Stuart Heritage

6 days ago | theguardian.com | Stuart Heritage

First the bad news: this week the United States Food and Drug Administration recalled 4,515 cases of Yellowstone Brown Sugar Molasses Baked Beans after discovering that it did not disclose the presence of soy, an allergen that can have severe to fatal effects on sensitive consumers, in its ingredients. Shoppers from 23 US states are being urged to return their beans in exchange for a full refund. But the good news is, you can get Yellowstone baked beans. How amazing is that?

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Stuart Heritage

For some years now, putting “Phoebe Waller-Bridge” and “Amazon” together in a sentence would only provoke feelings of sadness and disappointment. After all, in 2019 Waller-Bridge signed (and re-signed, and re-signed again) a $20m-a-year deal to develop shows for the platform, without a single project ever making it to screen. But that ends now. On Thursday, Amazon Prime Video will release Octopus!, a two-part documentary about some octopuses, narrated by none other than Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

1 week ago | airmail.news | Stuart Heritage

Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and gird yourself for the investment opportunity of a lifetime! Do you love music? Culture? Notoriety? Do you thrive on the sort of relentless negative public opinion that would drive most sane people into a permanent state of hiding? Do you remain awake at night, salivating at the prospect of being remembered for all eternity as one of the most brazen hucksters ever to walk the earth?

1 week ago | thetimes.com | Stuart Heritage

Few places on earth are quite as beautiful as Wales. When you visit Wales, you will find yourself captivated by its wild coastline and rugged mountains. You also find yourself wishing you'd packed a cagoule, because a big part of visiting Wales involves getting rained on relentlessly. And this is proving to be a problem. Although tourism brings £3.8 billion to the local economy each year, in 2024 a number of Welsh businesses reported that visitor numbers were down because the weather was so bad.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Stuart Heritage

20. Red One (2024)Dwayne Johnson is about to violently switch gears. His next films include a Benny Safdie drama about an MMA fighter battling addiction and a true-crime drama produced by Martin Scorsese. The reason for this abrupt handbrake turn towards grownup film-making seems to be Red One; a duff Christmas action film.