East Midlands health alert issued as temperatures head towards 30C
The UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) has said the July heat could pose a risk to people who are vulnerable
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Farewell to Geoff Mumford, a genuine pioneer of brewing
Death of popular brewer who, with Bruce Wilkinson, launched a microbrewery decades before the boom in them
Reuse shop to return to Derby’s Raynesway tip this summer
The council run "reuse" shop is set to return this summer, giving you a chance to help reduce the impact on the environment and find some bargains.
Mustard: Faith in a Mustard Seed review – lacking in spice
(10 Summers/BMG)The fourth album from Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us producer features cloying love songs, odes to Mom and thanks to GodWhen Jesus told his followers to have “faith the size of a mustard seed” he was partly thinking ahead to the career of LA hitmaker Dijon Isaiah McFarlane, whose 2014...
Weather alert: UK to experience hottest day of the year as temperatures hit 31C
The UK will see the hottest day of the year so far next week as a 30C heatwave is set to roast the country
Thom Gunn by Michael Nott review – sex, drugs and San Francisco
A sensitive account of the poet’s wild life on the West Coast The subtitle of this biography alludes to a line from Hardy that& Thom Gunn used as the epigraph for his last collection, Boss Cupid: “Well, it’s a cool queer tale.” Gunn’s life was cool and queer in the way that we use those epithets now...
Raphael Rogiński: Žaltys review | Jude Rogers' folk album of the month
(Unsound)This searching, soulful release conjures up the spirit of summers spent by the lake and in the forestNamed after a Lithuanian snake spirit that supposedly brings families health and prosperity, Polish guitarist Raphael Rogiński’s hypnotic new album is filled with the heat and light of summe...
Crack Cloud: Red Mile review – aggressively tuneful rock about life’s big questions
(Jagjaguwar)The Canadian indie-garage-rockers take the mickey out of pop, punk and the stories we tell ourselves, but strong feeling outweighs the cynicismTrite metaphors, tortured similes and outright cliches are, ahem, ten a penny in today’s pop lyrics – so how refreshing to have Zach Choy, bandle...
‘In all those movies about childhood, I never saw someone who looked like me’: Sean Wang on his debut, Dìdi
The director explains how a desire to transcend race and immigrant identity led to his semi-autobiographical tale of an angst-ridden Taiwanese American teenage skater and an Oscar-nominated short about his grandmothersSean Wang is jet-lagged. He has been up since 4am after arriving in London late th...
The Hound Dog in Derby closes after 'losing money hand over fist' despite crowds
The ambitious city centre venture attracted crowds of punters but struggled to sell enough drinks from the bar
One of Derby's most popular Jazz clubs closes its doors after 'losing money hand over fist'
The popular Jazz Club the Hound Dog had to close it's doors three weeks ago, we spoke to the late owner to understand why
Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good by Eley Williams review – intriguing short stories without neat endings
A fascination with words and symbols provides a unifying theme in this richly ambiguous collection of short stories A courtroom artist sees the features of her date in the face& of a defendant. A woman stranded on the pavement when her office’s automatic doors refuse to open& finds her attention dra...
TV tonight: Paris and the Seine star in the Olympics opening ceremony
France pulls out all the stops for the start of the Games. Plus another perilous rescue in the Lake District. Here’s what to watch this evening5.45pm, BBC One One hundred years since the games were last held there, Paris is hosting the greatest sports tournament in the world for a third time – and...
The secret parts of Birmingham you never knew existed
Places like Metchley Roman Fort, Sutton Park Roman Road and Lawley Middleyway Viaducts are all hiding secrets
‘Sublime eternal love exists within each one of us’: David Lynch on music, friendship and life’s biggest mystery
The director, along with his collaborator Chrystabell explain – or try to – their new album Cellophane Memories and the magical marriage of music and film‘Where we’re from,” says The Man from the Other Place in David Lynch’s TV series Twin Peaks, “there’s always music in the air.” The line concerns...