Man jailed for killing woman on first date | Crime

 Posted on May 28, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  362 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

CrimeMan jailed for killing woman on first dateA fitness trainer was jailed for life today for murdering a woman on their first date. Kate Beagley, 32, was killed in a frenzied attack as she sat on a park bench at a beauty spot overlooking the river Thames in May last year. Her naked body was found four days later with 31 stab wounds to the face and neck. Today at the Old Bailey, Karl Taylor, 27, of Covent Garden, central London, was found guilty of her murder and told he must serve a minimum of 30 years in prison. [Read More]

Why are Americans being shot for knocking on the wrong door? | Francine Prose

 Posted on May 28, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  959 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

OpinionUS news This article is more than 9 months oldWhy are Americans being shot for knocking on the wrong door?This article is more than 9 months oldFrancine ProseIt’s hard to imagine someone being shot for knocking on a stranger’s door in Finland, Spain or Canada In the past week, two people have been shot, in separate incidents, for making an innocent mistake. In Kansas City, Missouri, Ralph Yarl, 16, was shot in the head and critically wounded by 84-year-old Andrew Lester, whose door Yarl knocked on, in error. [Read More]

France 2-0 Morocco: World Cup semi-final player ratings

 Posted on May 27, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  604 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

World Cup 2022Ibrahima Konaté excelled for France, while Morocco’s captain, Romain Saïss, was unfit, well off the pace and soon withdrawn France (4-2-3-1)Hugo Lloris (GK) Huge first-half save from El Yamiq, with help from the post, kept France ahead. Confident and secure. 8 Jules Koundé (RB) Cleared off the line to deny Morocco a deserved late consolation. Solid enough but was sometimes exposed after break. 6 Raphaël Varane (CB) Pass to Griezmann played role in the winner. [Read More]

Golden couple of tennis in court battle | US news

 Posted on May 27, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  911 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

The ObserverUS news This article is more than 15 years oldGolden couple of tennis in court battleThis article is more than 15 years oldAndre Agassi is forced to choose between wife Steffi Graf or his oldest friend in Vegas lawsuitFor a place built as much on the profits of sharp practice as the sand on which it stands, the people of Las Vegas have long been able to feel better about themselves because of ex-tennis champion Andre Agassi, the city's most revered resident. [Read More]

Jeffery Camp obituary | Painting

 Posted on May 27, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1168 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Jeffery Camp at his home studio in Stockwell, south London. The whole house was covered in his paintings, all thrown at the walls with banged-in nails. Photograph: Eamonn McCabe/The GuardianJeffery Camp at his home studio in Stockwell, south London. The whole house was covered in his paintings, all thrown at the walls with banged-in nails. Photograph: Eamonn McCabe/The GuardianPaintingObituaryJeffery Camp obituaryEnglish painter inspired by the landscape of the south coast, and in particular the drama of Beachy Head In a world where artists can be judged as much by their celebrity as by their work, Jeffery Camp, who has died aged 96, was reliably unconventional in both aspects. [Read More]

Missouri library will ban porn star book after 20 people on waiting list read it | Missouri

 Posted on May 27, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  648 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Missouri This article is more than 1 month oldMissouri library will ban porn star book – after 20 people on waiting list read itThis article is more than 1 month oldSt Charles city-county system to remove Bang Like a Porn Star: Sex Tips from the Pros after critics claim it is too sexually explicit A Missouri library system will ban a book that critics are calling too sexually explicit – but they are allowing the 20 people on the book’s waiting list to read it first. [Read More]

Myrrh mystery: how did Balthasar, one of the three kings, become black?

 Posted on May 27, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1530 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

ArtThey are a Christmas card staple – the three kings who followed a star to the baby Jesus. But one of them caused a revolution in art. We unravel the mystery of the Magi They came bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. This description of the Magi, the three kings or wise men who followed a star to the newborn Jesus, has always given artists plenty of scope to depict ornate boxes, cups and vessels. [Read More]

Parasite actor Lee Sun-kyun found dead in Seoul | Parasite

 Posted on May 27, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  493 words  |  Valentine Belue

ParasiteParasite actor Lee Sun-kyun found dead in SeoulSouth Korean actor had been under police investigation over his alleged use of drugs South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, best known for his role in the Oscar-winning film Parasite, has died, South Korea’s emergency office announced. The loss of actor Lee Sun-kyun casts a chill shadow over Korea’s film world | Peter BradshawRead moreLee was found dead in a car in a central Seoul park on Wednesday, it said. [Read More]

Tamsin Greig on Twelfth Night: 'The self-judgment of women is awful'

 Posted on May 27, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1247 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

‘I need to be really picky’ … Tamsin Greig. Photograph: Dave J Hogan/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreen‘I need to be really picky’ … Tamsin Greig. Photograph: Dave J Hogan/Getty ImagesTheatreAs the National Theatre streams its acclaimed staging of Shakespeare’s comedy, its star recalls playing Malvolia and eliciting help from the audience What was your reaction when asked to play Malvolia? I was offered Olivia but she wasn’t on my list of must-play roles. [Read More]

The perfect Proust translation but not for purists

 Posted on May 27, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  844 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Fiction in translationThe first translation of A la Recherche du Temps Perdu, by CK Scott Moncrieff, may be a personal interpretation, but it's a masterpiece in itselfIn the anniversary year of the outbreak of the first world war, it is apt to look at Proust's A la Recherche du Temps Perdu. It was written before, during and after the war, its volumes appearing from 1913 to 1927. Its first translator was CK Scott Moncrieff, a man who was in many ways similar to Proust; a cultivated, literary, closet homosexual who had witnessed and appreciated the high point of the fin-de-siecle civilisation that fell headlong into war. [Read More]