The Mandalorian and Grogu: new Star Wars film announced | Star Wars
Star WarsThe Mandalorian and Grogu: new Star Wars film announcedJon Favreau tapped to direct an adventure that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has called ‘a perfect fit for the big screen’
Baby Yoda, AKA Grogu, is set to make his debut on the big screen in a new Star Wars movie.
The director Jon Favreau has been tapped to take on The Mandalorian and Grogu which will go into production later this year.
The power of photography: time, mortality and memory | Art and design
Blake Morrison Author Blake Morrison aged eight on a beach in Wales I tell myself I’ve never owned a camera, but that doesn’t square with a memory of being given one as a birthday present in my teens, and of a losing struggle with light, shade, aperture, distance, angle, focus. Cameras were more demanding then, and I hadn’t the patience. Other people did it better. Not least, to begin with, my father.
Alija Izetbegovic | | The Guardian
ObituaryAlija IzetbegovicBosnia's first president, a devout Muslim who fought for his country's survival in war and peace during the 1990sAlija Izetbegovic, the first president of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has died aged 78 in Sarajevo's Kosevo hospital, which overlooks the graves of so many of that city's siege victims. His was a short - and a late - political career, and one to which he always seemed ill-suited, as if history had played a cruel joke in casting him in a key role in the sad and brutal war disfiguring the Balkans.
Four found dead in Mexicos Cancn beach resort | Mexico
Mexico This article is more than 9 months oldFour found dead in Mexico’s Cancún beach resort This article is more than 9 months oldNo immediate information on nationalities or identities in latest violence to hit popular holiday destination
Four dead bodies have been found near a beach in the Mexican resort city of Cancún, in the latest incident of violence to hit the popular holiday destination.
There was no immediate information on the nationalities or identities of the victims.
Palestinian territoriesIsraelis kill Hamas leaderPalestinian anger rises as explosion that killed five boys leads to 48 hours of bloodshed in GazaA US peace mission to the Middle East today was thrown into disarray yesterday after Israel assassinated the most senior Hamas militant on its most wanted list.
Mahmoud Abu Hanoud, the head of Hamas's military wing, was killed along with his deputy, Ayman Hashaikah, and a third man when Israeli helicopters fired missiles at their van, near Nablus in the West Bank.
Mary Lou Retton says she faced death in the eyes in battle with pneumonia | US news
US newsMary Lou Retton says she ‘faced death in the eyes’ in battle with pneumoniaUS Olympic gymnastics gold medalist tells of contracting rare form of disease last October in first TV interview
The US Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton has said she “face[d] death in the eyes” after a battle with pneumonia last year sent her to the hospital.
The former gymnast’s remarks about her health scare came on Monday during her first interview since the episode, with the Today show’s Hoda Kotb.
Nitram review deeply disturbing drama about mass killer Martin Bryant
Peter Bradshaw's film of the weekMoviesReviewDirector Justin Kurzel shies away from depicting the Port Arthur massacre itself but outstanding performances mean it’s still a highly unsettling story
Australian director Justin Kurzel has made his most purely disturbing film since his debut Snowtown in 2011. Like that film, Nitram is based on a real-life case of murder and family dysfunction (which incidentally also applies to Kurzel’s version of Macbeth). And he has four outstanding performances from Judy Davis, Essie Davis, Anthony LaPaglia and Caleb Landry Jones.
Old music: Simon & Garfunkel A Most Peculiar Man | Simon and Garfunkel
Old musicSimon and GarfunkelOld music: Simon & Garfunkel – A Most Peculiar ManPaul Simon's English period produced some of Simon & Garfunkel's best-loved work – including this understated song inspired by four lines in a London newspaperReading on mobile? Watch here
Paul Simon's English period – the year or two in the mid-60s he spent touring folk clubs here as a relative unknown – inspired some of Simon & Garfunkel's best-loved work, including Homeward Bound and Kathy's Song.
Previously unseen photos show Obama White House at time of Bin Laden raid | Barack Obama
Barack Obama This article is more than 8 months oldPreviously unseen photos show Obama White House at time of Bin Laden raidThis article is more than 8 months oldImages show president plus Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and advisers focused on Afghanistan operation that killed al-Qaida leader
Almost exactly 12 years to the day since Barack Obama authorised the raid in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden, a cache of previously unseen pictures of events in the White House around the raid was obtained by the Washington Post.
So wives didn't work in the 'good old days'? Wrong | Amanda Wilkinson
The ObserverWomen This article is more than 9 years oldSo wives didn't work in the 'good old days'? WrongThis article is more than 9 years oldAmanda WilkinsonThe idea of the 'angel in the home' is an illusion. The Victorian working class counted on having two wagesA woman's place used to be in the home – women gave up work after marrying, and husbands were the breadwinners. That's what we have long believed.