Interviewing Ray Liotta was a unique experience – he was an actor without pretence
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When I phoned Ray Liotta last September, to interview him about his genuinely astonishing performance in the (underrated!) Sopranos prequel film, Los muchos santos de Newark, I was braced for the worst. Phone interviews...
UK finance ‘faces £340bn in losses’ without action on climate change
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UK banks and insurers will end up shouldering nearly £340bn worth of climate-related losses by 2050, unless action is taken to curb rising temperatures and sea levels, the Bank of England has warned. The numbers emerg...
Bolivia’s perennial student leader clung to post for decades without graduating
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Max Mendoza has been a remarkably persistent student – and a profitable one: he has been enrolled at a public university in Bolivia for 32 years but never graduated, much of it while being paid a government salary to ...
‘The lady without legs or arms’: how artist Sarah Biffin shattered Victorian ideas about disability
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She was born without arms and legs to a farming family in 1784 y, measuring just 37 inches in height as an adult, was put on show in touring fairground attractions. Billed as The Limbless Wonder, Sarah Biffin painte...
Novak Djokovic could play Rafael Nadal in French Open quarter-final classic
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Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal were handed their worst scenario in the French Open draw on Thursday after Nadal was drawn into Djokovic’s top quarter. Como resultado, the pair could face each other in the last eight. Th ...
‘I can’t look at Johnson without feeling sick’: readers’ verdicts on Partygate
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The Metropolitan police have confirmed that Boris Johnson will not receive any more fines for lockdown-breaching gatherings after an investigation into events in Downing Street and Whitehall. The police force said it ...
Ringling Bros circus returns after five years – without animals
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“The Greatest Show on Earth” is making a comeback – without animal acts – five years after shutting down its three-ring circus, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey announced on Wednesday. The interactive live sh...
Elon Musk: Twitter deal cannot progress without proof on bot numbers
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Elon Musk has cast further doubt over his $44bn (£35bn) takeover of Twitter after stating the deal “cannot move forward” until the social media company proves that less than 5% of its users are fake or spam accounts. ...