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Valheim is gearing up to release the new Mistlands update which will see a large, currently empty, biome of the game populated with new possibilities. Valheim contains the ancient sacred tree, Yggdrasil, which is currently inaccessible to players by any means. But in a teaser recently posted to the game’s Twitter page, a screenshot of a Valheim character walking on the glowing tree is seen. This is the first time the tree has been seen in the physical world of Valheim. It is currently visible in the sky, but has never…

Producing work for children “is the most sacred work we ever have”, Emma Thompson has said ahead of the world film premiere of Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical.The actor, who plays tyrannical headmistress Agatha Trunchbull in the latest adaptation of the popular children’s novel, told reporters at the opening of the London film festival that she grew up surrounded by the work of Dahl.“I read all the time. I was bullied at school, and the books that really spoke to me were the ones where there was real darkness,” Thompson…

The pandemic changed a lot of life paths, and for Barbie Beltran and chef Jose Guerrero, the lull in regular work allowed them to dream of healing the mind and body through nutrition, mediation, massage and other practices. The result is Sacred Society, a wellness bodega opening in April 2023. But before the brick-and-mortar spot opens, the team is bringing its food to the forefront. “We sat down and connected what food is and how it is sacred on the family and friend aspect, friend aspect, and the things that get our…

Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, United States. Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Who should manage public land that is sacred to Native Americans? That is the question that the United…

After almost a decade away, the American rock trio Yeah Yeah Yeahs are back with an urgent, electrifying album, Cool It Down. Front and centre as always is Karen O, 43-year-old Karen Orzolek, the band’s singer and one of the most charismatic and intriguing figures to emerge from the New York indie scene of the 2000s. She now lives in Los Angeles with the British film-maker Barnaby Clay and their seven-year-old son.Did you ever doubt you could make music again that would be up there with anything you’ve done before?I don’t…

In Laurence Sterne’s 1759 novel Tristram Shandy, the hero describes how his good-natured uncle Toby is plagued by a particularly large and annoying fly which “buzzed about his nose, and tormented him cruelly all dinner time”. Eventually he manages to catch the offending insect, but instead of killing it, he releases it out of the window.“Why should I hurt thee?” he says. “This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.” The novel’s hero is a child at the time, but this “lesson of universal good-will” leaves an…

Fans have both praised and criticised the concept of the forthcoming horror film, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey.The usually cuddly children’s character is being reinterpreted in a sinister way in Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s violent cinematic movie.Instead of the Winnie the Pooh with a jolly outlook and vibrant red t-shirt that many will be familiar with, this version of the animated bear has a dark agenda and can be seen wearing a checked shirt with suspenders.The classic children’s story character, created by AA Milne,…