New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern is to spearhead a push to combat violent extremism and terrorism on social media in the wake of the Christchurch attacks, saying the gunman did not have “a right to livestream the murder of 50 people”. Ardern and French president Emmanuel Macron will host a summit in Paris on…
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Disney Plus streaming site will not offer ‘racist’ Song of the South film
When Disney’s streaming site launches in the US in November this year, fans will be able to watch the Star Wars spin-off series The Mandalorian and classic films. However, there will be a notable absence from Disney Plus: the 1946 film Song of the South, which has long been a controversial title for Disney because…
Scottish wild salmon stocks in crisis, say anglers
Scotland’s anglers have warned that wild salmon stocks are at crisis point after they caught the lowest number on record last year. Official data from the Scottish government showed just over 37,000 wild salmon were caught in 2018, the lowest since records began in 1952 and 67% of the average over the past five years….
Jordan, the face of punk: ‘The things I wore made people apoplectic’
There’s a photograph of Jordan Mooney, standing outside the clothes shop Sex, that perfectly encapsulates her extraordinary impact. Sex was Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood’s London boutique, which sold their designs along with fetishwear. It is also where in-house band the Sex Pistols were incubated. Jordan was more than a shop assistant: she was the…
Tolkien film-makers insist they were respectful after estate disavows biopic
The makers of a forthcoming biopic about JRR Tolkien have stressed their “utmost respect and admiration” for the Lord of the Rings author, after his family distanced themselves from the film. Fox Searchlight’s Tolkien, starring Nicholas Hoult as the author and Lily Collins as his wife Edith, is out in May. On Tuesday, the author’s…
Tesla investigates video of Model S car exploding
Tesla has sent a team to investigate a video on Chinese social media which showed a parked Tesla Model S car exploding, the latest in a string of fire incidents involving the company’s cars. The video, time stamped Sunday evening and widely shared on China’s Twitter-like Weibo, shows the parked EV emit smoke and burst…
Wes Anderson gets a wallpaper collection – let the over-decorating begin!
Wes Anderson turns 50 next week. Of all the ways you could mark such a momentous event, one stands head and shoulders above all others: you could deck out your entire house in whimsical wallpaper that will make you feel as if you’ve accidentally set foot inside one of Anderson’s films. The Anderson Aesthetic collection…
‘They’re not property’: the people who want their ancestors back from British museums
In November 2011, Ned David travelled the 8,500 miles from his home on Thursday Island, off the tip of Queensland, Australia, to the Natural History Museum in London. He was on a mission to collect the bones of his ancestors. The material included skulls, a jawbone and other fragments from the Torres Strait archipelago, collected…
Charges dropped against Arizona students who protested border patrol
Charges were dismissed against three students involved in a protest against US border patrol agents at the University of Arizona that was captured on video. The case was dismissed Friday at the request of prosecutors after they learned the university would conduct an administrative investigation into the 19 March protest in Tucson, said Amelia Cramer,…
Humanity is at a crossroads, Greta Thunberg tells Extinction Rebellion
Governments will no longer be able ignore the impending climate and ecological crisis, Greta Thunberg, the teenage climate activist, has told Extinction Rebellion protesters gathered at Marble Arch in London. In a speech on Sunday night where she took aim at politicians who have for too long been able to satisfy demands for action with…