Alan Rickman remembered by Kevin Smith: 'A huge cauldron of win' | Alan Rickman

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  347 words  |  Valentine Belue

Alan Rickman This article is more than 8 years oldAlan Rickman remembered by Kevin Smith: 'A huge cauldron of win'This article is more than 8 years oldSmith, who directed Rickman in Dogma, has shared memories and photos from the set, and expressed his sadness at the actor’s death The director Kevin Smith has paid tribute to the actor Alan Rickman, who Smith called “one of my favourite people who ever lived”. [Read More]

Ariana Grande: Yes, And? review a defiant kiss-off to the haters

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  624 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Ariana GrandeReview(Republic) In her untouchable vocal register and over effervescent pop-house, the returning singer rebukes the prurient interest in her personal life As the Mean Girls musical lands in cinemas, Ariana Grande’s gossip-defying comeback single reminds me a little of a classic line in the original. It’s the school Christmas talent show and lovable misfit Damian is singing a rendition of Christina Aguilera’s Beautiful, right down to including the first beat from the music video: “Don’t look at me! [Read More]

Darling by India Knight review fresh retelling of a Mitford classic

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  806 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Book of the dayFictionReviewNancy Mitford’s romantic comedy The Pursuit of Love is delightfully reimagined with warmth and caustic charm For a reader unfamiliar with Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love, India Knight’s reimagining would be a perfect comfort read: the kind of book you take into the bath and keep reading even when the water has gone cold, a one-sitting dark-at-four joy. Briefly, then, for that reader: teenage Linda Radlett lives in “the very definition of emptiness” (north Norfolk). [Read More]

Doctor who was paid by Purdue to push opioids to testify against drugmaker | Opioids crisis

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  879 words  |  Valentine Belue

Opioids crisis This article is more than 4 years oldDoctor who was paid by Purdue to push opioids to testify against drugmakerThis article is more than 4 years oldDr Russell Portenoy agreed to cooperate with lawyers in return for dropping legal actions against him A doctor who led the charge for mass prescribing of opioids in the US, and was then paid by Purdue Pharma to help drive sales of OxyContin, is to testify against the drugmaker and other companies facing a slew of lawsuits over America’s opioid epidemic. [Read More]

How to cook the perfect rhubarb and custard tart

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  11 minutes  |  2216 words  |  Kary Bruening

In the pink: the perfect rhubarb and custard tart. Photograph: Robert Billington/The GuardianView image in fullscreenIn the pink: the perfect rhubarb and custard tart. Photograph: Robert Billington/The GuardianHow to cook the perfect ...DessertThese two foodstuffs go hand in hand, and this tart is an excellent choice for Easter. If you still get hold of some bright pink forced rhubarb, even better Rhubarb and custard go together like cheese and pickle, orFanny and Johnnie: whether it’s served up insteaming, stodgy spoonfuls in the school dinner hall orelegant tartlets in the royal kitchens, it’s a classic double act. [Read More]

Lego Worlds review filled with potential, but also confusion

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1197 words  |  Aldo Pusey

GamesReviewThe latest Lego adventure seeks to rival the creative possibilities of Minecraft. But players are forced to slog for their creative freedom Glance down the intricate family tree that connects the myriad successful Lego video games, and something striking is missing throughout the lineage. Most of those releases have only made cursory attempts at including that defining ability of the real-world toy: uninhibited construction. Aside from curio releases like the 1998 PC title Lego Creator, games based on the iconic bricks tend to allude to creativity, rather than offering freeform building in an unbridled form. [Read More]

Lytham cocklers get back to work in pictures | Environment

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  530 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Lytham cocklers get back to work – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email The beds have opened off the Lancashire coast for only the third time in over two decades, allowing a 12 day window for licensed permit holders to operate Christopher Thomond Sun 11 Aug 2013 17.58 EDT First published on Sun 11 Aug 2013 17. [Read More]

The war against wild toileting: is there any way to stop people weeing and worse in the stre

 Posted on April 12, 2024  |  11 minutes  |  2273 words  |  Aldo Pusey

‘Toilets were closed, so people were being forced to go wherever they needed to go.’ Illustration: Calum Heath/The Guardian‘Toilets were closed, so people were being forced to go wherever they needed to go.’ Illustration: Calum Heath/The GuardianHygienePublic peeing has become commonplace, with some men even urinating through letterboxes. Why has it become so popular and can splashback paint put a stop to it? When Paul came down the communal stairs at his block of flats in Soho, central London, he was faced with the sight of a young man outside urinating against the glass front door. [Read More]

David Wojnarowicz: still fighting prejudice 24 years after his death

 Posted on April 11, 2024  |  10 minutes  |  1964 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Wojnarowicz in 1988Wojnarowicz in 1988RereadingAutobiography and memoirBest known for an image on a U2 album cover, the painter and photographer was was also an Aids activist whose message of defiance from the late 80s reverberates in American politics today You might not be familiar with the American artist and activist David Wojnarowicz’s name, but if you’re of a certain age, you have probably seen at least one image by him. His photograph of buffalo tumbling off a cliff was used as the cover of U2’s One, taking his art to a global audience a few months before his death in 1992 of Aids-related complications. [Read More]

Festive re-reads: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens | Festive re-reads

 Posted on April 11, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  780 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Festive re-readsFestive re-reads: David Copperfield by Charles DickensContinuing our series of Guardian writers picking the titles to revisit this Christmas, Sam Jordison recommends the great Victorian writer’s ‘favourite child’ Tell us what you’ve been reading over the holidays in the comments I’m aware that this must hardly be the first time you’ve had David Copperfield pressed on you. Not that I have any compunction about recommending such a masterpiece again. [Read More]