Lost photographs of doomed Arctic explorers to be auctioned in pictures | Science
Lost photographs of doomed Arctic explorers to be auctioned – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Images taken in 1845 of Sir John Franklin and his crew on the ill-fated HMS Erebus and Terror – believed lost until recently – are to go under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London
Main image: Daguerreotypes of crew from Franklin's deadly expedition to the Northwest Passage.
New York to erase 'rubber rooms' for suspended teachers | New York
New York This article is more than 13 years oldNew York to erase 'rubber rooms' for suspended teachersThis article is more than 13 years oldKafkaesque and costly system of leaving accused teachers in limbo for up to three years - on full pay - to endNew York City and its teachers' unions have reached a deal to put an end to a bizarre and Kafkaesque system in which suspended teachers are placed in holding centres, dubbed "
Readers recommend: songs about smells results | Indie
Readers recommendIndieReaders recommend: songs about smells – resultsRR regular severin has compiled a playlist from last week's odorific thread Music, when soft voices die, Vibrates in the memory –
Odours, when sweet violets sicken
Live within the sense they quicken.
Rose leaves, when the rose is dead,
Are heaped for the beloved's bed;
And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone, Love itself shall slumber on.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Well that's all very well, but what does a dead skunk smell like?
Several women accuse Vincent Gallo of disturbing audition experiences | Movies
MoviesSeveral women accuse Vincent Gallo of disturbing audition experiencesActor allegedly made sexually explicit and unsettling remarks during casting process for serial killer thriller The Policeman
The actor Vincent Gallo is being investigated by the Sag-Aftra union after several women alleged he made inappropriate remarks to them during the casting process for the movie The Policeman.
At least three women reported Gallo to the actors’ union for sexually explicit and unsettling comments he allegedly made during the casting process for the film in November 2023, Rolling Stone first reported.
Wall Street notches fresh records as S&P 500 and Dow Jones close at all-time high | US economy
US economyWall Street notches fresh records as S&P 500 and Dow Jones close at all-time highRecord highs come amid hopes a cooldown in inflation will allow Federal Reserve to cut interest rates several times this year
Wall Street scaled fresh records on Monday, as the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones industrial average each closed at an all-time high.
The S&P gained 0.2% to 4,850.43. The Dow cleared 38,000 for the first time, rising 0.
Are you a good parent? Do my quiz and find out
Tim Lott's family columnFamilyDo you turn up the TV to drown out the sound of your bickering children? Tell them to bully bullies back? Are you really a rubbish parent?Parents, do you ever wonder how good you are at bringing up children? Complete my “Am I a Good Parent?” questionnaire and find out:
1. You are watching TV. Expletives, screams, thuds and crying drift down the stairs ruining your viewing pleasure.
Country diary: A blank, unsettling place where even death has been erased
Country diaryEnvironmentWetwang, East Yorkshire: Around this site of an iron age cemetery, the rats cluck and pheasants take flight in neurotic clatters
It’s late and cold, but I’m passing a place long on my wishlist and convince myself there’s just enough daylight to go and see it. Wetwang Slack is famous for a huge iron age cemetery, used before Roman occupation. While the spectacular chariot burials nearby captured most headlines, most here in the valley bottom were more modest graves.
Dborah Lukumuena: To be on screen with the body and skin I have is already very political |
MoviesInterviewDéborah Lukumuena: ‘To be on screen with the body and skin I have is already very political’Angelique ChrisafisThe youngest ever winner of a César is now playing Depardieu’s bodyguard. One of France’s best young actors talks wrestling, feminism and finding her spiritual sister in Glasgow
Déborah Lukumuena trained for months at a wrestling club in Paris in order to play a wrestler and bodyguard for her latest hit film, Robust. She noticed that in a match there would often be one minute of combat that “was very intense, very physical” and outside that, “you have to find a way to use your breath to keep calm”.
Dune subreddit group bans AI-generated art for being low effort | Dune
Dune This article is more than 1 year oldDune subreddit group bans AI-generated art for being ‘low effort’This article is more than 1 year oldModerators of community devoted to sci-fi films and novels made decision after being flooded with automatically generated content
In the world of Frank Herbert’s Dune, the “Butlerian Jihad” led to the destruction of “thinking machines” across the known universe, and the birth of a civilisation that focused on enhancing human intellect.
Horst Tappert | Movies | The Guardian
MoviesObituaryHorst TappertGerman actor known for his role in DerrickThe actor Horst Tappert, who has died aged 85, was one of the biggest stars of German television from the mid 1960s to the late 1990s. Between 1974 and 1998, he starred in 281 episodes of the police series Derrick, in which his portrayal of the Munich police detective Stephan Derrick earned him a worldwide following. In a German television industry dominated by dubbed American imports, he was a rare homegrown presence with international appeal.