Row over restaurant wealth screening boils over in French resort of St-Tropez | France
France This article is more than 5 months oldRow over restaurant ‘wealth screening’ boils over in French resort of St-TropezThis article is more than 5 months oldMayor threatens sanctions over reported practices of large minimum spends and selecting diners by size of previous bills
The mayor of St-Tropez has threatened “racketeering” restaurateurs in the Med’s most famous – and overpriced – former fishing village with sanctions after reports that some are selecting diners by the size of previous bills and are setting minimum spends.
Shy girl or she-wolf? Will the real Polly Harvey please stand up | PJ Harvey
The ObserverPJ HarveyInterviewShy girl or she-wolf? Will the real Polly Harvey please stand upAmy RaphaelOn stage, she's a siren in a pink catsuit. In person, she is still and self-contained. We met the enigmatic singer at the village pub...Early for our interview, I encounter Polly Jean Harvey in the freezing toilets of a Somerset pub. She is locked in a cubicle, changing outfits and shivering. I drop the toilet paper and it rolls under the divide.
Veteran photographer Tony Vaccaro dies aged 100 a life in pictures | Culture
Veteran photographer Tony Vaccaro dies aged 100 – a life in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Drafted in 1943, Vaccaro survived the Battle of Normandy and created unflinching images of the conflict in Europe. He went on to forge a career documenting famous figures in art, film and fashion
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Main image: US infantrymen during the Battle of the Bulge, 1945.
An escape from dark times: how ancient history podcasts bring comfort and clarity
PodcastsI started listening to tales of yore in 2019, when long drives with my infant son became essential. They soothed him to sleep – and transported me to a different world
Fans of Paul Cooper’s podcast Fall of Civilizations will know that it usually begins in a particular way. A traveller, often far from home, encounters a ruin that hints at a vast and forgotten story of the past.
Hiding from bandits in the desert, the Italian nobleman Pietro della Valle takes shelter in the shadow of the crumbling Ziggurat of Ur.
Is being fired out of a cannon dangerous? | Science
The science behind the newsScienceIs being fired out of a cannon dangerous?It's all in the preparation. When David Smith Sr made his unique flight across the Mexican-American border this week, it's a fair bet that he had already done his physics homework.
For a start, he probably didn't use gunpowder for the explosion that catapulted him 45m out of a cannon and over a 6m high fence. Allan McPherson, founder of the Blackpool Circus School, says that the firing mechanism for human cannonballs usually works by releasing compressed air.
Lostprophets: 'He said he was innocent'
LostprophetsWhen lead singer Ian Watkins pleaded guilty to 13 child sex offences, his former bandmates went into a state of shock. Now, still angry and confused, they are trying to pick up the pieces with their new band No DevotionMost musicians who've been in big bands, launching a new project, will only talk about how excited they are to be moving forward, how their new music has put them back in touch with what first excited them about music.
Rachel Roddys recipe for focaccine soffici little soft focacce
Rachel Roddy’s focaccine, or little flatbreads, here stuffed with olives. Photograph: Rachel Roddy/The GuardianRachel Roddy’s focaccine, or little flatbreads, here stuffed with olives. Photograph: Rachel Roddy/The GuardianA kitchen in RomeBreadReviving the ancient ways of making bread and using a wild yeast starter is all well and good, but luckily there is also a quicker way to make this traditional Italian flatbread
Fire, for the ancient Romans, was ignis, which was lit in the focus (fireplace) and often surrounded by altars to the family gods.
UK Picture Editors Guild Awards in pictures | Media
UK Picture Editors Guild Awards – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email The winning images from the UK Picture Editors Guild Awards. The Press Photographer of the year was Chris Furlong. Photograph of the year, voted by the public, was an image by Jonathan Brady of Her Majesty The Queen sitting alone at the funeral of HRH Prince Phillip
Wesley Streete jailed for rape and murder of Keeley Bunker | Crime
Crime This article is more than 3 years oldWesley Streete jailed for rape and murder of Keeley BunkerThis article is more than 3 years oldStreete dumped 20-year-old’s body in a stream and then lied about what had happened
A serial rapist who raped and murdered a trusted friend before dumping her body face down in a brook has been jailed for life.
Wesley Streete promised to take 20-year-old Keeley Bunker home safely after a night out, but raped and murdered her in a park before trying to conceal her body with branches on 19 September last year.
Crucifixion is horribly violent we must confront its reality head on | Art and design
Jonathan Jones on artArt and design This article is more than 7 years oldCrucifixion is horribly violent – we must confront its reality head onThis article is more than 7 years oldJonathan JonesGlasgow theology students have been warned about brutal crucifixion images. But such paintings remind us of the grisly truth about death
Glasgow University is giving theology students what the Daily Mail calls “trigger warnings” about potentially upsetting images of the crucifixion.