The 10 best ...CultureContemplate the art of physical exercise, from Manet's racehorses and Rousseau's footballers to the famous Scottish skating minister…1 | The Races at LongchampsEdouard Manet, 1867
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The Longchamps racecourse, immortalised by both Manet and Degas, is on the banks of the Seine near the Bois de Boulogne. It opened in 1857 and is still one of the world's leading thoroughbred racetracks today. Manet, a keen visitor, shows the thundering horses as a single vignette, almost neck and neck, raising clouds of dust and separated from the spectators only by a fragile fence. Read More...
FarmingFor some farmers already struggling, paying for more of their pollution is a step too far. Germany is the latest country to see anger boil over
The columns of tractors that have blocked roads in Germany, causing chaos in cities and headaches for commuters, are the latest wave in a growing tide of anger against efforts to protect Europe’s nature from the pollution pumped out by its farms.
In recent years, farmers in western Europe have fought with increasing ferocity against policies to protect the planet that they say cost too much. Read More...
‘I told myself I was fighting the good fight’ … Neil Woods. Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/The Guardian‘I told myself I was fighting the good fight’ … Neil Woods. Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/The GuardianSaturday interviewDrugsInterview'I've done really bad things': The undercover cop who abandoned the war on drugsDecca AitkenheadNeil Woods used to risk his life to catch drug dealers. But as gangs responded with escalating violence and intimidation – some even poisoning users who talked to the police – he started to see legalisation as the only solution Read More...
