HISTORICAL FACTS: 2 - Caught on Camera

‘I feel the wing-draught of dozens of hummingbirds’: the wild beauty of Panama

The Central American country has incredible wildlife and biodiversity. Our writer explores its forest and meets the Indigenous people hoping to preserve it

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2023

Friday essay: a lament for the lost art of letter-writing – a radical art form reflecting 'the full catastrophe of life'

Letters did not count [as writing]. A woman might write letters while sitting by her father’s sick-bed. She could write them by the fire while the men talked without disturbing them. The strange thing is, I thought, turning over the pages of Dorothy’s letters, what a gift that untaught and…

The Conversation · Mar 16, 2023

Off the Mersey beat: a tour of Liverpool’s unsung cultural treasures

A magical mystery tour of the city reveals brilliant art, architecture and stories – with only minimal Fab Four interludes

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2023

Patrick Lynch, Irish immigrant who served in the Army, refinished and upholstered furniture, dead at 92

He dreamed of being an electrical engineer and took courses, according to his daughter, but needed to work because of the responsibilities of his growing family.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 28, 2022

Woman runs out in PYJAMAS and landlady goes 'warrior mode' as girl in hit-and-run crash

Police were called to the smash in Merseyside after a young driver reportedly sustained slight injuries, while a Range Rover allegedly made off without stopping

Daily Mirror · Aug 21, 2022

Woman runs out in her pyjamas to help driver caught in hit and run crash

A pub landlady also "snapped into warrior woman mode" when the crash happened

Liverpool Echo · Aug 20, 2022

Sunday with Neil Morrissey: ‘I like my gravy rustic and lumpy’

Delia is all wrong about the flour, the actor tells Rich Pelley. He knows this because he’s talked it over with pals in the pub

The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2022

Beirut blast survivor finds solace in memoir after mother’s death

Ariana Papazian found it hard to accept the loss of her mother, her memoir chronicles the journey towards acceptance.

Al Jazeera · Apr 20, 2022

The latest death and in memoriam notices in Carmarthenshire as families remember loved ones

Our condolences go out to their families and friends

Wales Online · Apr 8, 2022

Jerry Zezima: Getting carded at the wine bar

You don’t have to be clairvoyant — or even Clair Voyant, who was in my class in grade school — to know the two reasons why I am not a tarot card reader:

Tribune News Service · Apr 4, 2022