Elano: Its not money, its passion. It has made me see how beautiful football is | Soccer

 Posted on May 16, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1143 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

SoccerInterviewElano: ‘It’s not money, it’s passion. It has made me see how beautiful football is’Thiago Rabelo in São PauloFormer Brazil midfielder opens up on coaching in his country’s fourth tier and his regrets at leaving Manchester City The former Brazil international Elano spent a glamorous 15-year playing career with teams such as Santos, Manchester City, Grêmio, Flamengo and Shakhtar Donetsk. High wages, powerful club infrastructures and stadiums packed with vibrant fans seemed worthy reward for the midfielder’s accurate passes and tackles, and his calming, reassuring presence. [Read More]

Lewis Baltz obituary | Photography

 Posted on May 16, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  970 words  |  Brenda Moya

PhotographyObituaryLewis Baltz obituaryLandscape photographer who specialised in austere images revealing the impact of development on the American wildernessLewis Baltz, whose austere, monochrome images of suburban development helped to redefine American landscape photography in the early 1970s, has died of complications of cancer and emphysema, aged 69. Baltz was one of a group of photographers whose shared aesthetic – minimalist, detached, dispassionate – drew on contemporary art practice and rejected the romanticism of traditional landscape photography. [Read More]

The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey review a deft medieval whodunnit

 Posted on May 16, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  890 words  |  Christie Applegate

FictionReviewSamantha Harvey’s fourth novel is a richly immersive detective story set in a 15th-century Somerset village Samantha Harvey’s first novel, The Wilderness, about an old man’s descent into Alzheimer’s, gained nominations for most of the major prizes of 2009 and won the Betty Trask award. Harvey specialises in the unravelling both of mental states and narratives, so it’s appropriate perhaps that her fourth, The Western Wind, is a medieval detective story. [Read More]

Carter Reynolds' Twitter spat is a poor advert for social media | Hannah Jane Parkinson

 Posted on May 15, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1088 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Internet This article is more than 8 years oldCarter Reynolds' Twitter spat is a poor advert for social mediaThis article is more than 8 years oldHannah Jane ParkinsonA banal spat between two teenagers tells a sorry tale of oversharing, the currency of teenage sexuality, and the vulnerability of growing up in public I’m always quick to defend the internet against charges of toxicity. It is home to so much that’s positive, but there’s no doubting it can be a despairing space. [Read More]

Flight 587: final passenger list | Airbus A300 crash 2001

 Posted on May 15, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  982 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Airbus A300 crash 2001Flight 587: final passenger listFinal list of passengers and crew of American Airlines flight 587, with citizenship, as provided by American AirlinesCrew Passengers Manuel Abreu, Dominican Republic Juana Abreu, US Candida Rosa Acosta, US Oneida Acosta De Araujo, US Rosa Alcantara, US Selene Alcantara, Dominican Republic Danny Alcantara Taveras, Dominican Republic Hipolito Algarroba, US Ubencia Algarroba, US Josefina Allende, US Ramon Almanzar, US Rosa Almanzar, Dominican Republic [Read More]

I lost my retirement, my career, my home: the Americans imprisoned for being HIV-positive

 Posted on May 15, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1905 words  |  Delta Gatti

Activists in Manhattan demonstrate against criminal laws based on HIV status on 9 November. Photograph: Erik McGregor/LightRocket/Getty ImagesActivists in Manhattan demonstrate against criminal laws based on HIV status on 9 November. Photograph: Erik McGregor/LightRocket/Getty ImagesUS newsThirty-three states maintain laws tied to exposure or transmission, many developed long before the illness was understood Listen to the podcast: Imprisoned for being HIV positive Robert Suttle was 30 when he was arrested and imprisoned for the felony of “intentional exposure to the Aids virus”. [Read More]

Tesco's 'penis'-themed buttermilk and other design fails | Tesco

 Posted on May 15, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  615 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Tesco This article is more than 9 years oldTesco's 'penis'-themed buttermilk and other design failsThis article is more than 9 years oldSpotted in Tesco: a carton of buttermilk with what looks a lot like a giant, orange penis on it. Have you spotted any design fails recently? Whoever designed this package of buttermilk may well have had something else on their mind at the time. There’s no escaping it: the design on this carton looks a lot like a penis. [Read More]

The rebirth of Italian fashion | Fashion

 Posted on May 15, 2024  |  10 minutes  |  2074 words  |  Delta Gatti

There is a photograph of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton gazing out over the river Arno in Florence. He wears a black suit, a flash of white shirt; she wears white, her handbag black. She rests it proprietorially on the river wall. They, and the shot, are beautifully composed. The couple could be on set, though they are not. This is Dolce Vita-era Italy, when Hollywood camped out in Rome and Florence, and the paparazzi had no difficulty finding Audrey Hepburn. [Read More]

What is stiff person syndrome and can it be treated?

 Posted on May 15, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  465 words  |  Christie Applegate

HealthExplainerYour questions answered about the rare neurological disorder in the wake of this week’s media coverage of Céline Dion Céline Dion’s sister said this week that the singer’s future music career was uncertain after her diagnosis with an autoimmune disease called stiff person syndrome. The condition prompted Dion to cancel all future tour dates earlier this year and her sister, Claudette Dion, told the Canadian website 7 Jours that she “doesn’t have control over her muscles”. [Read More]

Annette Stroyberg | Movies | The Guardian

 Posted on May 14, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  585 words  |  Delta Gatti

MoviesObituaryAnnette StroybergSensuous film actor unsuited to the role of Brigitte BardotDespite her previous or subsequent existences, Annette Stroyberg, who has died of cancer aged 69, was always known as the sensuous blonde model who replaced Brigitte Bardot as director Roger Vadim's second wife - and whom he tried unsuccessfully to turn into another BB. Vadim and the Danish-born Stroyberg met during the filming of his first and most famous feature, And God Created Woman (1956), the movie which began Bardotlatry. [Read More]