Opening eyes to Jozi’s inner city

Read More Until I changed careers a couple of years ago, I ran a walking tour company in the Johannesburg inner city for more than a decade.  Even though the business was successful, and I loved the city, I was also aware that, as a middle-class white woman, my view of the inner city was […]

Migliaia di persone a rave party a Modena, chiuse uscite autostradali

Read More Migliaia di persone, tra cui molti stranieri, hanno raggiunto tra la serata di ieri e la notte un capannone abbandonato a nord di Modena, in via Marino dove si tiene un grande rave party di Halloween. L’evento ‘Witchtek’ è stato segnalato ieri sera da polizia e carabinieri che hanno monitorato la situazione. Per […]

Biden says it appears attack on Paul Pelosi intended for House Speaker

Read More A man accused of clubbing the husband of the US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, over the head with a hammer and threatening his life while demanding “Where is Nancy?” now faces charges of attempted murder and other felonies a day after the violent break-in at the couple’s San Francisco home. Paul Pelosi, 82, […]

Brazilians go to polls with Lula slight favourite to oust far-right Bolsonaro

Read More Brazilians head to the polls on Sunday in their most important election for years, with leftist challenger Luiz In?cio Lula da Silva the slight favourite to put an end to four years of destructive government by the far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. Opinion polls on the eve of the ballot gave Lula, as the […]

‘Don’t embarrass the king’: Liz Truss told to forgo a lengthy honours list

Read More Liz Truss will be advised by Buckingham Palace not to present a long list of resignation honours after her short and disastrous premiership, according to senior figures with experience of the system. One source with close knowledge of honours protocol told the Observer that, given her time in No 10 lasted just seven […]

Darkness to burn: The spectral force of Ballen in Joburg

Read More When Roger Ballen first came to Joburg, in 1974, he stayed at the YMCA in Braamfontein. At the time, he was a 24-year-old New York existentialist, most of the way through a voyage from Cairo to Cape Town. That night, as Ballen sat in the hostel’s lounge, a fellow guest slit his wrists […]