Pick of the weekWicked Little Letters When a series of anonymous poison pen letters are sent to prim coastal town resident Edith (Olivia Colman), suspicion immediately falls on her neighbour Rose (Jessie Buckley), an Irish single mother with a boisterous, proto-feminist attitude. There is something inherently hilarious about Colman swearing, and Thea Sharrock’s fact-based 1920s…
Representing Poland has always held a special place in the heart and mind of Iga Swiatek. That’s because in 1987, her father, Tomasz, was a gold medalist in the quadruple sculls at the World University Games in Zagreb. A year later, he rowed to a seventh-place finish at the Seoul Olympic Games. Over time, that…
It has to feel pretty weird. You’re in charge of the biggest event your country’s ever organised. You have worked on it to the exclusion, basically, of everything else in your life, for very nearly a decade. And now – it’s a week away. “It’s a very strange feeling,” confirms Tony Estanguet, head of the…
England 38 for 3 (Crawley 18, Seales 2-19) trail West Indies 282 (Brathwaite 61, Holder 59, Atkinson 4-67, Woakes 3-69) by 244 runs Flashes of West Indies fight saw them end the opening day of the third Test at Edgbaston just about even with England, but the tourists’ challenge is to turn the glimmers of…
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Bienvenue à Paris, Celine Dion and Lady Gaga! Dion took center stage at a rainy Olympic opening ceremony in Paris on July 26 with a powerful performance to close the event. It marked the first time she has performed in public in years following her stiff person syndrome diagnosis. She sang “Hymne à l’amour” after…
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman. The opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics is happening today in Paris. We begin our coverage with Lebanese photojournalist Christina Assi of Agence France-Presse. She carried the…
TOPSHOT – US’ singer Lady Gaga sings a song at the Sully bridge area before the opening ceremony of … [+] the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP) (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Lady Gaga kicked off the 2024…
The 2024 Summer Olympic Games have begun in Paris, where hundreds of thousands of spectators are expected to gather in person as millions more tune in from home as the Opening Ceremony gets underway. This year’s events invite many of the world’s top athletes to compete in a range of different sporting events that will…