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Daily Record
12-06-2025
- Business
- Daily Record
Dunelm's 'luxurious' touch lamp that gives the home 'a regal touch' 50% less
Give any room in the home a lavish touch with this touch table lamp. The Dunelm summer sale is officially in full swing. With discounts across every category, it's the ultimate opportunity to spruce up the home for summer. From charming bedding sets and home décor to garden items and kitchen gadgets, the home furnishings retailer's offer has us covered for every single room in the home that needs a bit of a touch up. For those looking to add a small touch of luxury to the home, we have spotted this "luxurious" Nesa Touch Table Lamp currently on offer for half-price, as it has just been slashed from £55 to just £27.50. With its brushed gold finish and sophisticated curved feature, this may be a smaller home item, but it "makes a statement in any room" and looks much more expensive than its price both inside and outside of the sale. The fabric of the shade, which is available in velvet green, navy and cream, adds an opulent touch to the already classy-looking design, while the on/off touch function offers convenience in one simple touch. Nesa Touch Table Lamp £55 £27.50 Dunelm Buy here Product Description Whether in the bedroom, hallway or living room, this Nesa Lamp is sure to instantly transform the look of any space in the home it is placed in. Since the Dunelm lamp doesn't offer a grey shade, which some shoppers may prefer, we have spotted this Jax Chrome Dimmable Touch Table Lamp with Velvet Chrome Inner Shade at The Range for £35.99. For those whose home might prefer a more modern looking design, there is this touch table lamp at Next for £22, with a selection of colours to choose from including chic champagne gold and a dusky rose gold. As for Dunelm's Nesa Velvet Touch Lamp, it has amassed four star rating based on almost 200 reviews from homeware enthusiasts who are swooning over its "classy" design that gives the room " a regal touch". One five-star review read: "Stylishly classic table lamp. Great touch feature to operate. Gives the room quite a regal touch! Would recommend." Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. Someone else enthused: "This is just beautiful. Bought it along side the green crane bedding. It's just stunningly gorgeous. Plus the touch off and on aspect is fab. The shade of green is just delicious. If you are thinking of buying, stop thinking, just BUY IT. You will not be disappointed." A third shopper remarked: "Absolutely Thrilled with my Lamp. It's a Showstopper with the bottle green shade and touch any part of the gold centre and will light your room up. Homewares deal of the week It's time to give the home a spring refresh and Dunelm has launched its massive sale. Sometimes it's all about buying necessities for the home, and these Fifi Dining Chairs that have shoppers bagging multiple are now on offer for £31.50, down from £45, saving 30 percent off the RRP. Crafted with a solid wooden frame, these chairs can easily be paired with many different dining tables and decorated with comfy cushion. Designed with a modern curved backrest with a scallop feature, this chair would be a cute edition to any home. Currently available in apricot, blue and natural, there are chairs available for people who want to add a pop of colour to their home, as well as those who want to continue a minimalistic design. This durable seat is said to offer both style and comfort to its users, and is the ideal choice for family meals or entertaining guests. With dimensions of H 80cm x W 44cm x D 52cm, this chair will comfortably fit under a table without taking up too much space. Back to the Fifi Dining Chair, Dunelm shoppers have awarded the product a 4.5 star rating, with the vast majority of shoppers praising the chairs for their colour and how easy they are to assemble. One delighted shopper wrote: "I really love this chair! They are super comfy and they look great! They were very easy to assemble." With another shopper agreeing: "Lovely comfortable chairs! Waiting for them to come back into stock to order two more!" Buy the Fifi Dining Chairs in the Dunelm sale here. "It looks perfectly placed in my living room, I have had a lot of comments to how nice and homely it looks. It was worth the price. and would definitely recommend to buy from Dunelm." Not everyone was pleased with the quality, with some saying the velvet fabric of the shade wasn't great value. One such shopper said: "Lamp's top heavy, lampshades very tacky not worth the price. Look good online but a big let down, very disappointed !!" However, someone who was left delighted with the lamp added: "I absolutely love this lamp, it has been a very luxurious addition to our living room." Dunelm's Nesa Touch Table Lamp can be bought for half-price in the summer sale now.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Yahoo
Man injured in motorcycle crash in Albert Lea
Jun. 10—An 18-year-old man was taken to Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea Sunday evening after he reportedly crashed his motorcycle on Lakeview Boulevard near Oriole Drive. According to Albert Lea police, Austin Thomas Scott Lamp of Albert Lea sustained suspected serious injury. A witness stated Lamp and at least one other motorcycle were racing on Lakeview Boulevard in a 30 mph when Lamp lost control of the 2002 Honda VTR1000 motorcycle he was riding and crashed. No drugs or alcohol were suspected. Lamp and Cole Benson Stanek, 22, were cited for careless driving and speed.
