Pleasing Folk - QuikReader

'The Ballad of Wallis Island' is a crowd-pleasing folk-music comedy worth crowing about

British comedian Tim Key plays a millionaire fanboy who commands his favorite band to put on a private show, even though its singers Tom Basdan and Carey Mulligan have split

Los Angeles Times - 6d

🎥 Houston deliver precision-perfect strike to please the senses

MLS action across the weekend has, once again, delivered goals galore. But it could be the Houston Dynamo that gifted us with the best of the bunch. One-nil down on the road against Portland ...

Yahoo Sports - 3d

Dolphins' Mike McDaniel: Put me on the Nick Sirianni hot seat, please

The heat was on Eagles coach Nick Sirianni before last season. Then he won the Super Bowl. Mike McDaniel noticed.

Yahoo Sports - 2d

'Right direction' - Whing on 'improving' Barrow

Andy Whing is 'pleased' with Barrow's upturn in form but wants more from his attack to go to the next level.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

‘Please leave feedback’: how constant online reviews are changing our brains – and our lives

We live under mutual surveillance, asked to leave public ratings for every purchase, meal, taxi ride or hair appointment. What is it doing to us?. ‘Alexlilly1999* has left you feedback!” pings the ...

The Guardian - 2d

‘Coke and beer – in one glass, please’: my gut-churning search for a signature drink

Could I discover an order that would mark me out as intriguing, charming and strangely sophisticated? I spent a week trying everything from chocolate milk with rum to apple cider vinegar with ...

The Guardian - 1d

'Please don’t kill me': 15-year-old girl attacked by sea lion in Southern California

A teenager was attacked by a sea lion in Long Beach while she was trying out to become a junior lifeguard cadet.

NBC News - 1d

‘I’d been singing the wrong word for 30 years’: Deacon Blue on how they made Dignity

‘It’s become a sort of folk song. It’s played at weddings and funerals. Dundee United play it when we win. I’ve met people who’ve told me, “I was a worker for the council for 20 years” – just like ...

The Guardian - 2d

'Don't you have friends to go with?': the stigma and joy of a table for one | Emma Gannon

Solo dining is a sign of unhappiness, a new report claims. I’ll tell you why I think that’s nonsense – but please don’t pull up a chair. I once told a colleague that I was going to Amsterdam on a ...

The Guardian - 3d

K. Thuram: Juventus ‘fight’ racism, my brother Marcus ‘proud’ of me

Juventus midfielder Khephren Thuram says his brother Marcus, an Inter striker, is ‘proud’ of him and is pleased that the Bianconeri often talk about the best way to ‘fight racism.’The France m...

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Poor Prince Harry: what to do when someone close to you publicly trashes an institution you love? | Marina Hyde

As claims pile up about the charity he founded, he’s learning that smiling and biting your lip can be quite painful. Hear, hear, as the Windsors might say. Straight faces, please, as we try to look ...