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Perched on the edge of an expensively upholstered booth in a central London restaurant, Allie X – dressed like Wednesday Addams’s older sister in a crushed black velvet dress and round glasses – is rattling off the C-word with giddy abandon. Her latest single, the camp, synth-slathered 80s throwback Off With Her Tits, has just landed on streaming platforms after days of hyperbolic teasing and she’s feeling “unhinged”.“I’m being really cocky about it, like: ‘This is the best song I’ve ever written,’” she laughs, having…

My earliest reading memoryWhen I was in junior school I used to read every night in bed before going to sleep. I had a little bookcase in my bedroom that I filled with the Biggles adventures by WE Johns and Agatha Christie novels. My mum was happy to buy me books. She always said that a house without books is a house without a soul. The initial appeal of these books was that they were short, but they took me to some wonderful places and added a splash of excitement to my life.My favourite book growing upI was around 10…

Image: Getty Images/iStockphotoIt's well known that ransomware attacks are one of the most significant cybersecurity challenges facing the world today, and often the financial impact on victims is the most obvious and most discussed consequence. But that's far from the only cost. The Ransomware Harms and the Victim Experience project by the Royal United Service Institute (RUSI) and the University of Kent looks to explore and draw attention to the psychological harms and other affects that ransomware can have on its…

Six “hugely compelling and vividly realised global stories” have been shortlisted for the 4thWrite prize.The prize, which is run by the Guardian and publisher 4th Estate, is a short story competition for unpublished writers of colour.This year’s shortlisted stories explore a mother-daughter relationship, a domestic child worker in Pakistan and a physics professor whose psyche splits in two.Kishani Widyaratna, editorial director at publisher 4th Estate, and a judge on this year’s prize, said the stories “are hugely…

The three members of Paramore are feeling their age. Recently, they shot a video for their comeback single, This Is Why, and the jagged, brash song wreaked havoc on their joints. “It’s not even a performance-heavy video and I’m still sore,” says frontwoman Hayley Williams, 33. As they appear over Zoom from their period Los Angeles rental one September morning, the band are on the brink of their first proper day back at work in four years. Straight after we speak, they start rehearsals for their October tour. They have…

Friends Star Lisa Kudrow Reveals Having Body Dysmorphia While Filming The Show(Photo Credit–Instagram) Friends star Lisa Kudrow admitted that she experienced body image issues after seeing herself on screen with co-stars Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox. The 90s had seen a wave of sitcoms released, but nothing encaptured the audience like shown on the six New Yorkers. In May last year, the group, which also consists of David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, and Matthew Perry, celebrated the ten years they…

In his keynote speech at the United Nations headquarters on the occasion of Nelson Mandela International Day, Prince Harry revealed the moment he realised Meghan is his soulmate Prince Harry with wife Meghan Markle Prince Harry is in New York to deliver a keynote speech at the United Nations headquarters on the occasion of Nelson Mandela International Day on Monday. In his speech, he revealed that he realised Meghan Markle was…