74 m. ago ‘We had to swim to safety. I didn’t think we would make it out alive’: the people fleeing climate breakdown – in pictures

Photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer capture the families, farmers and fishers who have been forced to leave their homes by extreme weather – and the landscapes they left behind. Introduction by Dina NayeriIn 2009, Swiss photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer set out to document the people suffering the first shocks of the climate crisis. They had just returned from China, where rapid, unregulated development has ravaged the natural landscapes. Back home, though, the debate still felt strangely theoretical. “In 2009, you still had people who denied climate change,” Braschler recalls. “People said, ‘This is media hype.’” So the couple, working with the Global Humanitarian Forum in Geneva and supported by Kofi Annan, began The Human Face of Climate Change, a portrait series that showed the people on the frontline of a warming world.Sixteen years later, climate change is no longer up for debate; the urgent discussions now revolve around solutions. Braschler an...

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3 d. ago ‘We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap’: how Europe’s minority tongues are facing the digital future | Stephen Burgen

What does it mean to lose a language? And what does it take to save it? Those were the big questions being asked in Barcelona recentlyThere’s an Irish saying, tír gan teanga, tír gan anam: a country without a language is a country without a soul. Representatives of some of Europe’s estimated 60 minority languages – or minoritised, as they define them – met in Barcelona recently to discuss what it means to lose a language, and what it takes to save it.Language diversity is akin to biodiversity, an indicator of social wellbeing, but some of Europe’s languages are falling into disuse. Breton, for example, is dying out because its speakers are dying, and keeping languages alive among young people is challenging in an increasingly monolingual digital world.Stephen Burgen is a freelance writer who reports on Spain Continue reading...

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1 week ago British woman among four tourists killed in blizzard at nature reserve in Chile

Four people also rescued alive at popular Torres del Paine reserve in Patagonia amid heavy snowfall and strong winds A British woman and four other foreign tourists have been killed in a blizzard at a nature reserve in southern Chile.Nine people went missing on Monday in the Torres del Paine reserve in Patagonia, a popular tourist destination, amid heavy snowfall and winds reaching up to 120mph. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Incredible story of Irish labourer buried alive in coffin for 61 days told in new documentary

Mick Meaney made global headlines when he beat world record in 1968, but returned to Ireland pennilessThey were known as burial artists – people who had themselves buried alive in macabre feats of endurance – and Mick Meaney resolved to be the best there ever was.It was 1968 and the Irish labourer had barely a pound to his name but he believed that if he stayed underground in a coffin longer than anyone else the world would remember his name. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Bridget Riley: ‘I want my paintings to make people feel alive’

The 94-year-old doyenne of British abstract art on influences from Seurat to Mondrian, her wartime childhood in Cornwall — and ‘the healing power of looking’

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3 w. ago Netflix star named 'sexiest man alive' and streamer shares brilliant response

A Bridgerton star has been named the 'sexiest man alive' by People Magazine, but he has called the title "completely absurd"

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3 w. ago Netflix star Jonathan Bailey named 'sexiest man alive' and streamer shares brilliant response

Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey has been named the 'sexiest man alive' by People Magazine, but he has called the title "completely absurd"

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3 w. ago Jonathan Bailey’s Wicked castmates congratulate star on People’s Sexiest Man Alive award

Jonathan Bailey’s Wicked cast mates have congratulated the star on winning People’s Sexiest Man Alive award.

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3 w. ago Jonathan Bailey's rise to the top as he is named People's Sexiest Man Alive: His huge roles in Bridgerton and Wicked have even sparked Bond rumours

Jonathan Bailey had a fairly sudden rise to fame when he starred as the dreamy Lord Anthony in Regency drama Bridgerton in 2020. 

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3 w. ago Wicked star Jonathan Bailey becomes People's Sexiest Man Alive's first openly gay winner

Wicked and Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey has revealed it is an 'honour' to be the first openly gay man to be named People's Sexiest Man Alive

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3 w. ago Jonathan Bailey named People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2025

The ‘Bridgerton’ and ‘Wicked’ star made history as the first openly gay winner

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3 w. ago Wicked star Jonathan Bailey becomes first ever openly gay man to be named People's Sexiest Man Alive

The 37-year-old English actor is having a massive year as he recently starred alongside Scarlett Johansson in Jurassic World Rebirth and later this year can be seen in Wicked: For Good.

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3 w. ago Jonathan Bailey named People magazine’s 2025 Sexiest Man Alive

“Wicked” star Jonathan Bailey is People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2025

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3 w. ago Wicked and Jurassic World Rebirth actor Jonathan Bailey named People's Sexiest Man Alive

The 37-year-old English actor is having a massive year as he recently starred alongside Scarlett Johansson in Jurassic World Rebirth and later this year can be seen in Wicked: For Good.

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