Burberry shoppers snap up goods in Paris and Milan, not London | Burberry group

 Posted on May 17, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  718 words  |  Kary Bruening

Burberry group This article is more than 1 year oldBurberry shoppers snap up goods in Paris and Milan, not LondonThis article is more than 1 year oldBrand says decision to stop tourists reclaiming VAT has hurt UK reputation as luxury shopping destination Tourists hoping to snap up Burberry products are heading to Paris and Milan rather than London, while luxury shoppers face significant price increases as costs rise, according to the British fashion brand. [Read More]

Joan Turner | TV comedy

 Posted on May 17, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1086 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

TV comedyObituaryJoan TurnerFeisty comedian and actor, she found fame in the 1960s and 70sJoan Turner, who has died at the age of 86, was an outstandingly versatile performer who was called "the women's answer to Harry Secombe". She could sing a pop or operatic song with her four-and-a-half-octave soprano voice, do an almost eerily convincing impersonation of Bette Davis, and then switch to a stand-up comic routine. The London Evening News once said that she had " [Read More]

Relocating koalas to New Zealand is a nice idea, but it isn't a good one | James Russell

 Posted on May 17, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  712 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

OpinionBushfires This article is more than 4 years oldRelocating koalas to New Zealand is a nice idea, but it isn't a good oneThis article is more than 4 years oldJames RussellA proposal for bushfire-threatened koalas to be introduced is generous but ultimately misguided – they should be conserved inside Australia A petition currently doing the rounds on the internet advocates for koalas to be introduced to New Zealand, in response to the horrific scenes of native animals suffering in the Australian bushfires. [Read More]

Serendipity: did a chance encounter bring love into your life? | Relationships

 Posted on May 17, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  166 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Do you have an unusual or serendipitous love story to share? Photograph: AlamyDo you have an unusual or serendipitous love story to share? Photograph: AlamyRelationshipsSerendipity: did a chance encounter bring love into your life?A few tweets brought Victoria and Jonathan O’Brien together. Share your unusual love stories below Serendipity. The-magical sounding term is used to describe a happy accident: a chance encounter that turns your life upside down for the better. [Read More]

The six superdogs who save turtles: Its all powered by love

 Posted on May 17, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1605 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

John Rucker, a turtle hunter from Montana, with his dogs in the Sherwood Forest community in Brevard, North Carolina. Photograph: Mike Belleme/The GuardianJohn Rucker, a turtle hunter from Montana, with his dogs in the Sherwood Forest community in Brevard, North Carolina. Photograph: Mike Belleme/The GuardianAnimalsJohn Rucker and his dogs battle extreme weather, snakes and tough terrain to track turtles as their habitat is increasingly under threat Margie remains completely still. Around her in the sun-dappled woods, six dogs catch her scent and begin to circle. [Read More]

Walking over bodies: mountaineers describe carnage on Everest | Mount Everest

 Posted on May 17, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1087 words  |  Valentine Belue

Mount Everest This article is more than 4 years old‘Walking over bodies’: mountaineers describe carnage on EverestThis article is more than 4 years oldDeath toll grows on world’s highest summit as climbers face challenging conditions An experienced mountaineer has described the “death, carnage and chaos” at the top of Mount Everest as climbers pushed past bodies to reach the world’s highest summit. The death toll on the mountain grew to 11 in the past day after an American doctor was killed while descending from the peak. [Read More]

From Naked Attraction to Love Is Blind: The couples who found lasting love on wild TV dating shows

 Posted on May 16, 2024  |  16 minutes  |  3240 words  |  Kary Bruening

DatingThese series rely on gimmicks - whether contestants are required to take off all their clothes or get married at first sight. But romance can flourish regardless After a half-century of dating shows, the genre has grown increasingly outlandish. Naked dating, marrying complete strangers, secret cameras – it can’t be long before singletons are blasted into space in one of Elon Musk’s rockets to find love. But behind all the gimmicks, do any of these shows lead to long-lasting love? [Read More]

A naked civil servant

 Posted on May 16, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1353 words  |  Kary Bruening

MoviesPaedophiles, spies and a nude John Birt - Matthew Macfadyen brings his genial demeanour to them all. But he'd rather shed his clothes than share his personal life, finds Mark LawsonThough we meet at lunchtime in a cafe, Matthew Macfadyen chooses not to order any food. His explanation is that he had breakfast late, but it may be that he is getting into shape for one of the more unlikely nude scenes in cinema history: his unclothed role as John Birt, the former BBC director-general and special adviser to Tony Blair. [Read More]

Delhi's 16th-century Purana Qila fort: a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 4

 Posted on May 16, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  914 words  |  Aldo Pusey

‘A shambling 16th-century stone fort near the eastern edge of the city … a particularly good place from which to tell the story of Delhi’s urban development.’ Photograph: FLPA/Bernd Rohrschneider/Rex‘A shambling 16th-century stone fort near the eastern edge of the city … a particularly good place from which to tell the story of Delhi’s urban development.’ Photograph: FLPA/Bernd Rohrschneider/RexA history of cities in 50 buildingsCitiesEvolving alongside the rival powers of Delhi’s earliest rulers, Purana Qila exists as a window into the true – and the mythical – histories of India’s capital city [Read More]

From the archive, 30 July 1994: Photojournalist Kevin Carter dies | News photography

 Posted on May 16, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  567 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

A member of South Africa's neo-Nazi Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) begs for his life, Bophuthatswana, March 1994. Photograph: Kevin Carter Photograph: Kevin CarterA member of South Africa's neo-Nazi Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) begs for his life, Bophuthatswana, March 1994. Photograph: Kevin Carter Photograph: Kevin CarterFrom the Guardian archiveNews photographyObituaryFrom the archive, 30 July 1994: Photojournalist Kevin Carter diesObituary: Award-winning photographer kills himself, haunted by the horrors he witnessed during his short and brilliant career [Read More]