Bubble

This week’s three releases include Future Islands’s “excellent” sixth album, an “ambitious and adventurous” record by Emmy the Great and “spine-tingling” work by Albanian soprano Ermonela Jaho.Future Islands: As Long As You Are “The synthesiser is a curious instrument,” said David Cheal in the FT. From the alienated soundscapes of David…

An inauspicious email arrived early last week to the office of Fermanagh GAA, asking if they would name their panel for that weekend’s Allianz League game against Clare.Such efficient administration is a matter of course, but still it irked a few in a county who were busy putting together a…

By Simon Head | October 17, 2020 10:30 am We hear a lot from the athletes who compete on “UFC Fight Island,” but not so much from the people behind the fighters. But, thanks to the UFC’s cameras, we’re given a fresh perspective of life inside the bubble in Yas…

This Monday, I arranged to meet with two friends for the first time since June. As Melbourne’s second lockdown spiralled from six weeks to nine, news singles could travel to households outside their 5km local limit to meet with one other person was the trigger. In 2019, we’d seen each…

One of the most influential dance acts of all time, Groove Armada are back with an absolute belter of an album ‘Edge Of The Horizon’, their first studio LP after a ten-year hiatus. Things sure have changed on Walton’s mountain since the crazy days of the 1990’s – Andy Cato…

With The Boys Season 2 finally in the rearview, we have plenty to discuss. Let us know what you thought of the season as a whole in the comments below, then check out our interview with actor Nathan Mitchell about Black Noir's future, our discussion with VFX supervisor Stephan Fleet…

Johannes EISELE /AFP/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Mark Yusko, the CEO and chief investment officer at Morgan Creek Capital Management, thinks the stock market is inching towards disaster. His forecast rests upon several variables including a highly…

Mark J. Terrill/Associated PressThe Los Angeles Lakers are only three wins away from their first NBA title since 2010, though it may not feel much different from the day the team arrived at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in July.Being locked inside the NBA's Bubble in Orlando, Florida…

When the series between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat starts on Wednesday night in the N.B.A. “bubble,” Doris Burke—a television analyst and sideline reporter for ESPN—will be calling the game on radio, the first woman to ever do so for the N.B.A. Finals. Burke, who played basketball at…

Brayden Point and Ondrej Palat of the Tampa Bay Lightning.From the pandemic-shortened season to the qualifying round to #BubbleLife, the 2020 NHL playoffs have been unlike anything we've ever seen. In that spirit, here's something else you don't see very often: NHL playoff all-star teams by country. The Big Six…