Danish fashion label Ganni has infiltrated the wardrobes of everyone from gen Z university freshers to their gen X mums, dropping them off at their halls of residence later this month. Its commercial and cultural success is such that its latest collection will be shown at Paris fashion week this month. The Guardian’s journalism is … Read more
The French left’s candidate to be prime minister has insisted the alliance is willing to compromise on a programme that includes rolling back pension reforms and tax rises for the “ultra rich” if allowed to govern. In her first formal interview with a non-French paper, Lucie Castets, representing the New Popular Front (NFP), said she … Read more
Oasis fans seeking tickets for the band’s reunion tour have been facing technical issues and long online waits that often ended in disappointment. Demand to see the Gallagher brothers was incredibly high, so much so that fans accessing ticket-selling websites including Ticketmaster, reported issues including error messages, or being deemed to be bots and kicked … Read more
Early this year I took a fall. In broad daylight, on a street in downtown Athens, I tripped, clipping my right foot on a marble step jutting on to the pavement in front of the entrance to a furniture store. The step’s railing, grabbed in a desperate attempt to break the fall, then did what … Read more
Ramagundam: In the wake of reports that BRS president K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) is getting ready to meet people, Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu had taken a dig at KCR. “Does he (KCR) have a face to say or seek anything from people after the loot and exploitation he unleashed on the people of … Read more
The CJI said 970 e-sewa kendras were fully functional in district court complexes. | Photo: PTI 5 min read Last Updated : Aug 31 2024 | 6:12 PM IST Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud on Saturday said district judiciary is the “backbone of the judiciary” and thus a crucial component of … Read more
For Mikel Arteta, this was a timely reminder of just how fine the margins can be. With his side leading 1-0 thanks to Kai Havertz’s sublime lob in the first half, the Arsenal manager could have been forgiven for thinking his side were on their way to a third successive victory to start the season … Read more
A lone horn call, then a brief, mighty climax, full orchestra playing fortissimo. The Symphony No 7 by Anton Bruckner, the 200th anniversary of whose birth falls on Wednesday, ends like an intake of breath. The noisy rampage of these final bars, which could go on at length as Bruckner often does, stops abruptly: one … Read more
Private consultants were paid a “scandalous” £3.4bn by public bodies last year, new figures reveal. The statistics, from outsourcing data company Tussell, show that government spending on private consultants was £1.3bn (62%) higher in 2023-24 than 2019-20. They also reveal that the surge in consultant spending seen during Covid has failed to come back down … Read more
Almost three years after Esmatullah Sultani rushed to Kabul’s international airport, at the time besieged by Taliban forces who were seizing control of Afghanistan, the 24-year-old man walked into a busy neighborhood market near Sacramento, California. Sultani greeted many of the stallholders, fellow Afghans, and ordered kebabs for lunch in Dari, a language spoken by … Read more