Embed from Getty ImagesThe Guardian wins our Headline of the Day Award for this tale of life in Gloucestershire.
I saw a jerky film of me: b&w, slow frame rate; out of context, out of time I was hewing like an artisan: iron-bound to closely-drawn detail through handles grafted in my skin – exercising agency... as if that would decipher hell; Staring, puzzled, across the dislocation (How had I flown across it?) To see [...]
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Welcome to my day: 29 May 2023 - accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, but you might have...
No sooner have I got back from the ALDE Party Congress in Stockholm than I'm off to the US for some grandparent time. There's no doubt that the world is a smaller place than it was, but whilst politicians in other countries are at least attempting to deal with the big issues, inflation, climate change, our Government seems determined to cling to its culture war to distract from the fact that they have little idea what to do about things that matter to most of us. Picking on the vulnerable is not governing, it's bullying. Mixing with liberal politicians from ...
80 muggings a day were closed without a suspect even being identified Fewer than one in twelve robberies led to a suspect being charged Government accused of "letting violent criminals off the hook" A staggering 30,000 muggings went unsolved last year, new analysis commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. The House of Commons Library research shows that 30,079 robberies of personal property reported in 2022 in England and Wales were closed without a suspect being identified, equivalent to over 80 a day. It means over one in two (54%) of robberies reported last year went unsolved. Only 8% of ...
Australian tours of England really did use to begin with a one-day fixture at Arundel against the Duke of Norfolk's XI. And 1953 was an Ashes summer, so this exchange could well have happened just as Lord Bonkers reports it. Saturday To Westminster Abbey for the Coronation of Charles III and to swear my allegiance (provided he keeps his hands off the Ancient Liberties of Rutland, of course). I also swore at his mother's Coronation, but only because the Duke of Norfolk trod on my heel after I offered some pithy observations on the XI he had selected to play ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 29 MAY 2023 Brown Street (south of Douglas Street) - closed for 13 months until May 2024 for construction works. Magdalen Yard Road (Windsor Street to Thomson Street) - closed Sunday 4 June for West Fest event. Forthcoming Roadworks Westfield Place - closed from Monday 5 June for 3 days for Street Lighting work. South Tay Street - temporary traffic lights from Monday 5 June for 3 days for City Fibre work. Hawkhill (at Peddie Street) - temporary traffic lights from 9.00am on ...
