Picasso, Tate, 1960: the world's first 'art blockbuster'

 Posted on April 24, 2024  |  11 minutes  |  2302 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

The ObserverPablo PicassoBefore 1960, Pablo Picasso and modernism were more often lampooned than loved in this country. But all that changed when the Tate's huge Picasso exhibition caused a sensation and changed the course of British art for everIn the summer of 1960 Britain was overwhelmed by what the newspapers were inevitably calling Picassomania. The Tate gallery's Picasso exhibition opened in June, the most extensive retrospective of the artist's work ever staged, and from that moment the cultural life of the nation would never be quite the same again. [Read More]

Sanja Matsuri festival Yakuza day in pictures | World news

 Posted on April 24, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  412 words  |  Valentine Belue

Sanja Matsuri festival – Yakuza day in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Sanja Matsuri festival is a celebration of the three legendary founders of Sensoji Temple in Tokyo’s Asakusa neighbourhood, with nearly two million people visiting during the three-day event. Arnel Hecimovic Main image: Heavily tattooed Japanese men wait for the arrival of a mikoshi (portable shrine) as they participate on the third and final day of Sanja Matsuri festival in Tokyo, Japan. [Read More]

Sheila Steafel obituary | Television & radio

 Posted on April 24, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  991 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Television & radioObituarySheila Steafel obituaryVersatile stage, screen and radio actor admired for her comic timingSheila Steafel, who has died aged 84, was a versatile and bewitching character actor with an outstanding gift for comic timing. As well as being the regular female cast member on the landmark satirical television show The Frost Report (1966-67) – alongside the emerging talents of John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett – she played opposite, “and sometimes against”, in her words, many of the leading TV comedians of the day, including Peter Cook and Dudley Moore (in Not Only … But Also, 1965), Roy Hudd, Tommy Cooper, Spike Milligan and Kenny Everett. [Read More]

Sherrilyn Ifill on a Trump win: We will cease to be a democracy | US constitution and civil li

 Posted on April 24, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1899 words  |  Valentine Belue

Sherrilyn Ifill in Washington DC in 2018. Ifill aims to train a generation of lawyers on the 14th amendment. Photograph: Andre Chung for The Washington Post via Getty ImagesSherrilyn Ifill in Washington DC in 2018. Ifill aims to train a generation of lawyers on the 14th amendment. Photograph: Andre Chung for The Washington Post via Getty ImagesThe fight for democracyUS constitution and civil libertiesInterviewSherrilyn Ifill on a Trump win: ‘We will cease to be a democracy’Rachel LeingangThe longtime civil rights lawyer on the 14th amendment, a new center for Howard University – and resisting [Read More]

Tennessee Titans fire former coach of the year Mike Vrabel | Tennessee Titans

 Posted on April 24, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  472 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Tennessee TitansTennessee Titans fire former coach of the year Mike Vrabel48-year-old led team to 2019 AFC championship gameVrabel has been tipped as successor to Bill BelichickThe Tennessee Titans have fired former NFL coach of the year Mike Vrabel, the team announced on Tuesday. Harbaugh to LA? Belichick to Falcons? Assessing the NFL head coaching candidatesRead moreVrabel was appointed as Titans head coach in 2018 and led them to four straight winning seasons, including a trip to the AFC championship game in the 2019 season. [Read More]

Trayvon Martin compared to Emmett Till on 10th anniversary of death | Trayvon Martin

 Posted on April 24, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  556 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Trayvon Martin This article is more than 1 year oldTrayvon Martin compared to Emmett Till on 10th anniversary of deathThis article is more than 1 year oldMartin’s mother says fight for justice must continue as Al Sharpton makes comparison with teen lynched in Mississippi in 1955 Trayvon Martin’s mother used the 10th anniversary of his death on Saturday to urge those who sought justice for her family to continue to fight. [Read More]

'During my husband's illness, everything has fallen to me. How can I stop feeling trapped?'

 Posted on April 23, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  817 words  |  Kary Bruening

Leading questionsAustralian lifestyleCare-taking is difficult, consuming labour, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, and you deserve help in caring for yourself as well as him I love my husband dearly. I took care of my parents for 15 years. I was their caregiver until they died. Afterwards my husband fell ill and for a year doctors have been trying to find out what is wrong. He is very depressed, sits in his chair all day and gets no exercise. [Read More]

'Elitist': angry book pirates hit back after author campaign sinks website | Ebooks

 Posted on April 23, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  943 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Ebooks This article is more than 5 years old'Elitist': angry book pirates hit back after author campaign sinks websiteThis article is more than 5 years oldOceanofPDF was shut down last week after publishers issued hundreds of takedown notices – but authors have been left dealing with angry users Authors have been called elitist by book pirates, after they successfully campaigned to shut down a website that offered free PDFs of thousands of in-copyright books. [Read More]

Cursed clothing: fashion that fights back

 Posted on April 23, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  839 words  |  Kary Bruening

Vintage yearsFashionIt sounds superstitious but why do some tops attract stains more than others? And don't get me started on twisted seams and wonky zipsMy flatmate had a cream one and a boyfriend had a brown one. I've got a green one now, but I used to have a navy one, although I have possessed them in several different colours over the years. You see, I have a theory that everyone owns at least one item of Cursed Clothing – the thing we wear that has a sinister occult power to attract disaster. [Read More]

Formula meal diet plan can tackle obesity in short term | Obesity

 Posted on April 23, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  668 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Obesity This article is more than 5 years oldFormula meal diet plan can tackle obesity in short termThis article is more than 5 years oldFour drinks a day over eight weeks can help those at risk of heart disease, says study Obesity can be successfully tackled, at least in the short term, by giving up real food for formula meals for eight weeks, which removes temptation and any need to make difficult decisions about what to eat, a new study has found. [Read More]