Dont listen to Arnold Schwarzenegger join the rest and relaxation resistance! | Sleep

 Posted on June 17, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  404 words  |  Aldo Pusey

OpinionSleep This article is more than 3 months oldDon’t listen to Arnold Schwarzenegger – join the rest and relaxation resistance!This article is more than 3 months oldEmma BeddingtonArnie’s brand of hustle culture is taking a bashing online and I am all for it. Do less, enjoy more and take that nap ‘Rest is for babies and relaxation is for retired people,” barks Arnold Schwarzenegger in his new self-help book, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life. [Read More]

France still split over Napoleon as it marks bicentenary of death | Napoleon Bonaparte

 Posted on June 17, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1062 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Napoleon BonaparteFrance still split over Napoleon as it marks bicentenary of deathPresident to tread fine line as he lays a wreath to ‘commemorate rather than celebrate’ anniversary On 5 May 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte died in a surprisingly small bed surrounded by his French coterie in exile in a damp and reportedly rat-infested house on the British island of Saint Helena. His last words, uttered shortly before he expired around 5.59pm local time were relayed back: “La France, l’armée, tête d’armée, Joséphine …” (France, the army, head of the army, Joséphine). [Read More]

Ismail Cem | Turkey | The Guardian

 Posted on June 17, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  729 words  |  Valentine Belue

TurkeyObituaryIsmail CemPolitician who helped bring Turkey and Greece closer togetherAt Ismail Cem's funeral on January 25, the former Greek foreign minister George Papandreou laid an olive branch from a tree in Greece that he and Cem, who has died of lung cancer aged 66, had planted together in Athens during their work to end the feud between Greece and Turkey. Cem will certainly be remembered for his work in helping the two countries to turn a page on their history. [Read More]

Its difficult to survive: Chinas LGBTQ+ advocates face jail and forced confession

 Posted on June 17, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1195 words  |  Kary Bruening

Rights and freedomGlobal developmentTrans and queer people and their supporters suffer ‘systemic persecution’ as country pushes increasingly conservative values At the end of last summer, Mei* received a message from her friend telling her she was running away from home. It was the first time that Mei, 29, a transgender woman living in a southern Chinese city, had heard from her friend Ying* in nine months. Ying’s family – who are not supportive of her trans identity – had been keeping Ying, an adult over 18, under house arrest and cut off from the outside world. [Read More]

Lord Abinger | Politics | The Guardian

 Posted on June 17, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  356 words  |  Aldo Pusey

PoliticsObituaryLord AbingerThe Essex landowner James Richard Scarlett, 8th Baron Abinger, who has died aged 87, was a favourite of Tory whips during his half century in the House of Lords. He would turn up for his agreed two or three dozen occasions a session, normally voted the straight party ticket, and kept his mouth shut on all except two or three subjects. One of the bees in his bonnet was the new breed of amateur archaeologists, equipped with metal detectors, " [Read More]

Nigel Slater's five ways with salmon

 Posted on June 17, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1039 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Nigel Slater recipesFishBritain's best food writer has a handful of fresh lunch ideas with salmonWhen the weather is hot, the idea of a piece of cold salmon with cucumber salad appeals more than ever, but there are many other, just as quick ways to use it for a summer lunch. Sustainably produced salmon is easy to track down and reasonable in price, too. 1. Salmon in pastrySalmon in pastry. Photograph: Jonathan LovekinI use the excellent organic, all-butter puff pastry from the Dorset Pastry Company, available from wholefood shops, supermarkets and online. [Read More]

You call that a deadly spider? Australia's funnel web can kill in 15 minutes | Australia news

 Posted on June 17, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  630 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Australia newsYou call that a deadly spider? Australia's funnel web can kill in 15 minutesQueensland expert says Brazilian wandering spider found in UK family’s shopping pales in significance beside its more lethal Australian counterparts Killer spider found in family’s supermarket shopping An Australian spider expert has ridiculed reports from the UK of a family discovering the “world’s deadliest spider” in their groceries. The risk posed by the Brazilian wandering spider paled in significance beside its more lethal Australian counterparts, the funnel web and the redback, according to Dr Robert Raven of the Queensland Museum. [Read More]

Alone Australia heads to absolutely stunning New Zealand for second season | Television

 Posted on June 16, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  792 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Television This article is more than 2 months oldAlone Australia heads to ‘absolutely stunning’ New Zealand for second seasonThis article is more than 2 months oldTen contestants went to the South Island to compete in snowy, mountainous terrain for the hit SBS survival series Alone Australia is leaving Australia, with the second season of the hit survival show heading to New Zealand to pit 10 contestants up against wild deer and snowy, mountainous terrain. [Read More]

Elspet Gray obituary | Theatre

 Posted on June 16, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  897 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

TheatreObituaryElspet Gray obituaryA dignified comic actor in farce and on TV, and a dedicated disability campaigner alongside her husband, Brian RixThe acting career of Elspet Gray, who has died aged 83, was obscured but not extinguished by being so closely bound up with her marriage to the farceur Brian Rix. In 1951, Gray gave birth to a daughter, Shelley, who had Down's syndrome. In later life she was active alongside her actor-manager husband after he left the stage in 1977 to work for people with learning disabilities – initially through presenting a BBC television series, and then as secretary general of Mencap. [Read More]

Major poll gives Trump 16-point lead in New Hampshire days before primary | US elections 2024

 Posted on June 16, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1050 words  |  Valentine Belue

Other polls have shown Nikki Haley closing the gap in New Hampshire, with the American Research Group showing her tied at 40% with Donald Trump. Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesOther polls have shown Nikki Haley closing the gap in New Hampshire, with the American Research Group showing her tied at 40% with Donald Trump. Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesUS elections 2024Major poll gives Trump 16-point lead in New Hampshire days before primaryNikki Haley follows at 34% and Ron DeSantis is at 5%, as Florida governor’s campaign switches focus to South Carolina [Read More]