The test: Gravy boats | Food

 Posted on June 24, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  157 words  |  Brenda Moya

The test: Gravy boats Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Thu 29 Apr 2010 08.00 BST First published on Thu 29 Apr 2010 08.00 BST Gravy boat A colourful and pleasingly rotound gravy jug that pours without any drips and looks far more expensive than its very reasonable price tag. £9.50, johnlewis.com 08456 049 049 Photograph: Sarah Lee/Guardian Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Maxim gravy boat with saucer Straightforward porcelain gravy boat and matching plate. [Read More]

A renewable energy battery plant will rise in US where a steel mill once stood

 Posted on June 23, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1607 words  |  Christie Applegate

The old Weirton, West Virginia, steel plant, where a new battery plant is now being built. Photograph: AlamyThe old Weirton, West Virginia, steel plant, where a new battery plant is now being built. Photograph: AlamyWest VirginiaCommunities hope good new jobs will come from Biden’s historic climate investment in cities like Weirton, West Virginia A cutting-edge energy storage company is building its main manufacturing plant where a once-thriving West Virginia steel mill once stood in the city of Weirton. [Read More]

Best podcasts of the week: The twisting tale of Dawn Hacheney, and the house fire that killed her

 Posted on June 23, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1031 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Best podcasts of the weekPodcastsIn this week’s newsletter: Mortal Sin investigates the death of a pastor’s wife that was more than it seemed. Plus: five of the best genre-defying podcasts Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Picks of the weekUncovering Roots Widely available, three episodes with more to come in 2024 This moving and powerful new podcast gives a voice to lesser-known people whose stories need to be heard. [Read More]

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell review | Children's books

 Posted on June 23, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  724 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

Children's booksChildren's booksFangirl by Rainbow Rowell – review‘You never know when a young adult contemporary book becomes a survival guide for you’ Fangirl was the very first book I read by Rainbow Rowell. Fangirl is a very self-explanatory title, which basically summarises the book (no spoilers but you must obviously know that). I know that one shouldn’t judge a book by its cover and I didn’t either; I was just very taken-aback by the title of this book. [Read More]

Gabriel Hanot: the France coach who called for his own head | France

 Posted on June 23, 2024  |  10 minutes  |  2013 words  |  Brenda Moya

Gabriel Hanot speaks to an assembled crowd during the 1942/43 season. Photograph: L'Equipe/OffsideGabriel Hanot speaks to an assembled crowd during the 1942/43 season. Photograph: L'Equipe/OffsideFranceGabriel Hanot: the France coach who called for his own headGabriel Hanot was a player, a coach, a prisoner of war, a journalist and a pioneer who remains oddly neglected in France The following is an extract from Issue Seventeen of the Blizzard, which is out this week. [Read More]

US breaks record for most mass shootings in single year after weekend murders | US crime

 Posted on June 23, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  491 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

People hold a vigil for the victims of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. Photograph: Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesPeople hold a vigil for the victims of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. Photograph: Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesUS crime This article is more than 1 month oldUS breaks record for most mass shootings in single year after weekend murdersThis article is more than 1 month oldCountry has had 38 mass shootings – in which at least 203 people have died – so far this year, passing previous high of 36 [Read More]

Bobo Olson | Boxing | The Guardian

 Posted on June 22, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  652 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

BoxingObituaryBobo OlsonChampion boxer who saw off the finest fighters of his timeAfter seeing Carl "Bobo" Olson crash to the canvas during his third, ill-fated encounter with the great Sugar Ray Robinson in December 1955, an unimpressed Joe DiMaggio was heard to comment: "This guy just doesn't get up, does he?" The remark was unkind on the Hawaiian-born Olson, who has died aged 73 of Alzheimer's disease. Despite being knocked out by Robinson on three occasions, he still managed to hold the world middleweight title for a two-year period, during which he saw off some of the best fighters of the time, including Britain's Randolph Turpin. [Read More]

Dev Patel: The allure of the job is to change | Dev Patel

 Posted on June 22, 2024  |  12 minutes  |  2367 words  |  Delta Gatti

The ObserverDev PatelInterviewDev Patel: ‘The allure of the job is to change’Alex MoshakisFrom Slumdog’s quick-witted hero to a medieval warrior in The Green Knight, Dev Patel has always sought to be an everymanDev Patel was enjoying the ride, but people were saying the horse was too small. It was the winter of 2019. Patel was in Ireland, preparing for his latest film, The Green Knight, in which he spends long periods on horseback, slogging through wilderness. [Read More]

Joe Diffie obituary | Country

 Posted on June 22, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  738 words  |  Delta Gatti

CountryObituaryJoe Diffie obituaryCountry musician with a huge following for his smooth, supple voice and easygoing humourBetween 1990 and 2004, Joe Diffie was one of the most commercially successful artists in country music, notching up more than 30 singles on Billboard’s country chart, including five No 1s. Diffie, who has died aged 61 after contracting Covid-19, built up a huge and loyal following with songs based around shrewd observations of everyday life, which he performed with rambunctious rowdiness and easygoing humour. [Read More]

Major poll gives Trump 16-point lead in New Hampshire days before primary | US elections 2024

 Posted on June 22, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1050 words  |  Delta Gatti

Other polls have shown Nikki Haley closing the gap in New Hampshire, with the American Research Group showing her tied at 40% with Donald Trump. Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesOther polls have shown Nikki Haley closing the gap in New Hampshire, with the American Research Group showing her tied at 40% with Donald Trump. Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesUS elections 2024Major poll gives Trump 16-point lead in New Hampshire days before primaryNikki Haley follows at 34% and Ron DeSantis is at 5%, as Florida governor’s campaign switches focus to South Carolina [Read More]