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The Irish Sun
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Love Island All Star flogs her wardrobe on Vinted – with items priced from a tenner
A LOVE Island pocket rocket has got fans in a fashion frenzy after shifting her old wardrobe on Vinted. The bombshell has put some of her pre-worn clothes on the selling site - with some items going for as cheap as chips. Advertisement 9 Kady McDermott is selling off her second hand clobber Credit: Rex 9 The reality TV star is flogging her second hand clothes for a great price Credit: Vinted 9 Love Island's Kady's wardrobe is up for sale on Vinted Credit: Vinted 9 Pink sports leggings are up for grabs for a tenner Credit: Vinted She told followers on social media: "Shop my Vinted," along with an array of pictures of dresses, trousers, tops, sportswear, heels, trainers, shoes, occasionwear and ski gear. The former Towie star's for sale collection includes pink MyProtein size 6 leggings for £10 and a size 8 Distressed Denim Mini Dress from H:ours for £55. Amongst other penny-pinching steals, there's a size 8 Metallic Drape Bandeau Mini Dress for £190 from Retrofête and a size 8 Pretty Little Thing Distressed Faux Leather Biker Racer Jacket for £12. Advertisement Read more There's an XS Six Stories White Trouser Suit going for £60 and a Lavish Alice Rose Pink Dress, which has never been worn and has its original tags, size 6 for £50. The star is giving half the profit from threads sold towards a charity close to her heart, Brain Tumour Research. Kady wrote on the charity website: "Nan was the rock of our family… by the time they confirmed it was a brain tumour, there was nothing anyone could do…" She continued: "She was the best nan ever. My dad wasn't around when I was growing up so it was like I had two mums. Advertisement Most read in Love Island Exclusive "Nan lived close by and used to pick me up from school and make cakes for me and my brother Keenan and sister Kirsty. I remember her feeding us until we could hardly move! She was the perfect cook. "Growing up, I was really close to her and would probably tell Nan more about what was going on in my life than Mum. She was always on my side." Kady McDermott SPLITS from millionaire boyfriend & makes brutal 'you can't change bad morals' swipe She admitted: "Apart from a bit of a family history of migraines, which I suffer from too, everyone is pretty fit and healthy in my family. To be honest, I never thought serious illness could happen to us." Kady's official account splits 50% of the profit donated to The Brain Tumour Research Charity - and is run by her management team. Advertisement It reads: "No refunds. Always posted within time frame. Happy shopping." This comes after Kady has confirmed she is back together with her millionaire ex boyfriend. The brunette beauty is back together with her on/off boyfriend millionaire Henry Simmons. Kady, 29, previously told fans Advertisement The reality star, who luxury holiday in the Maldives. Former Towie star in September last year. - who originally appeared in the second series of Love Island - made waves in the recent All Stars by having an almighty falling out with fellow contestant Mitch Taylor. The Love Island's season 10 contestants went head to head with Mitch accusing Kady of . Advertisement 9 The brunette is selling her pieces with half going to charity Credit: Vinted 9 The dress, as worn by Kady, is up for £19O on Vinted Credit: Vinted 9 Kady's PLT jacket is for sale for a cracking bargain Credit: Vinted 9 Kady is selling her clothes for a steal and some pricier items Credit: Vinted Advertisement 9 The Love Island All Stars contestant even has unworn clothes on offer Credit: Vinted
Scotsman
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Theatre reviews: Nan Shepherd: Naked and Unashamed
Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Nan Shepherd – Naked and Unashamed, Pitlochry Festival Theatre ★★★★ Meme Girls, Oran Mor, Glasgow ★★★★ Since she first appeared on a Scottish £5 banknote in 2016, interest in the 20th-century Scottish writer Nan Shepherd has soared. Her restoration to national fame, almost 90 years after the success of her first novel The Quarry Wood, turned out to be timely, as readers began to rediscover both her passionate connection with a natural world now increasingly under threat, and the story of her life as a young woman in a male-dominated literary world. