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We are now just about two months away from Election Day in the American midterms cycle that will take place on the 3rd of November, 2026. I am seriously waiting in intense anticipation of what exactly may or may not happen now and into the future. The highly varied Senate battlefield is sprawling and scattered. It is even stretching deep into areas that have traditionally been staunch Donald Trump territory. All of this uncertainty really matters.

The White House has launched an online arcade where players can fly a bald eagle, sort school lunches and, rather unusually, deport immigrants. The official White House website now features five playable browser games under its new “ARCADE” section. Among them are Build the Wall and Rio Run, two games centred on the Trump administration’s approach to immigration and border security. Build the Wall is about as the name suggests.

Warning: this obviously spoils the plot of the movie (if you’ve not already seen it by now…) La La Land became iconic for the feel-good effect it has on its audience. The rom-com movie was released August 31, 2016, so many of us remember watching it in high school for the first time. Most people sob or honour this movie as one of the classic original rom-coms alongside The Notebook (2004), How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days (2003), Pretty Women (1990) etc.

“I think Stirling is going to be another fabulous stop on the journey of Radio 2 in the Park.” Radio 2 In The Park is rapidly approaching its Scottish debut in the shadow of Stirling Castle, to be watched over by the ghosts of ancient Scottish history who must surely have questions – why bring this festival to Stirling’s City Park? OJ Borg comes with answers. Mary Queen of Scots may never have had the chance to listen to Chaka Khan, but BBC Radio 2 presenter OJ Borg most certainly has.

Bellina Logan has made her Edinburgh Fringe debut with her original and moving one-woman show Confessions of a Mulatto Love Child, which explores her life of growing up biracial with her charismatic, larger-than-life English mother, and the later struggles from her mother’s memory loss.

It has been announced today that acclaimed British actor Tim Curry passed away yesterday, 25 August, at his home in Los Angeles, aged 80. Having decided to begin a career in acting after witnessing Dame Judi Dench’s performance as Sally Bowles in Cabaret, it is clear that Curry always had a taste for the eccentric. He burst into the acting world in the 1968 production of Hair on the West End, where he met his co-star Richard O’Brien, writer and star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

If you ever wondered what would happen if reality TV stars had to survive a zombie outbreak this is the show for you. The Real Housewives of the Zombie Apocalypse is a camp and seriously entertaining show to see. The original musical from Clydebuilt Theatre brings the horrors of a zombie apocalypse and the comedy and out of touchness of housewives. This mix of themes makes out for a hilarious show.

Where should we draw the line at dark humour? Geoffrey Asmus walks the tightrope with American confidence; he’s hilarious in a way that makes you laugh at the floor for fear of being seen by, perhaps, a parent or a teacher. Great fun in good company, but fit for a UK audience? It’s certainly subjective. Deep in the belly of Monkey Barrel, Geoffrey Asmus has launched his Fringe show Patriautism to, in his perspective, slightly reluctant UK audiences.

When the advertisement for Nun Slut dropped into my inbox in the run-up to the Fringe, I knew it was a show that simply couldn’t be missed – and I was right. The title operates on a pleasant level of shock factor, with enough ambiguity to encourage curiosity over rejection. An effective method to get people through the door – and once that door is closed, there’s no leaving as an hour of skillful, if slightly intimidating, clowning ensues.

This play contains themes of sexual assault, political themes, and finding yourself after trauma. “Otuz bir” literally meaning 31 is a slang word used when talking about masturbation in Turkiye. Otuz Bir is about a turkish woman called Deniz. Deniz has been with her boyfriend Emir for four years. He believes that they have a good time under the sheets. However, that has never been the case. Deniz does not know what she likes because she has never touched herself before.