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GuardianSep 26Preview

The moment I knew: My late fiance’s favourite song was playing – and Billy said ‘Jamie’s here, isn’t that nice?’

After the death of his partner, Anthony Nocera had almost given up on love. Then Billy walked through the doorFind more stories from the moment I knew seriesIn 2024, about 18 months after my fiance Jamie passed away, I decided I was lonely and horny and so put myself out there on the apps. I’d placed Jamie’s ashes on the TV cabinet in the living room, so he was smack bang in the middle of his two favourite places: his spot on the couch and his coffee machine. It also meant he was in the centre of the house, which made dating hard.I had a guy over for a hook-up one night and he kept fixating on the urn. “So … He’s dead?” Continue reading...

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GuardianSep 25Preview

Taylor Swift: The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore review – flashes of humanity and bafflingly vindictive love songs

(Republic)This four-track addition to a critically maligned album works hard to remind fans what they love about Swift, with some sweet highs and galling lowsOne downside of turning your release strategies into scavenger hunts and layering clues within your work is that it invites enormous amounts of scrutiny about your potential motive. When Taylor Swift announced an expanded edition of last year’s critically maligned The Life of a Showgirl this week, subtitled The Encore, many fans instantly suspected one of two things: that it was designed to remind Grammy members of Showgirl’s existence during their voting period to determine next year’s nominees, or to oust country ingenue Ella Langley from her record-breaking US No 1 run.If that sounds cynical, it’s also worth remembering that when Swift announced Showgirl last year, she said that unlike her previous album, The Tortured Poets Depar

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