaited second outing. In the wake of the first skirmish between Corinium Television – led by Lord Baddingham (David Tennant) – and Venturer – proposed by the ragtag trio of Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell), Declan O’Hara (Aidan Turner) and Freddie Jones (Danny Dyer) – the battle for the airwaves is heating up. “1987 is a franchise year and we are at war,” Baddingham tells his staff, as he recovers from a head injury sustained in …

Democrats romp in Wisconsin Supreme Court race, narrow Georgia margins

Democrats romp in Wisconsin Supreme Court race, narrow Georgia margins

Published by Sam Flores

University of Wisconsin-Madison master’s student Cassie Semenas casts a ballot at Lowell Center residence hall in Madison, during Wisconsin’s spring election, which included a state Supreme Court contest, April 7, 2026. Joe Timmerman | Wisconsin Watch | Getty Images Democrats romped to a 20 percentage point victory in a race for a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, while Republicans won a special election for a House seat in Georgia by a far less comfortable margin than in 2024. The elections Tuesday underscore strong headwinds for President Donald Trump and his Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, which could shift the balance of power in Washington and loosen Trump’s grip on power. Democratic-backed Appeals Court Judge Chris Taylor won a 10-year term on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, defeating conservative Appeals Court Judge Maria Lazar by roughly 20 percentage points, according to the Associated Press tally. The race was far more subdued than last year’s Supreme Court contest in Wisconsin, which turned into the most expensive state supreme court race in history after Tesla owner Elon Musk injected …