63 h. ago Giant Humpty Dumpty sculpture appears on wall in central London after 'great fall'

A giant Humpty Dumpty egg sculpture has appeared on a wall in central London after his 'great fall' - but it seems all the king's horses and all the king's men have managed to patch him up

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3 d. ago Volodymyr Zelenskyy has courage. Pope Francis had it too. Why are there so many cowards? | Alexander Hurst

Corruption and greed have eroded morality in public life. Powerful people who do what is right are in short supply“Courage is seeking the truth and speaking it,” Jean Jaurès, the French philosopher and Socialist party leader, told a group of high school students in 1903. “It is not yielding to the law of the triumphant lie as it passes, and not echoing, with our soul, our mouth and our hands, mindless applause and fanatical jeering.”When the first world war reared its ugly, pointless head, Jaurès refused to give in to mindless fanaticism and attempted to coordinate a Franco-German general strike to stop the rush to war. In 1914, he paid for those efforts with his life when a 29-year-old French nationalist shot him twice in the back.Alexander Hurst is a Guardian Europe columnist Continue reading...

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3 d. ago A Private Life review – Jodie Foster is a sleuthing shrink in French

Cannes film festivalFoster plays a psychoanalyst who suspects her client may not have killed herself, and sets out to investigate with ex-husband Daniel AuteuilRebecca Zlotowski serves up a genial, preposterous psychological mystery caper: the tale of an American psychoanalyst in Paris, watchably played by Jodie Foster in elegant French, who suspects that a patient who reportedly committed suicide was actually murdered. Zlotowski is perhaps channelling Hitchcock or De Palma, or even late-period Woody Allen – or maybe Zlotowski has, like so many of us, fallen under the comedy spell of Only Murders in the Building on TV and fancied the idea of bringing its vibe to Paris and transforming the mood – slightly – into something more serious.Foster is classy shrink Lilian Steiner, stunned at the news that her client Paula Cohen-Solal (Virginie Efira) has taken her own life. She is also furiously confronted by Paula’s grieving widower Simon (Mathieu Amalric), who believes she bears some resp...

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4 d. ago Scarlett Johansson looks elegant in a strapless baby blue gown as she joins glamorous Eva Herzigova, Elsa Hosk and Toni Garrn at Cannes Film Festival's A Private Life premiere

The stars certainly captured attention as they were among the first stars to step out at the premiere of French film Vie privée (A Private Life), starring Jodie Foster.

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4 d. ago Scarlett Johansson looks elegant in a strapless baby blue gown she joins glamorous Eva Herzigova, Elsa Hosk and Toni Garrn at Cannes Film Festival's A Private Life premiere

The stars certainly captured attention as they were among the first stars to step out at the premiere of French film Vie privée (A Private Life), starring Jodie Foster.

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6 d. ago Viewers stunned as jockey grabs hold of two horses to save himself in middle of race

The incident happened during a race in France on Saturday morning

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6 d. ago Insane moment jockey holds on for dear life as French rider clings onto TWO horses at once after falling off favourite during jump

The crowd were cheering on their favourites for success in the race, with the horses still grouped together as those watching on waiting in anticipation to see who would emerge as the front-runner.

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7 d. ago French horse racing jockey 'hangs on for dear life' in incredible incident at Auteuil

The rider was left in a nightmare situation after being unseated from his mount

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1 week ago Mum 'who adored animals' dies from horse fall leaving farm staff 'devastated'

Louise Goudman, 40, fell from a young horse she had at South Cathkin Farm, in Rutherglen, having only bought it two months earlier, and died three days later from her injuries

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1 week ago Scots woman dies from horror head injury after falling from horse

Louise Goudman 40, passed away days after the riding accident in Carluke.

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1 week ago Fruit and vegetables you should be planting from June onwards

Expert gardeners tell you what you should be planting this summer.

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1 week ago Tragedy of mother who died from horrific head injury after falling from horse

A mother has died after falling from a horse that she had owned for just a few weeks.

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3 w. ago Harry Kane to hit back at trolls despite 'insane decision' denying him Bayern Munich moment

Harry Kane stands on the brink of a moment he has waited 16 years for as Bayern Munich close in on the Bundesliga title in a match he won't be allowed to play in

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3 w. ago Fallen star Constitution Hill flops again at Punchestown Festival

Superstar hurdler trailed home fifth of the six runners as he failed to redeem his reputation after two crashing falls at Cheltenham and Aintree

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3 w. ago Insane moment smiling tourist ziplines over valley unaware of tragedy unfolding below that left 26 dead

Rishi Bhatt can be seen soaring over the scene of a mass shooting which killed 26 people in northern India on April 22 in the minute-long footage.

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4 w. ago BREAKING Horse dies after horror fall during Sandown's feature race, with viewers saying they 'feel ill'

Viewers were left stunned and 'feeling ill' after they witnessed a horror fall at Sandown in the feature race, with a favourite suffering a fatal blow after a jump

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4 w. ago Horse dies after horror fall during Sandown's feature race, with viewers saying they 'feel ill'

Viewers were left stunned and 'feeling ill' after they witnessed a horror fall at Sandown in the feature race, with a favourite suffering a fatal blow after a jump

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4 w. ago Niall Houlihan and Jamie Brace taken to hospital after brutal falls which saw race stopped

The two jockeys were assessed after falling in races at two different tracks on Friday. Houlihan was unshipped from Drumheller in a hurdle race which was voided while medics rushed to the scene

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