Why Damar Hamlins collapse marks a seismic shift for the NFL and its fans

 Posted on March 25, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1244 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

NFLPro football typically stops for nothing, with teams playing on despite grievous injuries. On Monday, things were different In September 2008, the Kansas City Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard smashed helmet-first into the knee of Tom Brady as the New England Patriots quarterback heaved a long pass down the field. The collision, which did not draw a penalty, reduced Brady to a writhing heap and sidelined him for the rest of the season with a torn ACL. [Read More]

Brighton take pride in gay day at races | Horse racing

 Posted on March 24, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  526 words  |  Valentine Belue

Horse racingBrighton take pride in gay day at racesFor years Brighton racecourse has been synonymous with Pinkie, Graham Greene's racketeering sociopath from his novel Brighton Rock. This summer the course will turn from Pinkie to the pink pound when it stages racing's first meeting aimed directly at the gay community. The track has teamed up with Pride, organisers of the city's annual gay festival, to promote the raceday on 21 July. [Read More]

Dressed to kill: Henry VIII's life in armour | Art and design

 Posted on March 24, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  429 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Dressed to kill: Henry VIII's life in armour Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email As the Tower of London unveil a vast exhibition of Henry VIII’s armour on the 500th anniversary of his coronation, we go behind the scenes to bring you the highlights of the collection Fri 3 Apr 2009 04.19 EDT First published on Fri 3 Apr 2009 04. [Read More]

Got rizz? Tom Holland memes propel popularity of 2023 word of the year | Social trends

 Posted on March 24, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  896 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Social trends This article is more than 1 month oldGot rizz? Tom Holland memes propel popularity of 2023 word of the yearThis article is more than 1 month oldGen Z slang for charm or attractiveness sees off ‘Swiftie’, ‘situationship’ and ‘prompt’ in judges’ decision Do women twirl their hair when they’re around you? Do men laugh loudly at your jokes? Have you noticed you’re particularly good at chatting people up? Then you’ve got rizz. [Read More]

Joe Sacco | Books | The Guardian

 Posted on March 24, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  41 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

As our politicians decide whether to bomb Syria, the Book Doctor picks out books that help us understand what it’s like to be threatened by bombs, from Robert Westall’s The Machine Gunners to Joe Sacco’s Palestine

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Leigh Jackson | | The Guardian

 Posted on March 24, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1202 words  |  Valentine Belue

ObituaryLeigh JacksonAward-winning writer of Warriors, The Project and other fine television dramasThe film and television career of the writer Leigh Jackson, who has died of cancer aged 52, began in the 1980s, and - with a period, from 1986, as script editor on Phil Redmond's BBC series Grange Hill - went on to last autumn's showing of The Project, the BBC's ambitious, if flawed, attempt to describe New Labour's journey from euphoria to decay. [Read More]

Music makes you fall in love with people: Marlon Williams on his Mori disco bop | Musi

 Posted on March 24, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1337 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

MusicInterview‘Music makes you fall in love with people’: Marlon Williams on his ‘Māori disco bop’Jenny ValentishThe singer talks about moving home, his upbeat new sound, the euphoria of performing and putting out a ‘sunny New Zealand record’ Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email It’s appropriate that Marlon Williams is chilling in a rocking chair when we talk. The only furniture more suited to his heady and breezy third solo album, My Boy, would be a hammock. [Read More]

No-waste cooking: never-ending yoghurt recipe

 Posted on March 24, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  364 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Australian food and drinkMaking your own yoghurt is easy – and much cheaper than buying ready-made As long as your yoghurt has live active cultures, the end of your yoghurt tub can be scraped out to use as culture for your own homemade yoghurt. It’s so easy to make and is much cheaper than buying ready-made. No waste cooking: fennel and leek scraps gratin recipeRead moreCook 15 mins Set time 4-6 hours [Read More]

Tamed by Alice Roberts review 10 species that changed our world

 Posted on March 24, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1097 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Book of the dayScience and nature booksReviewThe story of how dogs, horses, cattle, apples, rice and other species were domesticated proves an excellent perspective on deep human history There is a revolution going on in history – big, broad-sweep history that attempts to tell the story of the long march of humanity. As Alice Roberts’s book exemplifies, we now have a multitude of paths into the deep past: “geography, archaeology, history and genetics”, of which for her the most important is genetics. [Read More]

The Outlaw Album by Daniel Woodrell review

 Posted on March 24, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  650 words  |  Valentine Belue

FictionReviewTough tales about even tougher charactersDaniel Woodrell must be tired of being described as the best American writer no one has heard of, but that should finally be changing after the release of Winter's Bone, the recent film of his superb novel. Woodrell has spoken pointedly about the way that "the book was completely left out of the awards and benedictions" – the movie was nominated for four Oscars – but it can't have done his profile any harm. [Read More]