James Robertson obituary | Economics

 Posted on April 5, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1308 words  |  Christie Applegate

EconomicsObituaryJames Robertson obituaryWriter, thinker and champion of green economics, monetary reform and new ways of looking at employmentJames Robertson, who has died aged 95, was a writer and thinker at the centre of a growing movement around a green and people-centred economics. An associate of radical writers such as EF Schumacher (Small is Beautiful, 1973), Ivan Illich (Tools for Conviviality, 1973) and Hazel Henderson (The Politics of the Solar Age, 1981), he wrote 14 books over four decades that were central to a body of thinking characterised as “new economics”. [Read More]

Peter Seaton obituary | Engineering

 Posted on April 5, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  429 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

Other livesEngineeringObituaryPeter Seaton obituaryMy father, Peter Seaton, who has died aged 91, was a senior design engineer who started his career as a shipwright apprentice and went on to work on several landmark defence projects, including the Thunderbird missile and UK-3 satellite. Born in Gillingham, Kent, the son of Henry Seaton, an electrical engineer, and his wife Ellen (nee Bonnick), he was one of four children: an older sister, Pat, older brother, Harry, and younger brother, John, who was born the day after Henry’s death following kidney surgery. [Read More]

Shoe colour question could put 2015 dress debate in the shade | Women's shoes

 Posted on April 5, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  636 words  |  Delta Gatti

The controversial shoe photo. Photograph: @dolansmalik/TwitterThe controversial shoe photo. Photograph: @dolansmalik/TwitterWomen's shoesShoe colour question could put 2015 dress debate in the shadeDebate kicks off on social media about whether picture shows a turquoise and grey trainer, or a pink and white one It was one of the most fractious debates in modern times – by 2015’s standards, at least. Now a new argument has erupted that has shades of the blue/white dress controversy. [Read More]

A letter to my estranged daughter

 Posted on April 4, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  644 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

A letter to ...FamilyThe letter you always wanted to writeIt's nearly three years since I heard your voice on the telephone, nearly two years since I heard your voice from the other side of your front door. A small, frightened whisper, which, though I knew it to be in your voice, didn't seem like you at all. I sat for nearly three hours in the rain on your doorstep, hoping we could talk, if only through the door; I hoped you would come to the station to find me before I went back. [Read More]

Alexander Baron | | The Guardian

 Posted on April 4, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1055 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

ObituaryAlexander BaronHis novels of war and London caught the essential decency of mankindA lexander Baron, who has died aged 82, was the greatest British novelist of the last war and among the finest, most underrated, of the postwar period. He burst on the literary scene in 1948 with his debut novel, From The City, From The Plough, described by VS Pritchett as "the only war book that has conveyed any sense of reality to me" [Read More]

Clinton's rare visit to Arizona is unusual show of confidence for a Democrat | Hillary Clinton

 Posted on April 4, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1032 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Hillary Clinton This article is more than 7 years oldClinton's rare visit to Arizona is unusual show of confidence for a DemocratThis article is more than 7 years oldDecision to compete in the red state, where a victory would effectively deny Trump a path to the presidency, is based on polling and early voter numbers In the frenetic dash to election day, Hillary Clinton will swing through the usual key target states for any Democratic candidate: Ohio, Florida, North Carolina – and Arizona? [Read More]

Delta flight returns after passenger has diarrhea all the way through plane | Atlanta

 Posted on April 4, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  357 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

Atlanta This article is more than 4 months oldDelta flight returns after passenger has diarrhea ‘all the way through’ planeThis article is more than 4 months oldPassengers re-board flight to Spain after eight-hour delay while social media posts describe flight crew mopping up mess Footage has emerged of the “onboard medical emergency” that forced a US airliner back to Atlanta only two hours into its flight to Spain: a messy trail of diarrhea left by a struggling passenger. [Read More]

Jazz Emu review a joyful hour with a delusional musical star

 Posted on April 4, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  322 words  |  Brenda Moya

ComedyReviewSoho theatre, London With his Scandi-nowhere accent and cool-dude aspirations, Archie Henderson’s comic character is improbable, clever and very funny ‘I’m in control,” sings Jazz Emu, while the routine (synth noodling, cool funk stylings, malfunctioning robot helmet) collapses around him. The gag could hardly be sillier, which sets us up nicely for this joke-packed hour from the eccentric musical comic. Jazz is an electro-funk colossus, in his own estimation, a DIY Thin White Duke on synth-clarinet and microwave meals. [Read More]

Johnny Depp v Amber Heard: memorable quotes from the trial

 Posted on April 4, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  884 words  |  Christie Applegate

Johnny DeppWitnesses testified about a marriage consumed by ‘mutual abuse’, ‘a lot of anger’ and ‘obsessive jealousy’ This article contains descriptions of sexual abuseLaurel AndersonJohnny Depp and Amber Heard’s former marriage counsellor, a clinical psychologist, said Heard initiated incidents to stop Depp leaving, stemming from her fear of abandonment. Key moments from the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial Read more“It was a point of pride to Heard, if she felt disrespected, to initiate a fight,” Anderson said. [Read More]

Being Lolita by Alisson Wood review memoir of an illicit relationship

 Posted on April 3, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  774 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Book of the dayAutobiography and memoirReviewAn account of a teenage affair with a teacher feels like therapy and lacks deep thinking Teenagers are so vulnerable. Like ripe peaches, they’re too easily bruised. But Alisson Wood was more defenceless than most. At 17, she had already undergone ECT in an effort to treat her depression; beneath her clothes, her arms bore the marks of self-harm. If her American high school was a place to be endured – the other girls, in their locker-room sententiousness, had decided she was a “psycho” – home was hardly a refuge. [Read More]