Victims of Hitler's plan for a master race | World news
World newsVictims of Hitler's plan for a master raceClimate of shame suppressed discussion of Third Reich's social impactBlond hair, blue eyes: the Third Reich's sinister plan to boost the "master race" has left behind an emotionally charged legacy that lingers to this day.
The Lebensborn Kinder - a long hushed-up aspect of Nazi history - were born in special maternity homes, places where mostly unmarried women and the wives of SS men gave birth to children with "
Cyber-attack to cost outsourcing firm Capita up to 25m | Capita
Capita This article is more than 5 months oldCyber-attack to cost outsourcing firm Capita up to £25mThis article is more than 5 months oldGroup, which runs services for NHS, councils and military, reports loss of almost £68m for first half of year
Capita expects to take a financial hit of as much as £25m as a result of a cyber-attack that began in March, pushing the outsourcing group to a pre-tax loss of almost £68m for the first half of the year.
New York governor legalizes human composting after death | New York
New York This article is more than 1 year oldNew York governor legalizes human composting after deathThis article is more than 1 year oldState becomes sixth to pass legislation since 2019 and gives New Yorkers access to an alternative, green method of burial New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul, on Saturday legalized natural organic reduction, popularly known as human composting or terramation, after death.
The legislative move makes the state the sixth to do so since 2019 and gives New Yorkers access to an alternative, green method of burial deemed environmentally friendly.
Richard Hutchins: the homeless artist who became an Oprah-endorsed sensation
ArtHe spent years in jail and more on the street but now the 62-year-old’s artwork is selling for thousands to stars like Oprah Winfrey
On 4 April 2021, Richard Hutchins, 62, watched as a blue truck pulled into the supermarket parking lot at Ralph’s in Los Angeles. Richard had been homeless for six years. He didn’t know it then, but that blue truck was about to change his life.
At the age of six, he worked in the fields after school in Georgia.
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray review a tragicomic triumph
Book of the dayFictionReviewA brilliantly funny, deeply sad portrait of an Irish family in crisis from the author of Skippy Dies
Paul Murray’s second book, Skippy Dies, was one of the standout novels of the previous decade: a riotously entertaining tragicomedy, set in a posh Dublin boys’ school, in which bone-deep sorrow and pathos cut through the teenage hilarity and fart jokes. The Mark and the Void, 2015’s tricksy satire of both the banking crash and the difficult novel-writing business, strayed into metatextual noodling, but with The Bee Sting, Murray is triumphantly back on home turf – troubled adolescents, regretful adults, secrets signposted and exquisitely revealed, each line soaked in irony ranging from the gentle to the savage.
The painful loss of my dog gave me confidence to experience grief rather than shrug it off | Pets
Pets This article is more than 1 year oldThe painful loss of my dog gave me confidence to experience grief rather than shrug it offThis article is more than 1 year oldMyke BartlettI’ve been touched by how many have understood that nobody’s dog is ‘just a dog’ – they’re part of the family
Every morning, when I am first downstairs, I miss her anew. There is a particular kind of nothing in the corner that, until two weeks ago, housed her beanbag nest.
Abandoned: gangs in Guatemala replace families photo essay | Global development
Relatives attend the funeral of Glendy Yesenia López, 20. She was killed by two gang members while she was driving her motorcycle taxi Photograph: Ignacio MarinDecades of migration to the US left generations of children behind for whom gangs are substitute families
Photographs and text by Ignacio Marin
Since she arrived in Guatemala City a few decades ago, she has lived in the same humble home. Between bare concrete walls and under a tin roof, she raised three children.
Lambchop: The Bible review the weight of the world with Kurt Wagner
The ObserverLambchopReview(City Slang)
All of life – and death – is here in the band’s numinous 16th album
Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner is indelibly associated with Nashville, Tennessee. But it has been years since the band – in which he is the sole constant member – have been an Americana outfit. Over a series of extraordinary albums, Wagner has turned to soul, pianos, digital sounds and Auto-Tune. For Lambchop’s 16th album, he decamped to distant Minneapolis to work with local multi-instrumentalist Andrew Broder and producer Ryan Olson (who also works with another voice modulator, Bon Iver).
Library Poem by Julia Donaldson | Children's books
Children's booksChildren's booksLibrary Poem by Julia DonaldsonLibraries are being closed all over the country, so children's laureate Julia Donaldson has written this poem specially for National Libraries DayEveryone is welcome to walk through the door.
It really doesn't matter if you're rich or poor.
There are books in boxes and books on shelves.
They're free for you to borrow, so help yourselves.
Come and meet your heroes, old and new,
The Smiths' The Queen Is Dead turns 25 in pictures | Music
The Smiths' The Queen Is Dead turns 25 – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Stephen Wright first photographed the Smiths in 1984 and went on to take the famous Salford Lads Club shot for the inside sleeve of The Queen Is Dead. Here is a selection of his finest Smiths photos ... You can see more pictures on Stephen Wright's website.