Feral deer will become Australias next rabbit plague without a containment zone, experts sa

 Posted on June 3, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  859 words  |  Valentine Belue

Feral red deer in Victoria’s Grampians national park. A new national strategy aims to create a containment zone to halt the spread of the pest animals. Photograph: Bjorn Svensson/AlamyFeral red deer in Victoria’s Grampians national park. A new national strategy aims to create a containment zone to halt the spread of the pest animals. Photograph: Bjorn Svensson/AlamyInvasive species This article is more than 1 year oldFeral deer will become Australia’s ‘next rabbit plague’ without a containment zone, experts sayThis article is more than 1 year oldPopulations have increased tenfold in the past two decades, leading to a new national strategy to halt the rapid spread [Read More]

Forgive me, Father, for I am in the mood to sin: how the hot priest calendar became a pu

 Posted on June 3, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  784 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Art and designIf cassocks, dog collars and muscular Christianity are your thing, you’ll love the ‘calendario Romano’, now approaching its second decade If you’ve been to Rome, there’s a high chance you returned home with a slab of guanciale, two Fabriano notebooks and a copy of the hot priest calendar in your luggage. December. Photograph: Piero PazziThe hot priest calendar is not its official name but, over the past two decades, the moniker has stuck (for reasons clear to anyone who’s seen it). [Read More]

It's techno-racism: Detroit is quietly using facial recognition to make arrests | US news

 Posted on June 3, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  975 words  |  Kary Bruening

US news This article is more than 4 years old‘It's techno-racism’: Detroit is quietly using facial recognition to make arrestsThis article is more than 4 years oldCritics in the majority-black city point out that the technology is flawed and often misidentifies people of color and women For the last two years, Detroit police have been quietly utilizing controversial and unreliable facial recognition technology to make arrests in the city. The news, revealed in May in a Georgetown Universityreport , has shocked many Detroiters and sparked a public debate in the city that is still raging and mirrors similar battles playing out elsewhere in America and across the world. [Read More]

Jeillo Edwards | | The Guardian

 Posted on June 3, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  648 words  |  Aldo Pusey

ObituaryJeillo EdwardsAfrican character actor whose range shone on the BBC World ServiceJeillo Edwards, who has died aged 61, was one of the leading African character actors of her time. Her range was enormous: venomous market women, long-suffering wives, sugar mammies, matriarchs, mothers-in-law, politicians and prostitutes. Her opportunities to play African roles - as opposed to the Caribbean ones more generally available in Britain - came through the BBC World Service for Africa. [Read More]

Martina Navratilova's tennis art | Art and design

 Posted on June 3, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  187 words  |  Valentine Belue

Martina Navratilova's tennis art Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Slovak artist Jurak Kralik convinced tennis star Martina Navratilova to spend four years hitting paint-covered tennis balls against 60 large canvases in a practice she calls 'tennising'. The colourful results are now on show in Art Grand Slam at Roland-Garros, home of the French Open Wed 28 May 2008 07. [Read More]

Novel existence

 Posted on June 3, 2024  |  19 minutes  |  3940 words  |  Kary Bruening

Jane GardamReviewJane Gardam gave up work to raise a family and didn't start writing until her children had gone to school. She went on to become one of the most prolific novelists of her generation, writing prizewinning fiction for children as well as adults. Now 77, her most recent book was shortlisted for the Orange prize and she is working on a new collection of short stories.Although Jane Gardam did not publish her first book until she was in her late 30s, writing has always been a part of her life. [Read More]

Simona Tabasco: Lucia in The White Lotus is hungry for life | The White Lotus

 Posted on June 3, 2024  |  10 minutes  |  2057 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

The ObserverThe White LotusInterviewSimona Tabasco: ‘Lucia in The White Lotus is hungry for life’Scarlett ConlonWhen the second season of The White Lotus opened its doors, one megawatt actor seemed to bloom before our eyes. Here, Simona Tabasco talks about coping with international adulation and why she’d still love to work on a farm Maybe one day I’ll be a tour guide at the Vatican,” ponders Simona Tabasco, relaying an eclectic list of interests with a megawatt smile and absolute earnestness over our Zoom call. [Read More]

Teen love, teen hate: girl gang takes savage revenge | UK news

 Posted on June 3, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1001 words  |  Aldo Pusey

The ObserverUK newsTeen love, teen hate: girl gang takes savage revenge17-year-old's horrific fireball death highlights the rise of the feral young femalesDebra Carne had been with her new boyfriend only a few days before he told her he loved her. The 17-year-old spent the night with him but the following day they split up after rowing. Two days passed before he called Carne and begged her to meet him. Within 15 minutes of getting into his car she was dead. [Read More]

'Time is elastic': an extract from Carlo Rovelli's The Order of Time

 Posted on June 2, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1584 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Science and nature booksWhat does it really mean to say that time ‘passes’? Why does time pass faster in the mountains than it does at sea level? The physicist explains in this extract from his latest book Interview with Carlo Rovelli I stop and do nothing. Nothing happens. I am thinking about nothing. I listen to the passing of time. This is time, familiar and intimate. We are taken by it. [Read More]

Ben E Kings Stand By Me: a song as enduring as the love that inspired it | Ben E King

 Posted on June 2, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  580 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Music blogBen E KingBen E King’s Stand By Me: a song as enduring as the love that inspired itFifty-five years after it was written, the original version still wields the kind of emotional heft that can reduce people to tears Ben E King obituary Ben E King: a life in pictures As is the case with all the great pop songs, you can identify Stand By Me by its opening few notes. [Read More]