Costa cappuccinos deliver nearly five times as much caffeine as Starbucks ones | Coffee

 Posted on March 29, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1013 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Coffee This article is more than 11 months oldCosta cappuccinos deliver nearly five times as much caffeine as Starbucks onesThis article is more than 11 months oldWhich? study reveals huge disparity in the amount of caffeine delivered by high street coffee chains Coffee lovers looking for a strong pick-me-up should avoid Starbucks and head to Costa, after it emerged its cappuccinos deliver almost five times as much caffeine – the same as four cans of Red Bull. [Read More]

How Jewish artists built Broadway | Stage

 Posted on March 29, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  900 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Mark Lawson's theatre studiesStageHow Jewish artists built BroadwayA US documentary asserts that the Broadway musical is almost an exclusively Jewish creation. But is it useful to look at art in this way?A US documentary shown in Britain last week advanced the fascinating – and potentially sensitive – argument that the Broadway musical is almost exclusively a Jewish creation. Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy, a 90-minute film made by Michael Kantor for the US network PBS, was screened in BBC1's Imagine strand last week and was shown publicly at the Barbican Centre in London, after which I hosted a question-and-answer session with Michael Grade about Kantor's film and the Broadway musical in general. [Read More]

Millionaire jailed for life for murder of escort Georgina Symonds | UK news

 Posted on March 29, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  630 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

UK news This article is more than 7 years oldMillionaire jailed for life for murder of escort Georgina SymondsThis article is more than 7 years oldProperty developer Peter Morgan killed Symonds in south Wales after learning she planned to blackmail him, court was told A multimillionaire property developer has been jailled for life with a minimum term of 25 years for murdering a woman he paid to be his escort. [Read More]

State of emergency declared in Los Angeles after fire engulfs interstate | Los Angeles

 Posted on March 29, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  613 words  |  Kary Bruening

Los Angeles This article is more than 2 months oldState of emergency declared in Los Angeles after fire engulfs interstateThis article is more than 2 months oldResidents advised to use public transit as hazardous materials crews cleared burned matter and engineers examined damages Los Angeles motorists should expect traffic snarls indefinitely as crews assess how much damage was caused by a raging fire that closed a major elevated interstate near downtown, officials said on Sunday. [Read More]

The 10 best Christmas story paintings | Art

 Posted on March 29, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1139 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

The 10 best ...ArtThe 10 best Christmas story paintingsFrom Bruegel to Botticelli, Laura Cumming chooses her favourite depictions of the Christmas story 1 | The Annunciation Fra Angelico, Convent of San Marco, Florence Photograph: Convento di San Marco, FlorenceHere is the news, delivered by an angel. The Virgin Mary is pregnant. The son of God is on his way. In this exquisite painting, by a Florentine monk, the split-second of the telling appears to be the very moment of conception itself. [Read More]

The year that broke US politics: what 1968 can tell us about 2024

 Posted on March 29, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1286 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

BooksHistorian Luke Nichter considers the turmoil you know about – assassinations, chaotic conventions, the racist rise of George Wallace – but also the backroom dramas you don’t Spiritual messages made the Rev Billy Graham famous, but it was a different sort of message that he transmitted to Lyndon B Johnson in September 1968. Earlier that tumultuous year, the president announced on live television that he would not run for re-election. The race to succeed him pitted the current vice-president, Hubert H Humphrey, against a previous VP, Richard Nixon. [Read More]

Why is a pirate flag called the Jolly Roger? | Notes and Queries

 Posted on March 29, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  90 words  |  Valentine Belue

YESTERYEARWhy is a pirate flag called the Jolly Roger? ANOTHER possibility is that English pirates in the Indian Ocean began to refer to the red flag of the Tamil pirate Ali Raja by his name and 'Ally Roger' or 'Olly Roger' was later corrupted to Jolly Roger. The English word 'roger', meaning a vagabond rogue, may be another explanation. David Mitchell, in his book Pirates, discusses this question and seems to prefer a derivation from Old Roger - a synonym for the Devil. [Read More]

'Riddled with exclusions': pet insurers slapped with a Shonky award

 Posted on March 28, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  513 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Life and styleConsumer advocacy group Choice will not recommend a single Australian pet insurance product Rocky is usually pretty responsible. The teddy bear lookalike Chihuahua-Jack Russell cross is too much of a “little old man soul” to get into much trouble. But one Sunday this April, while his owner Penny Lane was in the midst of packing for an interstate move, he vaulted from a stool to a high kitchen counter and devoured several of the chocolate brownies she’d baked for her farewell party. [Read More]

Blackout Crew put a donk on it

 Posted on March 28, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  103 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

A history of dance musicDance music2008: Number 45 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance music Blackout Crew earned their footnote in the annals of dance music history by discerning that all genres of music sound better with the addition of a "donk". A donk, if you don't know, sounds a bit like a wet drainpipe hit repeatedly with a heavy rubber mallet – and in their breakout single Put a Donk on It, this rowdy Bolton rave crew demonstrated its curious flexibility, and introduced the world to the north-west's new bouncy techno sound in the process. [Read More]

Garth Brooks launches GhostTunes, his own digital music store | Music

 Posted on March 28, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  471 words  |  Kary Bruening

Music This article is more than 9 years oldGarth Brooks launches GhostTunes, his own digital music storeThis article is more than 9 years oldCountry star makes his complete recordings available digitally for the first time and signs up releases from all the major labels Garth Brooks returns: his first concert in 14 years Garth Brooks has opened his own digital music store. GhostTunes posits itself as an artist-focused rival to iTunes and Amazon, showcasing Brooks’ complete catalogue and more than a million songs from many of the world’s biggest acts. [Read More]