The Lion in Winter: it's Dynasty in the middle ages

 Posted on April 16, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  738 words  |  Kary Bruening

Reel historyPeriod and historical filmsAnthony Harvey's 1968 Plantagenet family soap opera has savage catfights, drippy suitors, a fruity Peter O'Toole, even a proto-Brokeback Mountain moment. What more could one ask for?Director: Anthony Harvey Entertainment grade: A- History grade: B The Lion in Winter takes place at Chinon, a French residence of English king Henry II, during Christmas 1183. Henry's heir, Henry the Young King, had died just months before. His wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, was his prisoner. [Read More]

We wont stop speaking out about Gazas suffering there is no climate justice without human

 Posted on April 16, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  806 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

OpinionIsrael-Gaza war This article is more than 1 month oldWe won’t stop speaking out about Gaza’s suffering – there is no climate justice without human rightsThis article is more than 1 month oldGreta Thunberg and Fridays for Future SwedenYoung climate activists haven’t ‘been radicalised’ – solidarity with marginalised people has always been at the heart of our message More than 15,000 people, of whom at least 6,000 were children. That’s how many people Israel has reportedly killed in the Gaza Strip in a matter of weeks – and those numbers are still rising. [Read More]

Why the humble hispi cabbage is the new cauliflower steak

 Posted on April 16, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  628 words  |  Kary Bruening

VegetablesIt’s the must-order dish in Britain’s hipster restaurants and food writers suggest grilling and marinating to sex up the brassica For decades its overcooked smell has haunted school corridors, but now cabbage is becoming the must-order dish on the menus of Britain’s coolest restaurants. At Angela Hartnett’s Michelin-starred London restaurant Murano, hispi cabbage is lightly charred for added smokiness, then drizzled in a pistachio romesco sauce. At Akub in Notting Hill, chef Fadi Kattan does a modern take on the traditional Palestinian dish, malfouf with laban, showcasing grilled hispi with garlic yoghurt and pomegranate. [Read More]

Billie Eilish says watching porn as a child destroyed my brain | Billie Eilish

 Posted on April 15, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  456 words  |  Valentine Belue

Billie Eilish This article is more than 2 years oldBillie Eilish says watching porn as a child ‘destroyed my brain’This article is more than 2 years oldSinger says exposure from the age of 11 messed her up when she began dating as ‘I was not saying no to things that were not good’ Grammy-winning singer Billie Eilish has spoken about an addiction to watching pornography, starting at age 11, and how it gave her nightmares and messed her up when she started dating. [Read More]

Carles Falcn dies a week after motorcycle crash in Dakar Rally | Motor sport

 Posted on April 15, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  221 words  |  Valentine Belue

Motor sportCarles Falcón dies a week after motorcycle crash in Dakar Rally ‘Carles was a smiling person who enjoyed everything he did’Falcón, 45, had been in an induced coma since accidentSpanish motorcycle rider Carles Falcón has died more than a week after crashing in the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, his team said on Monday. Falcón, 45, had been in an induced coma since he was flown to hospital with severe injuries from a fall during the second stage on 7 January. [Read More]

Celia Paul on life after Lucian Freud: I had to make this story my own | Painting

 Posted on April 15, 2024  |  16 minutes  |  3296 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Celia Paul photographed at her studio in London: ‘I am freer than I’ve ever been before.’ Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The ObserverThe artist is best known for her intense, haunting portraits of her close family and herself. She talks about finding her voice by Tim AdamsYou walk up many flights of stairs to reach Celia Paul’s flat, but the climb is worth it. The windows of her studio and bedroom look down on the courtyard and facade of the British Museum. [Read More]

Crossword roundup: a stable genius, or a git?

 Posted on April 15, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  850 words  |  Kary Bruening

Crossword blogCrosswordsThere’s hyper-topicality and unparliamentary language in our collection of the best of the cryptic clues The news in cluesThere’s topical and there’s expeditious. The publication date for Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury was brought forward after cease-and-desist letters from its snowflake subject; at the same time, Knut was compiling an Independent puzzle that incorporated the book’s content as well as Trump’s reaction to it. So it is that the first two across entries read . [Read More]

EgyptAir hijacker selfie Briton Ben Innes due to return to UK | Egypt

 Posted on April 15, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  570 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Egypt This article is more than 7 years oldEgyptAir hijacker selfie Briton Ben Innes due to return to UKThis article is more than 7 years oldPassenger who posed with Seif Eldin Mustafa expected to land in UK on Wednesday Ben Innes, right, with Seif Eldin Mustafa on the hijacked plane. Photograph: Sky NewsBen Innes, the British man who posed smiling for a photo with a hijacker on board an EgyptAir flight, is expected to return to the UK on Wednesday. [Read More]

How Kim Kardashian broke the internet with her butt

 Posted on April 15, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1140 words  |  Kary Bruening

2014: what happened next?Kim KardashianThe editors at Paper magazine anticipated a reaction to publishing Jean-Paul Goude’s nude pictures of the reality-show star, but they never expected it to be this big November 2014: Kim Kardashian’s naked butt cover: a historical perspective Paper magazine’s winter issue, with the cover shot of Kim Kardashian by Jean-Paul Goude, set out to #BreakTheInternet. Well, we didn’t literally “break it”, but we definitely broke through, setting off a flood of coverage and commentary. [Read More]

Reader, I Married Him review stories inspired by Jane Eyre

 Posted on April 15, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  823 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

“It is not ‘Reader, he married me’” … Michael Fassbender and Mia Wasikowski in the 2011 film of Jane Eyre.“It is not ‘Reader, he married me’” … Michael Fassbender and Mia Wasikowski in the 2011 film of Jane Eyre.Short storiesReviewThis anthology, edited by Tracy Chevalier, will enrich and complicate any future reading of Charlotte Brontë’s masterpieceRight from its dedication – “For Charlotte, of course” – affection and intimacy pervade this collection of 21 short stories, all by women, inspired by Charlotte Brontë’s most famous line. [Read More]