Oh well, wine oclock: what midlife women say about drinking and why its hard to stop | B
Posted on June 2, 2024
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| Delta Gatti
Alcohol This article is more than 1 year old‘Oh well, wine o’clock’: what midlife women say about drinking and why it’s hard to stopThis article is more than 1 year oldBelinda Lunnay, Kristen Foley and Paul Ward for the ConversationNew research finds women’s relationship with alcohol can differ depending on their social class – for some it’s a social celebration, for others relief from loneliness and stress
Many of us enjoy a drink at the end of a stressful day.
[Read More]The controversy over teen father Alfie Patten: Who's the daddy? | Children
Posted on June 2, 2024
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| Brenda Moya
News blogChildrenThe controversy over teen father Alfie Patten: Who's the daddy?Tawdry revelations have emerged since news broke of the 13-year-old Eastbourne boy fathering a childThe story of "child dad" Alfie Patten has lurched from soap opera to farce since it emerged last week that he had become a father at just 13 years of age.
When the Sun broke the story it was hard not to be shocked by the sight of the baby-faced teenager, whose voice has not even broken yet, posing with his daughter Maisie, which led to the Conservatives citing the case as an example of Britain's social decline.
[Read More]The Kid by Sapphire review
Posted on June 2, 2024
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| Merlyn Hunt
The ObserverFictionReviewThe story of the brutalisation of a young boy is as bold and powerful as its prequel, PushThe Kid is the sequel to Sapphire's 1996 novel Push, about a girl called Precious who is routinely sexually abused by both her mother and father. When that novel was turned into the Oscar-winning film Precious in 2009, some critics complained that it represented black people too negatively. The idea that black writers and film-makers should censor themselves on these grounds is, of course, absurd.
[Read More]'Prince' Naseem stripped of MBE after time in jail for car crash | UK news
Posted on June 1, 2024
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| Brenda Moya
UK news'Prince' Naseem stripped of MBE after time in jail for car crashThe former world boxing champion "Prince" Naseem Hamed has been stripped of his MBE following his 15-month prison sentence for dangerous driving.
The London Gazette, which records honours and is an official newspaper of the Crown, said: "The Queen has directed that the appointment of Naseem Hamed to be a Member of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, dated 31 December 1998, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order.
[Read More]How many of those calling for Putins arrest were complicit in the illegal invasion of Iraq? | Geo
Posted on June 1, 2024
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| Delta Gatti
The Iraq invasion: 20 years onIraq This article is more than 10 months oldHow many of those calling for Putin’s arrest were complicit in the illegal invasion of Iraq?This article is more than 10 months oldGeorge MonbiotGordon Brown, Condoleezza Rice and Alastair Campbell are as responsible for an illegal war as the Russian leader’s ‘henchmen’ they condemn
It goes beyond hypocrisy. It’s an assault on memory. Gordon Brown, calling for a special tribunal to punish the Russian government, correctly states that an act of aggression – invading another nation – was identified by the Nuremberg tribunal as “the supreme international crime”.
[Read More]Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes review
Posted on June 1, 2024
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Book of the dayHistory booksReviewThis history of the queen of cities through the ages is important, entertaining and impressively researchedCities all rise and fall, wrote the French author Pierre Gilles in the 16th century. Except one. “Constantinople alone seems to claim a kind of immortality and will continue to be a city as long as humanity shall live either to inhabit or rebuild it.” There always has been something special about the glorious metropolis nestled on the banks of the Bosphorus, at the point where Europe and Asia meet.
[Read More]LGBT festival faces backlash over Iggy Azalea headline slot | Iggy Azalea
Posted on June 1, 2024
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| Barrett Giampaolo
Iggy Azalea This article is more than 8 years oldLGBT festival faces backlash over Iggy Azalea headline slotThis article is more than 8 years oldProtesters have criticised Pittsburgh Pride for booking Azalea, claiming she has a history of posting racist and homophobic messages online
Organisers of a music festival in Pittsburgh have been forced to defend their decision to book Iggy Azalea following a backlash from protesters.
The Australian rapper is due to headline Pittsburgh Pridefest on 13 June, a decision that has proved controversial with LGBT activists who claim the rapper has made racist and homophobic comments online in the past.
[Read More]LinkedIn is the worst of social media. Should I delete my account?
Posted on June 1, 2024
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| Brenda Moya
Keyboard worrierSocial mediaAs far as social media housekeeping goes, maintaining your LinkedIn is the equivalent of cleaning the cutlery drawers – but is that reason enough not to?
What is LinkedIn good for, beyond spamming strangers? Do people actually get jobs on there?
LinkedIn is that unlikely contradiction: the social network that’s all business. No one’s up late at night checking out their connections’ connections, or who endorsed who and for what.
[Read More]Rocky life of a mountain man | Mountaineering
Posted on June 1, 2024
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| Merlyn Hunt
MountaineeringInterviewRocky life of a mountain manJohn CraceAt the age of 80, Walter Bonatti is revered as one of the world's greatest climbers. But half a century ago a bitter row on K2 almost toppled him from his peak. He talks to John CraceTo reach Walter Bonatti by car is a nightmare. You head north-east out of Milan towards the lakes until you reach the town of Dubino. There are no signposts and you have to negotiate a series of ever narrower lanes that zig-zag their way up the steep hillside on the sunny side of town until you realise you've come to a dead end.
[Read More]El Bonaerense | Reviews | guardian.co.uk Film
Posted on May 31, 2024
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| Barrett Giampaolo
"Welcome to El Bonaerense - God help you!" This is the unpromising greeting extended to Zapa, a very scared new recruit to the closed world of the Buenos Aires city cops: macho, violent and dishonest. The smell of locker-room sweat and fear rises in waves from this tough new Argentinian movie from Pablo Trapero: a superbly persuasive thriller about the dark side of the police. It's more deadpan and downbeat than other pictures from the New Latin Cinema like Amores Perros, City of God or Y Tu Mama Tambien.
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