3 d. ago ‘People were repressed into silence’: the Spanish artist creating a visual memory of fascism’s horrors

A Madrid exhibition of work by the celebrated comic book artist Paco Roca marks 50 years since the death of FrancoThe map of Paco Roca’s mind, a landscape of memory and loss, unfolds across the walls of an exhibition hall in Madrid, inviting visitors to acquaint themselves with the bittersweet geographies that have shaped the work of one of Spain’s best-known graphic artists.Roca, whose comics have explored such varied themes as Francoist reprisals, the exiled Spanish republicans who helped liberate Paris from the Nazis, family histories and the depredations of Alzheimer’s, is the subject of a new show called Memory: An Emotional Journey Through the Comics of Paco Roca. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Martin Lewis’s charity warns Starmer’s PIP disability cuts will be ‘catastrophic’

Martin Lewis’ charity Money and Mental Health Policy Institute has revealed research on the impact of changes to PIP as it calls on the government to drop the plans

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5 d. ago Millions take more than 10 pills a day. Now doctors warn results can be catastrophic, patients aren't being told

More than a million people in England are being prescribed ten or more medications a day, according to a new report by the NHS Health Innovation Network.

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5 d. ago Drivers warned over potentially 'catastrophic' distraction that isn't using a mobile

Almost every driver is guilty of doing this at some stage

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6 d. ago An interfaith group’s 1950s MLK comic book remains a prominent nonviolence teaching tool

“Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story” continues to be a nonviolence teaching tool and an influential historical account in the United States and worldwide

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7 d. ago Trump’s steel tariffs prompt anger and warnings of ‘catastrophic’ job cuts in Canada

50% levy would disrupt factories and supply chains in America’s biggest foreign supplier of the metal

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7 d. ago Glastonbury is an 'accident waiting to happen' amid fears of overcrowding as insider claims fatal crowd crush is just a 'matter of time'

In an explosive intervention, the whistleblower warned that a catastrophe could take place unless major safety improvements are made.

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9 d. ago How the US became the biggest military emitter and stopped everyone finding out

Academic Neta Crawford warns that if Donald Trump follows through on his threats of war, emissions will soar and the planet will pay the priceCarbon footprint of Israel’s war on Gaza exceeds that of many entire countriesRevealed: Nato rearmament could increase emissions by 200m tonnes a yearThe climate impact of Donald Trump’s geopolitical ambitions could deepen planetary catastrophe, triggering a global military buildup that accelerates greenhouse gas emissions, a leading expert has warned.The Pentagon – the US armed forces and Department of Defense (DoD) agencies – is the world’s largest institutional greenhouse gas emitter, accounting for at least 1% of total US emissions annually, according to analysis by Neta Crawford, co-founder of the Costs of War project at Brown University. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Comic book ‘catastrophe warning’ prompts superstitious travellers to cancel Japan trips

Japan bookings have dropped 50 per cent after manga artist ‘predicted’ natural disaster, says Hong Kong travel agency

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1 week ago Legendary comic book writer Peter David dies after series of health issues at age 68

Family friend restarted GoFundMe to help raise money for medical expenses after he was rejected from Medicaid

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2 w. ago New Orleans' jail system was troubled decades before 10 inmates made an audacious escape

The recent jailbreak in New Orleans followed decades of dysfunction in the city's jail system and recent warnings that conditions were ripe for catastrophe

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2 w. ago Maga Catholics are on a collision course with Leo XIV. They have good reason to fear him | Julian Coman

They have been quick to brand the new pope an ‘anti-Trump’ ‘total Marxist’. In return, he is already critiquing their worldviewIn the outer reaches of the Magasphere, it would be fair to say the advent of the first pope from the US has not been greeted with unbridled enthusiasm. Take Laura Loomer, the thirtysomething influencer and conspiracy theorist, whose verdict on Leo XIV was as instant as it was theologically uninformed: “Anti-Trump, anti-Maga, pro-open Borders, and a total Marxist like Pope Francis.” Also doing the rounds on X was a short summary of Leo’s supposed transgressions before ascending to St Peter’s chair: “Trashed Trump, trashed Vance, trashed border enforcement, endorsed DREAMer-style illegal immigration, repeatedly praised and honored George Floyd, and endorsed a Democrat senator’s call for more gun control.”So far, so tedious. The comic-book casting of the new pope as a globalist villain in the US culture wars is traceable back to his predecessor’s impact on lib...

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2 w. ago Pepper spray use on kids sparks legal action after 'catastrophic' warning

The Government said it has no choice but to roll out PAVA, a synthetic pepper spray, into the youth offenders institutions amid spiralling levels of violence across the estate

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2 w. ago Sea level rise will cause ‘catastrophic inland migration’, scientists warn

Rising oceans will force millions away from coasts even if global temperature rise remains below 1.5C, analysis findsSea level rise will become unmanageable at just 1.5C of global heating and lead to “catastrophic inland migration”, the scientists behind a new study have warned. This scenario may unfold even if the average level of heating over the last decade of 1.2C continues into the future.The loss of ice from the giant Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets has quadrupled since the 1990s due to the climate crisis and is now the principal driver of sea level rise. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Superman fans celebrate big change from Man of Steel era as new reboot trailer drops

David Corenswet is set to make his debut as the popular comic book character

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3 w. ago UK tourists issued travel insurance warning and told ‘you will be left out of pocket’

As popular holiday destinations experience blackouts, protests and more, Brits have been told their travel insurance may not cover them if they cancel their holiday

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