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'It's manic that way': seeking a slice of normality on Southend beach
'It's manic that way': seeking a slice of normality on Southend beach. While some the papers lose their temper, on the coast there is a heady mix of liberation, anxiety and sunburn -
REA Group makes third offer to buy Rightmove, worth £6.1bn – business live
via theguardian.comAustralia’s REA Group sweetens its bid for Rightmove again, and says it is “genuinely disappointed” at the lack of engagement by Rightmove’s BoardSpending on health and beauty products is booming despite cost-of-living pressures, a new survey shows.The latest Barclays Consumer Spend data shows health and beauty has been the highest-performing category in retail since August 2023.“It’s encouraging to see that overall beauty spending has been in growth year-on-y -
Middle East crisis live: one killed and six wounded in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, say reports
via theguardian.comAirstrikes launched against multiple locations in southern Lebanon, state-owned national news agency reports, as IDF says it is striking HezbollahSee all our coverage of the Middle East crisisIsraeli defense minister Yoav Gallant has posted to social media to say that overnight he spoke with US secretary of defense Lloyd Austin.Gallant, whose position in Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet has recently been the subject of much speculation, said he “provided the secretary with a situation as -
Boris Johnson has inserted himself into the working from home discourse. Amazing | First Dog on the Moon
via theguardian.comWhy won’t he just leave us alone?Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading... -
Month’s rain may fall in a day in parts of England as weather warnings issued
via theguardian.comSome areas may experience 100-120mm of rain with potential for disruption and flooding, says Met OfficeThe Met Office is warning that parts of England could experience more than a month’s worth of rain on Monday as it issued an amber weather alert.The amber warning came into force at 5am and will last until 9pm, encompassing Worcester, Birmingham, Nottingham and Hull. Continue reading... -
‘Art may be a pact with the devil’: the great Marlene Dumas on her darkly provocative art
via theguardian.comShe pours or even tosses paint on to a canvas – to see where it takes her. The results range from myths to massacres, bound heads to Satan. In a rare interview, the great artist reveals what drives her‘To paint is an apology for painting,” writes Marlene Dumas, in the introductory essay to her new show Mourning Marsyas. Discuss, I want to insist, as if her comment were an exam question. But before we can make any headway, she’s leading me from painting to painting, around -
Volunteering at music festivals supported my post-retirement trip to the US and Canada
via theguardian.comWorking in exchange for tickets from Vancouver to Texas was an ideal way for a 60-year-old solo traveller to find friends, fun and an instant community‘We have beers!” came the cry, followed by the more enigmatic “and hair clippers!” As the sun began to set, with no discernible abatement in temperature, the crew was in the process of building an outdoor stage at El Cosmico campsite in Marfa, Texas, for the forthcoming Trans-Pecos festival. The festival was the reason -
The Invention of the Other review – fascinating first glimpse of uncontacted Amazon tribe
via theguardian.comBruno Jorge’s quietly observed film has an added poignance as the leader of the expedition to immunise one of Brazil’s isolated tribes is murdered activist Bruno Pereira‘It doesn’t hurt to get your image,” says one man to another, nodding towards the camera. Both men are Korubo, an Indigenous tribe that lives deep in the Amazon rainforest. The man hesitant about being filmed has never seen a camera before. He belongs to an “uncontacted” group, who have l -
On Freedom by Timothy Snyder review – an essential manifesto for change
via theguardian.comThis visionary companion title to 2017’s On Tyranny reclaims the notion of liberty from the right and identifies the tenets of a free societyIn the years since the 2016 US presidential election there has been no more significant critic of the advance of Trump’s form of nihilism than Timothy Snyder. The Yale history professor effectively took a sabbatical from his day job in 2017 to write On Tyranny, a series of 20 lessons derived from his close study of totalitarian regimes in Europe -
