The caustic outbursts, the raw charisma, the conkers 50 reasons to love Liam Gallagher at 50
Posted on May 1, 2024
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| Brenda Moya
Liam GallagherAs the pugnacious parka-wearer marks off half a century, musicians and Guardian writers examine the attitude, arguments and angry monologues that make him a true rock’n’roll star
If Liam Gallagher wasn’t the parka-wearing, simian-swaggering rock’n’roll star we know today, who knows what he would have ended up doing? Someone with this much gravitational pull doesn’t make sense outside the context of stage, screen or celebrity. He’s an energy more than a man and one of the most compelling performers the UK has ever produced – even though he barely moves on stage.
[Read More]Two nuns admit embezzling school funds for Las Vegas gambling trips | California
Posted on May 1, 2024
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California This article is more than 5 years oldTwo nuns admit embezzling school funds for Las Vegas gambling tripsThis article is more than 5 years oldChurch officials say pair took ‘substantial’ sum from St James school near Los Angeles
Two nuns who worked for decades at a Catholic school in California embezzled a “substantial” amount of money from tuition and other funds and used it to pay for gambling trips to Las Vegas, church officials have said.
[Read More]Alexander McQueen left 50,000 of 16m fortune to his pet dogs | Alexander McQueen
Posted on April 30, 2024
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Alexander McQueen This article is more than 12 years oldAlexander McQueen left £50,000 of £16m fortune to his pet dogsThis article is more than 12 years oldFashion designer left most of his money to favourite charities including Battersea Dogs and Cats HomeWith a characteristically eccentric final flourish, Alexander McQueen has bequeathed £50,000 of the designer's £16m fortune to his beloved pet dogs.
The 40-year-old left another £50,000 to each of his two housekeepers, one of whom found him hanged in a wardrobe in his Mayfair flat nearly 18 months ago.
[Read More]Fargo recap: season two, episode three The Myth of Sisyphus | Fargo
Posted on April 30, 2024
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Fargo: episode recapsFargoFargo recap: season two, episode three – The Myth of SisyphusSpoiler alert: this blog is for Fargo viewers who have seen season two, episode three, showing on FX in the US on Monday nights at 10pm, and the following week on Mondays at 10pm on Channel 4 in the UK
Catch up with our season one recaps here Everyone seems to be looking for Rye, Lou visits Fargo and Peggy hears a new theory about the Waffle Hut shooter
[Read More]Pete McCarthy | Books | The Guardian
Posted on April 30, 2024
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BooksObituaryPete McCarthyWriter with a rare gift for alternative theatre and comedy"If you travel in hope rather than with certain knowledge," wrote Pete McCarthy, "something interesting usually happens." If you travelled with Pete, who has died aged 52 of cancer, it always did.
A writer, performer, broadcaster and comedian whose work combined a love of words with an interest in faraway places and having a drink with new people, he was best known for his books McCarthy's Bar: A Journey Of Discovery In The West Of Ireland (2000) and The Road To McCarthy (2002).
[Read More]Rupert Murdoch and the Jews | Michael Wolff
Posted on April 30, 2024
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Michael Wolff on media and modern lifeRupert Murdoch This article is more than 11 years oldRupert Murdoch and the JewsThis article is more than 11 years oldMichael WolffHis Twitter slip about the 'Jewish-owned press' was revealing – of prejudice, paranoia and neoconism – and none of it is prettyWhoops.
Rupert Murdoch's unchaperoned tweeting was bound to get him into trouble. On Saturday, he slipped into an antisemitic usage: "Why is Jewish-owned press so consistently anti-Israel in every crisis?
[Read More]The 50 best films of 2022 in the UK | Movies
Posted on April 30, 2024
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From left … Parallel Mothers, Aftersun and The Quiet Girl. Illustration: Guardian Design/Sony Pictures Classics/ Sarah Makharine/ CurzonThe No 1 film is a stunning directorial debut, one of the finest cinematic moments of any year – see which other movies you may have missed
Read the US Top 50 movies of 2022 More of the best culture of 2022 This list is compiled by the Guardian film team, with all films released in the UK during 2022 in contention.
[Read More]Top 10 nature memoirs
Posted on April 30, 2024
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Top 10sScience and nature booksMoving on from writing that holds the natural world at arm’s length, authors have begun using intimate life to show nature as a protagonist in itself
The lockdowns of 2020/2021 galvanised and expanded a readership drawn to writing about the natural world. For the fortunate, the pause and hush offered space to witness the seasons unfolding, to hear voices other than our own, and to realise “our” story is deeply entangled with other lives.
[Read More]Amazon workers at new Birmingham site to go on strike over pay | Amazon
Posted on April 29, 2024
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AmazonAmazon workers at new Birmingham site to go on strike over payGMB union says up to 100 staff at fulfilment centre will take part in stoppage to boost profile of dispute
Amazon faces fresh industrial action in the UK, after members of the GMB union at a new fulfilment centre in Birmingham voted to strike over pay and conditions later this month.
The GMB says “up to 100” workers will take part in the strike at the warehouse, which opened in October – a small fraction of the total workforce – but it hopes to use the action to boost the profile of the dispute and recruit more supporters.
[Read More]Anja Dunks heartbreak potato soup
Posted on April 29, 2024
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| Brenda Moya
Observer Food Monthly's 20 best recipesPotatoesIt is no coincidence of course that bowl-food is comfort food, and this soup has great healing powers
OFM’s 20 best potato recipes in full The first time my heart was broken I crashed the car. As I swung around a corner, tears streaming down my cheeks, the low winter sun blinded me completely and I hit the hedge. Damn him, damn that boy. Now I had to go home and not only explain to my parents that my car was kaputt, but also my heart.
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