At one end of Banquet Records in Kingston upon Thames the Dutch indie band Personal Trainer are performing a short set next to the album racks. Before them are 30 or 40 people who have pitched up on a Thursday evening to see them launch their second album, Still Willing. Afterwards, the band will sign … Read more
Take a look at the statistics: In 2022, around 32,000 rape cases were reported to the police across India. But on top of that, over 13,000 cases were pending from previous years, adding up to 45,000 cases that the cops were supposed to handle. And chew on this: in seven out of 10 cases, rapists … Read more
Here’s some sobering facts about plastic. Australia produces more single-use plastic waste per capita than any other country except Singapore, according to a Minderoo Foundation report. And our plastic consumption is going up: it increased by 60% from an estimated 92kg per person in 2000 to 148kg per person in 2020-21, according to the Australia … Read more
Hyderabad:Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s three-year tenure as the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president, from July 2021, is widely hailed as a “golden era” for the Congress in Telangana. Revanth Reddy, known for his fierce determination and relentless campaigning, single-handedly steered the Congress to a historic victory over the BRS, a party that had … Read more
Not 18 hours after Leeds indie band English Teacher won the Mercury prize for their debut album, singer Lily Fontaine told the Guardian: “We’re still pinching ourselves, really.” Their Top 10 widely acclaimed This Could Be Texas beat the favourite Charli xcx, along with efforts by the likes of Corinne Bailey Rae and Portishead’s Beth … Read more
4 min read Last Updated : Sep 06 2024 | 10:42 PM IST The US presidential election in November is critical for many reasons. At stake is not just the survival of American democracy, but also sound stewardship of the economy, with far-reaching implications for the rest of the world. American voters face a … Read more
It’s 5pm on Auckland’s Karangahape Road, and the tables spilling on to the street outside Coco’s Cantina are full – but these aren’t your usual sticky toddlers, or after-work suits. As the sun glints off the dusky-pink frames of her glasses, Gabriella Stead, 32, says she doesn’t care if it’s uncool to tuck into Italian … Read more
It’s a scene unfamiliar to New Market. The flow of customers at this giant shopping arcade from the colonial era has dwindled to a trickle. Shop owners are idling, and cars breeze along nearby Lindsay Street, otherwise a torment for commuters. The red-brick, Gothic-style marketplace, formerly known as Sir Stuart Hogg Market in … Read more
Everything was set up for a bowling day in south London. After a thunderstorm at 5am, the skies had remained overcast. And with the floodlights on and moisture in the air, not even Dhananjaya de Silva, a captain who chose to bat first in Manchester gloom, and bowl in sunshine at Lord’s, was not going … Read more
An Anglican church group is to launch a £7m reconciliation project in Barbados to atone for the atrocities of transatlantic slavery and compensate descendants of enslaved people. United Society Partners in the Gospel (USPG), a UK-based missionary organisation created in 1701 to convert people in the colonies to Christianity, will work with local and regional … Read more