Rare images emerge of the Beatles playing the Cavern Club in 1961 | The Beatles
Posted on May 7, 2024
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The Beatles This article is more than 1 year oldRare images emerge of the Beatles playing the Cavern Club in 1961 This article is more than 1 year oldPhotographs show band performing at Liverpool venue more than a year before release of first official single
Rare photographs have been discovered of the Beatles playing at the Cavern Club in Liverpool before they had officially released any music.
The images were captured in July 1961, more than a year before the band released their debut single Love Me Do.
[Read More]Richard Strauss: where to start with his music
Posted on May 7, 2024
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Know the scoreOperaFor the last of this series, we turn to one of the greatest of all composers for the human voice, a man who lived through the Third Reich and two world wars, and whose gorgeously expressive music helped create one of cinema’s most famous moments Richard Strauss (1864-1949) dominated classical music at the turn of the 20th century with a series of works that pushed post-Romanticism to extremes and pre-empted the innovations of modernism.
[Read More]Tennessee workers find human heart in salt depot | Tennessee
Posted on May 7, 2024
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Tennessee This article is more than 1 year oldTennessee workers find human heart in salt depotThis article is more than 1 year oldInitial reports indicated the heart might belong to an adult male, but state investigators are asking the public for more information
Workers making brine at a salt depot in Tennessee made a grotesque discovery last week when they found a desiccated human heart, prompting a law enforcement investigation.
[Read More]They treated me like an animal: how Filipino domestic workers become trapped | Philippines
Posted on May 7, 2024
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Photograph: Sergio Amiti/Getty ImagesMigrants from the Philippines make up a huge percentage of domestic workers around the world. But when their employers are abusive, visa restrictions force them to choose between enduring more suffering or becoming illegal
by Margaret SimonsDoes she love them? Mary lifted her face and smiled. “I love them like they are my own,” she replied. Mary has cared for these children since they were born. She has been at every significant school event – sports matches, awards days, graduations.
[Read More]Bobby Rydell obituary | Pop and rock
Posted on May 6, 2024
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Pop and rockObituaryBobby Rydell obituaryTeen pop idol of the 60s and star of Bye Bye Birdie, whose hits included Wild One and We Got LoveOne of the classic teen idols of the late 1950s and early 60s, Bobby Rydell, who has died from complications of pneumonia aged 79, was only seven when he began performing on stage in his home town of Philadelphia. Over the following 70 years, he would sing everything from rock’n’roll and smoochy love songs to disco, Broadway classics and Italian pop tunes.
[Read More]DeSantis assembles senior staff for expected 2024 presidential campaign | Ron DeSantis
Posted on May 6, 2024
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Ron DeSantis This article is more than 8 months oldDeSantis assembles senior staff for expected 2024 presidential campaignThis article is more than 8 months oldExclusive: Florida governor’s team expected to be led by adviser Generra Peck and include top Republican strategists Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, is quietly assembling a senior staff for an expected 2024 presidential campaign that will be headed by his top political adviser, Generra Peck, and around seven other Republican operatives serving as top advisers, according to two people familiar with the matter.
[Read More]Ecuador declares prison emergency as inmates killed and 100 guards taken hostage | Ecuador
Posted on May 6, 2024
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Ecuador This article is more than 5 months oldEcuador declares prison emergency as inmates killed and 100 guards taken hostageThis article is more than 5 months oldPresident Lasso imposes 60-day order and authorizes armed forces to retake control of country’s violence-plagued prisons
Ecuador’s president, Guillermo Lasso, has declared a 60-day state of emergency throughout the country’s prisons and authorized the armed forces to retake control of jails, following violence in the country’s most notorious prison that left 18 dead and a string of protests in which inmates took nearly 100 guards hostage.
[Read More]Ex-White House interns urge Biden to support immediate ceasefire in Gaza | Joe Biden
Posted on May 6, 2024
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Joe BidenEx-White House interns urge Biden to support immediate ceasefire in GazaA group comprising 2022 and 2023 interns signed a letter accusing the president of having ‘betrayed’ his promise by supporting Israel
A group of former White House interns signed an open letter to Joe Biden imploring his administration to support an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war.
The signatories, which include interns who worked in the White House and executive office of the president during 2022 and the summer of 2023, accuse the president of having “betrayed” his promise to pursue equality and justice by supporting Israel’s bombardment in Gaza.
[Read More]Harry Potter and the final chapter: how do the books and films compare? | News
Posted on May 6, 2024
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JK Rowling with the stars of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows - Part 2 at the world premiere in London. Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images Described by many fans as the end of an era, the final film in the Harry Potter franchise - The Deathly Hallows Part 2 - premièred in London yesterday.
After days of waiting, thousands of fans finally got the opportunity to see the stars of the film, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe walk the red carpet together for one last time.
[Read More]My harsh lesson in love and life
Posted on May 6, 2024
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The ObserverCultureObserver writer and interviewer Lynn Barber was an innocent 16-year-old schoolgirl when she met an older man and began a relationship that lasted two years. By day she was a diligent student; by night 'Simon' charmed her with dazzling stories, expensive restaurants and foreign films. And then came a rude awakening. In this exclusive extract from her memoir - now made into a film starring Carey Mulligan and Rosamund Pike - she describes her introduction to an adult world of sexuality and betrayal and how she was damaged by her suitor's lessons in lifeI met Simon Goldman in 1960 when I was 16 and he was - he said - 27, but was probably in his late 30s.
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