Italy’s migrant pact with Albania makes no sense. So what’s the real reason Starmer is showing interest? | Lea Ypi
via theguardian.comBritain’s prime minister knows such a plan won’t work. He’s cosying up with Giorgia Meloni for an entirely different reasonOne cold, late evening in the winter of 1999, I was waiting for a train at Termini station in Rome when I noticed an old lady struggling with her suitcases and offered to help. “Signorina,” her voice trembled ever so slightly. “Fortunately there are still youngsters like you. I was very worried. This station is full of Albanian muggers. It -
I’m obsessed with sharks: I used to kill them, now I risk my life to film them
via theguardian.comI killed a great white when I was 18 to feed my family in Madagascar. But now I’m documenting the threat to these beautiful creatures from overfishingThe first time I came face to face with a great white shark, it was dead. I had caught it in my net. And I was so happy. I thought: I can bring a fortune back to my village. I can feed my family. I’m Malagasy – I come from Andavadoaka, a small fishing village on the south-west coast of Madagascar. It is a very dry place where no c -
Garmin Fenix 8 review: best adventure watch becomes smarter
via theguardian.comBright OLED screen, voice control and a torch only add to go anywhere, track anything ability, but price increase stingsThe Fenix 8 is a landmark moment for Garmin. By adding voice control, an OLED screen and other niceties, it has merged its top Fenix and Epix adventure watch lines to better compete with increasingly advanced smartwatches from Apple, Samsung and other major players.The Fenix has always been where Garmin debuts its technology and features first before trickling them down into ot -
BA left my 14-year-old daughter alone and stranded at an airport in France
via theguardian.comThe departure gate was changed after check-in but it didn’t offer her any supportBritish Airways lost my 14-year-old daughter in Toulouse airport when she was flying alone to Heathrow, then charged me for a whole new flight departing the next day. My cousin had checked her in, and she was given a boarding pass marked gate 54, where she duly waited. When staff appeared, she presented herself at the desk and was told that her flight was, in fact, departing from gate 52. Gate 52 had closed be -
TV tonight: a brave documentary about the 2023 Kirkby riots
via theguardian.comJournalist Mobeen Azhar’s gripping but bleak investigation. Plus: Mozart sticks two fingers up to the establishment. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, BBC Three Continue reading... -
‘This is our culture’: what Earl of Devon thinks hereditary peers bring to Lords
via theguardian.comAs Labour looks to stop all dukes sitting in second chamber, Charles Courtenay defends the ‘long view’ they representListen to the Earl of Devon on the Guardian’s award-winning Today in Focus podcastIt is tricky in modern Britain to defend the existence of hereditary peers, but the Earl of Devon will have a very good go.The 49-year-old earl – Charles Peregrine Courtenay, an affable, 6ft 6in intellectual property lawyer who lives in a medieval castle – entered the Ho -
The west’s cautious approach seeks to avoid escalation in Ukraine. It may have opposite effect | Andriy Zagorodnyuk
via theguardian.comPutin will not stop unless he is forced to. It’s time to change the way we think about nuclear deterrence, and commit to securing victoryThe western strategy towards supporting Ukraine is dominated by concerns about potential nuclear escalation and the possibility that Russia’s invasion could trigger a third world war. It is clear that no democratic state, including Ukraine, wants to see such an outcome. However, over-cautious preventive measures that allow Russia to prevail in its a -
Teenage asylum seekers arriving after start of UK school year in ‘no man’s land’, report says
via theguardian.comMany considered too old to be easily integrated into mainstream schooling and too young for further educationThousands of teenage asylum seekers are thought to be spending up to a year out of education in a “no man’s land” because schools are reluctant to accept them if they arrive after September, a report warns.Teenage asylum seekers are seen as too old to be easily integrated into mainstream schooling and too young for further education, leaving many stuck in a limbo that le -
Pylons v property: power line in Scotland caused divisions but did house price fears materialise?