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Susan Coyle and Adam Buksh in Nan Shepherd Naked and Unashamed – Photo by Tommy Ga-Ken Wan It was therefore a fine moment, last year, for Firebrand Theatre and Pitlochry Festival Theatre to launch their studio show Nan Shepherd – Naked And Unashamed. Co-written by Firebrand founders Ellie Zeegen and Richard Baron, the play features just two actors, and offers an 80-minute journey through Nan Shepherd's life in flashback form. When it appeared at Pitlochry in 2024, it attracted such a strong positive response that it has now been revived, with a new cast, for another short studio run. Sign up to our FREE Arts & Culture newsletter at So this year, actors Susan Coyle and Adam Buksh lead us through Nan's story, settling briefly in 1981, the year of her death, before leading us through some key turning points in her life, including her early success as part of a radical literary generation that also included Neil Gunn, Hugh MacDiarmid and Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad In a sense, the sheer popularity and emotional power of Baron and Zeegen's play is difficult to analyse; the play sometimes seems almost more like a lecture than a piece of drama, as – in fairly traditional style – it packs in a tremendous amount of information about this remarkable woman, and the age of war and cultural radicalism through which she lived. Yet there's something about the play's insistent loving care for a neglected part of Scotland's cultural history, and about the open, shining character of Nan herself, that makes this tale of her struggles and successes both deeply absorbing and profoundly touching, not least in its tender use of a now old-fashioned form of middle-class Scots. And in this new staging, both Coyle as Nan, and Buksh as all the men who cross her path, deliver the story with impressive skill and passion; with Coyle's Nan truly touching the heart, as a woman of sparkling wit and joy whose sense of humour endured to the last, and who now – in a final irony – finds herself immortalised on our banknotes in a 'Nordic princess' pose she adopted for a laugh, using a discarded strip of film, during what she intended as a much more serious photo-shoot. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Meme Girls Andy McGregor's latest Play, Pie And Pint mini-musical also involves a generation of young Scottish women struggling for creative expression; but in Meme Girls, the time is now, and the play features two teenage heroines growing up in the Clyde coast town of Largs. Jade is a doctor's daughter with a real gift for songwriting, while bestie Clare has had a much tougher life; and together, they begin to navigate the world of online media, performing Jade's songs, and trying to build up a following on YouTube. Their work fails to go viral, though; and after a wild night at a party leads to Clare achieving an instant online fame that has nothing to do with music, their creative and personal relationship begins to fall apart.
The Herald Scotland
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Review: Nan Shepherd: Naked and Unashamed, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The quiet renaissance of Nan Shepherd has been a wonder over the last few years. Once neglected to the point of being erased from the twentieth century canon of Scottish letters, the belated publication of Aberdeenshire born Shepherd's masterpiece, The Living Mountain, a personal memoir of the great outdoors that had lain unread in a draw for thirty years, tapped into a readership who similarly felt the transcendent nature of being alive with the hills. These days, Shepherd is rightly held up as great a writer as her peers, and her image can be found on the back of a Scottish five-pound note. Richard Baron and Ellie Zeegen's studio-sized play rifles through Shepherd's back pages for this dramatic homage that attempts to get to the heart of Shepherd while acting as something of a primer to those perhaps unaware of her life and work. Read more: Flitting back and forth through assorted time zones between 1901 and 1981, Baron's recast revival of his production of his and Zeegen's script after premiering in 2024 opens with Nan the child being introduced to the wonders of nature by her father. This sets the tone for a skip through Nan's life as a schoolteacher, her unconventional amour with philosopher John Macmurray and her relationship with the literary scene of her day, her overdue rediscovery by an American journalist, and her final days in Woodend Hospital, Aberdeen. With Adam Buksh playing all the men in this co-production between Pitlochry Festival Theatre and the Borders based Firebrand Theatre Company, his assorted characters are but feeds for the play's leading lady. Nan is duly played by Susan Coyle with guts and gusto that embodies Nan's passion, freethinking libertine spirit and wilful individualism in the face of artistic neglect. The result over the play's seventy-five minutes is a love letter to Shepherd that can only help her work to be discovered in pastures new.
