JazzObituaryEddie Harvey obituaryMusician seen by many as the founding father of jazz education in BritainA helper of countless musicians, established and emerging, the gifted teacher and jazz musician Eddie Harvey, who has died aged 86 of cancer, was the most companionable of men. His jazz career embraced the earthy traditionalism of the George Webb Dixielanders, the crisp early-1950s bebop of the Johnny Dankworth Seven and the heady mainstream of the Humphrey Lyttelton band, as well as the more advanced concepts that increasingly absorbed him.
Helen Oxenbury: 'I used to hide books from my children I couldn't bear to read them again' | Chi
Children and teenagersInterviewHelen Oxenbury: 'I used to hide books from my children – I couldn't bear to read them again'Lisa AllardiceTen Little Fingers, Clap Hands, Farmer Duck ... the pioneering illustrator talks to Lisa Allardice about her 50 year career and the real story behind We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
The house opposite Hampstead Heath where Helen Oxenbury has lived with her husband, fellow children’s writer and illustrator John Burningham, in north London for more than 40 years, is a home you might find in an old-fashioned children’s book: turreted, with steps up to a porch, a sun-lit kitchen – all paintings, pots and pans and piles of books.
Met Gala 2018: pageantry and performance on the red carpet in pictures | Fashion
Met Gala 2018: pageantry and performance on the red carpet – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email The 70th annual Met Ball was themed Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination
Elon Musk is dating Grimes – plus four other things we learned at Met Gala 2018
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Main image: Rihanna arrives on the red carpet for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute’s benefit celebrating the opening of the exhibit ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination’ in New York Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA Tue 8 May 2018 05.
Regina Spektor | Music | The Guardian
It’s hosted opera greats, suffragette rallies, Hitchcock films, sports events, sci-fi conventions – and, of course, the Proms and countless rock gigs. Artists from Led Zeppelin to Abba recall their moments on the hallowed stage Published: 29 Mar 2021 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaKWlqLake9GenqKmkWLAsbHKraar
The Confession by Jessie Burton review an understated triumph
Book of the dayBooksReviewThe secret history of a reclusive novelist is revealed in a study of motherhood and creativity by the author of The MiniaturistJessie Burton’s previous novel featured an artist and her muse; this follow-up concerns a writer and her amanuensis. Constance Holden is a reclusive novelist with a formidable reputation who has published nothing for more than 30 years. Now in her 70s and crippled with osteoarthritis, she employs a young woman called Laura Brown as a housekeeper and secretary.
When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo review a love letter to Trinidad
Book of the dayFictionReviewA young couple are confronted by life’s duties in a vivid debut about romance and loss in the Caribbean
Ayanna Lloyd Banwo’s debut is presented as a romance, but it also centres another kind of love: the complexity of mothering and its beautiful and terrible consequences. On the eve of her mother Petronella’s death, protagonist Yejide provides one of the book’s most haunting extended metaphors: “She only know her mother through moments meant for someone else.
Why science says pudgy dads are more attractive
Pass notesMen's healthA new book, How Men Age, offers a defence of the pudgy dad, suggesting that larger fathers are healthier and more attractive than their skinny counterparts Name: The pudgy dad
Age: Probably in his 30s.
Status: The peak of human evolution.
This already smacks of wishful thinking. You’re wrong. Chubby dads are a scientific miracle, and I have the proof.
Oh, really? What proof is that? The new book How Men Age, which suggests that a slow physical decline after becoming a parent makes men healthier, more attractive and likely to live longer.
Hamburg hit by heavy floods in north Europe storm video | Weather
Hamburg Hamburg hit by heavy floods in north Europe storm – video Parts of Hamburg were totally submerged on Friday after the Elbe river overflowed causing flooding in nearby streets. The severe weather was triggered by a storm in northern Europe that brought heavy rains and strong winds. Germany's railway authority reported travel disruption along certain routes out of Hamburg
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Jenkin van Zyl on his death-defying art: Setting myself on fire was idiotic. But the shot is amaz
‘Art becomes a really good excuse for doing things that are bad or deviant or experimental’ … Jenkin van Zyl, Surrender at Edel Assanti gallery, London. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian‘Art becomes a really good excuse for doing things that are bad or deviant or experimental’ … Jenkin van Zyl, Surrender at Edel Assanti gallery, London. Photograph: David Levene/The GuardianArt and designInterviewJenkin van Zyl on his death-defying art: ‘Setting myself on fire was idiotic.
Kate doesnt want Prince George to go to Eton and for once I agree with her | Zoe Williams
OpinionSchoolsKate doesn’t want Prince George to go to Eton – and for once I agree with herZoe WilliamsI was miserable at my all-girls’ school. According to rumour, so was the Princess of Wales. No wonder she wants to keep her son out of another single-sex establishment
The Prince and Princess of Wales are at an unusual impasse about their son George’s secondary school, according to rumours. A regular, incredibly rich couple might fight about whether or not to send their kid to boarding school because it means that the child will have to live somewhere else, and some parents don’t like that.