First internet wedding goes online | Technology

 Posted on May 2, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  476 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

Technology This article is more than 23 years oldFirst internet wedding goes onlineThis article is more than 23 years oldMarriage room at Brent Town HallThe first wedding in England and Wales to be broadcast on the internet from a council register office was held this morning at Brent Town Hall, north-west London. Brent Council installed a web cam in its register office, allowing a potential global audience of millions to log on as Ravi Ram and his girlfriend Mamta Patel take their vows. [Read More]

How I became a sexual creature Paul Newman reveals all in newly discovered memoir | Movies

 Posted on May 2, 2024  |  10 minutes  |  1981 words  |  Delta Gatti

Instant charisma … Newman in Cool Hand Luke (1967) Photograph: TCD/Prod.DB/AlamyInstant charisma … Newman in Cool Hand Luke (1967) Photograph: TCD/Prod.DB/AlamyMoviesInterview‘How I became a sexual creature’ – Paul Newman reveals all in newly discovered memoirHadley FreemanHe was Hollywood’s Mr Perfect. But in his astonishing posthumous autobiography, the star faces up to his alcohol problems, his fatherly failings – and reveals the secret of his sex appeal. We speak to his daughter about the revelations [Read More]

Richard More: the Shropshire outcast who sailed to riches on the Mayflower

 Posted on May 2, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  812 words  |  Christie Applegate

The ObserverHistoryCounty calls for boy’s lost story to be part of the 400th anniversary celebrations of the pilgrim fathersHe was only six when he was disowned by his wealthy father, torn from his adulterous mother and shipped to America with the pilgrims on the Mayflower to begin a new life as a servant. For centuries, the extraordinary tale of the Shropshire childhood of Richard More – a celebrated New England sea captain and one of the “first comers” to America – was lost in the mists of time. [Read More]

The forgotten story of Sohn Kee-chung, Korea's Olympic hero

 Posted on May 2, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1659 words  |  Brenda Moya

The forgotten story of...AthleticsA Korean athlete won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics as a member of the Japanese delegationWhere does the story start? In the back of a taxi. It's as good a place as anywhere. Maurice Greene arrived in Daegu this week. He took a cab from the airport and when he was done he gave the driver a signed picture of himself. The baffled cabbie did a double-take, then handed Greene a photo back, taken of himself 20 years ago when he was working as a fireman. [Read More]

'I am not a Maxwell' | Media

 Posted on May 1, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1582 words  |  Brenda Moya

Media'I am not a Maxwell'It has been 14 years since the death of Robert Maxwell. His daughter-in-law Pandora talks to Rebecca Smithers about bankruptcy, motherhood and the perils of infamyThe following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Friday June 24 2005 In the interview below with Pandora Maxwell, we described her as "the former Miss Warnock-Davies". Her name before marriage was Warnford-Davis. 'Don't answer it! It's probably the bailiffs! [Read More]

Eight Filipinos nailed to crosses as Easter crucifixion re-enactments resume

 Posted on May 1, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  920 words  |  Christie Applegate

PhilippinesTourists gather in Philippines for cross nailings north of Manila despite church leaders frowning upon the tradition Eight Filipinos have been nailed to crosses to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a gory Good Friday tradition that draws thousands of devotees and tourists to the Philippines despite being rejected by the Catholic church. The real-life crucifixions in the farming village of San Pedro Cutud in Pampanga province north of Manila resumed after a three-year pause due to the coronavirus pandemic. [Read More]

Hailstorm frequency has increased by 40% around Sydney and Perth since 1979 | Australia weather

 Posted on May 1, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  821 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Australia weather This article is more than 3 months oldHailstorm frequency has increased by 40% around Sydney and Perth since 1979This article is more than 3 months oldScientists say climate change may bring a decrease in frequency of hail activity but an increase in severity Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The frequency of hailstorms has increased by about 40% around Sydney and Perth over the last four decades, while hail activity has decreased across much of the rest of the country, new research has found. [Read More]

I''ve been trying for years to find out what the traditional birthday greeting: "Many Happy Returns"

 Posted on May 1, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  129 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

SEMANTIC ENIGMASI've been trying for years to find out what the traditional birthday greeting: "Many Happy Returns" means exactly. Anybody know? Chris Prophet, Sweden It is short for "many happy returns of the day" and means that the person, who is speaking, is wishing that the person with the birthday will have many more of them, i.e. that their birthday will return many times more and that they will therefore live a long life. [Read More]

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

 Posted on May 1, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  868 words  |  Christie Applegate

Book clubBarbara KingsolverThe story of a Baptist missionary and his family can be pieced together from the very different voices of five separate narratorsBarbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible is remarkable not just for its story but also for its narrative form. It has five narrators. Orleanna Price and her four daughters accompany her husband Nathan Price, a Baptist missionary, to the Congo in 1959. The Price daughters and their mother narrate in contrapuntal alternation. [Read More]

Three dead after semi-truck hits bus carrying students on Ohio highway | Ohio

 Posted on May 1, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  644 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

Ohio This article is more than 2 months oldThree dead after semi-truck hits bus carrying students on Ohio highwayThis article is more than 2 months oldFive vehicles were involved in the crash and 15 people were injured, and officials said the cause was not immediately known A charter bus carrying students from a high school was rear-ended by a semi-truck on an Ohio highway on Tuesday morning, leaving three people dead and 15 others injured, according to an emergency official. [Read More]