UN delays vote calling for Gaza ceasefire as US objects to resolution wording | Israel-Gaza war
Israel-Gaza war This article is more than 1 month oldUN delays vote calling for Gaza ceasefire as US objects to resolution wordingThis article is more than 1 month oldUS says it cannot support a reference to a ‘cessation of hostilities’, but might accept a call for a ‘suspension of hostilities’
The United Nations security council has postponed a vote calling for a sustainable cessation of hostilities in Gaza to give more time for diplomats to meet US objections to the wording of the draft resolution.
Winter blues? A practical guide to getting more light in your life
Health & wellbeingAs the nights draw in, it is all too easy to let lack of daylight get the better of us. But there are plenty of ways to stay one step ahead of the darkness
April is allegedly the cruellest month, but October and November could give it a run for its money. In the northern hemisphere, the nights are noticably drawing in, especially now the clocks have gone back and sunset is an hour earlier.
30 stone at 13: meet the obese teenagers going under the knife
ObesityIt’s drastic, dangerous and divides doctors – why are so many young Britons having gastric surgery?
At 1.40pm on 16 June, two nurses wheel Kirsty Franks into the operating room at St Richard’s hospital, Chichester, where her surgeon, Christopher Pring, is waiting. Franks is 19, weighs 114kg (18 stone) and, at 1.5 metres (5ft), this is having a catastrophic effect. Mockery at school has left her anxious and sad, and going out is a torment: the fear of being stared at keeps her virtually housebound.
How fearless Alice de Rothschild put her stamp on a grand country retreat | Exhibitions
Exhibitions This article is more than 1 year oldHow fearless Alice de Rothschild put her stamp on a grand country retreatThis article is more than 1 year oldLegacy of 19th-century socialite known for ‘Miss Alice’s rules’ in focus at Waddesdon Manor
She was everything expected of a fabulously wealthy woman of the 19th century: musical, well read, a polyglot, an accomplished horse rider. But she was also everything unexpected: independent, commanding, fearless, unmarried.
How to turn unripe figs into a condiment for cheese recipe
Tom Hunt’s preserved green figs are great for cheese and on toast. Photograph: Tom Hunt/The GuardianTom Hunt’s preserved green figs are great for cheese and on toast. Photograph: Tom Hunt/The GuardianWaste notFoodFigs don’t always ripen fully in more northerly climates, but green ones can be preserved in syrup or honey and stored for eating with cheese or on toast
In a climate such as the UK’s, where figs don’t often ripen fully, it’s good to know that this glorious fruit doesn’t have to go to waste.
Lionel Jeffries obituary | Movies
MoviesObituaryLionel Jeffries obituaryProlific actor and director who made the much-loved film The Railway ChildrenAs an actor Lionel Jeffries, who has died aged 83, was a master of comic unease. This was perhaps fuelled by the personal unease he felt in a sex-and-violence era which overtook the gentler sensibilities he sometimes brought to his acting. But he was able to bring these sensibilities fully to bear in his scriptwriting and film directing, particularly in his much-loved adaptation of the classic children's novel The Railway Children.
Paddington through the ages in pictures | Children's books
Paddington through the ages – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Michael Bond, the creator of the bear from darkest Peru has died aged 91. He, we share illustrations by the artists who drew Paddington from 1958 to 2016
Paddington Bear author Michael Bond dies aged 91
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Peaky Blinders recap: episode four
Peaky Blinders: episode by episodePeaky BlindersIt's all kicking off between the Lees and the Shelbys – and between Campbell and Tommy. But there's still a problem with clunky expositionSPOILER ALERT: This blog is for those who are watching series one of Peaky Blinders. Don’t read on if you haven’t seen episode four.
Click here to read Julia Raeside’s episode three blogpost
The much-talked about war with the Lee family took physical form this week, as the Shelbys’ bitter rivals came to turn over the bookies and plant a grenade in Tommy’s car.
I was the naked cricket model who posed for Francis Bacon | Francis Bacon
The ObserverFrancis Bacon This article is more than 4 years old‘I was the naked cricket model who posed for Francis Bacon’This article is more than 4 years oldThe artist’s friend Barry Joule says it was his physique that helped inspire a 1980s series of cricket nudesThey were some of the most arresting images Francis Bacon created: a series of paintings mainly featuring a male torso and legs, naked except for sports shoes and cricket pads.
Nick Cave: Nocturama
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The rock star facing middle age is a figure beset with singular problems. The everyday challenges of the fifth decade assume gargantuan dimensions in an industry that prizes youth. A receding hairline is no fun whoever you are, but for the rock star, hair loss induces mania. Deranged solutions are sought, ones involving headbands, or, in the case of Elton John, a transplant apparently based on the coiffure of homely northern playwright Alan Bennett.