Metro
28-05-2025
- Metro
I thought I'd been punched - but three strangers had stabbed me
'I think I've been stabbed.' I didn't think I'd utter those words, but in 2020, walking back to my nan's house after her funeral, I was headed towards an underpass when three strangers appeared out of nowhere and attacked me. There was a blow to the back of my head, then another to my back causing me to stumble forwards. Luckily, I had enough of my wits about me to grab one of my attackers by the arm and shout: 'What are you doing?' but as quick as the assault started it was over. The three men ran away. I started walking away again, dazed, dizzy and confused at what had just happened, assuming I'd been punched. And then I noticed my shirt. What had been pristine white just moments before, was now soaked with blood. From about the age of seven, my nan was my world. Mum had left when I was a baby and dad was in and out of prison, so it wasn't long before she stepped in to give my brother and I stability. Nan tended to our every need: buying our school uniforms, cooking our meals and washing our clothes. She was a strong, resilient woman and the beating heart of our family. So when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in her eighties, it was hard to watch her slowly decline. By that point I had a wife and two kids of my own and long moved out of my hometown, but I still made sure to check in often. Sadly, in early 2020 I learned that she had cancer and wasn't having treatment. She said she was ready to go. Of course that didn't make it any easier for us as a family when, in late February, she did indeed pass away – and it crushed me that I never quite made it to her bedside to say goodbye in time. But I never could have imagined what would happen on the day of her funeral. On March 27 2020, five weeks after she passed and quite early into the first lockdown, 16 of us socially distanced in a church to say goodbye. After, as we couldn't have a traditional wake, a few of us (in our bubble) decided to go to Nan's and raise a glass in her garden. I got dropped off at the shops, which were walking distance away, to pick up beer. A simple, routine, task. Instead, as I walked home, those three men turned what was already a bad day into the worst of my life. After they'd scattered a woman pulled up beside me in her car to ask if I was okay. That's the last thing I really remember. At one point I was surrounded by paramedics and police. I could hear screaming and I vaguely remember telling someone to tell my kids I love them. In hospital, I can recall a doctor saying I had internal bleeding and that I was being rushed to surgery. As they wheeled me to an operating room I caught a glimpse of my wife standing outside of A&E. I can only imagine how scared she must have been. My first memory after waking up is seeing the scar down my stomach. I burst into tears. Back then I was pretty naive about knife crime. I thought it happened to certain people and only in certain parts of the country. It didn't feel real or even possible that this could happen to me. But as I now know, knife crime can happen to anyone, anywhere, at any time. After calming me down, the doctors and police explained I'd been stabbed eight times: four times in the back (one of which had ruptured my spleen), twice in the head, once under my chest and once under my arm. I don't think I properly processed any of this. Even after I went home the numbness remained, but so did terror. It didn't matter that I was now miles away from where the attack had happened – I was terrified to leave the house, even someone knocking on the door unexpectedly was enough to make me panic. England and Wales has seen an 80% increase in knife crime in the last 10 years. According to a study compiled up to June 2024, there have been 50,973 police-recorded offences involving a knife or sharp instrument. The same study highlights that there have been 225 murders involving a knife or sharp instrument in England and Wales in the 12 months to June 2024, 78 of the victims were aged under 25, and 10 of the victims were aged under 16. Kate Brooks, producer of Coronation Street, said: 'It's vitally important to shine a light on this topic, and really show the impact knife crime has on not only the victim and their loved ones, but also the wider community. 'With the alarming statistics, we want to do anything we can as a show to combat this violent endemic. After watching this harrowing, but important story unfold, if one person thinks twice about bringing a knife to a fight, then we've achieved our aim to raise awareness.' The Ben Kinsella Trust has been working closely with the show on the storyline. You can find more information and support on knife crime by visiting their website Unsurprisingly, my mental health declined as a result and, at my lowest, I didn't see the point in carrying on. I've only managed to learn how to navigate these feelings because of my wife and kids. Even though it's been five years since the attack, and at my wife's urging I underwent therapy, I still struggle with big crowds and aggressive behaviour because I'm always afraid it could happen again. And sadly that is a very real risk as, in the year ending March 2024, there were around 50,500 offences involving a sharp instrument in England and Wales. That's an increase of 4.4% from the previous year. Even more worryingly, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 83% of homicide victims aged between 13 and 19 were killed with a sharp instrument in that same time period. More Trending What more is it going to take for the Government to take this seriously? Yes, the men who attacked me were all arrested, charged and sentenced. However they only received around seven or eight years jail time – it isn't enough considering the scars and trauma I have been left with for a lifetime. I just want to live a normal life. I don't want to have to worry about my kids being stabbed or for them to have to worry about me being hurt again. View More » We must put an end to knife crime. Because if it can happen to me, it really can happen to anyone. Do you have a story you'd like to share? Get in touch by emailing Share your views in the comments below. MORE: A stranger questioned my gender – but I'm a biological woman MORE: My stepdad thought he was constipated — two weeks later he was dead MORE: 'When I die, who will look after my special needs son?'
