37 minutes ago About sharing Wintry weather on the way later this week By Simon King & George Wright BBC Weather and BBC News Snow and ice are set to sweep across large parts of the UK in a series of wintry showers. The Met Office says people should get ready for potentially “hazardous conditions”…
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Books & the Arts / November 28, 2023 A Future Called Europe Can the European Union be salvaged? Can the European Union Be Salvaged? New books by Timothy Garton Ash and Loukas Tsoukalis document the moral and political exhaustion of the “EU” generation. Mark Mazower Ad Policy Berlin, December 22, 1989. (Bernard Bisso / Getty)…
Activism / November 28, 2023 Revolution? Hell Yes! Remembering Amber Hollibaugh The writer, who died last month, spent a lifetime breaking silences around sex. JoAnn Wypijewski Ad Policy Sexual desire had no better advocate than Amber Hollibaugh. If that sentence lands strangely now, it is because Amber, a self-described “lesbian sex radical Marxist ex-hooker incest…
World / November 28, 2023 The Humanitarian Pause Is a Chance to Pull Back From a Mindless War The extended hostage exchange offers the opportunity to move from war to cease-fire to negotiations. Jeet Heer Ad Policy An adult entertains children while waiting for the handover of Israeli hostages who have been held in Gaza…
Valdo Calocane pleads guilty to killing Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates.
35 minutes ago About sharing Omid Scobie’s book is highly critical of much of the Royal Family By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent If you’re looking for sizzling royal drama, untold intrigue and scandal, this new book is probably going to be a disappointment. It’s called Endgame but much of its feels more like Action Replay….
9 hours ago About sharing Omid Scobie’s book takes aim at the “antiquated ideas” of the Royal Family By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent A controversial book about the Royal Family is expected to pour more fuel on to claims of tensions between Prince Harry and Meghan and his elder brother, Prince William and his wife,…
Doug Putman says a bid to save Wilko was stymied as the former chair faces MPs over the collapse.
6 hours ago About sharing Flaring is a common sight at oil fields across Iraq and Iran By Owen Pinnell and Sarah Ibrahim BBC Arabic Toxic pollutants released during gas flaring are endangering millions more people than previously feared, a BBC investigation suggests. Flaring – the burning of waste gas during oil drilling – is…