NextUp’s Biggest Award in Comedy announces 2025 nominees

Home Shows Venues Features Reviews Recommended Awards Info Wednesday 13th August 2025, 12:00pm Streaming platform NextUp have announced the longlist of nominees for their annual Edinburgh Fringe competition, The Biggest Award in Comedy. The following acts have been selected by NextUp members and their panel of scouts: Ada & Bron …

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Royal once dubbed one of the ‘hottest unknown princes’ is celebrated by the Greek Royal Family as he turns 25

The Greek Royal Family celebrated Prince Achileas-Andreas’ 25th birthday on Tuesday, with his parents and siblings sharing touching messages on social media. Achileas-Andreas, who recently graduated from New York University, is the third child of Crown Prince Pavlos of and Marie-Chantal Miller. He is one of five children; his siblings include …

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Edy Hurst announces Edinburgh Fringe Witch Trials 2025

Wednesday 13th August 2025, 11:36am Edy Hurst, Ingenious Fools and Liebenspiel Productions have joined forces to “discover, once and for all, who shall be named the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s favourite fictional Witch of 2025”. Performers and audiences alike are invited to help decide which witch witches the best from the …

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Royal Navy flexes its military muscles in show of strength to China as HMS Prince of Wales joins fleet of warships from US, Japan and Australia in northern Philippine Sea

Britain’s mighty aircraft carrier strike group has flexed its muscles in a show of strength to China during a major series of military drills with American, Japan and Australia.  The Royal Navy’s £3.5billion flagship HMS Prince of Wales – the most powerful warship ever built by the UK – showed …

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Chinti & Parker marks 75 years of Peanuts

Chinti & Parker marks 75 years of Peanuts – Brands Untapped The range sees Charles M. Schulz’s original illustrations hand-embroided on lightweight knits and cable knits. Stay up to date with the latest news, interviews and opinions with our weekly newsletter Sign up here × …

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SpongeBob stamps add shine and security feature

Philatelic Foreword by Jay Bigalke On Aug. 1, the United States Postal Service released a playful yet innovative pane of SpongeBob SquarePants forever stamps — featuring a glossy coating applied selectively over SpongeBob’s eyes on the two yellow “face” stamps, and a few coated bubbles on the blue background stamps …

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