UPI
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
Movie review: 'Lilo & Stitch' adds irreverence, heart in live-action remake
1 of 5 | Maia Kealoha stars in "Lilo & Stitch," in theaters Friday. Photo courtesy of Disney LOS ANGELES, May 20 (UPI) -- The live-action Lilo & Stitch remake, in theaters Friday, takes more liberties with the 2002 animated film than recent remakes of The Lion King or Beauty and the Beast. The story and themes remain faithful to the original but benefit from some irreverent additions. Lilo & Stitch begins in an alien galaxy with Grand Councilwoman (voice of Hannah Waddingham) banishing Experiment 626 (voice of Chris Sanders), later known as Stitch. When 626 escapes to Earth, she assigns Pleakley (voice of Billy Magnussen) to assist 626's creator, Jumba (voice of Zach Galifianakis), in retrieving him. 626 lands on a Hawaiian island where lonely 6-year-old Lilo (Maia Kealoha) thinks he's a dog and names him Stitch. Stitch brightens Lilo's life, but causes more trouble for her already harried sister, Nani (Sydney Agudong), who is struggling with sole custody of Lilo. Converting the animated Lilo & Stitch to live-action is less of a milestone than The Jungle Book's realistically rendered animals or even The Little Mermaid's underwater scenes. Lots of movies use CGI to make aliens, and Lilo & Stitch is in good company with Star Wars, Star Trek, Guardians of the Galaxy and others. The modern grade digital aliens are the source of even more comedy than they are in the animated film. The montage of Stitch's dangerous abilities is hilarious, and other aliens are so sophisticated they make condescending asides about Earth. Live-action Lilo is a bit more rebellious, too. She cleverly sneaks into a local resort and tells hotel guests in the hot tub that she's in town for a convention. Mean girls who tease Lilo are more prominent in this version. It is apparent they lack the island spirit since they prefer store bought friendship bracelets to the ones Lilo makes herself. The new film does recreate some classic scenes, such as Lilo's feeding sandwiches to the fish and her love of Elvis records. New set pieces animate Stitch causing chaos at a wedding, a tiki bar and with several moving vehicles. Another new wrinkle is that Jumba and Pleakley clone human bodies, allowing Magnussen and Galifianakis to appear on screen. They get to perform slapstick scenes too, as the aliens adjust to human bodies. The pair also bring a portal gun with them and the film devises numerous sequences involving opening portals to other places. Lilo & Stitch wasn't exactly new territory when the animated film came out. It was essentially a Disneyfied version of E.T., so remaking it in live-action only brings it closer to the archetype. The value of the animated film, however, was it centering on Hawaiian culture and female protagonists. The live-action film continues this, giving roles to many Hawaiian actors. The remake finds room for some of the original cast too. Jason Scott Lee, the original voice of surfer hunk David (Kaipo Dudoit in the remake), appears as a manager at one of Nani's jobs. Tia Carrere, the original voice of Nani, now plays the social worker handling Nani's case. The original social worker, Cobra Bubbles, is still in the film. Courtney B. Vance plays him, now a full time CIA agent investigating the alien landing. Making the social worker and Cobra separate characters makes the film a bit busy, bouncing between them, Pleakley and Jumba, Nani and Lilo and Stitch, but the film is fast paced enough to keep returning to the main characters. This film also drives home that Nani is giving up college, a full scholarship no less, to care for Lilo. It is relevant, if laid on a bit thick and resolved a little too conveniently. E.T.'s legacy of friendship between a child and an alien is safe, but it doesn't own the genre. Lilo & Stitch remains more sincere than Mac and Me and more wholesome than the Transformers movies. Fred Topel, who attended film school at Ithaca College, is a UPI entertainment writer based in Los Angeles. He has been a professional film critic since 1999, a Rotten Tomatoes critic since 2001, and a member of the Television Critics Association since 2012 and the Critics Choice Association since 2023. Read more of his work in Entertainment.
