Obsessive whose life of fantasy ended in deadly reality | UK news
UK newsObsessive whose life of fantasy ended in deadly realityDando killer Barry George was an oddball loner fixated by women, celebrities - and gunsSpecial report: the Jill Dando case
Barry George yearned to be Gary Glitter, posed as an SAS soldier and pretended to be a professional stuntman. He insisted he was the cousin of Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of his favourite band, Queen.
The question for the jurors was whether this serial fantasist who craved attention could have found the notoriety that had previously eluded him in another, more chilling role: Jill Dando's killer.
Peter Slade | | The Guardian
ObituaryPeter SladeThe first British dramatherapistPeter Slade, who has died aged 91, pioneered dramatherapy and, from 1947 to 1977, was Birmingham education committee's first adviser on drama. He brought sessions on the subject into schools and established relevant courses in education colleges. With that work, and through his Rea Street Centre, he won international recognition.
The centre and its team of teacher-actors offered evenings of drama with children; theatre for children by adult actors; intimate experimental theatre; and courses for teachers, including a one-year child drama certificate under the auspices of Birmingham's education department.
Rupert Murdoch and the Jews | Michael Wolff
Michael Wolff on media and modern lifeRupert Murdoch This article is more than 11 years oldRupert Murdoch and the JewsThis article is more than 11 years oldMichael WolffHis Twitter slip about the 'Jewish-owned press' was revealing – of prejudice, paranoia and neoconism – and none of it is prettyWhoops.
Rupert Murdoch's unchaperoned tweeting was bound to get him into trouble. On Saturday, he slipped into an antisemitic usage: "Why is Jewish-owned press so consistently anti-Israel in every crisis?
Salford City 0 - 2 Notts County | Football
Salford City 0 - 2 Notts County Salford City Home team scorers Notts County Away team scorers David McGoldrick 37 Dan Crowley 63 Match stats Possession NTC SAL 53 47 Goal attempts 10 Salford City Off target 12 Notts County 2 Salford City On target 3 Notts County Corners 1 8 Fouls 11 11 Lineups Salford City 1 Cairns 42 Vassell 5 Mariappa 16 Tilt 3 John 2 Ingram 4 Ashley 14 Mallan 7 Watson 17 Smith 9 Hendry Substitutes 6 Watt (s 71') 13 Wright 18 McAleny (s 19') 23 Berkoe (s 71') 36 Dackers (s 52') 47 Humbles 50 Olopade Notts County 26 Stone 15 Baldwin 2 Brindley 4 Cameron 11 Nemane 18 Palmer 16 Bostock 8 Austin 7 Crowley 17 McGoldrick 9 Langstaff Substitutes 1 Slocombe 5 Rawlinson (s 85') 6 O'Brien (s 80') 10 Jones (s 65') 14 Randall 23 Chicksen (s 85') 27 Morias ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaJ6fpMGjrculZqaZpJi1cICScm5ua2Q%3D
The great American tax haven: why the super-rich love South Dakota | Tax havens
Illustration: Guardian DesignIt’s known for being the home of Mount Rushmore – and not much else. But thanks to its relish for deregulation, the state is fast becoming the most profitable place for the mega-wealthy to park their billions. by Oliver BulloughLate last year, as the Chinese government prepared to enact tough new tax rules, the billionaire Sun Hongbin quietly transferred $4.5bn worth of shares in his Chinese real estate firm to a company on a street corner in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, one of the least populated and least known states in the US.
The Rolling Stones: Hackney Diamonds review if this is the end, theyre going out with a bang
Energised and engaged … the Rolling Stones, pictured in 2023. Photograph: Mark SeligerEnergised and engaged … the Rolling Stones, pictured in 2023. Photograph: Mark SeligerMusicReview(Polydor)
The Stones’ first album of original material in 18 years crackles with a sense of purpose, with fabulous Keith Richards riffs and Mick Jagger sounding genuinely energised
The eighth song on the 24th studio album by the Rolling Stones is called Live By the Sword, a succession of variations on the titular maxim about dying by the sword.
$5,600 knickers: are these the worlds most expensive underpants?
Pass notesLingerie This article is more than 3 months oldThis article is more than 3 months oldMade in wool and covered in sequins, this Miu Miu underwear will not only break the bank – it will also probably be really uncomfortable
Name: The world’s most expensive knickers.
Cost: $5,600 (about £4,600).
Appearance: A tiny genital glitter ball that costs as much as a cheap secondhand car.
The optimist in me hopes you have misplaced a comma.
Alarm as Alabama man to be executed via gas method rejected by veterinarians | Alabama
AlabamaAlarm as Alabama man to be executed via gas method rejected by veterinariansDeath row prisoner Kenneth Smith, 58, to be killed via nitrogen-gas procedure animal scientists have ruled out for ethical reasons
Alabama is preparing to execute a death row inmate using nitrogen gas, an experimental method that veterinarians in the US and across Europe have deemed unacceptable as a form of euthanasia for most animals.
Barring last-minute appeals, Kenneth Smith, 58, is scheduled to be judicially killed on 25 January using a previously untested technique.
Awkwafina: I was just rapping about my genitalia not making a feminist message
The ones to watch in 2018FilmNew Yorker Nora Lum, AKA Awkwafina, has been going places since My Vag went viral on YouTube – now she’s playing a scrappy wingman in the movie Ocean’s 8
For most actors, a supporting role alongside Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett doesn’t usually land on their plate four years after starting out on YouTube – as a rapper. Yet that is exactly what has happened to Nora Lum, AKA Awkwafina.
Belinda Carlisle: I wouldnt take back the drugs, but there are a few boyfriends I would edit o
The Q&ALife and styleThe Go-Go’s singer on admiring Pamela Anderson, being told she sings like a goat and choosing sex over fame
Born in California, Belinda Carlisle, 64, played drums in the punk band Germs. In 1978 she co-formed the Go-Go’s, which became the first all-female band who wrote their own songs and played their instruments to have a US No 1 album with their 1981 debut, Beauty and the Beat.