Giorno: 10 Giugno 2023

Wes Anderson’s new film ‘Asteroid City’ is out of this world

Read More Star-studded: A scene from Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City’, which has his signature pastel palette and array of subplots and characters The latest film from quirky, pastel-palette-loving director Wes Anderson, Asteroid City, tells a story of ambitious space exploration but makes it eccentric and elegant, yet cerebral.  After the out-of-this-world reception of Asteroid City’s […]

Objects of Desire: Daddy Cool

Read More Tyler, the Creator’s album ‘Igor’ makes a great Father’s Day gift. Time is of the essence to find the perfect Father’s Day gift for fathers and father figures in your life. Sure, you could quickly pop into the nearest mall for a father-themed gift, made easy by big retailers. But why not go […]

Water quality reports are ‘hard proof’ of ANC’s inability to improve performance

Read More File: Untreated sewage flows into Durban harbour after pumps at the Mahatma Gandhi Road treatment plant broke. Photo by Rogan Ward Thirteen years ago, 10% of municipalities in South Africa supplied drinking water with bad or poor microbiological quality to their residents — a figure that has soared to 50%. The cost of restoring […]

Book review: Chris Hani’s murder – the plot sickens

Read More (above). The funeral of South African Communist Party head Chris Hani in Soweto on 18 April 1993. (Photo by WALTER DHLADHLA / AFP) 6pm Johannesburg  They came for Clive Derby-Lewis as the sun was setting, in a flurry of police cars that surrounded his home in the West Rand town of Krugersdorp. There […]

Hate Speech Bill is on a collision course with academic freedom

Read More Graphic by John McCann/M&G Knowledge is power and, as social institutions, universities are uniquely positioned to advance and disseminate knowledge through their research and teaching activities, including those that are inconvenient or critical.  Teaching generally involves the transfer of established knowledge informed by research which, in turn, is based on critical thought, discovery […]

Colombian ‘miracle’ children found alive 40 days after Amazon jungle plane crash

Read More Malnourished and covered in insect bites, four Indigenous children were rescued alive from the Colombian Amazon on Friday afternoon, 40 days after the plane they were travelling in crashed into the jungle. In a remarkable feat of resilience, the children survived heavy storms in one of the most inhospitable parts of the country, […]

Boris Johnson a ‘coward’ for quitting to avoid byelection, says Angela Rayner

Read More Boris Johnson is a “coward” who has “no respect” for the 2019 Conservative voters who put their faith in him, Labour’s deputy leader has said, after he dramatically quit parliament before the findings of a cross-party investigation into whether he lied to the Commons had been published., The former prime minister resigned on […]

Boris Johnson’s resignation statement – what he really meant

Read More Boris Johnson’s statement announcing he will quit the Commons is not brief – more than 1,000 words – and, as ever with the former prime minister’s pronouncements, there is a lot of often barely hidden subtext: I have received a letter from the privileges committee making it clear – much to my amazement […]