Celebrity boxing is a satire, but the punchline is an unexpected one | Boxing

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1024 words  |  Aldo Pusey

SportblogBoxing This article is more than 1 year oldCelebrity boxing is a satire, but the punchline is an unexpected oneThis article is more than 1 year oldJonathan LiewThe bout between KSI and FaZe Temperrr underlines the phenomenon’s growing popularity and poses questions for the sport itself The fighters circle each other uncertainly, a little skittishly, pawing at fresh air, loosening their limbs, feeling the spring and thud of the canvas under their boots. [Read More]

Former oil executive Mark McAllister lined up to be next Ofgem chair | Ofgem

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  574 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Ofgem This article is more than 4 months oldFormer oil executive Mark McAllister lined up to be next Ofgem chairThis article is more than 4 months oldGovernment’s choice of energy regulator boss criticised as ‘putting the fox in charge of the hen house’ UK politics live – latest updates Business live – latest updates A former North Sea oil and gas boss has been lined up to chair Great Britain’s energy regulator, Ofgem, in a move criticised as “putting the fox in charge of the hen house”. [Read More]

How to use up overripe or bruised peaches recipe

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  470 words  |  Valentine Belue

Tom Hunt’s peach cobbler. Photograph: Tom Hunt/The GuardianTom Hunt’s peach cobbler. Photograph: Tom Hunt/The GuardianWaste notFoodJust when you think a peach is ready, it’s suddenly over-ripe – but that’s the prime time to use them in puree, smoothies or in puddings such as this cobbler A ripe peach is a beautiful thing: juicy, sweet and full of flavour. But this tender summer fruit has a short shelf life, and is quick to ripen and easily bruised. [Read More]

Inside big beefs climate messaging machine: confuse, defend and downplay | Beef

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  19 minutes  |  4014 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

The industry is trying to convince everyone … that dietary change has no role in climate strategy. Illustration: Lola Beltran/The GuardianA Masters of Beef Advocacy program teaches ‘scientific sounding’ arguments on cattle’s sustainability in an all-out public relations war by Joe FasslerThe US beef industry is creating an army of influencers and citizen activists to help amplify a message that will be key to its future success: that you shouldn’t be too worried about the growing attention around the environmental impacts of its production. [Read More]

Sarah Jessica Parker's surrogate pregnant with twin girls | US news

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  143 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Deadline USAUS newsSarah Jessica Parker's surrogate pregnant with twin girlsSarah Jessica Parker, 44, and Matthew Broderick, 47, are expecting twin daughters this summer. The couple, who have been married for 12 years, have one son, 6-year-old James Wilkie Broderick. No details about the surrogate have been released. Parker is due to start filming on a Sex and the City movie sequel in the coming months. A friend of the Parker-Broderick clan told Entertainment Weekly: [Read More]

The big 2023 quiz of the year | Quiz and trivia games

 Posted on June 11, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  30 words  |  Aldo Pusey

The ObserverQuiz and trivia games

The big 2023 quiz of the year

Barbie was on the big screen, Taylor Swift on the airwaves… How well do you remember the year that was?

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Black people were Hitlers victims too that must not be forgotten | Farayi Mungazi and Olivia

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  793 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

OpinionHolocaust This article is more than 1 year oldBlack people were Hitler’s victims too – that must not be forgottenThis article is more than 1 year oldFarayi Mungazi and Olivia Marks-WoldmanOn Holocaust Memorial Day, it is vital we remember all the people targeted by the Nazis Many people, even those with no more than a passing interest in sport, have heard of Jesse Owens, the American athlete who ruined Adolf Hitler’s moment in the sun. [Read More]

Blind refugee led Israel to Eichmann | World news

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1336 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

World newsBlind refugee led Israel to EichmannUki Goni, the Guardian's correspondent in Argentina, reveals in a new book the extraordinary truth behind the Nazi fugitive's captureFor more than 40 years the world has believed that it was the Israeli secret service, Mossad, backed up by the Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, which orchestrated the dramatic capture of Adolf Eichmann in Argentina, which led to his trial and execution. But the truth is far stranger than that. [Read More]

Day 2: Setting sketches and research strategies

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  977 words  |  Valentine Belue

How to write a book in 30 daysBooks Click here for worksheets relevant to this chapterOnce you have a firm idea of who your main characters are, it's time to start thinking about where they are. This is also the time to start planning the research you'll need to do in order to make your characters, setting and entire story more realistic and specific. Setting sketchesBefore you start the story, you need to get to know your settings as well as your characters. [Read More]

Invisible Generals: the Black military pioneers hidden in US history

 Posted on June 10, 2024  |  10 minutes  |  1992 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

BooksBenjamin O Davis Sr and Jr were high-fliers in every way, the latter commanding the Tuskegee Airmen. The author Doug Melville, a descendant, is determined to give them their due In 2012, the Star Wars creator, George Lucas, released his pet project: Red Tails, the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African Americans who fought in the second world war. Doug Melville assumed it would mean that his great-uncle, Benjamin O Davis Jr, would finally gain the recognition he deserved. [Read More]