West Australian
29-05-2025
- West Australian
Paul Michael Lamp: Heartfelt plea for support in search for missing man near Coolgardie
The devastated family of a man believed to be missing around the Coolgardie area say they will continue their search despite police efforts ending. The family of Paul Michael Lamp sent out a heartfelt plea to the community to help them continue search efforts for Mr Lamp, who has been missing since May 9, after police confirmed they had suspended their search efforts at the weekend. The 54-year-old was last seen leaving his home in Chidlow before travelling through Northam and obtaining some cash and a small amount of food. He was then seen at a business in Kalgoorlie before travelling west towards Coolgardie. His phone last pinged off a tower near Coolgardie, giving police a 1600sqkm search radius a bit south of the Great Eastern Highway as a potential location. With the help of SES, police and air wing, the area was searched before efforts were suspended on the weekend. His wife, Yasmin, broke down out the front of Coolgardie Police Station on Thursday that she 'just needed him back'. She told the Kalgoorlie Miner she was not sleeping, not eating, and their boys aged 14 and 16 were not coping. His sister, Rachael, said the father-of-two was from a big family and everyone loved him. 'If he's out there and he can hear us, the boys need him,' she said. 'Yas needs him, his nieces, his nephews, his siblings, his parents. 'If anybody has any information, please contact police and let them know.' She thanked the police, SES and community members who had already helped them in their search efforts, but asked for ongoing community support as they continue their own searches of the area and further out. Mr Lamp's brother, Joshua, said anyone with information from the area who wished to remain anonymous could reach out to the Find Paul Lamp Facebook page. WA Police Goldfields-Esperance Acting Superintendent Mick Kelly said the some areas in the search zone were 'quite dense' and only accessible by four-wheel-drive, where others were more sparse. 'But there's nothing to say that Mr Lamp has continued outside this 1600sqkm search area until we get an activation or the handset is turned back on and recharged,' he said. 'And I can say that his vehicle has not activated any ANPR cameras, our assets that alert us to positions of vehicles.' Acting Supt. Kelly said police had no suspicion of criminality in relation to Mr Lamp's disappearance, and while he was someone who enjoyed prospecting shows, there was no indication he had gone prospecting. He said the family had no understanding of why Mr Lamp was in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder or Coolgardie areas, other than the family previously coming here when he was younger. 'There's grave concerns for his welfare,' he said. 'If someone was to sight him, call police, and if he does hear or see this particular message, please reach out to your family. 'Your loved ones are hurting. They just want to know that you're safe and well. And then we can bring him home.' Mr Lamp is believed to be driving a blue Nissan Navara utility with the registration 1HNT095. He is described as being approximately 180cm tall, having tanned skin, a medium to solid build with thick, short, dark hair and brown eyes. Updated search maps and information are being added to the Find Paul Lamp Facebook page. Anyone able to help with search efforts, or who has information, is urged to message the page or phone 0405 731 750. Police can be notified on 131 444.
India Today
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
Banu Mushtaq's ‘Heart Lamp' burns bright
(NOTE: This article was originally published in the India Today issue dated May 19, 2025)In 'Stone Slabs for Shaista Mahal', the opening story from Banu Mushtaq's short story collection Heart Lamp (translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi), there's a passage where the female narrator is struggling with how to introduce her husband to readers. 'Mujahid is my home person. Oh. That sounds odd. A wife is usually the one who stays at home, so that makes her the home person. Perhaps then Mujahid is my office person. Che! I have made a mistake again. The office is not mine, after all. How else can I say this? If I use the term yajamana and call him owner, then I will have to be a servant, as if I am an animal or a dog.'advertisementHeart Lamp, for which Mushtaq and Bhasthi have been shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize, has several passages like this one, where a straight line is drawn between the mechanisms of language and the socio-political consequences of a patriarchal society. The 77-year-old Mushtaq, who has worked as a lawyer, an activist and a reporter previously, has been writing in Kannada for over four decades now, and the 12 stories in Heart Lamp have been chosen from this corpus. HEART LAMP: Selected Stories By Banu Mushtaq Translated from the Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi PENGUIN Rs. 399 | 224 pages advertisement'Usually, research students and teachers want a single edition of my Kannada work, so my publisher released an omnibus edition with over 50 stories,' says Mushtaq. 'In 2022, a journalist interviewed me about the issue of hijab in Karnataka educational institutions and it was during this process that I was introduced to Deepa (Bhasthi).... She read this omnibus edition and chose the ones that impressed her the most. "I didn't have any role in that selection process, but I suggested she add one-two more.' As Bhasthi explains, once the selection process was over, the next challenge was rendering Mushtaq's unique style of Kannada into English. A conscious choice made by the translator-writer duo was to forgo italics, glossaries et cetera that 'explain' Kannada words. Instead, the translation itself makes the context clear.'She uses a polyglot's version of Kannada wherein there are words and sounds from the other languages spoken in the region,' says Bhasthi. 