My father-in-law, Wolfgang Marc Schatzberger, who has died aged 94, was evacuated as a child from Austria to the UK through the Kindertransport programme, which rescued thousands of children from across Europe as the second world war approached. He was born in Vienna into an assimilated middle-class Polish/Jewish family. Following the Anschluss in March 1938 …
Younger generation mock the style popular since 2000s, saying it has had its day and is not flattering A generation war has been playing out on TikTok for some time, though anyone older than 24 might be oblivious to the millions of “millennial v Gen Z” videos that have appeared on the social media site …
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Jim Moir and Jools Holland talk memorable trips with celebrity guests on their Joyride podcast. Plus: seeing the world differently, and racial inequalities in healthcare Jools and Jim’s Joyride Jim Moir and Jools Holland are the latest celebrities bringing escapist joy with their transport-themed podcast. It’s a laid-back affair, with the pair reluctant to hog …
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US congressman Tom Emmer appeared to be floating upside down on screen during a virtual congressional committee hearing, shifting the mood of the meeting. Emmer’s peculiar on-screen appearance prompted chairwoman Maxine Waters to ask if he was ok while other lawmakers commented ‘at least he’s not a cat’ referring to the viral video of a …
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The exclusive invitation-only social networking app is a hybrid of conference calls, talkback radio and Houseparty Part talkback radio, part conference call, part Houseparty, Clubhouse is a social networking app based on audio-chat. Users can listen in to conversations, interviews and discussions between interesting people on various topics – it is just like tuning in …
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Available onlineSam Tutty and Emily Redpath star in an ambitious new version of Shakespeare’s play created with digital wizardry The warring houses of Montague and Capulet are living in a “near future” in this cutting-edge digital production, set in a disturbed world in which rich families and urban gangs have been forced to live, cheek-by-jowl, …
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Chinese company turns to UK high court in attempt to stop extradition of Meng Wanzhou from Canada to the US Huawei’s battle to prevent the extradition of its chief financial officer from Canada to the US will open a new front at the British high court on Friday when the Chinese telecoms giant seeks an …
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Workers in Dublin office claim US company used NDAs to try to stop them talking to Leo Varadkar Facebook has been accused of using nondisclosure agreements to try to build a “wall of secrecy” and prevent its moderators from discussing working conditions with Leo Varadkar, the Irish tánaiste (deputy PM). The moderators claim that Facebook …
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Google failure to update more than 80 apps to comply with Apple’s ‘nutrition label’ requirement means users are being told apps are out of date Google’s privacy standoff with Apple has lasted so long that even the company’s own apps are complaining about it. Since early December, Apple has required any iOS app to include …
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This mumblecore drama about a man’s obsession with an online sex worker is uncomfortably funny and semi-insightful In a 2016 Vanity Fair article, Nancy Jo Sales wrote about prostitution going mainstream, describing a new economy of young people selling their bodies to pay off student loans or just to get by in the tough economic …
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