Juan Atkins, pioneer of Detroit techno sound, dies aged 64 US artist known as Model 500 and as one half of the duo Cybotron had huge influence on dance music worldwide The Guardian - UK · 17h ago
“Van Morrison didn’t speak to us, and we didn’t speak to him. We just started playing through the charts”: How jazz bassist Richard Davis helped shape Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks Released in 1968, Astral Weeks initially went unnoticed before eventually attaining near-mythical status among folk-rock fans Guitar World · Jun 14
Alabama mother with rare double womb gives birth to two babies in two days Kelsey Hatcher gave birth to two girls in a 'one in a million' phenomenon Evening Standard · Dec 23, 2023
Richard Davis obituary US jazz bassist who worked with Van Morrison and Sarah Vaughan and later became a professor of bass at Wisconsin University The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023
‘It was like Blade Runner meets Berlin rave’: the Manchester sink estate with the UK’s wildest nightclub Hulme Crescents was Europe’s biggest housing estate, and soon deemed its worst. But a vibrant squatter community moved in – along with Mick Hucknall – to make a countercultural mecca The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023
The Ashes: Why cricket and food will forever be intertwined The joy of cricket is partly in its breaks, says Clare Finney, and long may it continue Evening Standard · Jul 19, 2023
Belfast artist's charity on "wild ride" of rebuild after Cathedral Buildings fire "I think the first immediate thing was just getting over the shock, the loss of the facilities." Belfast Live · May 9, 2023
Appreciation: Ahmad Jamal, dead at 92. Revisit our 2007 interview with the jazz piano giant Ahmad Jamal was a jazz piano master whose feathery touch, lyrical elegance and pinpoint command of dynamics and the space between notes profoundly inspired Miles Davis and a host of other famous admirers. While he could play spirited cadenzas with the best of them, Jamal made saying more with less… Tribune News Service · Apr 17, 2023
Black Panthers, punks and brutalist buildings: the micro-publisher exploring Britain’s lost past Every week, Café Royal publishes books highlighting forgotten architecture or subcultures, celebrating the work of amateur and professional photographers. And they cost less than a London pint The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2023
‘2nd Chance’: A bulletproof vest innovator tells his dramatic, sometimes dubious story Fascinating documentary profiles Richard Davis, whose newfangled fabric saved hundred of lives. Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 7, 2022
‘People think I’m stupid’: the story of the man who shot himself 192 times The wild new documentary 2nd Chance explores the story of Richard Davis, the eccentric and reckless creator of the modern-day bulletproof vest The Guardian - US · Dec 5, 2022
The narcissist bulletproof vest inventor In "2nd Chance," filmmaker Ramin Bahrani features the charming, lying, self-aggrandizing Richard Davis Salon · Dec 4, 2022
Vision Express worker stole £75,000 from company to fund his gambling addiction Ravinder Saini, of Nottingham, put his bank details on official documents while working at the head office for Vision Express but was found out when colleagues checked Daily Mirror · Nov 23, 2022
Sullivan Walter freed after 36 years for New Orleans rape he didn’t commit ‘I just want to live an honest, free life,’ says Walter, who was just 17 when he was locked up based on disputed identification evidence The Guardian - US · Aug 26, 2022
The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2022 Convicted at 17, prisoner, now 53, exonerated in rape A Black Louisiana man has been formally cleared in a New Orleans rape for which he was convicted as a teenager more than 36 years ago
The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2022 Man, 23, accused of torturing elderly man to death with push pins Victim, 67, was found dead inside an abandoned apartment in Houston
Manchester Evening News · May 4, 2022 A festival showcasing major photography talent is coming to Manchester The festival lands at Bonded Warehouse this weekend
Benzinga · Mar 14, 2022 Sypris Solutions Appoints Richard Davis As Finance Chief Sypris Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SYPR) has appointed Richard Davis to the position of Vice President & CFO effective October 12, 2022. Davis has served as Vice President of Sypris since January 2018 and as Vice President Audit and Compliance from August 2015 to December 2017. He will succeed Anthony C. Allen, who will serve…
Manchester Evening News · Feb 13, 2022 'Like the last days of the Roman Empire': What it was like to party at the Kitchen, Hulme's notorious after-hours acid house club A ramshackle squat-cum-nightclub where anything went, the Kitchen was a vital part of Manchester's Acid House scene
The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2022 Sundance doc looks at man behind the modern bulletproof vest Richard Davis was a bankrupt pizzeria owner when he got the idea for a bulletproof vest in 1969 Michigan