Eminent Victorians: 19th-century celebrity portraits – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email As a new picture of Billy the Kid goes on sale for $1m, these photographs showcase some of the most significant people of the 19th century to be captured on camera
Main image: The actor Sarah Bernhardt relaxing in a salon. Photograph: Bettmann/Bettmann Archive Thu 21 Nov 2019 16.
Social sciencesObituaryHerbert McCabeTheologian, philosopher and radical supporter of ChristianityWith the death of Herbert McCabe at the age of 74, theology and philosophy in these islands have lost one of their most distinctive and radical controversial voices.
He often expressed a Chestertonian bafflement that the development of, for the most part, traditional and orthodox positions should be in the slightest controversial.
Born John Ignatius McCabe in Middlesbrough, the son of a teacher, he went to Manchester University to study chemistry, but switched to philosophy, much influenced by Dorothy Emmet.
UK newsPicasso's daughter halts costly legal caseA battle by Paloma Picasso's ex-husband for a half share of the priceless artworks she inherited from her father has collapsed on the eve of a trial which was due to start on Monday.
The biggest divorce money claim brought in the English courts has run up record legal costs estimated at more than £4 million. But after a two year fight, Ms Picasso's former husband, Rafael Lopez-Cambil, has abandoned his claim to half of the collection of Picasso works of art, estimated to be worth as much as £400 million which she received as her share of Pablo Picasso's estate.
NicaraguaObituaryTomás Borge obituaryOne of the founders of the Sandinista guerrilla movement that overthrew the Somoza family dictatorship in NicaraguaTomás Borge Martínez, who has died aged 81, was one of the founders of the Sandinista guerrilla movement that in July 1979 overthrew the Somoza family dictatorship in Nicaragua. Revered by his followers, hated and feared by his opponents, Borge embodied many of the contradictions at the heart of the Sandinista revolution.
Fox News‘Uh-oh’: psychic’s prediction of ‘sense of loss’ for Trump unnerves Fox News hostJesse Watters seemed disappointed by Paula Roberts’s tarot card reading, which also foretold ‘lots of money’ for Biden
An “English psychic” appearing on the conservative channel Fox News delivered news not entirely to the liking of her host, Jesse Watters, predicting “a sense of loss” for Donald Trump this year as he seeks to return to the White House.
The Week in PatriarchyWomen This article is more than 2 years oldAngry at the idea of a curfew for men? Think of all the ways women are told to adaptThis article is more than 2 years oldArwa MahdawiPolicing, both formal and informal, of female bodies is so normalized it’s no longer shocking – unless the same standards are applied to men
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SócratesDuo were teammates and fighters against Brazil’s dictatorship. Then came addiction and reconciliation before Sócrates’s death
Since 4 December 2011 Casagrande has been living with a feeling of emptiness. Ten years on from the death of his former Brazil and Corinthians teammate Sócrates, he is still struggling to deal with the loss.
“I miss talking to him,” he says. “I think about him many times a week, mainly when something good happens to me.
Insects This article is more than 6 years oldLusius malfoyi wasp: New Zealand insect named after Harry Potter villainThis article is more than 6 years oldEntomologist names parasitoid wasp after ‘redeemed’ character Lucius Malfoy in hope of showing not all wasps are bad A Harry Potter fan turned entomologist has named a wasp after a redeemed villain in the series in the hope of drawing attention to the much maligned insect.
US militaryObject downed by US missile may have been amateur hobbyists’ $12 balloonIllinois hobby group says balloon went missing the day military missile costing $439,000 destroyed unidentified entity nearby
A group of amateur balloon enthusiasts in Illinois might have solved the mystery of one of the unknown flying objects shot down by the US military last week, a saga that had captivated the nation.
The Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade says one of its hobby craft went “missing in action” over Alaska on 11 February, the same day a US F-22 jet downed an unidentified airborne entity not far away above Canada’s Yukon territory.
Le Saut dans le vide, October 1960 by Yves Klein. Succession Yves Klein c/o ADAGP, ParisLe Saut dans le vide, October 1960 by Yves Klein. Succession Yves Klein c/o ADAGP, ParisThe big picturePhotographySo how did the French artist pull off this giant leap? He swore his accomplices to secrecy, and the mystery remained for 50 years…
The story goes that the artist Yves Klein practised his famous jump from a second-floor window onto the pavement of a Paris suburb a few times before it was photographed.