If this was about money, wed still be teaching: inside the longest adjunct strike in US his
Adjunct professors and Columbia College faculty union members walk the picket line outside Columbia College Chicago. Photograph: Michael Jarecki via Columbia College Faculty UnionAdjunct professors and Columbia College faculty union members walk the picket line outside Columbia College Chicago. Photograph: Michael Jarecki via Columbia College Faculty UnionUS unions This article is more than 1 month old‘If this was about money, we’d still be teaching’: inside the longest adjunct strike in US historyThis article is more than 1 month oldAcademics at Columbia College in Chicago are in a fierce dispute over cuts to courses and poor working conditions
Its not beige, its not grey: its greige and its why all our houses look the same
InteriorsAs our politics became more polarized, we soothed ourselves with calm interiors. Maybe now it’s time for some colour
You might say it’s charcoal, silver, concrete, slate. You might call it by the name on the paint chip: Chic Shadow, Polished Pebble, Purbeck Stone. Or you might say it’s greige. Whatever you call it, the prevailing interior design trend of the past decade has been shades of grey.
Elephant’s Breath – described as an “uplifting” mid-grey, with a hint of magenta – has been called a paint color of the decade in the UK, ranking among Farrow & Ball’s top 10 shades for the past 12 years and inspiring numerous spin-offs.
Johnny Manziel and the tragedy of a fallen football idol
College footballA new Netflix documentary shows the college football great as a man unwilling – or perhaps unable – to move on from his past
Even the most casual US sports fan isn’t likely to have forgotten about Johnny Manziel, football’s Charlie Sheen. The latest instalment of Netflix’s sports documentary series Untold devotes an episode to the bad boy quarterback’s controversy-stained rise in college football, his NFL flameout and his off-field tumble into infamy and disgrace.
Kingly statue plunges sword into Tintagel's Arthurian row | Sculpture
The statue is called Gallos, which is Cornish for power. Photograph: Emily Whitfield-WicksThe statue is called Gallos, which is Cornish for power. Photograph: Emily Whitfield-WicksSculpture This article is more than 7 years oldKingly statue plunges sword into Tintagel's Arthurian rowThis article is more than 7 years oldRegal figure to be unveiled this week on Cornish site where English Heritage has already been accused of ‘Disneyfication’
Perched above the Atlantic breakers, the imposing bronze statue of a regal figure clutching a sword and gazing back across the ruins of Tintagel castle and towards the Cornish mainland is certainly impressive.
Lucrezia Borgia review dark and atmospheric Donizetti from English Touring Opera
OperaReviewHackney Empire, London Eloise Lally straightforwardly tells this convoluted story of concealed identity ending in a mass poisoning
Lucrezia Borgia has a bad reputation, and that holds whether you’re talking about the historical figure or Donizetti’s 1833 opera. The woman herself is fascinating: was she really the perpetrator of as many murders as she gets the blame for? As for the opera, when it first reached Paris, Victor Hugo – on whose play it was based – got an injunction to stop it being performed, so perhaps even he realised that its plot was something to blush about.
Newcastles Dan Ashworth outlines vision to become a top-six club | Newcastle United
Newcastle United This article is more than 2 months oldNewcastle’s Dan Ashworth outlines vision to become a ‘top-six club’This article is more than 2 months oldSporting director targets commercial and on-field growthDan Burn out for at least two months with back injuryNewcastle’s sporting director, Dan Ashworth, has outlined the club’s blueprint to become established as part of English football’s “top six” while, ideally, finishing in the Premier League’s top four as frequently as possible.
Alice Glass on leaving Crystal Castles: The cruelty never ceases to amaze me
Crystal CastlesThe singer found fame with the electro band before leaving and accusing her ex-bandmate of nonconsensual sex and controlling behaviour. Here, she talks about her decision to go public
Alice Glass’s Los Angeles home is a picture of gothic splendour. Her kitchen resembles a graveyard of dead flowers; she is annoyed that her living black lilies never droop when she is looking. There is a fake Goya on the way down to her basement studio, where skulls surround the drums.
Everything you need for an all-night party ... his and hers Viagra | Life and style
The ObserverLife and styleEverything you need for an all-night party ... his and hers ViagraIt's the newest recreational drug of choice for young men - bought illicitly in bars and nightclubs. Naomi Harper, 28, and her boyfriend wondered what all the fuss was about. And then they tried it ...At 28 you should be too old to be experimenting with drugs. But I'm at least 30 years too young to be messing about with the blue tablets in the palm of my hand.
Kitchen gadgets review: the Egg Master a horrifying, unholy affair
Inspect a gadgetFoodI can’t look at the hot sweating mess that emerges from the Egg Master’s opening, let alone eat it
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What?The Egg Master (£29.99, DecentGadget, Amazon) is a vertical grill encased in silicone housing. Ingredients poured into the plastic tube are heated by an embedded, wraparound element. When ready, food spontaneously rises from the device.
Why?Because there is no God.
The Egg Master has to be observed in all its slow-mo action to be truly appreciated.
Like an oilwell in your back yard: Irish people turn to cutting peat to save on energy bills
Europe's cost of living crisisIrelandCurbs to protect Ireland’s bogs have gone up in smoke amid soaring costs – theft of trees and woodpiles in Germany also rising
This was supposed to be the year Ireland got serious about protecting its bogs but some of those hopes are wafting up in smoke as households burn peat to save on energy bills.
The soaring cost of oil and gas has reinvigorated the ancient practice of cutting and burning turf, a fuel that hurts the environment but can save a family thousands of euros, especially as temperatures drop to freezing.