It was called “collateral” – nude photos and other embarrassing material that female members of an upstate New York self-improvement group turned over to their “Nxivm former members to break vow of silence by testifying against cult leader”
Month: May 2019
Meng Wanzhou: Huawei CFO seeks halt to extradition after Trump comments
Huawei’s chief financial officer intends to seek a stay on extradition proceedings, in part based on statements by Donald Trump about the case that her “Meng Wanzhou: Huawei CFO seeks halt to extradition after Trump comments”
Another pair of eyes: how makeup artist Mimi Choi created Ezra Miller’s Met Gala look
Some celebrities might have struggled to interpret the “camp” theme of this year’s Met Gala, but one was singled out for – to quote one “Another pair of eyes: how makeup artist Mimi Choi created Ezra Miller’s Met Gala look”
The Vatican editor who exposed the sexual abuse of nuns – and took on the Pope
On 26 March, Lucetta Scaraffia sent a letter to Pope Francis. She was, at the time, the editor of the Vatican’s glossy women’s magazine Women “The Vatican editor who exposed the sexual abuse of nuns – and took on the Pope”
‘My chances? Not zero, but close’: the 2020 Republicans taking on Trump – with no hope of winning
Donald Trump won the Republican nomination with ease in 2016, defeating more than a dozen rivals before going on to win the presidential election. In “‘My chances? Not zero, but close’: the 2020 Republicans taking on Trump – with no hope of winning”
Stephen Colbert: ‘Trump is lying. How do we know? He’s the one saying it’
Late-night hosts focused on Trump’s surrogates, including treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, education secretary Betsy DeVos and attorney general William Barr. Stephen Colbert: ‘Of course Trump “Stephen Colbert: ‘Trump is lying. How do we know? He’s the one saying it’”
Game of Thrones has betrayed the women who made it great
Until recently, you could make the argument that Game of Thrones was a stealthily feminist show. In its early years it might have lured in “Game of Thrones has betrayed the women who made it great”
Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor – what’s in a name?
The decision by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to call their son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor came as a surprise to many. The forenames are “Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor – what’s in a name?”
Ghana shakes up art’s ‘sea of whiteness’ with first Venice pavilion
The Venice Art Biennale, the world’s most celebrated international art event, has a history that is inextricably bound up with colonialism. Its first pavilion for “Ghana shakes up art’s ‘sea of whiteness’ with first Venice pavilion”
Sculpture from the saddle: a cycling and art tour of Belgium
A ring-necked duck swam by at eye level, the water rippling beside me without spilling over the high metal sides of the Cycling Through Water “Sculpture from the saddle: a cycling and art tour of Belgium”