Miguel 'Ang' Daz | Cuba

 Posted on May 4, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  838 words  |  Delta Gatti

CubaObituaryMiguel 'Angá' DíazPassionate Cuban conga player for whom drums had a religious significanceMiguel "Angá" Díaz Zayas, who has died suddenly aged 45, was the most inventive and exciting Cuban conga player of his generation, his mastery placing him within a line of greats from Chano Pozo, Pancho Quinto and Jorge "El Niño" Alfonso to his own mentor, "Tata" Güínes. As a follower of the Afro-Cuban Santería religion, in which the percussionist mediates between human beings and the gods, the drum was for Díaz a spiritual instrument. [Read More]

Shane Sutton | Sport | The Guardian

 Posted on May 4, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  30 words  |  Brenda Moya

Bradley Wiggins’s former coach, Shane Sutton, has told a BBC documentary he regarded therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) as a legitimate way of finding ‘marginal gains’

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The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia? review Claudia Karvan stars in bestiality comedy that loses itself i

 Posted on May 4, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  953 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

TheatreReviewSTCSA, Adelaide Edward Albee’s 2002 play has a deliberately ridiculous premise – but this production eschews the real issues it could interrogate in favour of broad laughs Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email A Claudia Karvan-led revival of Edward Albee’s taboo-prodding 2002 play, The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?, sees a happy, perfect family shattered by an unthinkable revelation. Between the polished concrete floor, tasteful wooden beams, trending midcentury furniture and shelves of carefully arranged books, pot plants and ceramics, the Dunstan Playhouse stage could have been lifted straight out of Architectural Digest. [Read More]

28 Days Haunted review the ghost-hunting show that will make you roll your eyes like never befor

 Posted on May 3, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  696 words  |  Brenda Moya

TV reviewTelevisionReviewDo homemade helmets really give you special access to demons? Is there such a thing as ‘a sensitive’? This occasionally tasteless, OTT paranormal show seems to think so Looking back, those halcyon days of Living TV’s Most Haunted were a tepid treat. That show, very much a product of its time, had spooky sleepovers; celebrities screaming when brushing past walls/cobwebs/anything; showbizzy mediums claiming to be conversing with the spirits of dead people via their own deceased spirit guides; witches, light orbs and malevolent spirits, all under the eerie green glow of night vision cameras. [Read More]

After 56 years, 200 films and innumerable injuries, Jackie Chan wins an Oscar | Oscars

 Posted on May 3, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  483 words  |  Christie Applegate

Oscars This article is more than 7 years oldAfter 56 years, 200 films and innumerable injuries, Jackie Chan wins an OscarThis article is more than 7 years oldThe kung-fu star was one of four industry veterans who received honorary Oscars for their career achievements at the Governors awards in Los Angeles The Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan had star billing at the Governors awards on Saturday night, in which the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences handed out four honorary Oscars. [Read More]

Distant voices, still lives, 08:00-09:35 | September 11 2001

 Posted on May 3, 2024  |  23 minutes  |  4871 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

The ObserverSeptember 11 2001Distant voices, still lives, 08:00-09:35At first they phoned for help. Then they called in desperation or left promises of eternal love. This meticulous New York Times reconstruction, compiled from calls to families, is a memorial to the bravery of those trapped on the high floors of the Twin Towers08:00 - North Tower, 107th floor, Windows on the World. 2 hours 28 minutes to collapse.'Good morning, Ms Thompson.' Doris Eng's greeting was particularly sunny, like the day, as Liz Thompson rrived for breakfast atop the tallest building in the city, Thompson remembers thinking . [Read More]

Girls Against God by Jenny Hval review a call to revolution

 Posted on May 3, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  873 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

Fiction in translationReviewThe Norwegian musician rebels against blandness and convention in a novel that veers from melodramatic teenscape to social panorama Girls Against God, the second novel from acclaimed Norwegian musician Jenny Hval, is set in 1990s southern Norway, a place known for its “rainy climate, synthetic drugs and gracious reservation”, but also hostile to anyone who isn’t straight or white – even the kids who like grunge music are racists. [Read More]

Why Hamass murderous attack on Israel was predictable | Israel

 Posted on May 3, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  254 words  |  Christie Applegate

IsraelLettersWhy Hamas’s murderous attack on Israel was predictableHamas’s evil actions are not an expression of resentment and fury, but designed to avoid any possibility of coexistence, says Jeremy Havardi Seán Boyle says that the Hamas attacks of 7 October, while never justified, were “predictable”, given that “oppressed and dispossessed people will vent their resentment and fury, often in brutal and savage ways” (Letters, 17 October). The murderous violence was indeed predictable, but not for the reasons cited by Mr Boyle. [Read More]

World's longest penguin dive, of more than half an hour, is recorded | Wildlife

 Posted on May 3, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  579 words  |  Brenda Moya

Wildlife This article is more than 5 years oldWorld's longest penguin dive, of more than half an hour, is recordedThis article is more than 5 years oldRecord-breaking dive in Antarctic waters emerges after scientists accidentally tagged wrong emperor penguins Scientists in Antarctica have recorded the world’s longest penguin dive, an astounding 32.2 minutes under the water; a full five minutes longer than the previous record. Emperor penguins, which live only in Antartica, are the tallest and heaviest penguins in the world, and have the best diving ability. [Read More]

'Night walks are a great tonic for urban stress': your stories of the nocturnal city | Cities

 Posted on May 2, 2024  |  12 minutes  |  2354 words  |  Delta Gatti

A woman stands on a street that was closed off during the Occupy Central protests in Hong Kong. Photograph: Alex Hofford/EPAA woman stands on a street that was closed off during the Occupy Central protests in Hong Kong. Photograph: Alex Hofford/EPAWalking the cityCities'Night walks are a great tonic for urban stress': your stories of the nocturnal cityReaders share their experiences of cities at night – from hearing panther screams in Prague to wandering through the hidden neighbourhoods of Seoul [Read More]