via theguardian.comBeauly-Denny overhead project may serve as preview to Britain’s energy network plansThe village of Beauly, near Inverness, marks the starting point of what was once Britain’s largest and most controversial power grid project: a 137-mile electricity superhighway from the quiet Highlands village to a large substation in Denny near Falkirk.The power line brings renewable energy generated by wind farms in the north to the electricity grids in Scotland’s central belt – but it -
From a baited Trump to hot soup in the Nutribullet: Edith Pritchett’s week in Venn diagrams - cartoon
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Fallout from TfL cyber-attack is slow burning and potentially costly
via theguardian.comPhysical services have been unaffected but limited access to online services continues to cause headachesAs cyber-attacks go, it could have been worse. In Nightsleeper, the new BBC thriller airing just after Transport for London revealed its systems had been breached, passengers are locked aboard as a train seized by hackers hurtles dangerously towards the capital.In real life, the troubles for TfL customers are far less dramatic. The actual physical transport services, the buses, trains and tub -
UK petrol and diesel prices falling at fastest rate this year, says RAC
via theguardian.comHouseholds paying about £4 less to fill up a family car than a month ago, with further drops expectedThe price of petrol and diesel in the UK is falling at the fastest pace this year, with households paying about £4 less to fill up a family car than they did a month ago.Analysis from the RAC found that the average price of a litre of unleaded petrol in the UK was now just above 136.15p, down 7p from the 142.86p recorded last month. Diesel now costs almost 141p a litre, compared with -
The hidden life of Elizabeth Taylor – as seen by her son: ‘Her love for Richard Burton never went away’
via theguardian.comShe despised hypocrisy and was fiercely loyal to her friends, while navigating the pressures and pleasures of being the world’s biggest star. Chris Wilding discusses the legend and legacy of the mother he lovedChris Wilding is a shy man approaching 70. As a little boy, he was also shy. He used to get embarrassed when his mother turned up at school for parents’ day. Everybody made such a hoo-ha about it. There she would be, in her furs and finery, done up to the nines. She was so famo -
People must understand: we in Malawi are paying for the climate crisis with our lives | Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda
via theguardian.comFrom flooding to drought, extreme weather is devastating our communities. It is time for the world’s heaviest emitters to help mitigate the impacts of climatic breakdown on the countries most affectedMillions of people in my country, Malawi, face unprecedented existential crises driven by climate breakdown. The frequency of extreme weather events and the massive impact they have on communities have left government officials like me with a huge dilemma of how to act fast enough to save live -
On board the Creed cruise: the unfathomable return of the ‘worst band of the 90s’ – podcast
via theguardian.comI took a cruise with thousands of fellow lunatics to find out how this much-mocked rock band became so beloved. By Luke Winkie Continue reading... -
‘Moneypenny with more power’: book celebrates UK’s forgotten female spies
via theguardian.comDr Claire Hubbard-Hall reveals contribution of Kathleen Pettigrew, most senior secretary in MI6 and inspiration for Ian Fleming, and others in new titleFor decades, their work has been hidden from view, their names missing from the history books.Now, a new book is seeking to shine a light on the secret and unacknowledged contributions of female spies who worked for MI6 in the early 20th century, and establish their place in history using previously classified evidence and newly unearthed documen -
Fifty pubs a month shut in first half of year in England and Wales, figures show
via theguardian.comNumber of pubs open fell to 39,096 by end of June and experts say tax rises in 2025 could result in more closuresFifty pubs a month closed for good across England and Wales in the first half of this year, with experts warning that tax rises in 2025 could make it even harder for some businesses to keep their doors open.Analysis by the real estate intelligence company Altus found that 305 pubs were forced to shut their doors permanently in the first six months of the year, meaning the number of pu -
‘A struggle to feel pride’: coming-of-age film breaks new ground in Sámi culture
via theguardian.comFilm-maker Egil Pedersen says he hopes comedy in My Fathers’ Daughter will spark discussions about identityAs a child in northern Norway in the 1980s and 90s, Egil Pedersen struggled to feel a sense of belonging. Growing up in a Sámi village, he sometimes felt rejected because of his lack of fluency in the Sámi language, and outside the community he was subjected to racist violence.So when Pedersen, now 47, had the opportunity to make his own feature film, he decided to make -
Japan floods: six dead after rain pounds region still recovering from earthquake
via theguardian.comFloods inundated emergency housing built for those who lost their homes in an earthquake that hit Ishikawa on the Sea of Japan coast in JanuaryAt least six people have died and 10 others are missing after heavy rain triggered flooding and landslides along a peninsula in Japan that is still recovering from a deadly earthquake at the start of the year.Public broadcaster NHK and other outlets said on Monday that six people had been confirmed dead, while the Kyodo news agency said more than 100 comm -
The flight to freedom of Phillip Mehrtens, the NZ pilot who survived 594 days in captivity
via theguardian.comIn February 2023 his plane was stormed by independence fighters in West Papua who said he may never be released and threatened to kill him. Somehow, Mehrtens survived and is now a free manOn 7 February 2023, Phillip Mehrtens’ life took an unexpected and harrowing turn.The experienced New Zealand pilot landed his tiny commercial plane at Paro airfield, a runway in the isolated highlands of Indonesia’s West Papua region. It was to be a short in and out: drop off his five passengers, pi -
Six-year-old abducted from California park in 1951 found alive after seven decades
via theguardian.comNiece locates her uncle Luis Armando Albino living on other side of the country after search sparked when she took online DNA test ‘just for fun’A man who was abducted as a six-year-old while playing in a California park in 1951 has been found more than seven decades later thanks to the help of an online ancestry test, old photos and newspaper clippings.The Bay Area News Group reported on Friday that Luis Armando Albino’s niece in Oakland – with assistance from police, th
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