Top science book prize won by woman for first time | Royal Society

 Posted on May 2, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  890 words  |  Valentine Belue

Gaia Vince’s Winton Prize triumph for Adventures in the Anthropocene means she will join previous winners including Stephen Hawking. Photograph: PRGaia Vince’s Winton Prize triumph for Adventures in the Anthropocene means she will join previous winners including Stephen Hawking. Photograph: PRScience book clubRoyal Society This article is more than 8 years oldTop science book prize won by woman for first timeThis article is more than 8 years oldAdventures in the Anthropocene, a study of human plundering of Earth’s resources, makes Gaia Vince first female outright winner of Royal Society Winton prize in award’s 28-year history [Read More]

Arctic Man: the anti-Burning Man draws 'slednecks' to remote Alaska | Alaska

 Posted on May 1, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1193 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Arctic Man drew 12,000 racers and partiers from Alaska and beyond. Photograph: Brian Montalbo/The GuardianArctic Man drew 12,000 racers and partiers from Alaska and beyond. Photograph: Brian Montalbo/The GuardianAlaskaArctic Man: the anti-Burning Man draws 'slednecks' to remote AlaskaTwelve thousand people head to the ‘middle of nowhere’ for a combination ski and snowmobile race – and a giant party in the cold If Burning Man and a monster truck rally had a love child in the snowy mountains of Alaska, that would be Arctic Man. [Read More]

From Chris Hemsworth's mansion to the Wynne prize: Otis Hope Carey's art of the ocean

 Posted on May 1, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1199 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

ArtHe’s a professional surfer who twice won the Australian Indigenous Surfing Titles, but his artwork is riding equally big waves Some people call him the rainbow lorikeet because he flies so high over the water. When Otis Hope Carey is surfing, when he is in the ocean, he is home. Coming down a wave, down those blue-green walls, he seems to dance. An important spiritual symbol of the Gumbaynggirr people, the ocean – called “gaagal” in that language – and the country around it is where Carey came from and where he will go. [Read More]

Rhonda Fleming obituary | Movies

 Posted on May 1, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  950 words  |  Valentine Belue

MoviesObituaryRhonda Fleming obituaryAmerican actor who enjoyed success in many striking Hollywood films of the 1940s and 50sIt would be difficult for filmgoers now to appreciate the impact that Technicolor had on audiences during and after the second world war, and how certain film stars, especially female ones, seemed to be made for colour. Among the redheads who benefited from their visually striking presence were Rhonda Fleming, who has died aged 97, Maureen O’Hara and Arlene Dahl. [Read More]

Somalilands frankincense brings gold to companies. Its women pay the price | Somaliland

 Posted on May 1, 2024  |  12 minutes  |  2439 words  |  Kary Bruening

Somaliland This article is more than 1 year oldSomaliland’s frankincense brings gold to companies. Its women pay the priceThis article is more than 1 year oldFemale workers tell of exploitation and sexual assault at frankincense warehouse supplying US essential oils company “I’m not speaking metaphorically – a bottle of doTERRA essential oil can change the world,” says David Stirling, a mild, clean-cut, middle-aged man. His largely female audience cheers and whistles, as if for a celebrity. [Read More]

Tala Gouveia: 'They called McDonald & Dodds woke just because I was black' | Television

 Posted on May 1, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1296 words  |  Kary Bruening

TelevisionInterviewTala Gouveia: 'They called McDonald & Dodds woke just because I was black'Emma BullimoreThe actor talks about finding fame on the Sunday-night detective series – and what it feels like to be the only person of colour on set If you scribble down a list of all the British TV detectives you can think of, past and present, the sad truth is that only a handful are played by black actors. [Read More]

The end of FAT: architecture's biggest pranksters call it quits boyband style | Architecture

 Posted on May 1, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1544 words  |  Kary Bruening

Architecture and design blogArchitectureThe end of FAT: architecture's biggest pranksters call it quits – boyband styleThey've built schools like wedding cakes and are making a real-life gingerbread house with Grayson Perry. But the UK's most playful practice is breaking up after 23 yearsThey have built a romanesque church out of sparkly blue sequins, a school that looks like a gothic wedding cake and turned the head of Hercules into a squishy seat. [Read More]

The Palmerston, Edinburgh: Its a great dinner restaurant review

 Posted on May 1, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1419 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Jay Rayner on restaurantsFoodReviewInvest in yourself at the Palmerston in Edinburgh if you are banking on having a good time The Palmerston, 1 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh EH12 5AF (0131 220 1794). Snacks and starters £4-£10, mains £17-£24, desserts £6, wines from £24 In the brutal depths of a cost-of-living crisis, when some people still have money for the cream on the top and far too many do not even have enough for the basics underneath, going for dinner in a space that was once a bank could be spun as brutally symbolic. [Read More]

Transgender stories: 'People think we wake up and decide to be trans'

 Posted on May 1, 2024  |  11 minutes  |  2305 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Clockwise from top left: Nikki Hayden, J Fernandez, Jenny-Anne Bishop and Surat-Shaan Knan. Composite: Alicia Canter / David Levene / Christopher ThomondClockwise from top left: Nikki Hayden, J Fernandez, Jenny-Anne Bishop and Surat-Shaan Knan. Composite: Alicia Canter / David Levene / Christopher ThomondTransgender This article is more than 7 years oldThis article is more than 7 years oldFrom a teenager whose mum joins him at Pride parades, to a 70-year-old who was sacked five times for being trans, five people tell of their experiences [Read More]

When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin by Mick Wall

 Posted on May 1, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  117 words  |  Aldo Pusey

The ObserverLed ZeppelinReviewHammer of the Gods, Stephen Davis's 1985 biography of Led Zeppelin, was dismissed by the band as a seedy fiction, but if this account by band confidant Mick Wall portrays anything more clean-living, it's only by a tiny amount. Wall includes fine detail – inter-band politics, the whiff of the rehearsal room – but lurid anecdotes dominate, such as tales of hotels trashed with samurai swords. The sense of naive 60s permissiveness souring into something more sleazy is palpable. [Read More]