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The alleged Buffalo shooter was also inspired by Islamophobia. That’s telling
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Su 14 Maggio, an 18-year-old white supremacist shot and killed 10 Black people in a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, di 200 miles away from his home, according to police. The alleged shooter scrawled a racial epith...
Northampton’s Tommy Freeman: ‘I’m knocking on England’s door and that’s all I can do’
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Versatility can be a double-edged sword for emerging youngsters but when Northampton’s director of rugby, Chris Boyd, waxes lyrical about the number of positions in which Tommy Freeman could play, he captures a large ...
The Northern Ireland protocol is said to be a blight on regional economy. That’s just not true
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Whenever Boris Johnson’s government wades into battle over the Northern Ireland protocol, it wields one assertion like a broadsword: that the protocol is ruining the region’s economy. Checks on goods entering Northern...
The Chanel jacket that launched a thousand copies – and why that’s OK
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When is a Chanel jacket not a Chanel jacket? When it is a collarless jacket in a ladylike pastel tweed, with a boxy shape accentuated by shiny gold buttons on four patch pockets – but the label says Mango. Or when it ...
Forgetting the apocalypse: why our nuclear fears faded – and why that’s dangerous
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On an August morning in 1945, 600 metres over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, a small sun came briefly into existence. Few remember a sound, but the flash printed shadows on the pavements and sent buildings thrashing....
for colored girls: the 40-year-old masterwork that’s still captivating audiences
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In the first five minutes of the late artist Ntozake Shange’s masterwork, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf, a character makes plea of witness and recognition: “somebody/ anybody ...
Chris Gayle: ‘The fans urge me to stick around. That’s why I’m still playing’
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The interview starts with an apology. “Sorry,” says Chris Gayle’s handler. “We might have to push this back a bit. Chris has had a really big few days, as you can see.” He waves his arm behind him. I’m wondering exact...
Cleaning up a Commons culture that’s rotten to the core
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Two women MPs saw Neil Parish looking at porn on his mobile phone and reported him to the whips (‘Some bad apples’: senior Tory minister denies institutional misogyny, 1 Maggio). I wonder how many male Tory MPs also saw ...
Who rules the waves? In my part of Scotland that’s far from clear
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The war in Ukraine has made the Firth of Clyde busy again. We used to have neighbours – he died, she moved away – who could remember the view from their house when it was filled with shipping during the second world w...
‘Very gay, very trans’: the incredible Doctor Who spin-off that’s breathing new life into the franchise
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Dear old Doctor Who has been in the doldrums. The pesky pandemic caused production delays, panicked rewrites and truncated series. Ratings have slumped, buzz has been badly lacking, and critical kickings have been adm...
The NFL’s gaga receiver market is the straw that’s stirring this year’s draft
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What happens when the league’s tragicomedy franchise hands a market-resetting contract to a middling receiver? Lunacy. Absolute lunacy. The stench of the four-year, $72m deal that the Jaguars handed to Christian Kirk ...
Sono 70; my wife is 65. Is she right to say that’s too old for sex?
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I’m a 70-year-old man who enjoys sex and intimacy, but my wife, chi è 65, feels she is too old for this. We sleep in the same bed but keep the pooch and pillows between us. Talking is useless and always becomes a bla...
Yara Rodrigues Fowler: ‘Revolution – that’s what I’m hungry for’
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Yara Rodrigues Fowler, 29, is a Brazilian-British novelist and activist from London. Nel 2019 she was shortlisted for the Sunday Times young writer of the year award for her debut, Stubborn Archivist, cited as “a forma...
It’s Atlanta meets Entourage, but with sexier accents: the brilliant French rap drama that’s breaking records
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‘Life in juvie ain’t no movie / I might deal drugs but one day I’ll rule the thugs.” Oui, welcome to All The Way Up (or Validé in its native tongue). It’s the French hip-hop dramedy you didn’t know you needed in your ...
Zack Tahhan is being hailed for his NYPD tipoff. That’s not the whole story
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In the aftermath of the Brooklyn subway shooting, social media has found its latest star. Zack Tahhan, 21, was quickly anointed as a hero on Wednesday following the arrest of Frank R James, the suspect in the attack t...
That’s swell: why north Devon has just become a World Surfing Reserve
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North Devon has long been a mecca for British surfers, drawn to the variety of waves that break along its golden beaches. tuttavia, la settimana scorsa, it gained international recognition when it was declared a World Surfing Re...