Nkate nkwan is a silky, spicy taste of Ghana and here's the recipe

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  813 words  |  Christie Applegate

Street life … vendors in Accra. Photograph: Ulrich Doering/AlamyView image in fullscreenStreet life … vendors in Accra. Photograph: Ulrich Doering/AlamyFood and drinkRecreating the peanut butter stew she enjoyed in Accra brings the flavours of west Africa to wintry London for this food writer My definition of home has often boiled down to a place where I feel I don’t stand out. When I first landed in Ghana, the jovial warmth with which I was greeted emphasised my failure at passing for local, but I felt I belonged. [Read More]

Rare Air Jordans made for Spike Lee fetch $50,000 for homelessness charity | Nike

 Posted on April 11, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  657 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Nike designer Tinker Hatfield authenticates the sneakers that were dropped at a donation chute at the Portland Rescue Mission on 31 October 2023 in Oregon. Photograph: Aaron Ankrom/APNike designer Tinker Hatfield authenticates the sneakers that were dropped at a donation chute at the Portland Rescue Mission on 31 October 2023 in Oregon. Photograph: Aaron Ankrom/APNike This article is more than 1 month oldRare Air Jordans made for Spike Lee fetch $50,000 for homelessness charityThis article is more than 1 month oldThe shoes – which debuted as Lee’s footwear at the 2019 Academy Awards – were found in a clothing donation bin in Portland, Oregon [Read More]

Speaking for Myself review: Sarah Sanders writes one for the Trump team

 Posted on April 11, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1022 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

Donald TrumpReviewThe former White House press secretary also has political ambitions of her own, back home in Arkansas Trump told Sanders to ‘take one for the team’ after Kim wink Toward the end of Speaking for Myself, Sarah Huckabee Sanders recalls a conversation with Donald Trump in which she advises him her book will be aimed at defending his reputation. 'Trump has a different leadership style': David Rubenstein plays it by the bookRead more“I think you will like it,” says the president’s second press secretary. [Read More]

The death of Detroit: how Motor City crumbled in the 90s in pictures | Art and design

 Posted on April 11, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  363 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

The death of Detroit: how Motor City crumbled in the 90s – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Camilo José Vergara has spent 40 years photographing the changing landscapes of US cities. For the last of our three-part series, he pounds the decaying streets of Detroit to show the haunting skeletons of a once-booming industry town [Read More]

The Snow men: a family history | Life and style

 Posted on April 11, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1267 words  |  Brenda Moya

Life and styleInterviewThe Snow men: a family historyHistorian Dan Snow and his broadcaster father Peter have a joint fascination with politics and the past. But do they also share the same outlook on love? Interviews by Carlene Thomas-BaileyMy dad: by Dan Snow, historianDad never made any allowances for anyone. From the age of four he was asking me, "Who do you think should win the next general election?", just because I happened to be the only person in the room. [Read More]

Vodou is elusive and endangered, but it remains the soul of Haitian people

 Posted on April 11, 2024  |  12 minutes  |  2492 words  |  Delta Gatti

A Vodou ceremony organized by Manbo Mireille. GuardianHaitiFar from B-movie cliches, vodou is spiritual system and a way of life but even in Haiti, where it became an official religion, it faces prejudice and hostility Haiti, the saying goes, is “70% Catholic, 30% Protestant, and 100% Vodou”. Vodou is everywhere in the Caribbean nation, a spiritual system infusing everything from medicine and agriculture to cosmology and arts. Yet it is almost nowhere to be seen: ceremonies are not just expensive, but targets of hate crime. [Read More]

World's Busiest Hotel TV review

 Posted on April 11, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  351 words  |  Christie Applegate

TV reviewTelevision & radioReviewWhat happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas – it entertains Sam WollastonMore people visit the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas, according to World's Busiest Hotel (Channel 5), than visit Venice itself. Whoa! That's extraordinary, isn't it? (After speaking to various tourist boards, I'm still not sure if it's true – it seems to depend on whether you count the cruise ships in Venice.) And more than a bit depressing. [Read More]

Bernadette Walker: man jailed for life for murdering 17-year-old | Crime

 Posted on April 10, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  545 words  |  Delta Gatti

Crime This article is more than 2 years oldBernadette Walker: man jailed for life for murdering 17-year-oldThis article is more than 2 years oldScott Walker to serve minimum 32 years for murder of Bernadette, who called him her father and whose body has never been found A man convicted of murdering 17-year-old Bernadette Walker, who went missing in July last year and whose body has never been found, has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 32 years. [Read More]

Books about Seattle: readers picks

 Posted on April 10, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1720 words  |  Christie Applegate

Reading American citiesBooksTechnology, wilderness and counterculture coexist in Seattle – our readers suggested their favourite books about the northwestern American city, and here are some of the best Ryan Boudinot introduces the literature of Seattle A one-time dotcom boom town, home to companies like Starbucks, Amazon, Microsoft and plenty of start-ups — and also a leading city of the anti-globalisation movement, Seattle is packed with entrepreneurial spirit, rain and contradictions. [Read More]

Fury in Manchester as black teenagers jailed as result of Telegram chat | Crime

 Posted on April 10, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1398 words  |  Delta Gatti

Crime This article is more than 1 year oldFury in Manchester as black teenagers jailed as result of Telegram chatThis article is more than 1 year oldFour friends convicted of conspiracy offences were found ‘guilty by association’, say their supporters A teenager considered such an inspirational youth leader he was invited to address MPs in parliament is among 10 young black men to have been jailed after being convicted of being part of a violent conspiracy. [Read More]