If you really want to enjoy your birthday - go to work | Work & careers
Work & careersIf you really want to enjoy your birthday - go to workDue to the quirks of print deadlines, by the time you finish reading this I'll be a year older than when I started writing it. In between will have come the annual festival of attention-seeking and gift-collection known as my birthday - and many happy returns to me.
I don't see how anyone could not love birthdays, though perhaps I only think that because I'm yet to endure any of the milestones that are apparently so traumatic.
Inquest into death of Aboriginal man Stanley Russell shown disturbing footage of moment he was shot
Indigenous investigationsIndigenous Australians This article is more than 1 year oldInquest into death of Aboriginal man Stanley Russell shown disturbing footage of moment he was shot by policeThis article is more than 1 year oldGraphic footage showed police shooting Russell at least five times in a house in Sydney’s west in November 2021
Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast A New South Wales court has seen graphic footage of police shooting an Aboriginal man at least five times in the “obstructed tunnel” of a narrow hallway of a house in Sydney’s west, during an attempted arrest in November 2021.
Jemma Redgrave: 'Grief is like a tsunami' | Bereavement
The ObserverBereavementInterviewJemma Redgrave: 'Grief is like a tsunami'Kate KellawayIn little over a year, Jemma Redgrave has lost three of the most beloved people in her life, including her father, Corin, who died only three months ago. Here, she reflects on what each loss has meant to her and the strength she still draws from them, on and off stageI first met Jemma Redgrave 20 years ago. She was 25 and at the start of her career, playing Irina in Chekhov's Three Sisters opposite her aunts, Vanessa and Lynn.
Alleged gunman charged with murder over daylight shooting of Alen Moradian in Sydney | Australia new
Australia newsAlleged gunman charged with murder over daylight shooting of Alen Moradian in SydneyPolice have charged an alleged gunman arrested in Fairfield Heights with the shooting of a convicted drug kingpin at a busy Sydney shopping precinct in June
An alleged gunman has been charged with murder over the daylight shooting of convicted drug lord Alen Moradian in Sydney.
Police have charged three additional men over the shooting in a Bondi Junction car park in 2023.
Families of missing and murdered Native women ask: Wheres the attention for ours?
Native AmericansGabby Petito’s case highlights the power of media attention but for Indigenous communities it also emphasizes the lack of attention given to missing and murdered Native people
The case of missing 22-year-old Gabby Petito came to a tragic conclusion this week when the FBI reported her body had been found in a national park in Wyoming. And just as they had been during the frantic search for the young woman, news organizations and social media platforms across the US were buzzing with the terrible update.
How They Broke Britain by James OBrien review a catalogue of disasters
Book of the dayPolitics booksReviewNo decent person could disagree with the radio host’s account of political failure in Britain. But what does he think needs to be done about it?
Some books are peculiarly review-proof. I don’t mean that whatever one says will have no effect on their success, though in the case of James O’Brien’s How They Broke Britain, which comprises an extended “charge sheet” of the nine men and one woman its author believes set the UK on a course of unnecessary decline, this is indubitably the case.
Jean Patchett | Models | The Guardian
ModelsObituaryJean PatchettFashion model who epitomised the freshness and sophistication of American chicNew York led fashion iconography through the late 1940s and early 1950s, when new printing and photographic techno- logies enhanced the glossy mags - especially the pack leader, Vogue - the better to sell clothes and cosmetics in the US, the world's resource-rich prime apparel market. Photographers needed their models, recruited in the city, to project a combination of freshness and sophistication, an Americanness with class, and the face that most closely approached their impossible demands was that of Jean "
Referee who forced wrestler to cut dreadlocks banned for two years | Wrestling
Race and sportsWrestlingReferee who forced wrestler to cut dreadlocks banned for two years Alan Maloney given two-year ban for December 2018 incident New Jersey referee is suing for defamation, emotional distress A referee who told a New Jersey high school wrestler to cut his dreadlocks or forfeit a match last year was suspended by the state for two seasons Wednesday, and officials also announced mandatory bias training for all referees and coaches involved in high school athletics.
Sea change: Indonesia fun park covers up breasts of its giant mermaids | Indonesia
Indonesia This article is more than 4 years oldSea change: Indonesia fun park covers up breasts of its giant mermaidsThis article is more than 4 years oldStatues given tube tops to help the park become a holiday spot for families, says official
Two naked mermaid statues at an Indonesian amusement park have had their breasts covered with golden tube tops in a bid to make them more “appropriate” and appealing to families.
Appeals court rejects Mark Meadowss bid to move Georgia elections case | Trump administration
Trump administration This article is more than 1 month oldAppeals court rejects Mark Meadows’s bid to move Georgia elections case This article is more than 1 month oldTrump’s ex-White House chief of staff had tried to transfer his 2020 election interference case to federal court A federal appeals court on Monday rejected former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’s request to transfer his 2020 election interference case in Georgia to federal court, ruling he was not entitled to the privilege because he was not currently a federal official.