48 days ago

Stern warning: one man’s mission to clear the rotting boats poisoning Cornwall’s creeks ○

found 2026 › Apr › 22 (Wed) @ 11:52 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Unwanted vessels left to decay release fibreglass shards into the water, harming marine life. Steve Green – with his trusty van Cecil – is determined to clean things up

Steve Green, a boat engineer fr…

69 days ago

Larva lamped: Colin the Caterpillar loses to eight lookalikes in cake taste test ⊖

found 2026 › Apr › 02 (Thu) @ 05:30 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Which? testers complain M&S sponge is ‘too dry’ as Waitrose’s Cecil tops the tree with ‘best buy’ gong

After a busy 35 years as a British party favourite, not to mention a bruising court battle with a…

3 months ago

Cecil: The Lion And The Dentist review: This heartbreaking documentary proves the global trophy hunting backlash achieved NOTHING - and will fill you with blind rage ⊖

found 2026 › Feb › 21 (Sat) @ 11:03 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Thought to be the world's biggest lion at the time, Cecil, with his unusual black mane, was the star of the show at the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Cecil: The Lion And The Dentist: How a demented US dentist killed not just a lion, but a country's soul ⊖

found 2026 › Feb › 20 (Fri) @ 02:12 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Alpha males rule. They get all the girls. They don't even have to be human, as safari guide Calvet Nkomo knows.

Cecil: The Lion and the Dentist review – inside the horrific big cat killing that outraged the world ⊖⊖⊖

found 2026 › Feb › 20 (Fri) @ 01:06 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

This documentary looks at the 2015 slaying of the majestic head of two lion prides in Zimbabwe, by a trophy-hunting American dentist. Sadly it raises more questions than it answers

There are a lot of …

4 months ago

‘You can never forget’: a woman remembers her three brothers, murdered one by one by the IRA ⊖⊖

found 2026 › Feb › 02 (Mon) @ 02:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Pam Morrison, 78, has little hope of justice for the deaths of Ronnie, Cecil and Jimmy during Northern Ireland’s troubles

When the gunmen came for Jimmy Graham they were thorough. They fired the firs…

6 months ago

What links Amy Adams, Teri Hatcher and Margot Kidder? The Saturday quiz ⊖

found 2025 › Dec › 06 (Sat) @ 07:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

From Cecil at Waitrose and Slinky at Tesco to an app designed to be deleted, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 In 1932, Australia declared war on which bird?
2 What became the world’s talles…

7 months ago

Helen Mirren to receive Golden Globe lifetime achievement award ⊕⊕

found 2025 › Nov › 05 (Wed) @ 16:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The multiple Bafta, Emmy, Globe and Oscar-winning actor will receive the film prize in recognition of her ‘transcendent performances and commitment to her craft’

Helen Mirren, the British actor who is…

13 months ago

D-Day hero who survived Normandy landings and being shot three times dies aged 101 ○

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 12:11 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Cecil Newton, a trooper with the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, died peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, his family said.

16 months ago

Rhodes won't fall: Statue of empire-builder Cecil will stay as Oxford college orders new sculpture from Zimbabwean artist and plans exhibition to 'explore the legacy of colonialism' ○

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 17:03 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The statue of Rhodes, which stands on the front of Oriel's Grade II-listed High Street building, has been a focal point for activists who have long campaigned for its removal due to his colonialist p…