Books & the Arts / October 25, 2023 In Brazil, a Best-Selling Novel Confronts the Brutal Afterlife of Slavery Crooked Plow made Itamar Vieira Junior an essential voice in Brazilian letters. Jimin Kang Ad Policy A scene from the day Princess Isabel abolished slavery in Brazil, 1888. (Photo by Sepia Times / Universal Images Group…
Books & the Arts The Dark Message of Killers of the Flower Moon The Dark Message of “Killers of the Flower Moon” Unlike the visions of unbounded freedom found in traditional westerns, Martin Scorsese’s new film is a study of a West bounded by the vertical geometry of oil rigs and the byzantine conspiracies of…
1 hour ago About sharing Schwarzenegger served two terms as governor of California between 2003 and 2011 By Colin Paterson Entertainment correspondent “You can go and say, ‘Get to the chopper’.” “You can say, ‘I’ll be back’.” It is 11 o’clock on a bright London morning and Arnold Schwarzenegger is a man who knows what…
4 minutes ago About sharing By Jack Fenwick BBC Politics Asylum seekers moved out of government-funded hotels may be put back into the same hotels with costs “shunted” to local taxpayers because of councils’ legal obligations, councillors warn. The government plans to end contracts with 50 hotels housing asylum seekers by the end of the…
7 minutes ago About sharing Peter Bone’s accuser spoke to the BBC’s Hannah Miller By Hannah Miller & Phil Kemp BBC Politics A former parliamentary staff member has described how “physical, emotional and psychological abuse” by the MP he worked for left him a “broken shell of the young man I once was”. Peter Bone…
1 hour ago About sharing About 48,000 people die of sepsis in the UK each year, the UK Sepsis Trust estimates By Aurelia Foster BBC News Too many people are still dying from sepsis due to “the same mistakes” highlighted more than 10 years ago, the UK’s health ombudsman has warned. Rob Behrens, who handles…
5 minutes ago About sharing By Christy Cooney BBC News Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is to meet Muslim MPs amid tensions over the party’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war. It comes after an Islamic centre visited by Sir Keir on Sunday said a statement he released after the event had “gravely misrepresented” them. Sir…
1 hour ago About sharing Leopard bone is used in traditional Chinese medicine By Alex Binley BBC News Global banking giants are investing in companies which produce traditional Chinese medicines containing leopard and pangolin parts, a report has found. Both species are classed as threatened. The Environmental Investigation Authority (EIA) identified 62 banks and financial…
19 minutes ago About sharing By Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent Paedophiles are using artificial intelligence (AI) to create images of celebrities as children. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said images of a well-known female singer reimagined as a child are being shared by predators. On one dark web forum the charity says images of child…
1 hour ago About sharing By Michelle Roberts Digital health editor Many top UK scientists are calling for the current 14-day limit on embryo research to be doubled to 28-days, so they can study the unexplored secrets of early human development. Lifting the ban could yield major scientific breakthroughs for infertility, miscarriage and birth defects…