Several men arrested after dispute over secret tunnel in Brooklyn synagogue | New York
Posted on May 23, 2024
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| Barrett Giampaolo
New YorkSeveral men arrested after dispute over secret tunnel in Brooklyn synagogueBrawl erupted between police and those who created passageway and wanted it to remain at Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters
A group of men belonging to a Hasidic Jewish community in New York were arrested on Monday amid a dispute over an illegal tunnel secretly dug into the side of a historic synagogue, which has since been closed.
Action by law enforcement after the tunnel came to light led to a brawl between police and those who had created the passageway and wanted it to remain.
[Read More]Top 10 books about ballet
Posted on May 23, 2024
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Top 10sBalletFrom Noel Streatfeild to David Hallberg, this is a literature of passion and madness, ambition and addiction
Two things that make us human are art and sport, and ballet is where those two things converge. When I was writing Watch Her Fall, a thriller about two rival ballerinas, I began with the basics: textbooks to learn the technical stuff; the big biographies. I was greedy for the ballerina’s routine, the rhythm of her day, the shape of her childhood.
[Read More]Fresh scrutiny for evangelical Christian GP Richard Scott | Christianity
Posted on May 22, 2024
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The ObserverChristianity This article is more than 4 years oldFresh scrutiny for evangelical Christian GP Richard ScottThis article is more than 4 years oldGeneral Medical Council to review decision not to investigate doctor accused of breaking rules on talking about beliefsThe General Medical Council is reviewing its decision not to investigate a doctor accused of evangelising about his Christian faith to patients in the latest twist in a high-profile battle about the limits of religious freedom.
[Read More]Gordon Brown's speech in full | Gordon Brown
Posted on May 22, 2024
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| Christie Applegate
Gordon Brown This article is more than 15 years oldGordon Brown's speech in fullThis article is more than 15 years oldThe prime minister's speech to the Labour conference in Manchester todayI want to talk with you today about who I am, what I believe, what I am determined to lead this party and this great country to achieve.
As we gather here today I know people have real concerns about the future of the country, the future of the economy and people in this hall have concerns about the future of our party too.
[Read More]I was hot-glue-gunning hair to my head: Emma DArcy on their House of the Dragon audition |
Posted on May 22, 2024
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| Barrett Giampaolo
2022 in TVHouse of the DragonInterview‘I was hot-glue-gunning hair to my head’: Emma D’Arcy on their House of the Dragon auditionHollie RichardsonFrom viral cocktails to being scared to Google themself, the actor’s role as Rhaenyra Targaryen in the Game of Thrones prequel has made them huge. They talk violence, childbirth – and why those incest scenes are OK
Emma D’Arcy achieved a lot in 2022, but going viral was the least expected.
[Read More]Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover - review | Children's books
Posted on May 22, 2024
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Children's booksChildren's booksMaybe Someday by Colleen Hoover - review'Prepare for an emotional rollercoaster, this book made me laugh so much, and I spent at least an hour manically ugly crying'Colleen Hoover, Maybe SomedayMaybe Someday is the kind of book that you read for several consecutive hours and walk around the house with it, firmly attached to your hand. I finished this book the same day I bought it and only put it down for food intervals!
[Read More]Terminal 5 chief to quit | Airline industry
Posted on May 22, 2024
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Airline industryTerminal 5 chief to quitMike Roberts, BAA's technical director responsible for development of Heathrow's terminal 5, is to leave the industry for personal reasons, the company said yesterday. He will retire early at the end of the year.
His place will be taken by Tony Douglas, but in a shake-up of responsibility, Mike Hodgkinson, BAA's chief executive, will take direct control of the project, which will receive government approval this month.
[Read More]What you looking at? From neighbours to Netflix staff, how looking at people became a crime
Posted on May 22, 2024
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| Barrett Giampaolo
ShortcutsCrimeA couple in East Sussex have been banned from looking at their next door neighbours’ house, while Netflix employees have been told not to look at each other for too long. What’s going on?
Name: Looking.
Age: As old as eyes.
Status: Banned.
What? Are you saying that the simple act of looking has been banned? Well, it’s a bit more complicated than that. Shall I explain?
Yes, please. Are you either Nigel or Sheila Jacklin, from near Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex?
[Read More]David Enthoven obituary | Pop and rock
Posted on May 21, 2024
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| Barrett Giampaolo
David Enthoven with Robbie Williams in 2009. ‘Without David I might have died,’ Williams said. Photograph: ie:musicView image in fullscreenDavid Enthoven with Robbie Williams in 2009. ‘Without David I might have died,’ Williams said. Photograph: ie:musicPop and rockObituaryDavid Enthoven obituaryManager who guided Robbie Williams’s solo career for 20 yearsDavid Enthoven, who has died aged 72, was one of a group of English public schoolboys who fell in love with the pop music industry in the 1960s, and helped reshape it.
[Read More]Inside a revealing Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward auction
Posted on May 21, 2024
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| Barrett Giampaolo
Paul NewmanSotheby’s has assembled nearly 400 items from the holdings of the star couple showing a relationship of intense passion You, too, can have a piece of Newman’s own … everything.
Nearly 400 items from the personal holdings of the legendary actor Paul Newman and his wife and former co-star Joanne Woodward are on offer at Sotheby’s latest celebrity estate sale.
James Dean auction offers unseen items showing new side to starRead moreThe movie stars and enduring lovebirds met on the Broadway set of Picnic in 1953, and lived in what sounds like marital bliss for some 50 years.
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