Winning a seat in India’s parliament can take months of gruelling campaigning across vast electorates, often in stifling heat. Unless you are George Baker. The “The two MPs of British descent who do not have to stand in Indian election”
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Click:美丽中华网 In the early 2000s, Chicago photographer Carlos Javier Ortiz had a dream of becoming a photojournalist. But after working at a local newspaper, he “‘It’s all about community’: the photographer who captures unseen Chicago”
Kit Harington attacks Game of Thrones critics, saying they know nothing
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Game of Thrones: Chinese fans angry as censorship results in ‘castrated’ debut
While Game of Thrones fans worldwide were watching the premiere of the latest season on Monday, Chinese fans were disappointed by a censored version that “Game of Thrones: Chinese fans angry as censorship results in ‘castrated’ debut”
Amazon faces new headache as Nashville deal enrages locals left and right
Nashville has a way of bringing people together – usually through music. This time it’s through a shared antipathy for the $100m-plus in subsidies this “Amazon faces new headache as Nashville deal enrages locals left and right”
Far-right Vox party set for breakthrough in Spanish elections
The symbolism of Vox’s election campaign launch in Madrid on Thursday was not particularly hard to fathom. In the central square named after Christopher Columbus, “Far-right Vox party set for breakthrough in Spanish elections”
The tuneful tramp: the forgotten musical genius of Charlie Chaplin
It might seem odd to claim that one of the most universally popular entertainers in the world is underrated. But Charlie Chaplin is. Not necessarily “The tuneful tramp: the forgotten musical genius of Charlie Chaplin”
‘We’re not a dump’ – poor Alabama towns struggle under the stench of toxic landfills
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A pocketful of kryptonite: are superheroes dying out?
Maybe we didn’t need Thanos after all. Even without Marvel’s massive-chinned mass-murderer, superhero movies are experiencing a mass extinction event. The big beasts of our “A pocketful of kryptonite: are superheroes dying out?”
Heida Ásgeirsdottír: the model turned shepherd and green activist
Our age of shifting complication is drawn to myths of rooted simplicity. Which city dweller, navigating between shallow digital profiles, could not be moved by “Heida Ásgeirsdottír: the model turned shepherd and green activist”