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Christa Pike Survived Her Execution Attempt. Tennessee Must Not Try Again | Austin Sarat
Botched executions are nothing new in US history. In the era when hangings were common, some condemned people were decapitated. Later, when the electric chair was in vogue, every now and again, someon...
Rhapsody: A Manifesto by Alice Oswald Review – A History of the Spoken Word, from Homer to Ted Hughes
The poet Alice Oswald is no stranger to thinking in public about her art. She was Oxford professor of poetry until 2023, and her lectures are available online. But this is her first full-length book, ...
Helen Goh’s Recipe for Flourless Walnut, Date and Espresso Cake | The Sweet Spot
There’s enough dark chocolate in this gluten-free cake to put it firmly in chocolate cake territory, but the hero flavour comes from the sweet, creamy nuttiness of walnuts, so it’s important to use ve...
I Went Curtain Shopping During a Kyiv Air Raid. And Not Because I’M ‘Resilient’ | Diana Berg
I was standing in front of a locked basement door in a building in our neighbourhood, laughing, as Ukrainian air defence shot down drones directly above me. I had run into the first residential buildi...
Hitting the Sweet Spot: Bear Treats Itself to Baked Goods at Colorado Farmers’ Market
Farmers’ market shoppers might not usually pay much attention to the local resident devouring fresh bread and pastries at one of the stalls with extra gusto – but some certainly did last weekend when ...
NAZA Film-Makers Say They Spoke to More than 100 Sources About Israeli Actions in Gaza
The team behind the award-winning film NAZA, which details the Israeli military’s targeting policies in Gaza and its alleged acceptance of high numbers of civilian deaths, have revealed they spoke to ...
Andy Burnham’s Manchester City Comments Stir Fresh Tensions with Premier League
Andy Burnham’s intervention in the Manchester City debate has revived tensions between the Premier League and the prime minister.Government officials are understood to be unhappy they were not given n...
Meshell Ndegeocello: Synonym Review – Vivid All-Star Reinventions of Everyone from Bob Dylan to J-Lo
It’s fair to say that Meshell Ndegeocello has made a career out of declining to stay in one place too long. Since helping spark the neo soul genre with her 1993 debut album, Plantation Lullabies, she ...
You Be the Judge: Should My Girlfriend Let Me Hang My Football Calendar in Her Flat?
The Prosecution: Henry double quotation markIt’s not a showroom; it’s a home. Both people should get a chance to display their personalities My girlfriend Kitty was preparing to buy a flat and I was s...
Jean-Luc Mélenchon Will Win Young French Voters – Until They Realise the Size of His Russia Blind Spot | Alexander Hurst
Théodore Abitbol is a self-described “militant antifascist,” with degrees in political science and comparative literature, and a bookshelf that ranges from the gender and queer theory of bell hooks to...
Pilot WHO Stabbed Co-Pilot on Israel-Bound Plane May Have Tried to Crash It, Says Netanyahu
One of the pilots of a plane flying from the United Arab Emirates to Israel stabbed his co-pilot and appeared to tryto crash the aircraft, the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said, as ...
Oasis Take Legal Action to Stop Sale of Unheard Recordings Valued at More than £1M
A collection of unheard Oasis recordings, including 63 live shows, hours of rehearsals and candid conversations between Noel and Liam Gallagher, has been pulled from auction after legal action taken b...
Gaza Documentary NAZA Beats Avengers Endgame: Encore to Top Italian Box Office
NAZA, the award-winning documentary about Israel’s systemic mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, has opened at No 1 at the Italian box office, beating rival titles including Avengers Endgame...
Bill Gates Predicts AI Will Kill a Billion People – But Saying He’s Been Wrong Before Is Quite the Understatement | Arwa Mahdawi
The Bill Gates rehabilitation tour is in full swing. After having his carefully cultivated image tarnished by the revelation of his connection to Jeffrey Epstein, Gates lay low for a while. Now, howev...
Double Beds, Aircon and Big-Screen Tvs: Indonesia Suspends Officials over Luxury Prison Cells
Five Indonesian prison officials have been suspended after investigators found an apartment-style compound complete with airconditioners, big-screen televisions and expensive cars allegedly used by in...
Citi Expands Coinbase Partnership to Power Stablecoin Payments for Businesses
Quick Take Coinbase is expanding its partnership with Citi to provide businesses with infrastructure connecting traditional fiat payments and stablecoins. Citi is expanding its partnership with Coinba...
David Squires on … the Manchester City Verdict and Nations League Tensions
David Squires on …FootballDavid Squires on … the Manchester City verdict and Nations League tensions Our cartoonist on the Premier League’s ruling finally being revealed and Israel v Republic of Irela...
Three Deaths, Three States, 24 Hours: One Day in ICE’s Quiet but ‘Gruesome’ Surge
It was 7am on 13 July this year. A warm, sunny morning, as residents of Biddeford, Maine, left their homes, got into their cars and began their commute. Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero came out of the a...
Investigation of Alleged Gang-Rape at Cornell University Fraternity House Reopened
Prosecutors in New York said on Monday that they have reopened an investigation into the alleged gang-rape of a student at Cornell University after an outcry over “leniency” shown to seven fraternity ...
Saving the Siamese Crocodile: Cambodia Moves to Protect One of the World’s Last Wild Populations
In the 1990s, conservationists in Cambodia feared the Siamese crocodile had disappeared for good. Fishing and hunting had devastated the species throughout the 20th century, leaving populations across...