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Watch those texts! Smartphones emerging as a new way for public figures to get into hot water

Some public figures carry threats to their livelihood in the palms of their hands

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025

Steve Reich festival review – Colin Currie and the Hallé ease into the groove

The Hallé’s celebration of the 87-year-old composer, curated by percussionist Colin Currie, opened with masterly performances of his intricate works, including the shimmeringly beautiful Music for Ensemble and Orchestra

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2024

The week in classical: Manchester Classical; Alice Sara Ott and Friends: Quartet for the End of Time – review

The Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, Manchester Camerata and Manchester Collective join forces in an enticing new weekender for their home city. Elsewhere, breathless, barefoot revelations with Messiaen

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2023

Carlson calls McCarthy Dem "puppet"

Leaked audio shows McCarthy calling for GOPers to be kicked off Twitter for putting other members "in jeopardy"

Salon · Apr 27, 2022

Did NYT reporters withhold scoops?

Times reporters accused of sitting on "explosive" reporting for months to "profit handsomely" from book sales

Salon · Apr 26, 2022

Biden adviser called progressive Democrat ‘Squad’ ‘f***ing idiots’, new book claims

Biden aide Cedric Richmond lashed out at the ‘Squad’ after a progressive climate group attacked him for accepting campaign donations from fossil fuel companies

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2022

‘You have to call and ask me nicely’: Trump refused to release disaster aid unless governors grovelled for it, new book reveals

In This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future , authors Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns report Mr Trump demanded sycophancy from governors who needed aid for their states beyond what has previously been revealed

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2022

Details emerge of Republican leaders’ fury at Trump after Jan 6: ‘I’ve had it with this guy’

‘What he did is unacceptable. Nobody can defend that and nobody should defend it’

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2022

Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation vote is ‘making history’, says senator – as it happened

The Senate judiciary committee meets today, beginning a week expected to conclude with the confirmation of the first black female supreme court justice

The Guardian - US · Apr 4, 2022

Biden finds Murdoch ‘most dangerous man in the world’, new book says

The Fox News owner was also dubbed ‘one of the most destructive forces in the US’ by the president

The Guardian - US · Apr 4, 2022