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Cornish tourist spot unveils spider-related haiku spun by Simon Armitage
Armitage’s haiku, Web, celebrates the silky but deadly threads …
‘It’s almost dirty money’: the older generation of crypto investors benefiting from the ‘Trump pump’
Miles, a 37-year-old NHS doctor from London, has been trying to persuade friends to buy cryptocurrencies for years. In recent weeks, the “Trump pump” to crypto prices has left them envious. “They have watched in frustration as my gamble paid off,” he says.
Miles’s crypto portfolio is now worth £2.3m, …
England close in on victory as Chris Woakes takes charge in New Zealand
There have been Australian cricket supporters in Christchurch this past week and not, word has it, to escape
that has engulfed their team back home. Apparently they were so taken by their experience duringthe 2-0 series win
for their side in …Indie films losing out to obsession with bankable stars, says Richard Eyre
The veteran British director Richard Eyre has said it is “very hard” to get small-budget independent dramas made any more because studio bosses are obsessed with “bankable” celebrity names.
Eyre, who has worked across film, theatre, TV and opera, winning five Olivier awards and a Bafta, also spoke of the …
‘Why would we wait?’: Lebanon starts to rebuild as ceasefire takes effect
For two months, the only sounds in Nabatieh were the buzzing of an Israeli drone overhead and the dull thump of distant airstrikes. The day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect, the drone was gone and southern Lebanon’s second largest city was filled with the sound …
Landmark space mission set to create artificial solar eclipses using satellites
Final preparations have begun for a landmark space mission that will use satellites flying in close formation to create artificial solar eclipses high above the Earth.
The Proba-3 mission is the European Space Agency’s first attempt at precise formation flying in orbit and calls for two spacecraft to loop around …
From Conclave to Michael Kiwanuka – a complete guide to the week’s entertainment in the UK
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There’s Oscar buzz aplenty for this lead performance from Ralph Fiennes as a British cardinal at the heart of the pope-picking process, with Vatican honchos wrangling over who should be the next pontiff. Pulpy thrills from director Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front). …
‘A blend of ancient and modern’: inside Thessaloniki’s new €3bn metro system
It caused untold commotion, decades of disruption and – among historians and archaeologists – controversy and despair. But at midday on Saturday, the antiquities-rich subterranean world of Thessaloniki will open to a world of driverless trains and hi-tech automation with the inauguration of its long-awaited subway.
The excitement on the …
Ukraine war briefing: Russia says military ties with North Korea ‘actively expanding’
Russia’s defence minister met with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, on Friday and agreed to boost military cooperation between the two countries
, state media said. Andrei Belousov’s visit to North Korea “would greatly contribute to bolstering up the defence capabilities of the two countries and … promoting …