9 h. ago Secrets of Success: the church that served a plantation remains a monument of resistance

Amid the site in rural Jamaica that once belonged to a Guardian financier may lie a treasure trove of artefacts that tell the story of Britain’s history of colonisation and enslavementStanding amid the ruins of Success, a former sugar plantation in Hanover, rural Jamaica, there is a muted silence, interrupted by the occasional rumble of a vehicle passing, overripe cocoa pods falling to the ground and green iguanas scuttling across dying leaves on the estate floor.Hidden from the lively community just outside its boundaries, the overgrown site today is a stark contrast to what would have existed there more than a century ago. One of more than 800 sugar plantations across the island, Success was once co-owned by Sir George Philips, one of the 11 men who financed the launch of the Manchester Guardian in 1821.A brick likely to have been used in the construction of a building on the sprawling estate Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Woman goes to local nightclub – but is floored by what she finds on dancefloor

Leah McArthur has claimed that "clubbing culture is dying" after she shared the dismal experience she had on a dancefloor at a UK club on a Friday night. It left her floored

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3 d. ago ‘It reminds you of a fascist state’: Smithsonian Institution braces for Trump rewrite of US history

Normally staid historians sound alarm at authoritarian grasping for control of the premier US museum complexIn a brightly lit gallery, they see the 66m-year-old skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex. In a darkened room, they study the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the national anthem. In a vast aviation hanger, they behold a space shuttle. And in a discreet corner, they file solemnly past the casket of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy lynched for allegedly whistling at a white woman in the US south.Visitors have come in their millions to the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s biggest museum, education and research complex, in Washington for the past 178 years. On Thursday, Donald Trump arrived with his cultural wrecking ball. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Woman visits UK nightclub – what she finds on dancefloor leaves her floored

Leah McArthur recently visited her local nightclub, and she couldn't believe what she found when she got there. The dancefloor was not at all what she expected

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7 d. ago Woman strangled during overnight visit with her husband at a California prison

Officials look into death of Stephanie Brinson, who’s second person in a year to die during family visit at Ione facilityPrison officials are investigating the death of a woman who was strangled during an overnight visit with her husband at a California prison last year.Stephanie Diane Dowells, 62, also known as Stephanie Brinson, was killed in November, becoming the second person in a year to die during a family visit at Mule Creek state prison in Ione, the Los Angeles Times reported. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Woman dies visiting her quadruple murderer husband in prison after being 'strangled'

A woman was strangled to death while visiting her husband in prison – who had previously been convicted for four murders in the 90s and handed a life sentence in prison

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9 d. ago Woman 'strangled to death by mass murderer husband during conjugal visit at prison'

Stephanie Dowells, 62, was visiting her husband David Brinson, 54, at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, California, when the mass murderer allegedly attacked her

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1 week ago Manchester United star Rasmus Hojlund rubs salt in Cristiano Ronaldo wounds with pointed celebration

Manchester United striker Rasmus Hojlund emerged as the hero for Denmark, leaving Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal floored

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1 week ago Woman strangled to death while visiting her mass murderer husband for conjugal visit, prison officials say

The devastated family of Stephanie Dowells is now asking authorities how and why it happened given her husband’s criminal history

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1 week ago Scatter cushions and bedspreads – can someone explain to me what they’re for? | Adrian Chiles

Every night I hurl them off the bed. Every morning they are replaced. Off, on, off, on, for ever. Serving no purpose whatsoever. Scatter cushions and bedspreads. Why? What for? If it wasn’t for the waste and environmental impact, I’d make a huge pile and torch them all. You’d see the fire from the moon. Alternatively, pick them apart and make something useful out of them. I’d collect them by means of a national scatter cushion and bedspread amnesty. Post them to a facility and leave the rest to me.Let’s take bedspreads first. Big, heavy, useless. Especially the one on the bed at my mum’s house. I can’t always summon the strength to drag it off the bed and leave it in a heap on the floor. If I do, along with leaving no floor space for anything else, this earns me a fierce bollocking. I am commanded to heave it out of the bedroom and hang it on the bannister, which creaks beneath its formidable weight. Then, when my stay is over, I have to wrangle the bedspread back on to the bed, as ...

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2 w. ago Hollywood star's role in Netflix drama Adolescence leaves viewers floored

Adolescence has been a huge hit for Netflix, but some viewers were left unimpressed by the ending of the critically-acclaimed drama, which starred Stephen Graham

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2 w. ago BBC EastEnders' Kathy Beale's real age leaves fans 'floored' as she embarks on new romance

EastEnders fans were left 'floored' by Kathy Beale's real age as she embarked on a new romance with Harvey Monroe after the pair agreed to start an affair

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2 w. ago Woman packs up and moves to Spain – but cost of living leaves her floored

Cecille, who documents her life living in Spain, recently shared a video to reveal just how expensive it is to live in the country. People can't get over the result

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3 w. ago Woman who has visited 67 countries shares her best travel hacks... including how to beat jetlag

Geraldine Joaquim, 54, has been to a whopping 67 different countries, and along the way, she's developed a slew of tips and tricks to make traveling more smooth.

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3 w. ago Woman visiting Florida’s Villages retirement community dies in fall after hitching ride with golf cart driver charged with DUI

The golf cart driver swerved to avoid hitting a parked car when the incident happened, police said

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3 w. ago 'Remarkable' LED Floor Lamp drops to £67 in Amazon sale leaving shoppers stunned

"I cannot believe how effective these lights are. Over the moon with it."

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3 w. ago Cry When the Baby Cries by Becky Barnicoat review – the black and white truth about motherhood

Barnicoat’s memoir of early parenthood is funny, unflinching and a welcome corrective to the ceaseless pressures new mums face from social mediaIt’s a mark of the brilliance of Becky Barnicoat’s Cry When the Baby Cries that it worked for me, testing my patience only occasionally: as I’ve been known to tell people, while I like children a lot, I could never eat a whole one. I have a hunch that her book’s bracingly truthful tone will indeed make new (and new-ish) mothers feel very seen, just as some of the quotes on its jacket promise: no subject is for her off limits, from leaking breasts to dubious stains. But the more important thing by far is that it’s very funny and even sardonic. At her best, Barnicoat reminds me of Claire Bretécher (1940-2020), the great French cartoonist and one of the geniuses of the form.When I was growing up, my mother hung one of Brétécher’s strips on the kitchen wall. In it, a woman with a baby is visited by a friend who drones on obliviously about her ma...

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4 w. ago Stephen Mulhern’s forgotten romance with EastEnders legend leaves fans floored

A beloved EastEnders star was in a relationship with TV presenter Stephen Mulhern - but fans have only just realised

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4 w. ago Father in jail for 13 years for stealing a phone suffers crisis which leaves him smashing face on floor

Exclusive: A crunch meeting will decide if IPP prisoner Thomas White will finally be transferred to a secure hospital after a rapid deterioration inside HMP Manchester

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