MoviesObituaryGlenne Headly obituaryUS actor best known for her role in the comedy Dirty Rotten ScoundrelsGlenne Headly, who has died aged 62 from complications after a pulmonary embolism, was a gifted, sympathetic actor equally accomplished at comedy and drama. She was widely loved for her jaunty turn in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) as the soft-hearted dope targeted by two Côte d’Azur conmen, played by Michael Caine and Steve Martin.
Headly pulled off the difficult task of seeming oblivious to their tricks without appearing witless. Read More...
Resilient citiesCitiesHow to build a city from scratch: the handy step-by-step DIY guideFrom Songdo, South Korea to Lavasa, India via Egypt’s unnamed new capital, everywhere you look it seems someone’s building a brand-new city. How hard could it be?
Building a real city from scratch isn’t like playing Minecraft, Civilization or SimCity. Well, it is a little. But problems arise in reality that don’t come up in cyberspace, including vainglorious dictators, pompous architects, bureaucratic impedimenta and the fact that much of the best land is already inhabited by those intractable objects: pesky humans. Read More...
OpinionIsrael-Gaza war This article is more than 2 months oldThe tragedy of the Israel-Palestine conflict is this: underneath all the horror is a clash of two just causesThis article is more than 2 months oldJonathan FreedlandThis isn’t a contest of heroes and villains – but two peoples in deep pain, fated to share the same land
This is not a football match. Though the way some spectators behave, watching from afar, you could be forgiven for making that mistake. Read More...
