Sri Lanka has imposed a country-wide curfew after successive days of mob attacks on mosques and Muslim-owned shops in three districts. Facebook and WhatsApp have “Sri Lanka imposes curfew after mobs target mosques”
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Judge’s copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover temporarily barred from leaving UK
A copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover used by a judge at the book’s landmark 1960 obscenity trial, with all the rude bits carefully and dutifully “Judge’s copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover temporarily barred from leaving UK”
Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard: ‘Denying climate change is evil’
In his bridge-club cords and grandpa shoes, 80-year-old Yvon Chouinard doesn’t look the rock-star entrepreneur. And, when he speaks, he doesn’t sound much like one “Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard: ‘Denying climate change is evil’”
My brother cut me off for being gay. Should I accept his daughter’s wedding invitation?
I have had an invitation to my niece’s wedding that includes a note saying she hopes my partner and I will attend so she can “My brother cut me off for being gay. Should I accept his daughter’s wedding invitation?”
‘I quit my job. Drink gushed into the space I left for it’: confessions of an alcoholic
Late summer, 2005. A hot evening. All the windows are open and I’m watching a film in the living room with my fiancee. When the “‘I quit my job. Drink gushed into the space I left for it’: confessions of an alcoholic”
Tent dress: new trend aiming to capitalise on warm weather
This season in fashion, size matters – but not in the way you might think. With temperatures set to reach the 20s in the UK “Tent dress: new trend aiming to capitalise on warm weather”
Facebook cofounder calls for company to break up over ‘unprecedented’ power
A cofounder of Facebook has called for the government to break up the company, warning that Mark Zuckerberg’s power is “unprecedented and un-American”. Chris Hughes, “Facebook cofounder calls for company to break up over ‘unprecedented’ power”
Chelsea Manning released after 62-day confinement in jail
Chelsea Manning has been released from jail after 62 days of confinement for refusing to testify before a grand jury. The former army intelligence analyst, “Chelsea Manning released after 62-day confinement in jail”
Climate to fake news: Venice Biennale takes on era’s big challenges
A diorama purporting to show the landscape of Mars, in fact gleaned from images of the driest places on Earth; a video of legal cases “Climate to fake news: Venice Biennale takes on era’s big challenges”
Yael Stone revealed as ‘witness x’ in Geoffrey Rush defamation case
The “witness x” whose evidence was never heard in the Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush’s defamation battle against the Daily Telegraph is Hollywood actor Yael Stone. “Yael Stone revealed as ‘witness x’ in Geoffrey Rush defamation case”