Kate Saunders obituary | Fiction
Posted on June 12, 2024
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| Barrett Giampaolo
FictionObituaryKate Saunders obituaryPrize-winning novelist who won the Costa award for Five Children on the Western Front and whose Belfry Witches stories were adapted for TVKate Saunders, who has died aged 62, was a prize-winning novelist, journalist and critic whose many achievements emerged despite a life of suffering and loss.
Kate initially worked as an actor, joining the National Theatre in 1983, an experience that inspired her second novel, Storm in the Citadel (1989), and the third of her detective novels, The Mystery of the Sorrowful Maiden (2021).
[Read More]Spanish forward Jenni Hermoso gives evidence in court on Rubiales kiss | Spain
Posted on June 12, 2024
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| Merlyn Hunt
SpainSpanish forward Jenni Hermoso gives evidence in court on Rubiales kissHermoso gives testimony as judge investigates former Spanish football federation president over kiss after World Cup win
The Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso has given evidence to a judge investigating the kiss she received from the then president of the Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, after Spain’s win in the World Cup final last August.
Rubiales’ decision to take Hermoso’s head in his hands and kiss her on the lips caused an outcry and a national and international debate on sexism.
[Read More]The five truths Trump hopes you will forget about 6 January 2021 | Robert Reich
Posted on June 12, 2024
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| Christie Applegate
OpinionDonald TrumpThe five truths Trump hopes you will forget about 6 January 2021Robert ReichThe US Capitol attack was a shameful event in US history, yet Americans remain confused and divided about what occurred
Get Robert Reich’s latest columns delivered straight to your inbox Three years ago this week, the United States Capitol was attacked by thousands of armed loyalists of Donald Trump, some intent on killing members of Congress.
[Read More]Watching extinction in real time: conservationists losing hope for Australias swift parrot
Posted on June 12, 2024
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| Merlyn Hunt
Australian bird of the year 2023Experts predict there will be fewer than 100 individuals of the species by 2031 as the rate of decline in population grows faster
Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Vote in the 2023 Australian bird of the year poll Keep up with all the Guardian/BirdLife Australia bird of the year coverage here “They’re really cute. They are very chatty. When they’re around you know they’re around,” says conservation scientist Giselle Owens.
[Read More]Erotica: better reads than Fifty Shades of Grey
Posted on June 11, 2024
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| Delta Gatti
BooksE L James's novel has got fans' knickers in a twist – but it's not as though it's the first racy readFifty Shades of Grey by E L James.The success of E L James' Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy – an erotic tale of two lovers that originated online as Twilight-based fan fiction before being repurposed as a series of full-length books first on e-readers and now, after a seven-figure deal with mainstream publisher Arrow, as actual paper-and-ink tomes – continues to build.
[Read More]Homeland recap: season six, episode one Fair Game | Homeland
Posted on June 11, 2024
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| Christie Applegate
Homeland: episode by episodeHomelandHomeland recap: season six, episode one – Fair GameCarrie’s back! And she’s in Brooklyn. Plus, there’s a divisive President-elect and a much-diminished Quinn
Spoiler alert: this blog is published after Homeland airs in the US. Only read on if you’ve watched series six, episode one. The world has never looked so dangerous, so it’s a welcome return for Homeland and those fearless guardians of national security at the CIA.
[Read More]How I ended the wrestling match between my brain and my throat
Posted on June 11, 2024
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| Brenda Moya
Health & wellbeingI always knew my voice sounded odd, but it took a diganosis of spasmodic dysphonia to explain why I was not speaking properly"I've never heard of any of these people who've got firsts."
"That's because they're all saddos who never leave the library."
They're also sitting directly in front of you, I thought, exchanging a wry grin with one of my fellow firsters.
"I mean, Lynda Clark, who the hell is that?
[Read More]Nuclear missile bunker: yours for less than $400k | Arizona
Posted on June 11, 2024
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| Barrett Giampaolo
All this can be yours for $395,000. Photograph: Casey James with Luxe Realty PhotographyAll this can be yours for $395,000. Photograph: Casey James with Luxe Realty PhotographyArizona This article is more than 4 years oldNuclear missile bunker: yours for less than $400kThis article is more than 4 years oldDecommissioned nuclear silo accessed 40ft staircase leading underground was once home to US’s largest intercontinental ballistic missile ever deployed
One local newspaper described the sales listing, with calculated understatement, as a “mid-century fixer-upper”: an underground bunker built to withstand a nuclear attack, and to house the fire power to retaliate.
[Read More]Real Sociedad 1 - 1 Celta Vigo | Football
Posted on June 11, 2024
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| Merlyn Hunt
Real Sociedad 1 - 1 Celta Vigo
Real Sociedad
Home team scorers Ander Barrenetxea 22
Celta Vigo
Away team scorers Oscar Mingueza 90 +3:06
Match stats
Possession
Goal attempts
0
Real Sociedad Off target 0
Celta Vigo 1
Real Sociedad On target 1
Celta Vigo Corners 9 7 Fouls 0 0
Lineups
Real Sociedad
- 1 Remiro
- 18 Traore
- 5 Zubeldia
- 24 Le Normand
- 3 Munoz
- 23 Mendez
- 4 Zubimendi
- 22 Turrientes
- 14 Kubo
- 9 Carlos Fernandez
- 7 Barrenetxea
Substitutes
- 2 Sola (s 78')
- 10 Oyarzabal (s 64')
- 11 Cho (s 78')
- 15 Rico
- 17 Navarro
- 19 Umar (s 64')
- 20 Pacheco (s 78')
- 26 Gonzalez
- 27 Karrikaburu
- 29 Marin
- 32 Marrero
- 37 Fraga
Celta Vigo
- 13 Villar
- 3 Mingueza
- 2 Starfelt
- 4 Nunez
- 23 Sanchez
- 14 de la Torre
- 8 Fran
- 30 Sotelo
- 17 Bamba
- 10 Aspas
- 18 Larsen
Substitutes
- 1 Marchesin
- 5 Tapia
- 6 Dotor (s 84')
- 11 Cervi (s 84')
- 15 Aidoo (s 46')
- 19 Swedberg (s 90')
- 20 Vazquez
- 24 Veiga
- 26 Carrillo
- 28 Dominguez
- 29 Rodriguez (s 84')
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Turkey airport attack: 41 killed in explosions at Istanbul Atatrk | Turkey
Posted on June 11, 2024
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| Christie Applegate
Atatürk airport attack: explosions kill dozens – video report GuardianTurkey This article is more than 7 years oldTurkey airport attack: 41 killed in explosions at Istanbul AtatürkThis article is more than 7 years oldPolice opened fire on suspects who then blew themselves up outside security checkpoint at international terminal, Turkish officials say
Istanbul airport attack: latest updates A series of deadly explosions tore through crowds at Istanbul’s Atatürk international airport on Tuesday evening, leaving at least 41 people dead and scores more injured in an attack officials blamed on the Islamic State terror group.
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