Game of Thrones recap: season five, episode three High Sparrow | Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones: episode by episodeGame of ThronesGame of Thrones recap: season five, episode three – High SparrowIt’s a nice day for a Westeros wedding, the new Lord Commander gets an offer, and an alliance is formed
Spoiler alert: this blog is published after Game of Thrones airs on HBO in the US on Sundays and on Foxtel in Australia on Mondays. Do not read on unless you have watched season five, episode three, which airs in the UK on Sky Atlantic on Monday at 9pm.
Man given 30 years in prison for shooting dead former NFL player Joe McKnight | NFL
NFL This article is more than 5 years oldMan given 30 years in prison for shooting dead former NFL player Joe McKnightThis article is more than 5 years oldRonald Gasser convicted of manslaughter over road rage incidentMcKnight played in NFL for New York Jets and Kansas City ChiefsThe man convicted of manslaughter in the 2016 road rage shooting death of former NFL running back Joe McKnight was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Thursday.
Symphony guide: Shostakovich's 15th | Classical music
50 greatest symphoniesClassical musicSymphony guide: Shostakovich's 15thShostakovich's final symphony asks profound and disquieting questions and offers only ambiguities in return, writes Tom Service as our new series continuesRoll up, roll up for a circus of musical meaning, a surreal carnival where nothing is quite as it seems, where strange musical machines and even a glittering musical toyshop become an existential journey into the beyond.
Welcome to the world of Dmitri Shostakovich's 15th, and final, symphony.
The Parisian by Isabella Hammad review accomplished debut
Isabella Hammad – a natural storyteller. Photograph: Sophia Evans/The ObserverIsabella Hammad – a natural storyteller. Photograph: Sophia Evans/The ObserverBook of the dayFictionReviewAn engaging hero’s journey through the end of the Ottoman empire to the rise of Palestinian nationalism
Isabella Hammad’s remarkably accomplished debut novel very quickly snares the reader’s attention. Ranging from Nablus in thedying days of the Ottoman empire via Istanbul and Cairo to Montpellier and Paris, and always connecting the personal with the political, the journey of our hero Midhat Kamal – who as the book opens in 1914 is sailing to pursue his studies in medicine in France – makes for compelling reading.
Anti-nuclear groups welcome Oppenheimer film but say it fails to depict true horror | Nuclear weapon
Nuclear weapons This article is more than 5 months oldAnti-nuclear groups welcome Oppenheimer film but say it fails to depict true horrorThis article is more than 5 months oldUK campaigners hope movie will draw attention to ‘real and present danger’ posed by atomic weapons
Strips of translucent, flesh-toned material tear off a woman’s face in one of the closing scenes of Oppenheimer, the new film about the invention of the atomic bomb.
Britons living abroad regain right to vote in UK elections as 15-year rule ends | Electoral reform
Electoral reformBritons living abroad regain right to vote in UK elections as 15-year rule endsChange to franchise brings UK in line with other major democracies which allow lifelong voting rights
An estimated 3 million Britons living abroad for more than 15 years will regain their right to vote in parliamentary elections in the UK from Tuesday, ending 20 years of broken promises by successive UK governments.
The end of the so-called 15-year rule means millions more could be enfranchised in time for the next general election, the date of which has yet to be decided by the prime minister, Rishi Sunak.
Help me: South Carolina woman alerts police to passenger with silent message | South Carolina
South Carolina This article is more than 7 months old‘Help me’: South Carolina woman alerts police to passenger with silent messageThis article is more than 7 months oldDriver of Jeep stopped for running red light helps police jail man – her own passenger – suspected of attempted murder and kidnap
By mouthing the words “help me” to an officer who had pulled her over for a traffic stop, a woman in South Carolina helped authorities jail a man suspected of a shooting and a kidnapping: her own passenger, according to authorities.
Returning to Haifa review disturbing drama is a plea for peace
TheatreReviewFinborough, London
A Palestinian couple return to their former home to be confronted by its new Israeli owner in this unsentimental, gently political family drama
Commissioned by New York’s Public Theater, this play never reached the stage because of pressure from the board. They missed a trick because it is a powerful and disturbing piece now receiving its belated premiere. Adapted by Ismail Khalidi and Naomi Wallace from a novella by the Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani (1936-72), it works on several levels: as a poignant family drama, as a plea for Israeli-Palestinian understanding and as a warning of what will follow without some form of reconciliation.
Six dead giraffes: Kenya drought horror captured in single picture
The bodies of six giraffes lie on the outskirts of Eyrib village in Sabuli wildlife conservancy. Photograph: Ed Ram/Getty ImagesThe bodies of six giraffes lie on the outskirts of Eyrib village in Sabuli wildlife conservancy. Photograph: Ed Ram/Getty ImagesKenya This article is more than 2 years oldThis article is more than 2 years oldAerial shot shows devastating effect of drought that has left people and animals without water
Six dead giraffes lie in a spiral on the dry earth, their bodies emaciated and interwoven.
World Cup 2010: Paraguay v Spain - as it happened | Paolo Bandini | Football
World Cup 2010 World Cup 2010: Paraguay v Spain - as it happened • Watch the Twitter replay Nicky Bandini
Sat 3 Jul 2010 13.29 EDT First published on Sat 3 Jul 2010 13.29 EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Evening So here, we are, the last quarter-final. Already the horrible awareness that the World Cup will soon be over for another four years is beginning to build, but there will be time for that in due course.