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Swimming This article is more than 10 years oldDiana Nyad supporters rebut claims of cheating on Cuba-Florida swimThis article is more than 10 years oldLong-distance swimmers have been debating online whether Nyad got a boost from the boat that was accompanying herDiana Nyad's 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida has generated positive publicity and adoration for the 64-year-old endurance athlete – along with skepticism from some members of the small community of marathon swimmers, who are questioning whether she accomplished the feat honestly. [Read More]

Steven Spielberg This article is more than 5 years oldIndiana Joan? Explorer could be played by a woman, Steven Spielberg suggestsThis article is more than 5 years oldDirector says that the character should take a ‘a different form’ when Harrison Ford retires from the role The next Indiana Jones could be played by a woman when Harrison Ford retires from the franchise, Steven Spielberg has suggested. Spielberg, who has directed every instalment in the blockbuster movie series, told the Sun that he was “pretty sure” the upcoming fifth outing for the explorer would be Ford’s swansong in the role, but that the franchise would “certainly continue after that”. [Read More]

Trump administration This article is more than 6 years oldKeith Kellogg: who is Trump's acting national security adviser?This article is more than 6 years oldA retired general who served the Bush administration takes over from Michael Flynn, who resigned facing accusations of lying about Russian contacts Keith Kellogg has been named Donald Trump’s acting national security adviser, after the retired general Michael Flynn resigned after being accused of entanglement with the Kremlin and misleading the vice-president. [Read More]

UK newsMadonna denies pregnancy rumourA spokeswoman for Madonna today denied reports that the pop star and husband Guy Ritchie are expecting another child. Celebrity gossip magazine Heat claimed Madonna was three months pregnant when she visited a birth specialist in London at the end of last year. However her UK spokeswoman, Barbara Charone, today said simply, "It's not true." Madonna, 44, has a six-year-old daughter, Lourdes, by Carlos Leon, and a two-year-old son, Rocco, with Mr Ritchie. [Read More]

The ObserverUK news This article is more than 22 years oldPrince Harry taken to drink and drugs rehab clinicThis article is more than 22 years oldPrince Harry was taken to a drugs rehabilitation clinic for a day after Prince Charles discovered he had been regularly smoking cannabis and drinking alcohol, it emerged last night. The prince, 16 at the time, was confronted last year by Prince Charles, who then arranged a visit to Featherstone Lodge, a detox centre for heroin addicts in Peckham, south London. [Read More]

Crosswords This article is more than 10 years old100 years of crosswords: the first appeared in New York on 21.12.1913This article is more than 10 years oldArthur Wynne left Liverpool for the US, left farming for journalism and then left millions delighting in solving his inventionDevotees of all kinds of crossword (cruciverbalists, some people coyly call them) will today be saluting the memory of a Liverpool man who emigrated to the United States, abandoned onion farming for journalism, became editor of the New York World, and on 21 December 21, 1913 filled a spare space in his paper with a device that he called a word cross, thus ensuring his name would be honoured today as the inventor of crosswords. [Read More]

The Midlands and Cornwall boast good-quality carveries that are a long way from the stale, pre-cooked stereotype of yore. Photograph: Alamy Stock PhotoThe Midlands and Cornwall boast good-quality carveries that are a long way from the stale, pre-cooked stereotype of yore. Photograph: Alamy Stock PhotoWord of Mouth blogLife and styleCarveries are often the butt of British culinary jokes, but their 1970s format is being updated by a funky young newcomer [Read More]

Five celebrated Black chefs on the recipes that raised them From spicy pumpkin soup to caramelized banana ice cream, these culinary artists share the family stories – and cooking instructions – for some of their tastiest creations by Maria C Hunt Composite: Guardian design. Photographs: Rita Harper, Clay Williams, Ariadne Woods, and Sheilby Macena. Tue 28 February 2023 05.00 EST I lost my father rather suddenly last year, a day before Thanksgiving. [Read More]

Children's booksChildren's booksRed Queen by Victoria Aveyard - review‘Unique and amazing’ I was drawn to this book after seeing many people commenting on it on Goodreads and Twitter and decided, after reading the synopsis, that I would give it a read. When purchasing it the women serving me behind the counter told me what I’d heard before – that this book was amazing, but also that it was a mix between The Hunger Games and Game of Thrones which only made me want to read it further. [Read More]

CitiesFaceless estates. Sprawling suburbs. Soulless financial districts. Discredited elsewhere as fostering the worst kind of urban angst, these are the vogue in China – but change could be afoot You’ll find the original Rancho Santa Fe community nestled between golf courses and tennis clubs in sunny southern California. The version of it that I know best, however, is in the suburbs of Shanghai: this themed Chinese subdivision, modelled on the posh Californian suburb, features the same Mission-style homes with red tile roofs and the same lush green lawns encircling driveways mounted with basketball nets. [Read More]