Murdered girls' father speaks of his grief as mother jailed for life | Crime

 Posted on March 18, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  548 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Crime This article is more than 14 years oldMurdered girls' father speaks of his grief as mother jailed for lifeThis article is more than 14 years oldRekha Kumari-Baker must serve at least 33 years for killing her daughtersA father whose two teenage daughters were stabbed to death by his ex-wife spoke today of his "incalculable" loss as she was sentenced to at least 33 years in prison. David Baker, whose daughters Davina, 16, and Jasmine, 13, were murdered by Rekha Kumari-Baker, said words were not enough to express his feelings. [Read More]

South Australian shark attack: tributes flow for talented and dearly loved teenage surfer | Sh

 Posted on March 18, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  738 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

The surfing community has paid tribute to Khai Cowley after the 15-year-old was killed by a shark on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula, in the state’s third fatal attack this year. Photograph: Surfing South Australia/PR IMAGEThe surfing community has paid tribute to Khai Cowley after the 15-year-old was killed by a shark on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula, in the state’s third fatal attack this year. Photograph: Surfing South Australia/PR IMAGESharksSouth Australian shark attack: tributes flow for ‘talented and dearly loved’ teenage surferKhai Cowley, 15, was killed by a suspected great white shark off Ethel beach on the Yorke Peninsula [Read More]

The Last Stage review cinemas first look at the horror of Auschwitz

 Posted on March 18, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  643 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

FilmReviewThis 1948 feature film by Wanda Jakubowska, a Polish survivor of the death camp, is both forthright and nightmarish, and invented the cinematic language with which to make the Holocaust thinkable In 1948, Polish socialist film-maker Wanda Jakubowska released this gripping and pioneering film about the Auschwitz death camp in which she herself had recently been imprisoned, using actors and nonprofessionals and partly shooting in what remained of the camp itself. [Read More]

Aston Villa 4-1 West Ham: Premier League as it happened | Premier League

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  11 minutes  |  2245 words  |  Valentine Belue

22 Oct 202318.53 BSTOtherwise, that’s us done for today. Thanks for your company and comments; peace and love. 22 Oct 202318.52 BSTHere’s Peter Lansley’s match report. Watkins and Bailey see off West Ham with a flourish as Aston Villa go fifthRead more22 Oct 202318.52 BSTWhat I really like about Watkins is that he’s an all-round, all-purpose centre-forward: he can drop, he can attack the space, he can hold it up, he can link the play, he can head, he can press, he can finish. [Read More]

He spent years searching for Mexicos disappeared then he vanished

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  840 words  |  Kary Bruening

MexicoJuan Carlos Tercero, an expert in underwater forensics who helped families seeking their missing loved ones, appears to have become a victim of the country’s disappearance epidemic On a balmy day in early April, anthropologist Juan Carlos Tercero left his home in the city of Tepic, in western Mexico. Then he vanished. In a country riddled with violence, where 25 people on average are reported missing every day, disappearances like this have become cruelly commonplace. [Read More]

I was in a Chinese takeaway when the girl behind the counter started giggling and then ran into the

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  323 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

SEMANTIC ENIGMASI was in a Chinese takeaway when the girl behind the counter started giggling and then ran into the kitchen - whereupon there were peals of laughter from everyone behind the scenes. She had seen my bicycle light on the counter - it had "LON" written on it. Does Lon mean something in Chinese? Help me before I get paranoid... Lon David, Aberbaiden, UK While I hate to increase your sense of paranoia, LON or lon, in a now obscure form of Mandarin, means dickhead, or more accurately cocktop. [Read More]

Idles: 'Vulnerability is the armour'

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1829 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

The ObserverIdlesAs they release their third album, exploring new musical territories, the Bristol class warriors discuss sincerity, sharp dressing – and why they’re rising to the haters Nice guys don’t always finish last. Not in the case of Idles, anyway. On Glastonbury’s Park Stage last year, the Bristol five-piece looked out at the moshing masses, stretching as far as the eye could see, past the multicoloured lookout and down the hill. [Read More]

My boyfriend has looked up men wearing lingerie online. Is he gay?

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  313 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Sexual healingRelationshipsAfter discovering his apparent interest in cross-dressing from his internet search history, I’ve been left feeling really confused I have just found out from my boyfriend’s online search history that he has looked up men dressed in lingerie. Does this mean that he’s attracted to this? Or that he is not straight? I am really freaked out and confused. On the contrary: be thankful that you are with a sexually curious person who may also be wonderfully creative and experimental. [Read More]

Pickled magnolias: springs first flowers are edible, with a potent spicy kick

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  789 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

‘Pickled magnolia petals have an incredibly potent spiced, gingery and sometimes clove-y flavour.’ Photograph: zhangshuang/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreen‘Pickled magnolia petals have an incredibly potent spiced, gingery and sometimes clove-y flavour.’ Photograph: zhangshuang/Getty ImagesAustralian food in seasonAustralian food and drinkThey can be used in place of pickled ginger, dipped in tempura batter and deep fried, or chopped and tossed through salads Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Magnolia flowers are some of the first blossoms to open in the Australian springtime. [Read More]

Poem of the week: Air by Victoria Adukwei Bulley

 Posted on March 17, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  943 words  |  Valentine Belue

Carol Rumens's poem of the weekPoetryMoving elusively between private and public worlds, the poet finds grace in small, shared moments Air Friend, I saw you sitting at the window of yourself high up in the loft watching it all go on without you. I was ice & you were almost shadow. I waved like a child on a passing boat. Unsure of whether or not this counts I want us to remember the unreadable air. [Read More]