‘The walruses were banging on the walls’ Sophie Lanfear on taking on 108,000 of the creatures in Russia It was like a zombie film. The walruses turned up over night. It was pitch-black outside and you could hear them coming ashore and getting louder and louder, their tusks scraping the sides of our cabin. They…

Colorism is more than being called a cockroach, having guys compare my nether regions to a medium rare steak, or seeing my crush preferring lighter-skinned women over me. No, it goes deeper than that. Colorism has programmed me to view myself as everything but beautiful, or even a woman. Masculinity, ugliness and undesirability are traits…

Click:gemini api 收费 1) City need to regain spark to keep up chase Roy Hodgson said his side enjoyed “one of those bonanza days” when they beat Manchester City 3-2 at the Etihad in December. They did not gain a corner in the game, had 22% of possession and scored with all three of their shots…

10. Casablanca (1942) In the movies, a kiss is never just a kiss. Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Ingrid Bergman walked into Humphrey Bogart’s. A haunting chiaroscuro closeup tracks into a dissolve, recalling happier times. As time goes by they agree “No questions”, making them free to…

A riled Brooks Koepka tends to be a dangerous Brooks Koepka. This golfer, who derives ongoing inspiration by what he perceives as a lack of due recognition, was at it again in the lead up to the Masters. Beware the chippy champion. After the leading Golf Channel analyst and former tour player Brandel Chamblee publicly…

Many of us have waited trepidatiously in the Apple Store, clasping our broken iPhone we’ve long since lost the receipt for, while the Genius Bar overlords decide whether to take pity on us and give us a new one or show us the gladiatorial thumbs down. But two Oregon students had rather a lot more…

Kim Jong-un has vowed to deliver a “serious blow” to hostile countries he accused of using sanctions to bring the regime “to its knees”, according to the country’s state media. The North Korean leader’s broadside against measures imposed in response to missile and nuclear programmes comes weeks after his second summit with Donald Trump ended…

If, like me, you are a man whose hairline is in fast retreat, Jude Law should be your new hero. A photo of him on the set of The New Pope, wearing nothing but a pair of white Speedos, went mildly viral this week, inspiring responses such as “Jude Law’s Speedo bod is my new…

He may be a long shot in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, but the California representative Eric Swalwell is trying to stand out with a focus on gun violence, including his proposal to spend $15bn on an Australia-style federal ban and buyback of military-style “assault weapons”. Swalwell, a 38-year-old Democratic congressman who represents a district…

Valentino Dixon saw Amen Corner for the very first time on Tuesday, and of course it looked just as pretty as he had pictured it in his mind. Dixon, a talented artist, fell in love with Augusta National while he was serving a 39-to-life sentence in Attica for a murder he did not commit. He…