Daily Archives: 18/02/2024

Harry Styles turns heads at Premier League match

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Fans joke that the star’s appearance is the UK version of Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl.

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Michael J Fox brings audience to tears at Baftas

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The actor, who lives with Parkinson’s disease, got up from his wheelchair to present best film award.

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Online campaign seeks Easter Island statue return

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A campaign by social media users in Chile seeks the repatriation of Hoa Hakananai’a moai to the island.

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‘Oppenhomies’ Murphy and Downey Jr scoop Baftas

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Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr and Christopher Nolan all win Bafta Film Awards for Oppenheimer.

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Watch Baftas 2024 best bits… in two minutes

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Laughter and tears for winners at the Bafta Awards 2024 in London.

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House at Pooh Corner (version 2), The by A. A. Milne (1882 – 1956)

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The House at Pooh Corner describes the continuing adventures of Winnie the Pooh and his friends Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, Rabbit, Owl, Kanga and Roo. We also meet a newcomer to the Hundred Acre Wood, Tigger. (Summary by Anne Erickson)

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Transpondo sátiras: duas tradutoras de eslovaco falam sobre como encontrar inspiração

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Como leitores, podemos nos opor à Rússia pela leitura da literatura das “nações menores”. Texto de Majling, original em eslovaco, com os nomes modificados de Dostojevzski (Dostoiévski), Tolsztoi (Tolstói) e Toorgenef (Turguêniev). Foto de Filip Noubel, usada com permissão. Para … Continue reading →

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To The Clouds by John Clare (1793 – 1864)

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LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of To The Clouds by John Clare. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 11, 2024. —— His biographer Jonathan Bate called Clare “the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced. No … Continue reading →

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In pictures: Stars on the Baftas red carpet

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Daisy Edgar-Jones is among the actors at the biggest night in the British film calendar.

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David Crockett, Scout by Charles Fletcher Allen (1849 – 1914)

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Davy Crockett is one of the legendary heroes of the North American frontier, celebrated in song and story. This is a very accessible account of his life from boyhood through his time as a scout and of high popularity to … Continue reading →

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Steve Wright’s Love Songs airs ‘without the chief’

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The Radio 2 show opens with a tribute to DJ Steve Wright, its long-time host, who died this week.

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The Bafta nominees and winners – updating live

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See the full list of nominees for this year’s Bafta Film Awards, and the winners as they happen.

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Stars assemble in London for Bafta Film Awards

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Oppenheimer leads the nominations, but Barbie, Poor Things and Killers of the Flower Moon are also in contention.

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(Satire) Random execution experiment, US

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(satire) Ohio Begins Executing Random People In Hopes They’re Criminals.

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Tough-on-gangs Bukele reelected, SLV

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El Salvador’s president Bukele was reelected despite the constitution’s prohibition on reelecting any president. He made El Salvador crime-free, by means of putting 75,000 people in prison without charges. A trial is an imperfect way to judge a person’s guilt, … Continue reading →

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Urgent: Affirm ex-president is accountable for Jan 6

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US citizens: Call on the Supreme Court to affirm that the insurrectionist is not above the law.

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President Hoover revisited

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A relative of Herbert Hoover rebuked Biden for comparing the wrecker to Hoover. I have a different criticism: comparing the wrecker to Hoover is an understatement. Herbert Hoover was a Republican president who worshiped the Invisible Hand and therefore refused … Continue reading →

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Urgent: Protect NLRB from a lawsuit

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US citizens: call on Congress to protect the National Labor Relations Board from the musk-et’s lawsuit designed to destroy its funding. If you phone, please spread the word! Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121

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Squeezing profits out of drivers

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In 2023, GUber made a profit for the first time…by squeezing it out of the drivers. It’s paying them less than peanuts, now. Many reasons to refuse to do business with GUber.

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Urgent: Budget down the Pentagon’s emissions

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US citizens: call on Biden to cut Pentagon emissions and help save the planet. If you phone, please spread the word! White House: +1-202-456-1111 and (TTY/TDD) +1-202-456-6213

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Cities’ waste-dump, methane tactics

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Some waste dumps occasionally release a large quantity of methane in a short time. Preventing more such leaks would take a substantial step towards avoiding global heating disaster. But the biggest problems are in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh; it won’t … Continue reading →

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Black Cat Vol. 04 No. 01 October 1898, The by Various

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The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine. The first issue of Volume … Continue reading →

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Matt Smith on a Doctor Who return… and Prince Harry

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The actor also recalled when Prince Harry spoke to him about playing his grandfather in The Crown.

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Lost Billy Connolly Banana Feet film restored for fans

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The 1975 documentary was discovered on eBay and will now be screened in the cinema again.

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Brydon would love it if Gavin and Stacey returned

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Rob Brydon – who plays Uncle Bryn – says he gets asked about a return in every interview.

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Barbenheimer and ball gowns: All you need to know for the Baftas

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Barbenheimer, red carpet glamour and Hollywood royalty will be centre stage at Sunday’s film awards.

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How Kerrang TV shaped the alternative music scene

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Channel 4, which owns the channel, says it will soon be “unprofitable” due to declining audiences.

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Steve Wright’s pal ‘due to meet him on day he died’

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Gavin McCoy says the radio star had to pull out because he was feeling “under the weather”.

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Expulsan a escritora palestina Randa Jarrar de acto de PEN América por protestar

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Jarrar protestó contra Mayim Bialik, opositora al cese del fuegohttps://es.globalvoices.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=432892&action=edit#acf-group_gv_post_tagline Imagen de Daniel José Older . La pieza muestra a Randa Jarrar siendo expulsada del evento por protestar gritando el nombre de 13 autores martirizados en Gaza. La lista de … Continue reading →

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Weird Tales Presents: Dark Stories of Stark, Unreasoning Terror by Robert E. Howard (1906 – 1936)

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Grandmaster of weird fiction Robert E. Howard is perhaps most well-known as the forefather of dark fantasy via creations like Conan the Barbarian and Solomon Kane. While not as well-known but no less strange and mesmerizing are his tales of … Continue reading →

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Ye of Little Faith by Rog Phillips (1909 – 1965)

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It matters not whether you believe or disbelieve. Reality is not always based on logic; nor, particularly, are the laws of the universe…. – Summary by IF Worlds of Science Fiction January 1953

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Later Middle Ages: A History of Western Europe 1254-1494, The by Robert Balmain Mowat (1883 – 1941)

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The Scottish historian, Robert Balmain Mowat writes, “When this period opens one of the finest epochs in German history had just closed, and a time of confusion begun.” With the death of the Emperor Frederick II, Germany’s many feudal territories … Continue reading →

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The Oscar-winning film that captured Navalny’s life and possible death

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The director of the 2022 Oscar-winning film speaks of his shock at the death of Alexei Navalny.

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