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Edward II: Did a gay love affair spark a 14th-Century royal crisis?

7 mn readThis week, at its base in Stratford-upon Avon, the world-famous Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is opening a new production of Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II. Though this influential 16th-Century play about a beleaguered queer monarch is more than 430 years old, it still feels stingingly relevant. Marlowe depicted a king whose authority and ability to rule is […]

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Australia’s X-rated underwater show

5 mn readEach year, the small South Australian town of Whyalla becomes home to one of the most spectacular underwater events: the spawning of the giant Australian cuttlefish. “First time you go and put your head under the water and see hundreds and hundreds of cuttlefish in this one little area, it just looks like a chaotic […]

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What’s it like to be a male plus-size model at London Fashion Week ?

2 mn readJames Corbin never expected to break into the fashion industry. But a message he got in 2020 – thanks to a photographer who’d saved a picture of him a year earlier – changed all that. “I got a DM, and I thought it was to help out on set, and it was actually to model […]

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Claims of white genocide ‘not real’, South African court rules

3 mn readA South African court has dismissed claims of a white genocide in the country as “clearly imagined” and “not real”, undermining comments made by US President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk. The ruling came as the court blocked a wealthy benefactor’s donation to white supremacist group Boerelegioen. Grantland Michael Bray wanted to bequeath […]

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Kenyan Tea Exporters Fear Sudan Blowback Over RSF Meeting

3 mn readKenya’s tea exporters voiced concern about potential blowback from Sudan, a key market for the country’s biggest commodity, after the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary held a symbolic political meeting in Nairobi this week. The Sudanese government described Kenya’s hosting of RSF, the group which its forces have been fighting in a civil war since March […]

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Applications to NYU Class of 2029 Top 120,000—A New Record

< 1 mn readNYU today announced that applications for the Class of 2029, who will enter as first-year students next fall, exceeded 120,000 for the first time—a new record. The total represents a 3% increase over last year’s pool of applications and is believed to be the highest number of applications received by any private US university. Approximately […]

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