17 h. ago ‘Visual medicine’: Jamel Shabazz’s evocative photos of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park

The photographer’s new book collects his pictures of the mammoth New York City park from the 1980s up until nowThere is, allegedly, a commonly held belief among landscape architects familiar with New York City: for Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted, the designers of both Central Park and Prospect Park, the former was merely practice for the latter.Located in Brooklyn, Prospect Park, 300 acres smaller than the Manhattan landmark, has a specifically insular quality. A surrounding urban horizon is obscured from view by old-growth forest and 175 species of trees; the park is beholden to its own rhythms, with natural waterfalls, grand lawns stretched across the borough’s glacial rock formations, and fewer adjacent towering buildings. Visiting feels like a quiet reprieve. For the Brooklyn-born photographer Jamel Shabazz, Prospect Park has long been, as he writes in his newly released book, Prospect Park: Photographs of a Brooklyn Oasis, 1980 to 2025, “one of my best teachers a giver ...

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5 d. ago Eddie Howe admits Newcastle United made major mistake with £35million transfer

Newcastle United face Nottingham Forest on Sunday at St James' Park, with former Toon midfielder Elliot Anderson, now a fully-fledged England international, set to return to face his boyhood side

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9 d. ago Paul Pogba could return to football against Tottenham as Monaco debut timeline is revealed

The former Manchester United and Juventus star is one step closer to making his return to action

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9 d. ago Why Paul Pogba is not playing for Monaco vs Man City in the Champions League as return plan confirmed

Paul Pogba has yet to feature for Monaco since he signed for the club in the summer. The former Manchester United man will not be involved against Manchester City in the Champions League on Wednesday.

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1 week ago José Mourinho says he wants results not memories after defeat on Chelsea return

Mourinho’s Benfica beaten 1-0 in Champions League‘We deserved something. The goal is the only mistake’José Mourinho said that he is sustained by wins rather than memories after the Benfica manager endured a 1-0 defeat on his latest return to Chelsea.Mourinho, winless in his past seven trips to his old club, was grateful to receive a fine reception from the Stamford Bridge crowd on Tuesday. But the most successful manager in Chelsea’s history was frustrated in his quest for victory and already faces a challenge to lead Benfica into the knockout stages of the Champions League. It left the 62-year-old reluctant to dwell on his two glorious spells at Chelsea. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Galatasaray vs Liverpool LIVE: Champions League result, latest updates, and reaction

Reds return to Istanbul for Champions League showdown

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1 week ago Galatasaray vs Liverpool LIVE: Champions League match stream, latest score, and goal updates

Reds return to Istanbul for Champions League showdown

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1 week ago Jose Mourinho given warm Stamford Bridge reception on return to Chelsea with Benfica

The former Chelsea manager is in his second stint in charge of Benfica and returned to London in the Champions League

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1 week ago Galatasaray vs Liverpool LIVE: Champions League match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction

Reds return to Istanbul for Champions League showdown

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1 week ago Chelsea injury news and return dates ahead of Champions League clash vs Benfica

Chelsea will be looking to get back to winning ways when they face Benfica in the Champions League on Tuesday night, but Enzo Maresca will be without a number of key players

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1 week ago Mourinho’s return looms large as Chelsea and Maresca endure untimely blip

The comparison with Mourinho’s glory days will be clear as he returns with Benfica, but Stamford Bridge hierarchy is firmly behind their current manOnly league champions get their picture on the wall in the Drake Suite at Stamford Bridge. The room is named after Ted Drake, the author of Chelsea’s first title, and features images of a host of club legends: a beaming Carlo Ancelotti, one of Antonio Conte kissing the Premier League trophy and, as Enzo Maresca no doubt noted as he arrived to preview his young side’s Champions League tie with Benfica, three photographs of the manager whose latest return to west London conjures wistful memories of the days when Chelsea were the most feared team in England.Here comes the Special One. José Mourinho, who won three league titles across two spells at Chelsea, is in town with Benfica and will surely enjoy a wonderful reception. Maresca, meanwhile, inspires less warmth. He has taken Chelsea back into the Champions League, along with winning the ...

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1 week ago Arsenal get verdict on towel use after Riccardo Calafiori controversy vs Newcastle

Arsenal full-back Riccardo Calafiori was at the centre of a storm at St James' Park after picking up a towel before taking a throw-in - and now the rules have been clarified

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1 week ago Arsenal’s late heroics at Newcastle and peerless Palace beat Liverpool – Football Weekly

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Will Unwin and Nedum Onuoha and there’s plenty to squeeze in as the panel review an eventful Premier League weekend, including Liverpool’s first dropped points of the season, Arsenal’s late win against Newcastle and also discuss Graham Potter’s departure from West HamRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today; a fantastic weekend of football, starting at St James’ Park as Arsenal win in stoppage time to move just two points behind Liverpool who lost at Crystal Palace. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Arsenal pass test of emotional maturity at Newcastle as Mikel Arteta uses £250m summer spend to full effect

Mikel Arteta has silenced some of his critics as the Gunners boss made some big calls with his substitutions at St James’ Park

Economics

1 week ago Gary Neville makes definitive Arsenal claim as Liverpool sent alarming title warning

Arsenal came from behind to beat Newcastle United at St. James' Park with Gary Neville believing they have sent a 'clear message' to Liverpool in the Premier League title race

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1 week ago Arsenal: Bukayo Saka praises 'big statement' after Gunners seal comeback win over Newcastle

Gunners came from behind to end their hoodoo at St James’ Park

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1 week ago Arsenal coach confronted by Newcastle's Joelinton in angry full

Joelinton was involved in a confrontation with Arsenal coach Miguel Molina in the wake of Newcastle's late 2-1 defeat at St James' Park in the Premier League on Sunday

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1 week ago Mikel Arteta’s finishers rewrite story in inspired comeback win over Newcastle

Newcastle 1-2 Arsenal: Gunners closed the gap to leaders Liverpool to just two points as they rallied late at St James’ Park

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1 week ago Three things we learned from Arsenal comeback victory as Mikel Arteta releases handbrake

Gunners put an end to a three-match winless run at St James’ Park

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1 week ago Mikel Arteta and Bukayo Saka both make same point after Arsenal VAR controversy

Mikel Arteta vented his frustrations even after Arsenal recorded a late win over Newcastle United at St James' Park to close the gap to Liverpool in the Premier League

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