Rory Kinnear: On the day of No 10s lockdown party, I buried my sister | Rory Kinnear

 Posted on June 4, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1055 words  |  Brenda Moya

OpinionCoronavirus This article is more than 2 years oldRory Kinnear: On the day of No 10’s lockdown party, I buried my sisterThis article is more than 2 years oldRory KinnearPain like ours was tearing through families the world over. It felt like we were all in it together. Not all of us, it turned out Without wishing to sound like an episode of Poirot, I remember well what I was doing on the evening of 20 May 2020, when more than 100 people were invited to a BYOB party in the prime minister’s garden, “to make the most of the lovely weather”. [Read More]

Tottenhams Mauricio Pochettino says Harry Kane could be affected by mask | Harry Kane

 Posted on June 4, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  538 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Harry Kane This article is more than 7 years oldTottenham’s Mauricio Pochettino says Harry Kane could be affected by maskThis article is more than 7 years old Manager believes striker’s peripheral vision could be affected ‘Harry is still learning about how to deal with being a leader’Mauricio Pochettino is worried that Harry Kane has been affected by the mask the striker must wear to protect his nose, as a result of breaking it during Tottenham Hotspur’s FA Cup defeat to Crystal Palace two weeks ago. [Read More]

Africa should not be too quick to embrace the fourth industrial revolution | Karen Allen

 Posted on June 3, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1078 words  |  Christie Applegate

Global development This article is more than 4 years oldAfrica should not be too quick to embrace the fourth industrial revolutionThis article is more than 4 years oldKaren AllenAs a new age of technology dawns, cyber attacks in South Africa and beyond underline the need for caution It has been hailed as a transformative moment, one that will bring algorithmic precision to the decisions we make and automate virtually every aspect of our lives, from switching on the lights to predicting what food we want to eat. [Read More]

Miracle find: rare Don Quixote and short stories could sell for 900k | Miguel de Cervantes

 Posted on June 3, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  955 words  |  Delta Gatti

Miguel de Cervantes This article is more than 1 year old‘Miracle find’: rare Don Quixote and short stories could sell for €900kThis article is more than 1 year oldSotheby’s describes 17th-century Cervantes editions as a ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity for collectors One day in the early 1930s, a young Bolivian diplomat named Jorge Ortiz Linares walked into the illustrious Maggs Bros bookshop in London to ask if they might have a particularly fine edition of Don Quixote for sale. [Read More]

Morocco 3-0 Tanzania: Africa Cup of Nations as it happened | Africa Cup of Nations 2023

 Posted on June 3, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1850 words  |  Christie Applegate

2d ago19.09 GMTThat’s all from me for this evening. A night on which Morocco reaffirmed their status as Africa Cup of Nations favourites, albeit against the minnows of Tanzania. S’pose you can only beat what’s in front of you! Bye for now. ‘My country comes first’: Onana set for Cameroon return in key Afcon clash Read more2d ago19.05 GMTWant more live football? Well there’s more live football for you. Scott Murray is all over this evening’s FA Cup third round replay action. [Read More]

Which miniature animals make good pets? | Life and style

 Posted on June 3, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  793 words  |  Delta Gatti

Which miniature animals make good pets? Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Victoria Beckham has bought David two micro pigs for Christmas. What other miniature animals are suitable as pets - and which are best avoided? Fri 6 Nov 2009 05.20 EST First published on Fri 6 Nov 2009 05.20 EST Micro pigs10 miniature animals that make good pets . [Read More]

Why non-believers need rituals too | Suzanne Moore for New Humanist, part of the Guardian Comment Ne

 Posted on June 3, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  884 words  |  Brenda Moya

OpinionAtheism This article is more than 10 years oldWhy non-believers need rituals tooThis article is more than 10 years oldSuzanne Moore for New Humanist, part of the Guardian Comment NetworkTo move many away from religion, atheism has to weave itself into the social fabric and shed its image of dour grumpinessThe last time I put my own atheism through the spin cycle rather than simply wiping it clean was when I wanted to make a ceremony after the birth of my third child. [Read More]

Dame Diana Rigg obituary | Television

 Posted on June 2, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1792 words  |  Brenda Moya

TelevisionObituaryDame Diana Rigg obituaryActor who shot to TV stardom in the 1960s as Emma Peel in The Avengers and found new fans in Game of ThronesAmong the iconic figures of the 1960s – the Beatles, Bobby Moore lifting the World Cup and Sean Connery as James Bond – was the actor Diana Rigg. Her role as the secret agent Emma Peel in The Avengers on ITV, magnetically sexy in trademark black leather jumpsuit, was truly a sign of the times. [Read More]

Joy Division: all of their songs, ranked! | Joy Division

 Posted on June 2, 2024  |  14 minutes  |  2792 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

In a Lonely Place … Ian Curtis of Joy Division at the Elecric Ballroom, London, 1979. Photograph: Steve Richards/Steve Richards/Rex/ShutterstockIt’s 40 years since the release of their final album, Closer. From flexidiscs to French magazine giveaways, which tracks match up to the Manchester band’s beautiful, brutal best? by Alexis Petridis47. Failures (1978)Failures has a very Joy Division title, but the sound is sub-Raw Power-era Stooges. Meanwhile, the fact that Ian Curtis sounds about 13 years old underlines the slightly amateur air. [Read More]

Let the Right One In review vampire romance is equally charming and disturbing

 Posted on June 2, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  993 words  |  Christie Applegate

Australian theatreReviewEternity Playhouse, Darlinghurst Theatre Company This stage production sits among the best adaptations of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel, in which a lonely 12-year-old Swede falls for a centuries-old bloodsucker Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email For a novel less than 20 years old, John Ajvide Lindqvist’s Let he Right One In has spawned enough adaptations that its title now doubles as a guide: be careful, for not all versions of this Swedish horror romance are created equal. [Read More]