'Hindi, Urdu, Dakhani, et cetera, and this is a very normal thing for both of us, as well as for so many South Indians. Working with writers like Banu Mushtaq makes you push yourself as a translator. It makes you challenge notions of 'classical' and 'colloquial' in a language.'It's tough to pick a favourite among the 12 stories in Heart Lamp, but personally, I found 'Black Cobra' and 'Be a Woman Once, Oh Lord!' deeply moving. The women in these stories realise that the dice is loaded against them, and whatever respite they get is usually symbolic. In 'Black Cobra', a beleaguered young mother, Aashraf, mounts a public protest against her husband's abrupt abandonment of her and her daughter Munni, with disastrous results. The 2004 National Award-winning Kannada film Hasina, directed by Girish Kasaravalli, is based on this a Woman Once, Oh Lord!' is a critique of the role played by organised religion in the 'domestic enslavement' of women. As the title suggests, the hapless female protagonist here directly addresses God, claiming that God cannot fully understand her plight until he takes on a female form.'In 2000, I was working as a lawyer and travelling to a taluka court by bus,' recalls Mushtaq. 'And I saw a woman, a beggar, who was singing a devotional Kannada film song. She had a marvellous voice and she was referring to herself as 'daasi' (servant) for her prabhu (God). I was very affected by her singing and her feelings of devotion and when I was writing this story ('Be a Woman Once, Oh Lord!'), those two words, prabhu and daasi, were on my mind.'While announcing Mushtaq and Bhasthi's place on the International Booker shortlist, the judges had praised the 'immense emotional and moral weight' wielded by the stories in Heart Lamp. Rightly so, for these stories command the reader's undivided attention. And as is the case for top-shelf literature in any language, by the time the last page is turned, it is the reader who is forced to confront the prospect of change, not least within
Daily Mirror
10-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mirror
Next selling 'pretty' solution for 'corners with no plugs sockets'
The Confetti Glass Rechargeable Wireless Table Lamp from Next requires no plug sockets so shoppers can take it to any room in the house Customers at Next have discovered a nifty way to brighten up any dark corners in their homes, and it doesn't involve the hassle of painting or breaking the bank on home decor. The popular Confetti Glass Rechargeable Wireless Table Lamp from Next comes in at £45. The lamp features an elegant speckled white glass shade topped with a sleek brushed gold base, and there's no need for plug sockets thanks to its rechargeable design via a USB cable. Customers are raving about its versatility, with one satisfied buyer calling the 'lovely little lamp' perfect because it's 'cordless so can go anywhere', highlighting how it eliminates any messy or unsightly wires. Although users will need to recharge the table lamp occasionally, Next claims it only takes five hours to charge for a full eight hours of use, a detail that buyers agree isn't troublesome. One content shopper shared: "Delighted with this purchase." Another customer mentioned: "My daughter bought me the vase to match. It's not a bright light but is adequate for my small hallway. It does need charging periodically but this has not been a problem. It is admired by visitors." Confetti Glass Rechargeable Wireless Table Lamp £45 Next Buy Here Product Description With its expensive appearance yet £45 price tag, the stylish table lamp adds elegance without costing the earth - two can be had for less than £100, presenting themselves as ideal bedside lamps, reports the Liverpool Echo. Echoing the sentiments of many, one particular customer enthused: "I bought this lamp for the corner of my lounge which has no electric sockets it's a beautiful lamp the light it gives off is really bright and it is easy to charge and it last for hours so impressed I have bought another one." There seems to be a bit of debate over just how dazzling this lamp is, with some folks finding its glow good and others deeming it a tad too bright, leading them to drop a star from their rating. If you fancy something similar but distinct to the Next contender, consider the Cassia Pressed Glass Rechargeable Touch Dimmable Table Lamp from Dunelm. At £40, this one also boasts a nifty three-stage touch feature, letting consumers tweak the ambience to their liking. Then there's the Ayla Origami LED Rechargeable Wireless Lamp from Dusk, which is currently on sale for £35 making it the budget-friendly pick of the bunch. One buyer said: "This lamp is perfect for the areas that don't have socket outlets but need light. Easy to charge and lasts quite a long time. Also, very stylish." However, if the Next lamp is preferred, rest assured, customers confirm it is easy to piece together and is 'very pretty'. One reviewer declared: "Great lamp. Bigger and more substantial than expected. Once charged, it lasts a reasonable time. Throws a lovely pattern on the ceiling too. Glass is a nice weight not flimsy. Love it." And yet another fan divulged: " Great little lamp for corners that have no plug socket, really pretty and easy to charge up."
