Amol Rajan makes a personal pilgrimage to the largest religious festival in history. Read full article at source...
    Before he was David Mamet the acclaimed author, filmmaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, he worked a variety of low-paying jobs well into his 20s: from kitchen help at a summer camp to a maintenance worker in a truck factory to working in the Merchant Marine doing maintenance on boats. Mamet said...
Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat Getty Images AJ Tracey performed at Radio 1’s Big Weekend festival in May AJ Tracey is back with his first album in four years, and this time it’s personal. “I’ve avoided speaking about quite personal things,” he says, reflecting on his earlier music. The rapper, real name Ché Wolton Grant, tells...
Note: In this piece, I will be using ‘‘leftism’ and ‘identity politics’ more or less interchangeably, due to their often heavy overlap. I grew up in a liberal household to liberal parents, and I had always had a preoccupation (some might say an obsession) with justice. From a young age, I would rage against the...
Amber Edwards BBC News, South West BBC Marian Wade and Sgt James Gallienne with a compassionate box The family of a Devon man who died in a single-vehicle crash has launched a new initiative for police to compassionately return a loved one’s belongings. Chris Wade, from Sidmouth, died in June 2023 after he suffered a...
People’s stories, memories and reflections are being collected for an accessible interactive trail in North Devon. North Devon Council said the Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon hoped to capture real-life experiences of places in Barnstaple as part of a new community trail on digital platform Humap. It said the museum wanted the community to...
Victory was also payback for Humphries after he lost last year’s final to Littler as their rivalry continues to grow. Since first playing each other in the 2024 World Championship final, the pair have faced off a further 22 times with Littler claiming 13 wins to Humphries’ 10. They are the two top-ranked players in...
Manchester United winger Amad responded to supporters in Malaysia with an obscene gesture after being subject to “serious personal abuse”, the club say. The Ivory Coast international was pictured putting his middle finger up to people outside the team’s hotel in Kuala Lumper on United’s post-season tour. A video of the incident was widely shared...
President Donald Trump’s national security adviser Michael Waltz and his staff have used personal Gmail accounts to conduct government business, a new report released Tuesday reveals, in the latest instance of Waltz seemingly using methods of communication that are unsecured and vulnerable to breaches. In at least one instance, a senior aide to Waltz used...
South Africa white-ball coach Rob Walter has resigned, citing “personal reasons”. The 49-year-old took over in March 2023 and led the Proteas to the semi-final of the 50-over World Cup later that year. They also reached the T20 World Cup final in Barbados last year, losing a gripping final to India, and this year to...
Marseille have condemned the “personal attacks” aimed at midfielder Adrien Rabiot and his family during the 3-1 defeat at Paris St-Germain on Sunday. The match at Parc des Princes was overshadowed by homophobic and racist chants – referencing Marseille’s large Arab population – from some PSG fans, as well as banners directed at Rabiot and...