A lot of stars are freaks or introverts: Jim Kerr on Live Aid, ex-wives and four decades of Si

 Posted on April 13, 2024  |  11 minutes  |  2175 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Jim Kerr … ‘We’re not like punch-drunk boxers, just doing this because we don’t know what else to do.’ Photograph: Dean ChalkleyJim Kerr … ‘We’re not like punch-drunk boxers, just doing this because we don’t know what else to do.’ Photograph: Dean ChalkleySimple MindsInterview‘A lot of stars are freaks or introverts’: Jim Kerr on Live Aid, ex-wives and four decades of Simple MindsDave SimpsonTwo years after Covid cancelled his world tour, the singer is back on the road. [Read More]

Deathbed conversion? Never. Christopher Hitchens was defiant to the last | Nick Cohen

 Posted on April 13, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1167 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Journalist and author Christopher Hitchens in June 2010. He died of cancer the following year. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/ReutersJournalist and author Christopher Hitchens in June 2010. He died of cancer the following year. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/ReutersThe ObserverChristopher Hitchens This article is more than 7 years oldDeathbed conversion? Never. Christopher Hitchens was defiant to the lastThis article is more than 7 years oldNick CohenThere was no deathbed conversion to Christianity, despite the claims of a ‘strange, spiteful book’ [Read More]

First Turkish journalist arrested under disinformation law | Turkey

 Posted on April 13, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  347 words  |  Brenda Moya

Turkey This article is more than 1 year oldFirst Turkish journalist arrested under ‘disinformation’ lawThis article is more than 1 year oldSinan Aygül, a journalist in Kurdish-majority Bitlis province, was detained after tweeting about alleged sexual abuse A journalist has been arrested in south-east Turkey for allegedly spreading “disinformation”, his lawyer said on Thursday, marking the first pre-trial detention under a new law that critics say poses a threat to free speech. [Read More]

Macy's Seattle star shines bright thanks to unlikely saviour: Amazon | Seattle

 Posted on April 13, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  972 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

The star at the Macy’s department store in downtown Seattle. Photograph: Paul Christian Gordon/AlamyThe star at the Macy’s department store in downtown Seattle. Photograph: Paul Christian Gordon/AlamySeattle This article is more than 4 years oldMacy's Seattle star shines bright thanks to unlikely saviour: AmazonThis article is more than 4 years oldOnline giant restored star after Macy’s spokesperson said it would not be lighting it as department store closed [Read More]

Nude selfies: what if they are just an ordinary part of teenage life?

 Posted on April 13, 2024  |  14 minutes  |  2776 words  |  Brenda Moya

Young women have been told not to take any photographs that they would not want shared with the world. But teenagers and experts say the current approach of prohibition-as-prevention doesn’t make sense. Picture posed by model. Photograph: Hero Images/Getty ImagesYoung women have been told not to take any photographs that they would not want shared with the world. But teenagers and experts say the current approach of prohibition-as-prevention doesn’t make sense. [Read More]

Strawberries without cream! 10 delicious savoury recipes for the fruit, featuring duck, burrata, tur

 Posted on April 13, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1351 words  |  Delta Gatti

FoodNothing says summer like ripe red strawberries – but they have so much more to offer than a brief hit of sweetness. Make the most of the crop with these ideas from leading chefs The arrival of summer signals strawberry season in the UK, but there’s much more to this bright and juicy fruit than sickly jams and traditional tarts. Naturally sweet, strawberries can be used to balance out otherwise savoury dishes, giving a berry boost to everything from gazpacho to salsa. [Read More]

Diamond, Louisiana | Environment | The Guardian

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  624 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

EnvironmentDiamond, LouisianaBy the banks of the Mississippi, Margie Eugene-Richard showed me where she grew up. That was where she caught crayfish as a kid. There was the place her grandfather grew sugar cane and watermelon. And that was the tangerine tree she planted. The sugar cane and watermelon have long gone. In their place now they are growing ethylene and propylene. This was the poor, historically black community of Diamond, Louisiana, now disappearing - at its own request. [Read More]

Obama meets new Nigerian president with praise for anti-extremist agenda | Nigeria

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  599 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Nigeria This article is more than 8 years oldObama meets new Nigerian president with praise for anti-extremist agendaThis article is more than 8 years oldMuhammadu Buhari seeks more assistance in fighting Boko HaramWhite House looks to strengthen ties with Africa’s largest economyBarack Obama welcomed Nigeria’s new president to the Oval Office on Monday and praised him for working to bring “safety, security and peace” to a nation challenged by economic strains, a history of corruption and violence unleashed by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram. [Read More]

Was Sardinia home to the mythical civilisation of Atlantis?

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1667 words  |  Christie Applegate

ArchaeologyA comet plunging into the sea could have triggered a tidal wave that devastated bronze age settlements on the island, say scientistsHomer talks of Poseidon lashing out, Plato refers to a massive marine disaster. What happened on Sardinia in the second millennium BC? What dramatic event swept away the Tyrrhenian civilisation and the “tower builders” cited by Strabo and the poet Hesiod in antiquity? Was it an earthquake or a tidal wave? [Read More]

We laughed and cried a lot: a Japanese photographer in Alabama in pictures | Art and desig

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1086 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

‘We laughed and cried a lot’: a Japanese photographer in Alabama – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Fumi Nagasaka had never been to the deep south before visiting Dora in Walker County – the people she met and photographed there confounded her expectations Main image: ‘He looked very proud’ … Matthew in His Car, 2019 Tue 12 Dec 2023 07. [Read More]