4 h. ago Immediate Family review – insightful account of the unsung heroes of west coast rock

A group of veteran session musicians who played on records by Linda Ronstadt, Carole King and other 70s icons are celebrated in an amusing documentaryThis is a music documentary for the connoisseurs and the heads. The Immediate Family is a rock band comprised of five guys in their 70s, a recently formed supergroup of alpha-level session musicians who have worked together for half a century, veterans of the west coast rock and country-rock scene, and who played on records by Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Carole King, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell and many more.They are Danny “Kootch” Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel and Steve Postell on guitar, Russ Kunkel on drums and the massively white-bearded Leland Sklar on bass. These were musicians who benefited from the 70s trend of putting name-check credits in sleeve notes, and so became a professional aristocracy of the recording studio; everybody wanted to hire these easygoing, non-diva musicians who were effortlessly brilliant. They created the ...

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24 h. ago Divers uncover sunken treasure trove of pottery after investigating iron ship that sank off Scotland in 1859

Graeme Bruce, 65, from Oban, Argyll and Bute, was one of the divers (pictured) who came across the items near Arran, an island off Scotland's west coast, last summer.

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37 h. ago The seaside village nestled along the North West coast with tiny cottages and sandy coves

It has charming cottages, cute cafes, coastal views and even a few surprising features

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4 d. ago Why Jennifer Garner is the unsung hero of Hollywood: After supporting Ben Affleck through sobriety and divorce from JLo friends are now 'concerned' as she suffers tragic loss

The 13 Going On 30 star, 52, is said to have played a key role in helping her ex-husband Ben Affleck through his split from Jennifer Lopez.

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5 d. ago Frankie Dettori swapping West Coast for East Coast to 'start from scratch' in Florida

The superstar jockey has been a big hit since moving to the US but from the end of the month he will be basing himself away from California

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5 d. ago Officials to euthanise 90 whales stranded on beach in remote north

Attempt to refloat false killer whales was unsuccessful, forcing wildlife authorities to make difficult decision for safety and ‘welfare reasons’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTasmanian authorities plan to euthanise 90 surviving false killer whales in a group of 157 animals that have stranded on a beach near Arthur River, on the state’s remote north-west coast.Marine conservation experts including wildlife veterinarians arrived at the site on Wednesday morning, confirming 90 animals were still alive.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Footage shows coral bleaching at Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef – video

Divers have documented evidence of what conservationists say is widespread coral bleaching at the Ningaloo Reef off Western Australia’s north-west coast. Waters off WA have been affected by a prolonged marine heatwave since September, with ocean temperatures 1.5C higher than average over a five-month periodLarge areas of WA’s Ningaloo corals could die in ‘weeks ahead’ after widespread bleaching documented Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Large areas of WA’s Ningaloo corals could die in ‘weeks ahead’ after widespread bleaching documented

Conservationists call for urgent government action as prolonged heatwave affects renowned reef, including Turquoise Bay, Tantabiddi and BundegiFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDivers have documented evidence of what conservationists say is widespread coral bleaching at the Ningaloo Reef off Western Australia’s north-west coast.Photographs show bleaching at several sites along the 260km-long reef, including Turquoise Bay, Coral Bay, Tantabiddi and Bundegi (Exmouth Gulf).Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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7 d. ago The Inherited Mind by James Longman review – a moving memoir of mental illness in the family

The TV reporter’s struggles with depression and the suicide of his father, whose own father killed himself, prompt this incisive, highly personal investigationJames Longman is an English broadcast journalist who was the BBC’s man in Beirut before joining US network ABC, where he is now chief international correspondent. He has reported from wars in Syria and Ukraine and covered Covid lockdowns, the queen’s funeral and the 2018 cave rescue in Thailand.On screen, Longman is the type of British journalist that Americans love: eloquent, charismatic and unflappable. Behind the composure, however, runs a tragic legacy of mental illness. In 1996, when he was nine, Longman’s father John, an artist who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia in his 20s, died after setting fire to his Notting Hill flat. Longman’s paternal grandfather also killed himself, and his mother, too, has endured mental health struggles. Longman’s own experiences with depression from his mid-20s onwards have prompted him...

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