400-year-old dress found in shipwreck sheds light on plot to pawn crown jewels | Netherlands
2024-04-10
The well preserved dress was found in a shipwreck by divers off the Dutch island of Texel. Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty ImagesThe well preserved dress was found in a shipwreck by divers off the Dutch island of Texel. Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty ImagesNetherlands This article is more than 7 years old400-year-old dress found in shipwreck sheds light on plot to pawn crown jewelsThis article is more than 7 years oldDress was lost when part of a royal fleet sank in bad weather crossing from Dover to the Netherlands in 1642
FilmReviewDirector Phil Blattenberger wears his love for the genre on his sleeve, but this allows him to outrun the film’s uneven execution and loose plot
American director Phil Blattenberger gets props here for stretching his budget clingfilm-thin to mount a respectable revival of a bygone genre: the you’ve-only-gone-and-blown-the-bloody-doors-off wartime 1960/70s action-adventure. Well, to be precise, the post-wartime action-adventure, with some sweeping pampas vistas and strategically deployed name casting – including a fleeting glimpse of old warhorse Michael Ironside – pepping up a South American Nazi hunt.
Making pastry: when to buy in or just roll with it? Photograph: Anjelika Gretskaia/Getty ImagesMaking pastry: when to buy in or just roll with it? Photograph: Anjelika Gretskaia/Getty ImagesKitchen aideFoodShortcrust is easy as pie to make at home; puff pastry and filo, on the other hand ...
Got a culinary dilemma? Email feast@theguardian.com When should I make my own pastry, and when is shop-bought OK? Joe, Durham
Silvio Berlusconi This article is more than 12 years oldKarima el-Mahroug: how care home runaway met Silvio BerlusconiThis article is more than 12 years oldWoman who could bring down Italy's prime minister was first linked to him after he had her released from Milan police custodyKarima el-Mahroug, the woman who may bring down Silvio Berlusconi, met the Italian prime minister while she was still aged only 17 – under the minimum age for prostitution in Italy – according to leaked evidence from the investigation.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon was obsessed with the art of the past, drawing elements of Rembrandt, Titian and Cano into his macabre takes on Bible scenes. Thierry Morel, the curator of a new show, explains why the works are best seen togetherFrancis Bacon never hid his fascination with the art of the past. His love of the work of the old masters was personal, but he also believed that the study of their art should be a prerequisite for all contemporary painters.
The faces of modern-day slavery – in pictures Modern-day slavery in focus is supported by About this content Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email According to official estimates there are 21 million people trapped in some form of slavery. From people enslaved by debt to migrants trapped by labour and child brides, we explore the reality of slavery for many people in the modern world
Through the bomb-sites, backwards
2024-04-10
BooksReviewSarah Waters's change of era makes her fourth novel, The Night Watch, a triumph, says Justine JordanThe Night Watch
by Sarah Waters 480pp, Virago, £16.99
After three brilliant, much-loved novels about Victorian underworlds and young women discovering and reinventing their identities, Sarah Waters has turned to the second world war and its aftermath for her fourth. Having won critical acclaim and a passionate following for her genre of "lesbian Victorian romp"
OpinionSexual harassment This article is more than 5 years oldWhat I learned when naked pictures of me were leaked onlineThis article is more than 5 years oldSophia AnkelWhen I sent intimate photos to a boyfriend, I never imagined the fallout. Sadly, my experience is increasingly common This article has won the 2018 Hugo Young Award, which champions political opinion writing among UK postgraduate journalism students
Three years ago, nude pictures of me made the rounds online.
10 of the best jazz clubs in Europe
2024-04-09
Bars, pubs and clubsGet in the groove at swingin’ jazz clubs from Berlin and Brighton to Paris and Madrid. Whether you want laid-back or out-there, you will find good vibes
Hot Clube de Portugal, LisbonEurope’s westernmost capital city has one of Europe’s oldest jazz clubs: Hot Clube, founded in 1948, has hosted legends such as Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan and Dexter Gordon. And on 22 and 24 February this 140-capacity club will host another elder statesman of jazz: 89-year-old Lou Donaldson, a soulful alto sax player influenced by Charlie Parker.