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25 Mar 202321.56 GMTBen Fisher was in Split tonight, and his report has landed. Here it is! Thanks for reading this MBM. Nighty night! Nathan Broadhead’s last-gasp strike rescues draw for Wales in CroatiaRead more25 Mar 202321.49 GMTNathan Broadhead, a goalscoring hero on his debut for Wales, talks to S4C. “I got a bit overwhelmed to be honest! I got quite emotional. I’ve been waiting for this moment for so long! We needed a point. [Read More]

Mind your languageMedia This article is more than 9 years oldDear work colleagues, let’s stop using this clumsy phraseThis article is more than 9 years oldToby ChasseaudA colleague is someone you work with, so why the pointless prefix? “Sorry, I can’t make it to the pub tonight. I have to go to a work colleague’s leaving do,” a friend tells me. This winds me up. It isn’t being deprived of the opportunity to sip a pint that frustrates me. [Read More]

Pop and rockObituaryDennis Lotis obituaryBig band crooner of the 1950s who also turned his hand to film and theatre before fading from view as tastes changed in the 60s Dennis Lotis, who has died aged 97, built his career during a decade when popular culture turned upside down. In 1957 he was voted the UK’s top male singer in a Melody Maker poll for his interpretations of songs such as Nevertheless, Such a Night and Flamingo. [Read More]

MoviesObituaryEvan Jones obituaryPoet best known for The Song of the Banana Man who went on to become a prolific playwright and screenwriterIn his groundbreaking poem The Song of the Banana Man, the writer Evan Jones, who has died aged 95, conceived a new form for Caribbean poetry that merged the cadence and language of Jamaican patois with that of standard English. Written in 1952, broadcast on the BBC’s Caribbean Voices radio programme in 1953 and published in Barbados in Bim magazine in 1954, the poem captured the pride of a Jamaican farmer who works the land during a time when the huge sugar estates owned by foreign concerns were being replaced by locally owned smallholdings, and records the stirrings of an agitating workforce that was heading towards self-determination. [Read More]

Piers Morgan This article is more than 1 year oldPiers Morgan’s Twitter account abuses queen and Ed Sheeran in apparent hackThis article is more than 1 year oldPresenter’s account loses most of its content after apparent hacker shares false information and racial slurs Piers Morgan’s Twitter account has been wiped of much of its content, amid reports it was hacked. The former Good Morning Britain (GMB) presenter, 57, who has 8. [Read More]

MemoryWhen does forgetfulness become something more serious? And how can we delay or even prevent that change? We talk to brain expert Richard Restak You walk into a room, but can’t remember what you came in for. Or you bump into an old acquaintance at work, and forget their name. Most of us have had momentary memory lapses like this, but in middle age they can start to feel more ominous. [Read More]

Australian food and drinkThe sweeter the juice: an entirely ripened mulberry is the flavour of self-controlMulberries are a delicious, fast-growing addition to any garden. Now in season, use the fruit the birds don’t get to first to make a creamy clafoutis recipe Mention mulberries to any Australian adult – or anyone for that matter who lives in a country where they grow – and I can almost guarantee you that eyes shine and corners of mouths twitch upwards. [Read More]

New York GiantsThe Giants quarterback still has his laundry and cooking done for him. But in a league where careers can be short, staying close to home makes sense Let’s be clear. The New York Giants left Washington with a 31-19 win thanks to six takeaways. The defense put on a show with punched out balls and multiple interceptions, including a game-clinching pick six by Isaiah Simmons. It was an inspired performance by a Giants team that surrendered 640 yards and 49 points to the Dallas Cowboys just a week ago, and had a good chance of ending the season with the league’s worst record before Sunday’s win. [Read More]

Margaret Thatcher This article is more than 10 years oldAustralian foreign minister claims Margaret Thatcher held 'unabashedly racist' viewsThis article is more than 10 years oldBob Carr reveals former British PM warned him of challenge posed by immigrationMargaret Thatcher has been accused by the Australian foreign minister of having held "unabashedly racist" views after he revealed that the late former British prime minister had warned him of the challenge posed by immigration from Asia. [Read More]

A Maga and QAnon rally in Los Angeles, California, on 3 October 2020. Photograph: Chelsea Lauren/REX/ShutterstockA Maga and QAnon rally in Los Angeles, California, on 3 October 2020. Photograph: Chelsea Lauren/REX/ShutterstockThe far rightThe pipeline from mommy blogger to Tradwife to book-banner is an important aspect of the extreme right wing in the US Researchers who track how the far right in the US mobilizes, self-promotes and recruits are reporting that women are playing a growing role in the movement. [Read More]