The Playboy problem: has the brand ever endangered women?

 Posted on March 19, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1183 words  |  Aldo Pusey

GenderAn ex-bunny describes the loss of her ‘family’ as the magazine stops publishing nude photos – but Gloria Steinem is among its detractors, saying the publication has never expressed ‘the full humanity of men or women’ Jaki Nett, a 72-year-old yoga instructor and former Playboy bunny, is worried. “Do you know if the magazine will survive?” she asks, on the phone from Germany. Nett is reacting to this week’s announcement that Playboy, a magazine first published over 60 years ago featuring a nude Marilyn Monroe, has decided to no longer feature photos of naked models in its pages. [Read More]

Viktor Orbn has undermined Europe for long enough. Its time to call his bluff | Alexander Hurst

 Posted on March 19, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1025 words  |  Aldo Pusey

OpinionEuropean Union This article is more than 1 month oldViktor Orbán has undermined Europe for long enough. It’s time to call his bluffThis article is more than 1 month oldAlexander HurstFrom Ukraine to the climate crisis, the union is beset by shocks. It can no longer afford to let Hungary give it the runaround Deep into the Trump presidency, I jokingly asked a French friend who obsessively follows US politics (and political comedy shows), and who also has significant experience with China, if he would rather be in charge of the US, China or the EU. [Read More]

Constable, Turner, Gainsborough and the Making of Landscape

 Posted on March 18, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1782 words  |  Aldo Pusey

PaintingLandscape painting was a lowly genre in the mid-18th century, but then captured the popular imagination. A new exhibition, at the Royal Academy in London, charts its riseAccording to traditional art history, before the mid-18th century the British simply couldn't paint. The best artists at work on these shores were all foreign, from Holbein and Van Dyck to Orazio Gentileschi and Peter Lely. In this account, the first original native painter was Hogarth, and the first genre to be distinctively British was landscape painting. [Read More]

Drummond's tears and tantrums cause chaos | Athletics

 Posted on March 18, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  869 words  |  Valentine Belue

AthleticsDrummond's tears and tantrums cause chaosSprinter's pleas of rough justice could spark review of the new false-start ruleThe world's fastest men came to a screeching halt here last night when a sit-down protest by the United States runner Jon Drummond forced the postponement of a quarter-final of the 100 metres by almost an hour and threatened to bring the entire world championships to a standstill. Drummond and Asafa Powell of Jamaica had been disqualified from the second of the four races under the IAAF's controversial new false-start rule, by which the first man to jump the gun is given a warning and anyone who transgresses thereafter is summarily ejected from the race. [Read More]

Feral cats now cover 99.8% of Australia | Wildlife

 Posted on March 18, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  846 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Wildlife This article is more than 7 years oldFeral cats now cover 99.8% of AustraliaThis article is more than 7 years oldFeral population of up to 6.3 million, at a density of one cat for every 4 sq km ‘underlines how potent they are for wildlife’ Feral cats cover 99.8% of Australia at a density of one cat for every four square kilometres, according to new research. The research was published in the journal of Biological Conservation and brings together data from almost 100 surveys completed by 40 environmental scientists from different institutions. [Read More]

How many pints of blood does an average body hold. I have been told it is 8 universally; but can a 5

 Posted on March 18, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  115 words  |  Valentine Belue

THE BODY BEAUTIFULHow many pints of blood does an average body hold. I have been told it is 8 universally; but can a 5ft person really have the same as a 7ft giant? Sophie, Bath UK Hang on, when I give blood, I give a pint. So have I given up an eighth of my body fluid? John, Leicester How many pints of blood does the heart pump every day? [Read More]

I have seen the future and it stinks. Who wants to live in a world without deodorant? | Emma Bedding

 Posted on March 18, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  442 words  |  Aldo Pusey

OpinionLife and style This article is more than 1 year oldI have seen the future and it stinks. Who wants to live in a world without deodorant?This article is more than 1 year oldEmma BeddingtonThe shortages of baby milk and HRT were alarming. But nothing prepared me for the loss of my favourite under-arm freshener ‘Global supply chain management” used to be a phrase I heard only in snippets of phone calls from another room: it is what my husband does for work. [Read More]

I missed out on being a kid: The Kid Laroi on fame, fans and coming home to Australia | Austra

 Posted on March 18, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1301 words  |  Kary Bruening

Australian musicInterview‘I missed out on being a kid’: The Kid Laroi on fame, fans and coming home to AustraliaMichael SunThe 18-year-old Kamilaroi rapper, whose fans include Elton John and Justin Bieber, is back in Sydney – starting a world tour and dealing with the ‘obviously insane’ reception Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email and listen to our podcast In the video for his latest single, Thousand Miles, The Kid Laroi does battle with himself. [Read More]

I was the Spotify of the 1980s! The Italian pirate mixtape empire that brought pop to the peop

 Posted on March 18, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1400 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

MusicStarted from an illegal market stall, Mixed By Erry became Italy’s third biggest record label – until police cracked down. A new film asks whether the founders were heroes or criminals In 90s Italy, the ultimate seal of approval on a tape wasn’t that of a cutting-edge record label or a stickered quote from a tastemaker publication: it was the varsity-style, hand-printed banner that read “Mixed by Erry”. It adorned everything from regional rap records to collections of Gregorian chants and birdsong, and the fact that it was far from legal was no deterrent – not for customers, nor even the musicians that the lord of Italy’s pirate cassette business was ripping off. [Read More]

Premier League team news: predicted lineups for the weekend action

 Posted on March 18, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  828 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Match previewsPremier LeagueLiverpool welcome the leaders, Arsenal, to Anfield on Saturday while Chelsea travel to Wolves on Christmas Eve WEST HAM v MANCHESTER UNITEDSaturday 12.30pm TNT Sports 1 Venue London Stadium Referee Simon Hooper This season G10 Y56 R3 5.90 cards/game West Ham v Manchester United: probable starters, contenders in italicsWest HamSubs from Areola, Anang, Mavropanos, Kehrer, Johnson, Ogbonna, Coventry, Fornals, Cornet, Casey, Benrahma, Antonio, Ings, Mubama, Marshall, Chesters Doubtful Aguerd (illness), Cornet (illness), Antonio (knee) [Read More]