91 m. ago The Life of Sean DeLear review – loving film about queer black punk rocker, and secret legend

Sweet documentary about Sean DeLear, of LA punk band Glue, who never landed a major record deal but was famous among celebrities That’s Sean DeLear, pronounced like “chandelier”, born Anthony Robertson in 1964. You probably haven’t heard of him: DeLear was the lead singer of a band called Glue on the underground post-punk scene in Los Angeles in the 1980s and 90s. On stage, he performed in drag, singing punk songs dressed like a 1960s go-do dancer in cute little dresses. The band never landed a major record deal, and DeLear died from cancer in 2017. This sweet, scrappy documentary has been lovingly put together by his friend Markus Zizenbacher.It’s not the first posthumous attempt at recognition for DeLear. In 2023, his teenage diary, written in 1979, was published under the title I Could Not Believe It. Extracts of this queer black memoir are read here on the voiceover – and they are glorious. Even aged 14 years old, living with his Christian parents in a conservative suburb of Los...

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3 h. ago Can public money flow to Catholic charter school? The Supreme Court will decide

The Catholic Church in Oklahoma wants taxpayers to pay for an online charter school that “is faithful to the teachings of Jesus Christ.”

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3 h. ago I was 19 and on the trip of a lifetime – then I drank a cocktail laced with methanol

In a bar in Bali, Ashley King was given a lethal drink. A day later, she realised she was going blind. She thought all her dreams were over – but the reality proved very differentThe last night of Ashley King’s holiday shouldn’t have been especially memorable. It was 30 August 2011, and she and her best friend, Krista, went out barhopping in the tourist town of Kuta in southern Bali, as they had done many times before. King and Krista are from Calgary in Canada, and had decided to spend a year travelling after their high school graduation. They planned to explore the island of Bali, but King’s credit cards were stolen and Krista ran out of money, so they were stuck in Kuta, a party district.In one of the swankier bars on the strip, King was given a fruity vodka cocktail in a reusable plastic bottle, so she could dance without spilling it. She was drunk, she says, but not notably so. After nursing their hangovers the next day, she and Krista went to the airport at midnight: King was ...

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6 h. ago First victims of Vancouver festival are pictured as family of three and beloved teacher

Kira Salim, a local educator; Richard Le, 47, a local real estate agent; his wife, Linh Hoang, 30; and their five-year-old daughter, Katie, have been identified as some of the victims.

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6 h. ago Four dead and six injured after car ploughs through school building

The driver was seen being taken into custody by officers and is being evaluated in hospital after the incident at the YNOT after-school daycare

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6 h. ago Kneecap says footage has been ‘exploited and weaponised’ over dead Tory comment

The Irish band said a video extract had been deliberately taken out of context.

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6 h. ago Four children killed after car crashes through Illinois building, say police

Several injured after vehicle hit three people during after-school program and one more before exiting other sideFour children were killed and several more were injured when a car smashed through a building during an after-school program on Monday afternoon in a town outside of Springfield, Illinois, police said.Officers responded at about 3.20pm to calls about a vehicle hitting three people outside, ramming through the building and then hitting one more person before exiting the other side, Chatham police department deputy chief Scott Tarter said. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago School bans pupils from wearing JUMPERS until November and sends scathing letter telling parents to stop encouraging their children to break the rules

Winston Churchill School in Woking, Surrey, told pupils they would no longer be allowed to wear the woolly covering when they returned from the Easter holiday.

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6 h. ago Four dead, six injured after car crashes through Illinois daycare center

Police said they were called to the YNOT Outdoors after-school program around 3:20pm

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7 h. ago Four dead, six injured after car crashes through Illinois daycare

Police said they were called to the YNOT Outdoors after-school program around 3:20pm

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8 h. ago Government urged to invest £260m in teacher training to boost school standards

All teachers should be given free access to a ‘golden thread’ of core professional qualifications, a think tank and charity has suggested.

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9 h. ago Grieving mothers call for change to driving licences after show

Edward Spencer (pictured), 19, lost control of his car after hitting a verge at 64mph as he drove Matilda Seccombe, 16, Harry Purcell, 17, and Frank Wormald, 16, home from school.

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9 h. ago What to know about the car ramming attack at a Vancouver street festival

A suspect has been charged with multiple counts of murder and police are continuing their investigation after 11 people were killed when an SUV plowed through a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver over the weekend

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9 h. ago Nicola Coughlan pushes fashion boundaries in a quirky structured gown with pointed corset as she receives award at Canneseries Festival

Nicola Coughlan pushed fashion boundaries as she attended the 8th Canneseries International Festival on Monday night.

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10 h. ago As Gov. Brian Kemp signs Georgia school safety law, supporters look to implementing it

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a law aimed at preventing future school shootings like the one that killed two students and two teachers in September at the Apalachee High School

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11 h. ago Trump administration says Penn violated sex discrimination laws after transgender swimmer competed

The Trump administration says the University of Pennsylvania illegally denied women equal opportunities by letting a transgender swimmer compete on the school’s women’s team and into team facilities

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12 h. ago I went to the hidden woodland food festival, where you can eat Wales' best BBQ food and hike up sand dunes

Tucked away behind the dunes at Merthyr Mawr, Street Food Circus is back and it’s bigger, tastier and smokier than ever.

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12 h. ago Police hunting for Peugeot driver after schoolboy cyclist is rushed to hospital with head injuries following 'hit

The schoolboy was riding an electric pedal-bike when he was hit by a silver Peugeot 5008 car in Blakelaw, Newcastle.

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13 h. ago New school uniform law will see prices change for millions of pupils

The new measures will limit the number of items unique to a school that have to be bought from designated suppliers.

Economics

13 h. ago Cannes unveils jury including Juliette Binoche, Halle Berry and Jeremy Strong

Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong and Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia will be among the jury members at this year’s Cannes Film Festival deciding the Palme d’Or winner

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