15 June 2023

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One MOVIE, one Take: The origin of sneaker culture in ‘Air’

Read More In a basketball world dominated by Converse and Adidas shoes, before Nike brought the world its famous silhouette, there was a relatively unknown university-level basketball player whose name and likeness would go down in history — Michael Jordan.  The plot of Air is not a completely unknown tale, but a contextual tale of […]

Flavour Hunter: Sumptuous, simple Istanbul street food

Read More Good food speaks for itself on the streets and along the alleyways of Istanbul. Or rather it needs no person or thing to speak for it. Garnish, dressings, unnatural flavourings … these are foreign concepts to the Turk stoking the fires of his drum grill These meals are simple – in the absolute […]

No surprises as Ace plays the UIF card

Read More Tuesday. Like many of my fellow South Africans, I’m shocked and surprised — or should that be visibly shocked — that we’ve made it this far into the week without President Cyril Ramaphosa appointing a retired judge to investigate the weekend earth tremor that shook Johannesburg and surroundings. The head of state has […]

SA, US both lose if Washington breaks off relations with Pretoria

Read More File: US President Joe Biden shakes hands with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on September 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. The two leaders reaffirmed the importance of enduring partnership, and discussed their work together to address regional and global challenges. (Photo […]

Boris Johnson calls for Tory MP on privileges committee to resign

Read More Boris Johnson has called for a Conservative MP on the privileges committee to resign as a furious blue-on-blue row erupted on the eve of a long-awaited report that will find he misled parliament over Partygate. In an attempt to disparage the findings of the report, Johnson called allegations that Bernard Jenkin attended a […]

Record number of renters seeking help with no-fault evictions

Read More A record number of renters need help with no-fault evictions, suggesting landlords may be pushing cases through before the practice is banned in England under new legislation. Citizens Advice said last month it helped almost 2,000 people with section 21 evictions, the most in a single month on record and a 25% increase […]

Nottingham attack: police look at attempted break-in at homeless hotel

Read More Detectives are investigating whether an alleged attempt to break into a homeless hostel by the suspect in the Nottingham triple knife attacks was a search for more victims or a sign of erratic behaviour. The investigation into Tuesday’s attacks, which killed three people, has established that the suspect arrested has a history of […]

Synthetic human embryos created in groundbreaking advance

Read More Scientists have created synthetic human embryos using stem cells, in a groundbreaking advance that sidesteps the need for eggs or sperm. Scientists say these model embryos, which resemble those in the earliest stages of human development, could provide a crucial window on the impact of genetic disorders and the biological causes of recurrent […]