Film This article is more than 8 years oldQuentin Tarantino has 'destroyed his career', says rightwing host Bill O'ReillyThis article is more than 8 years oldFox News commentator blasts director for appearing at a New York rally to highlight police killings less than a week after an NYPD officer was shot dead Rightwing US commentator Bill O’Reilly warned Quentin Tarantino that he has “ruined his career” after the Oscar-winning film-maker spoke at a protest against police brutality in New York this weekend. Read More...
Hiking in the forests of Vidzeme, Latvia s northern region. Photograph: James ForrestHiking in the forests of Vidzeme, Latvia s northern region. Photograph: James ForrestLatvia holidaysHalf of Latvia is woodland … so no wonder its people derive so much wellbeing from foraging, ancient forest crafts and being at one with nature
In Japan it’s called shinrin-yoku (forest bathing); in Norway it’s friluftsliv (appreciation of outdoors activity and nature). But in Latvia there’s no special term for it. Read More...
OpinionRace This article is more than 6 years oldWhy there’s nothing racist about black-only spacesThis article is more than 6 years oldCharlie Brinkhurst-CuffThe controversy around a black feminist festival in Paris fails to acknowledge the differences between segregationist white spaces and subversive black spacesI despair. Some white people have got so upset about their exclusion from parts of the Nyansapo festival, an intersectional black feminist gathering scheduled for 28-30 July in Paris, that the mayor of the city called for the festival to be banned, until organisers clarify details with her, and anti-racist groups have claimed that Rosa Parks would be “turning in her grave” at the event. Read More...