Atomic Number 76

Europe’s surprise new fine dining destination

While Budapest may be primarily known for its architecture, geothermal springs and communist heritage, the city’s gastronomy scene has been gaining considerable travel attention in recent years.

U.S. Senator: GOP Is Turning Into Russia’s ‘Most Important Global Asset’

Chris Murphy calls out GOP for using Moscow’s conspiracy theories to defend Trump.

Shop these gaming laptops if you spot a good Cyber Monday deal

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Deaths of K-pop stars put focus on mental health taboos in South Korea

Toxic mix of misogyny and view of mental illness as a failure is ruining lives beyond music industry

Only a few years ago, Sulli and Goo Hara were at the height of their powers, two K-pop stars whose talents had brought them fame across Asia. But in the space of six weeks, both women died.

Sulli, 25, took her own life in October after years of online abuse. Her close friend Goo, 28, had just…

Knives Out review – a deliciously entertaining whodunnit

Rian Johnson’s homage to Agatha Christie delivers laughs, twists and thrills with aplomb

Describing his thrillingly playful attitude toward genre cinema, writer/director Rian Johnson once told me that he loved the “slightly meta conversation it opens between you and the viewer” – the way that a shared set of ground rules can be assumed and then subverted. That’s been a feature of Johnson’s career…

Cyber Monday mattress deals you can shop a day early

If your bed doesn’t feel comfortable after eight hours of Black Friday shopping, that’s when you know you need a new mattress.

It’s true that mattress sales are usually their best on three-day holiday weekends like Labor Day or Memorial Day. But many online mattress retailers are catching up, and the fact that most of the best-rated mattressesnow ship in a box means that testing them in a store…

As Nato turns 70, can this feuding global family patch things up?

Fundamental rifts could lead to more melodrama when world leaders gather in Watford

It’s shaping up as the birthday party from hell. The Germans and east Europeans are angry with the French. The French are angry with the Turks and the Americans. Donald Trump is angry with almost everyone. And the British hosts just wish it was all over.

Welcome to the 70th anniversary celebrations of the North…

Goodbye Leia: Carrie Fisher’s journey from film star to ‘savage’ writer

In an extract from her biography, Sheila Heller recounts how the actor’s confessional writing broke the Hollywood mold

In the early spring of 1985, Carrie Fisher suffered an overdose of tranquilizers and was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center by two friends, one a doctor, David Kipper, and one a writer, Carol Caldwell; they pumped her stomach and saved her life. Her brush with death led to…

Thousands in Hong Kong praise Trump with ‘Thanksgiving’ rally as more protests loom

‘We really appreciate the effort made by Americans,’ says one protester, as city braces for another weekend of protest

Thousands of protesters in Hong Kong, some draped in American flags, have staged a “Thanksgiving” rally in the heart of the city after the approval by Donald Trump of human rights legislation aimed at protecting them.

“The rationale for us having this rally is to show our…

The Nightingale review – gut-churning colonial rape-revenge drama

In Jennifer Kent’s follow-up to The Babadook, set in 19th-century Tasmania, an Irishwoman seeks payback after being brutally gang-raped by British troops

Jennifer Kent is the Australian actor-turned-director who in 2014 made a sensational feature debut with her cult horror classic The Babadook, about a child’s haunted storybook. Now she has switched modes to a more obviously brutal and…

How the world’s demand for palm oil is driving deforestation in Indonesia

Arsenal sack Unai Emery with Ljungberg taking over as caretaker – live!

Freddie Ljungberg takes over in interim as Emery axedPremier League: 10 things to look out for this weekendAnd feel free to email Dave or post below the line

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It hasn’t worked out for Unai Emery but Aston Villa boss Dean Smith is having a blast.

Just hours after Emery’s sacking from Arsenal, boyhood Villa fan Smith penned a new four-year contract at the midlands club. Here’s what he…

Here are all the best Black Friday air fryer deals live now

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Bella Pro Series 10.5-quart digital air fryer — $89.99 (list price $149.99)