Beck's greatest songs ranked! | Beck
Posted on June 23, 2024
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| Jenniffer Sheldon
Beck performing in 2018. Photograph: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for iHeartRadioAs the prince of American alternative turns 50, we select his finest moments, from bluegrass ballads to breakup masterpieces and ‘beefcake pantyhose’
by Ben Beaumont-Thomas30. See Through (2019)Beck’s most recent album, Hyperspace, was a missed opportunity, a gorgeously produced modern R&B album with barely any strong tunes. But See Through is good – its wash of synths paired with a staccato chorus makes it evocative of Swae Lee.
[Read More]Daily Mail announces redundancy plans as print readership declines | Daily Mail
Posted on June 23, 2024
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| Chauncey Koziol
Daily Mail This article is more than 10 months oldDaily Mail announces redundancy plans as print readership declinesThis article is more than 10 months oldEditor Ted Verity said newspaper, sister title Mail on Sunday and MailOnline would be brought ‘much closer together’
The Daily Mail has announced plans to make some of its journalists’ jobs redundant, as the newspaper struggles with declining print readership and the increased cost of paper.
[Read More]Fraudsters feel the fear: why prison sentences may deter white collar crime | Torsten Bell
Posted on June 23, 2024
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| Jenniffer Sheldon
The ObserverCrime This article is more than 8 months oldFraudsters feel the fear: why prison sentences may deter white collar crimeThis article is more than 8 months oldTorsten BellFinancial criminals are less likely to reoffend if they spend time in jail – and colleagues are also deterredLast month, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority sent out a press release boasting of its success in having three fraudsters running an investment scam convicted and sentenced to jail terms totalling more than 24 years.
[Read More]Jalen Ramsey and Golden Tate brawl after tension over wide receiver's sister | NFL
Posted on June 23, 2024
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| Jenniffer Sheldon
NFL This article is more than 3 years oldJalen Ramsey and Golden Tate brawl after tension over wide receiver's sisterThis article is more than 3 years oldPlayers swung at each other following Rams’ win over GiantsRamsey broke up with Tate’s sister while she was pregnantWhat had been a routine, if dull, win for the Los Angeles Rams against the New York Giants was shaken up when Jalen Ramsey and Golden Tate brawled after the game.
[Read More]Papal view: the best popes in art in pictures | Art and design
Posted on June 23, 2024
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| Aldo Pusey
Papal view: the best popes in art – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Inspired by the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI – the first time a pope has stepped down since 1294 – here's a look back at the way former pontiffs have been depicted in art Mon 11 Feb 2013 16.06 GMT First published on Mon 11 Feb 2013 16.
[Read More]Tequila turned into diamonds | Chemistry
Posted on June 23, 2024
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| Jenniffer Sheldon
Chemistry This article is more than 15 years oldTequila turned into diamondsThis article is more than 15 years oldFarmers in Mexico have been given another reason to grow agave, the cactus-like plant used to produce the country's most potent export. In the bar room equivalent of alchemy, scientists have turned shots of tequila into diamonds.
The surprise use for the national tipple emerged when researchers at the National Autonomous University experimented with making ultra-thin films of diamond from organic solutions, such as acetone and ethanol.
[Read More]The wounds dont ever heal: 30 years after James Bulgers murder, Bootle cannot forget
Posted on June 23, 2024
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| Chauncey Koziol
James Bulger murderIn 1993, the UK was held in horror by the murder of two-year-old James Bulger. From the scene of his abduction to the youth justice system, the distress still reverberates
In Bootle’s aged shopping centre, billboards promise “there’s something changing at the Strand” but the place feels haunted by the past. The butcher’s shop where two-year-old James Bulger was abducted is long gone, as is the Mothercare where dozens of anxious parents bought 60s-style reins in the days after he was taken.
[Read More]Top 10 books about castaways
Posted on June 23, 2024
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| Jenniffer Sheldon
Top 10sBooksFrom the dark visions in Lord of the Flies or The Beach to the gentle wit of Tove Jansson, author Lucy Clarke picks her favourites tales of survival and isolation
After a long winter and lockdowns, the idea of being a castaway may seem romantic: a desert island panting beneath a high sun, nothing but endless ocean in sight. Yet peer a little closer and a harsher reality comes into view – one of extreme isolation and the brutality of survival.
[Read More]Celebration that ended in deaths of three friends | UK news
Posted on June 22, 2024
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| Valentine Belue
UK newsCelebration that ended in deaths of three friendsThe victims Survivors try to mend shattered livesCopeland profile
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Audio from outside the Old Bailey
They were five friends having a drink in the pub before a night out at the theatre. Moments later David Copeland's bomb tore through the Admiral Duncan and ripped apart their lives.
Andrea Dykes, 27, four months pregnant with her first child, was killed along with John Light, 33, best man at her wedding, and their friend Nik Moore, 31.
[Read More]Drakes 30 greatest songs ranked! | Drake
Posted on June 22, 2024
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| Valentine Belue
Started from the bottom now he’s here ... Drake. Photograph: PR Publicity Company HandoutWith the release of a new album – Certified Lover Boy – we pick the best tracks from the Canadian rapper and global superstar’s hit-studded career
by Ben Beaumont-Thomas30. Forever (feat Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem) (2009)Borne aloft on a blaze of horns and flanked by three all-time greats, this was Drake’s entry to rap’s big leagues: “Last name ever / first name greatest”, is how he opens his verse.
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