Play about NHS creator Nye Bevan is among 12 new National Theatre plays | National Theatre

 Posted on May 26, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  429 words  |  Delta Gatti

National Theatre This article is more than 7 months oldPlay about NHS creator Nye Bevan is among 12 new National Theatre playsThis article is more than 7 months old‘Epic and deeply personal’ Nye by Tim Price will star Michael Sheen and be directed by Rufus Norris A play charting the life of Nye Bevan and his battle to create the NHS is among 12 new productions that have been announced by the National Theatre. [Read More]

Queensland to ban Nazi swastika tattoos as part of crackdown on hate symbols | Queensland

 Posted on May 26, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  867 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Queensland This article is more than 10 months oldQueensland to ban Nazi swastika tattoos as part of crackdown on hate symbolsThis article is more than 10 months oldExclusive: State will join NSW, WA and Tasmania in banning tattoos with hate symbols ‘that seek to invoke fear’ Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The Queensland government has vowed to make it illegal to display Nazi swastika tattoos as part of its ban on hate symbols that it says will be among the strongest in the country. [Read More]

AS Byatt, author and critic, dies aged 87 | AS Byatt

 Posted on May 25, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  795 words  |  Delta Gatti

AS Byatt This article is more than 2 months oldAS Byatt, author and critic, dies aged 87This article is more than 2 months oldThe acclaimed author of novels including Possession and The Children’s Book, has died, her publisher has confirmed The writer and critic AS Byatt, who explored family, myth and narrative in a career spanning six decades, has died aged 87. Her publisher Chatto & Windus confirmed that she died peacefully at home surrounded by close family. [Read More]

Assia Djebar, Algerian novelist, dies aged 78 | Books

 Posted on May 25, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  498 words  |  Delta Gatti

Books This article is more than 8 years oldAssia Djebar, Algerian novelist, dies aged 78This article is more than 8 years oldThe feminist writer and filmmaker, who depicted the lives of Muslim women, has died in Paris The acclaimed Algerian novelist Assia Djebar, who explored the lives of Muslim women in her fiction for more than 50 years, has died. Djebar, who was born and raised in Algeria and who was regularly named as a key contender for the Nobel prize in literature, died on 7 February in a Paris hospital, French press reported. [Read More]

Cinderella review entertaining if odd spin on Rossinis opera

 Posted on May 25, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  439 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

English Touring OperaReviewHackney Empire, London Jenny Ogilvie grafts a wacky ‘Night at the Museum’ concept onto the fairytale in this new production for English Touring Opera. Conductor Naomi Woo’s speeds are brisk to the point of breathlessness Everyone knows the story of Cinderella – and where English Touring Opera’s new production is concerned that’s a good job. Directed by Jenny Ogilvie and designed by Basia Bińkowska, the staging takes Rossini’s 1817 opera and wrangles it into an unlikely Night at the Museum scenario dreamed up by soon-to-be-ex-employee Alidoro, Rossini’s fairy godfather figure. [Read More]

Gwen Stefani faces backlash over Im Japanese comment | Gwen Stefani

 Posted on May 25, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  579 words  |  Brenda Moya

Gwen Stefani This article is more than 1 year oldGwen Stefani faces backlash over ‘I’m Japanese’ commentThis article is more than 1 year oldSinger and TV host, who is of Irish and Italian descent, made comment in interview promoting her beauty brand The singer and TV host Gwen Stefani faced widespread backlash after claiming: “I’m Japanese.” In an interview with Allure magazine released on Tuesday, Stefani, who is of Irish and Italian descent, was promoting her GXVE beauty brand when she said: “My God, I’m Japanese and I didn’t know it. [Read More]

How movies embraced Hinduism (without you even noticing)

 Posted on May 25, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1157 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

InterstellarFrom Interstellar to Batman and Star Wars the venerable religion has been the driving philosophy behind many hit movies. Why? Interstellar’s box office total is $622,932,412 and counting. It is the eighth highest-grossing film of the year and has spawned an endless raft of thinkpieces testing the validity of its science and applauding the innovation of its philosophy. But it is not so new. The idea that propels the plot – there is a universal super-consciousness that transcends time and space, and in which all human life is connected – has been around for about 3,000 years. [Read More]

Sir Philip Ledger obituary | Classical music

 Posted on May 25, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  845 words  |  Delta Gatti

Classical musicObituarySir Philip Ledger obituaryConductor, organist and director of music at King's College, Cambridge, who inspired players and singers alikeSir Philip Ledger, who has died aged 74, was an outstanding musician of great versatility. As a conductor, he inspired players and singers with his enthusiasm, energy and musicality; as a piano accompanist, he enhanced the performances of the distinguished soloists for whom he played – Janet Baker and Robert Tear among them; as a composer, he produced thoughtful and finely crafted works with immediate appeal. [Read More]

A car hit me, drove off and left me annihilated. Here is how I put myself back together | Life a

 Posted on May 24, 2024  |  13 minutes  |  2604 words  |  Delta Gatti

Adam Johnson at his home in Brighton. Photograph: Peter Flude/The GuardianWhen a car hit Adam Johnson at 55mph, he was left with broken legs, nose, teeth and spirit, and was put into a coma in hospital. His slow recovery was helped by one of the few things he still had – his creativity by Elle Hunt‘It was all planned out,” says Adam Johnson. “I knew exactly what I was going to do. [Read More]

A home help for eight days after giving birth? Why Dutch maternity care is the envy of the world

 Posted on May 24, 2024  |  10 minutes  |  2101 words  |  Brenda Moya

Euro visionsHealth & wellbeingEveryone who gives birth in the Netherlands has the legal right to a kraamzorg to help with everything from breastfeeding to laundry. How do these new mums find it? To new parents processing the shock of delivery and swimming in hormones, newborns can feel like a tiny, terrifying mystery; unexploded ordinance in a crib. “We were totally unprepared,” says Odilia. Neither she or her husband had ever changed a nappy and had no idea the baby needed feeding every three hours. [Read More]