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The mysterious murder of gorilla researcher Dian Fossey

The mysterious murder of gorilla researcher Dian Fossey

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🔥 Discover this must-read post from BBC Culture đź“– đź“‚ Category: âś… Key idea: Fossey's early research required patience. To gain the gorillas' trust, she began imitating their behavior. “I'm an inhibited person, and I felt that the gorilla was somewhat inhibited as well,” she told the BBC's Woman's Hour program in 1984. So I imitated her natural, normal behavior like suckling, chewing celery stalks, or scratching myself. She had to learn her lessons quickly. “I made the mistake of chest-beating at first... because I was telling the gorillas by chest-beating that I was feeling uncomfortable, and they were telling…
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“Portrait of a Man”, 18th century Corsican independence leader, is for sale | art

“Portrait of a Man”, 18th century Corsican independence leader, is for sale | art

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✨ Explore this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ Category: Art,France,Art and design,Culture,World news,Napoleon Bonaparte,Europe,Painting đź“Ś Main takeaway: Thirty years ago, a painting by British artist Sir William Beechey was sold as “Portrait of a Man.”However, the anonymous buyer knew specifically who the unnamed man in the photo was: Pascal Paoli, the 18th-century Corsican independence leader and Enlightenment icon.Since that sale in April 1994, a private collector has kept Beachy's portrait of the man credited with giving his Mediterranean island a newly written constitution — one that would later inspire American revolutionaries — on the Mediterranean island,…
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“It Was a Big Hit”: A Play About the Iraq War – Told Through the Eyes of a Hungry Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo | stage

“It Was a Big Hit”: A Play About the Iraq War – Told Through the Eyes of a Hungry Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo | stage

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✨ Check out this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ Category: Theatre,Stage,Culture,Young Vic,Broadway,Iraq,David Threlfall,ArinzĂ© Kene,Middle East and north Africa,World news đź“Ś Main takeaway: A The play, which depicts the thoughts of a tiger on the bombed streets of Baghdad, seems strange. But Rajeev Joseph's drama has its roots in a real incident that occurred during the invasion of Iraq. "I read the story detailing how part of the zoo was destroyed by American bombs. The Bengal tiger remained in its enclosure. All the zookeepers fled, so this poor tiger was sitting there starving. One of the soldiers,…
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Tonight TV: Ketamine dealer linked to Matthew Perry’s death | television

Tonight TV: Ketamine dealer linked to Matthew Perry’s death | television

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đź’Ą Discover this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ Category: Television,Television & radio,Culture,Film đź“Ś Here’s what you’ll learn: Matthew Perry and the Ketamine Queen9pm, BBC ThreeThis documentary tells the story of the turbulent final years of Matthew Perry's life, through his relationship with Jasvin Sangha, a ketamine dealer who pleaded guilty to selling the drug that caused the actor's death in 2023 (a sentencing hearing is set for December 10 in Los Angeles). What emerges is a sad portrait of a weak man and a glimpse into the dark underbelly of the bottom feeders surrounding the lower…
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Conan O’Brien presents Beatles Geek Fest: The Best Podcasts of the Week | TV and radio

Conan O’Brien presents Beatles Geek Fest: The Best Podcasts of the Week | TV and radio

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🔥 Read this trending post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ Category: Television & radio,Culture,Podcasts âś… Here’s what you’ll learn: Choose the weekThe rest is history: The Beatles SpecialBizarrely, a two-part special of the popular show on the Fab Four has prompted Beatles-skeptic co-host Dominic Sandbrook to decline an appearance. But his big star replacement is Conan O'Brien, who will have an interesting conversation with Tom Holland over the course of John, Paul, George and Ringo. Their USP? “We're a history podcast, not a music podcast, so we need to make the case that the Beatles have historical significance,”…
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‘He’s a son of a bitch – but he’s usually right’: Why did Seymour Hersh leave the film about his stunning scandal? | film

‘He’s a son of a bitch – but he’s usually right’: Why did Seymour Hersh leave the film about his stunning scandal? | film

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🔥 Discover this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ Category: Film,Documentary films,Culture,Laura Poitras,US news,World news,New York Times,Media,Newspapers,US press and publishing đź’ˇ Here’s what you’ll learn: HeyOne morning last month, Seymour Hersh set out to buy a newspaper. The reporter walked for 30 minutes, covering six blocks of the Georgetown neighborhood in Washington, D.C., and saw no sign of life. There are no newsstands on street corners selling magazines and daily newspapers. There is no self-service kiosk where you can insert a dollar and pull out a bill. “Finally, I found a drugstore that had two copies of…
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The “beast inside me” is at war with itself

The “beast inside me” is at war with itself

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🚀 Explore this awesome post from The New Yorker đź“– đź“‚ Category: Culture / Critic’s Notebook đź“Ś Main takeaway: Aggie Wiggs, the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning author, lives in a house too big for her in Oyster Bay, an affluent enclave on Long Island. The house is too big for her because the family she had before is gone. Her enviable Victorian house, covered in floral wallpaper and outfitted with plush carpets, still has warmth, but that warmth portends illness and fever. The pipes are vibrating. There are ticking sounds. The sink gurgles like a baby, spitting out rusty water.The woman…
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Katie Waldman talks about Mary McCarthy’s “One Touch of Nature.”

Katie Waldman talks about Mary McCarthy’s “One Touch of Nature.”

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🔥 Discover this trending post from The New Yorker đź“– đź“‚ Category: Magazine / Takes đź’ˇ Key idea: I first met Mary McCarthy not through her novels or criticism but through her political reporting. A former editor recommended I read "The Mask of State: Watergate Pictures" before covering the trial of Paul Manafort in 2017. (Were we too young?) I loved McCarthy's slick cameos of criminals — look at Maurice Stanis, Nixon's former Commerce Secretary, "the silver-haired, super-accountant, magic fundraiser, who gave a day-and-a-half show of dodgeball sports and showed himself very fit for a man his age. McCarthy's sentences…
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Restaurant Review: Babu | The New Yorker

Restaurant Review: Babu | The New Yorker

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✨ Discover this must-read post from The New Yorker đź“– đź“‚ Category: Culture / The Food Scene đź’ˇ Main takeaway: On my first visit to the original Babu's — gosh, that must have been twenty years ago — I remember being awestruck upon my first bite of the cheek-meat ravioli. ("Of all pasta dishes - in fact, of everyone “The dishes — on the menu, these are probably the ones most associated with Babu,” Batali writes of the recipe, in “The Babu Cookbook,” from 2002.) She froze. I think I stopped chewing. I was amazed that a bite of food…
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Chloe Zhao looked blankly

Chloe Zhao looked blankly

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🔥 Discover this awesome post from The New Yorker đź“– đź“‚ Category: Culture / The New Yorker Interview âś… Key idea: How did this book come to you?I was driving through New Mexico to the Telluride Film Festival, and that's when Amblin [Steven Spielberg’s production company] Contact me about this project. The reception was in and out, and they were saying it was about Shakespeare's wife and the death of their son. I just thought, there are a lot of things in that sentence that I have no personal connection to, so I said no. A few hours later, I…
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