Facekinis become popular in China as temperatures soar | China

 Posted on April 16, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  273 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

China This article is more than 6 months old‘Facekinis’ become popular in China as temperatures soarThis article is more than 6 months oldPeople buying full-face masks alongside hats, fans – and hats with inbuilt fans – as temperatures rise above 35C In scorching Beijing, “facekinis” are the hottest new fashion as surging temperatures shatter records. With the air temperature rising above 35C (95F) and the ground surface temperature soaring as high as 80C in some parts of the country, residents and visitors have taken to carrying portable fans and covering themselves up to avoid getting burnt. [Read More]

Ginny's Little Longhorn saloon, Austin: home of Chicken Shit Bingo - video | Travel

 Posted on April 16, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  124 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Austin city guide Austin holidays Ginny's Little Longhorn saloon, Austin: home of Chicken Shit Bingo - video Ginny's Little Longhorn Saloon is a classic Austin dive bar, a small steeple-topped shack with $2 beers, free chilli dogs and live honky tonk bands. But on Sunday nights the star of the show is Sissy the chicken, who is dropped on to a giant plywood bingo card and, well … you can guess the rest. [Read More]

How Edith Wharton led me on a long and winding road back to Henry James | Henry James

 Posted on April 16, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  807 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Books blogHenry JamesHow Edith Wharton led me on a long and winding road back to Henry JamesWharton's autobiography, A Backward Glance, shares a brilliant anecdote about a road trip with the Portrait of a Lady author that is full of twists and turns – and extremely long sentencesI have not read Henry James for years. As I've admitted previously, I've not much of a memory for books, no matter how much I enjoy them, so this is what I retain of James: very disturbing small children, in a story wrapped within a story that I loved (The Turn of the Screw). [Read More]

It's Complicated recap: wait until your dream girl is vulnerable, then move in | Movies

 Posted on April 16, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  767 words  |  Kary Bruening

Film recapMoviesIt's Complicated recap: wait until your dream girl is vulnerable, then move inIt may have all the hallmarks of female-friendly fluff, but Nancy Meyers' 2009 rom-com – which will be shown on Channel 4 at 9pm on Saturday – rises above other films of its ilk"Is it really necessary for you to always say no before you say yes?" – JakeIf Netflix had a "Female-friendly films with annoyingly chatty titles featuring era-specific phrases" [Read More]

Pierre Kompany's long road from DRC camp to Belgium's first black mayor

 Posted on April 16, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  868 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

BelgiumMan City captain’s father is ex-student protester who fell foul of country’s 70s dictatorship Vincent Kompany’s life is the stuff of little boys’ and girls’ dreams. Scorer of a dazzling goal of the season, captain of Manchester City’s all-conquering Premier League champions and on Saturday, the 32-year-old hopes to pick up the FA Cup at Wembley in front of 90,000 fans. The Belgian international’s travails on the field will fill the newspaper back pages, but the drama on the pitch will struggle to match the life story of the 71-year-old man who will be cheering him on the from the stands. [Read More]

The Peaky Blinders shirt stylewatch | Fashion

 Posted on April 16, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  235 words  |  Kary Bruening

Cillian Murphy in Peaky Blinders ... an achingly now look. Photograph: BBCCillian Murphy in Peaky Blinders ... an achingly now look. Photograph: BBCStylewatchFashionThe Peaky Blinders shirt – stylewatchWith its neat-pleats, this is the male version of the Princess Di pie-crust collar Although Peaky Blinders (which returns for its third series on 5 May) is set in the 1920s, sartorially speaking, BBC2’s gangland epic could not feel more current if it tried. [Read More]

Do spiders urinate in the manner we are usually acquainted with; in fact, are there any animals whic

 Posted on April 15, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  474 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Categories Nooks and crannies Yesteryear Semantic enigmas The body beautiful Red tape, white lies Speculative science This sceptred isle Root of all evil Ethical conundrums This sporting life Stage and screen Birds and the bees BIRDS AND THE BEESDo spiders urinate in the manner we are usually acquainted with; in fact, are there any animals which don't? [Read More]

Emily Blunt: Women are still pressured to be warm and likable. Men are not | Emily Blunt

 Posted on April 15, 2024  |  13 minutes  |  2747 words  |  Kary Bruening

‘I know so many women who are angry at their lives being defined by being someone’s mummy or someone’s wife’ … Emily Blunt. Photograph: Marco Grob for Universal PicturesThe star of Christopher Nolan’s nuclear epic Oppenheimer discusses sexism in cinema, her support for the strikes and speaking a secret language with her sister by Catherine ShoardWhen Emily Blunt was 13, she was in the chorus of the school play. Then the lead fell ill. [Read More]

Introducing the 'roadtrip' fashion's brave new haircut | Women's hair

 Posted on April 15, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  397 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Women's hairIntroducing the 'roadtrip' – fashion's brave new haircutJoan of Arc meets the apocalypse: the new fringe is super short and messy, in a sort of semi bowl. From Die Antwoord’s Yolandi to Lady Gaga and Christopher Kane, here’s why it works Forget Kate Middleton’s choppy bangs. A pair of nail scissors might be this season’s secret accessory: the hacked off fringe – a style we’re dubbing the road trip – is the haircut to have. [Read More]

Outrage over UK universitys plan to cut African history course and its professor | Universities

 Posted on April 15, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  815 words  |  Kary Bruening

Universities This article is more than 5 months oldOutrage over UK university’s plan to cut African history course and its professorThis article is more than 5 months oldUniversity of Chichester proposes redundancy for Hakim Adi, first Briton of African heritage to become a professor of history in UK A university has come under fire for proposing to make the first British person of African heritage to become a professor of history in the UK redundant and cut the course he runs. [Read More]