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Daniel Johnson |
When a foreign policy ends in tears, it usually has consequences far beyond the immediate vicinity. Just as the Allies’ ignominious retreats from Iraq and Afghanistan emboldened Iran and the Taliban, so the Chagos surrender signalled to other predators that British overseas territories might be up for grabs, even many thousands of miles away in the South Atlantic.
So it should have been no surprise when Javier Milei, the Argentine maverick, gambled on a concerted campaign to reverse the result of the 1982 Falklands War. He calculated that stirring up revenge fantasies in the Malvinas would boost his flagging popularity.
Beset by foreign policy fiascos and threats from within, Britain has never looked weaker.
What is left of Britain’s withered empire looks about to fall apart and nationalist vultures are gathering over the UK itself with those running the country willing participants in its dismemberment.
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Neil McCormick Chief Music Critic |
My Music of the Decades series has reached the 1980s and things are about to get big, brash, colourful and outrageous.
We’re not just talking about hair and make-up. Popular music changed dramatically during this time, as every element could be placed on a computer grid, sampled, sequenced and shifted about with no loss of audio quality.
There were new studio toys… and, boy, did producers and artists want to use them, cramming their records with drum machines and synthesisers.
It was the time of the New Romantics, hip hop, stadium rock, goth, indie, acid house and a flashy new cast of global dance-pop superstars led by Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, George Michael and Whitney Houston.
I have been sifting through the clatter to try and identify the crucial songs that changed pop culture, shaped the future of music and still sound great today.
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Have I got it right? Join me in the comment section from 10am to have your say ➤
In case you missed them, read my musical rankings of other decades:
The 30 best songs of the 1950s, ranked ➤
The 30 best songs of the 1960s, ranked ➤
The 30 best songs of the 1970s, ranked ➤
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The mere prospect of playing Israel in a football match has plunged Ireland into a national nervous breakdown, writes Oliver Brown, our Chief Sports Writer. Its team has agonised about whether to boycott today’s match in Debrecen, eastern Hungary, with goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu withdrawing because he believes “the killing of innocent people was wrong”.
But this obsession with Gaza is a case of selective outrage. Ireland recently staged a friendly with Qatar, heavily linked to Hamas, while its cricketers saw no problem in playing Afghanistan last month despite the Taliban’s medieval treatment of women. Continue reading ➤ |
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I must admit I was a bit nervous about meeting Kristin Scott Thomas, writes Claire Allfree. I needn’t have been. Over the course of an hour, the star of The English Patient and Four Weddings and a Funeral was wonderfully waspish and generous company as she opened up about her traumatic upbringing and the delights of playing the terrifying Diana Taverner in Slow Horses. Next month she returns to the West End, playing a woman forced to sell her family home in Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. “It’s a play for our times,” she told me. I can’t think of anyone better to show us why. Continue reading ➤ |
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Almost three decades after setting the 763.065mph land speed record, Andy Green, a former RAF pilot, is still pushing the boundaries of the possible, last month driving a hydrogen-powered car faster than anyone before him. He talks about the sensation of supersonic travel on land, his continued fascination with record-breaking and his love for a 1904 steam-powered car. Continue reading ➤ |
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Barnham residents have taken to the streets to protest against plans to house asylum seekers at RAF Barnham Credit: Getty/Martin Pope |
Barnham boasts only 580 residents, but Whitehall plans to house 1,250 single male asylum seekers less than a mile away at a former RAF base. Fresh from a 100-mile trip to Oxfordshire’s rebellious Piddington, parish leaders are exploring holding a symbolic independence vote of their own to prevent the village from being overwhelmed. Continue reading ➤ |
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Dr Livia Martucci explains how to recognise the symptoms of postpartum psychosis Credit: Jamie Lorriman |
The terrible case of Lindsay Clancy, who killed her three children, has drawn widespread attention to postpartum psychosis (PPP). Affecting around one in 1,000 mothers, PPP is a medical emergency that can cause delusions and hallucinations. Dr Livia Martucci, a consultant perinatal psychiatrist, explains exactly what causes PPP and how it is treated. Continue reading ➤
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When was “The Golden Age of Air Travel”? Some may pick a decade in the 20th century, when aviation was an elite activity accompanied by an abundance of glamour and excitement. Those qualities were not immediately apparent when I passed through Luton airport this week. I celebrate the facts that flying is now ultra-safe and Ryanair’s average fare is £50 – under four hours’ work at the national living wage.
Yet the airline’s boss, Michael O’Leary, insists: “Air fares in Europe are far too cheap.” Soaring fuel prices because of the Middle East conflict could make his typical ticket £10 more expensive next year. Before that, winter bargains could prove scarce: Ryanair is filleting off-peak flights, such as midweek hops to Mallorca between early November and the week before Christmas. Reduced capacity spells higher fares and less choice – so grab what you can, and make the most of it now. Continue reading ➤ |
David George Gordon at Bug Fest 2014 Credit: Tommaso Boddi |
David George Gordon, who has died aged 76, was a food writer who passionately advocated the eating of insects. Bugs had, in his view, unfairly acquired a bad press because they competed with humans for the food supply.
As a result, farmers had associated them with dirt and germs, though in reality there was little difference, he said, between eating lobster and eating cockroach.
Preparing dubious snacks for passers-by in Times Square in 2012 Credit: Taylor Hill |
Known as the Bug Chef, Gordon published several cookbooks featuring creepy-crawly delicacies. There were few insects that he could not put to culinary use; he devised recipes for bluebottle butties, spider sandwiches and deep-fried tarantula.
He was not an eccentric who sought merely to disgust. When questioned about his love of “entomophagy”, the practice of eating arthropods, he cited the nutritional value offered by insects, and pointed to the environmental benefits of farming bugs rather than livestock. Read about his fascinating life here ➤ |
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1938 | The Queen Elizabeth, the ocean liner, launches at Clydebank, Scotland (you can see the paper coverage from the following day below)
1960 | Europe’s first “moving pavement”, the travelator, opens at Bank station
2015 | A “supermoon” coincides with a total lunar eclipse, creating a “super blood moon”, visible over much of the Earth
Birthdays: Jenna Ortega (24), Brendon McCullum (45), Gwyneth Paltrow (54)
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Thank you for reading. Allister Heath, Sunday Telegraph Editor
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