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Sep 14, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Sam Moore)
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The Michelangelo of the movie poster: Renato Casaro picks his best film art
His windswept, airbrushed canvases have given shape to landmark films for decades, from Solaris to Dances With Wolves. Now 86, the designer looks back at his highlightsNow 86, Renato Casaro is one of the world’s most influential poster designers, best known for his classical, windswept, airbrushed canvases: heady reminders of the pre-digital era. His style turns matinee idols into Michelangelos, from Stallone to Schwarzenegger, Costner to DiCaprio. His posters are unabashed theatrics, stuffed wi
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Sep 14, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Joanna Partridge)
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Zara’s owner reports surging sales despite cost of living pressures
Europe’s largest clothing retailer Inditex said its profit for six months to July soared by 41%The owner of fashion retailer Zara has reported surging sales and profits in the first half of the year, as consumer demand for new clothing remained strong despite cost of living pressures.Inditex, which is Europe’s biggest clothing retailer with a portfolio of chains including Massimo Dutti, Pull&Bear, and Bershka, said profit for the six months to July had risen by 41%, hitting a new record. Sal
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Sep 14, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Sam Levin in Los Angeles)
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‘My emancipation proclamation’: the man fighting to free millions from their criminal records
Jay Jordan’s criminal record barred him from job after job, leaving him in poverty. Now he’s helping California take a transformative stepWhen Jay Jordan was getting out of prison in 2012, he had an ambitious plan to turn his life around. He was going to sell life insurance, restore old cars, get a real estate license, and establish a community barbershop.There was one problem: his criminal record barred him from every single industry. Continue reading...
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Sep 14, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Nina Lakhani climate justice reporter in New York)
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Private equity still investing billions in dirty energy despite pledge to clean up
Carlyle, Warburg Pincus and KKR are the worst offenders according to a new scorecard of private equity climate risksPrivate equity firms pumping billions of dollars into dirty energy projects are exposing investors, including pensioners, to unknown financial risks as the planet burns and governments face escalating pressure to act, new research finds.The first-of-its-kind climate risks scorecard ranks Carlyle, Warburg Pincus and KKR as the worst offenders among eight major private equity compani
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Sep 14, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Matthew Cantor in Los Angeles)
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Do later school start times make teens happier? California’s about to find out
Several states are considering late start measures for teens which makes sense scientifically, but may cause logistical problemsFor many American teenagers, high school means trying desperately to understand algebra or chemistry in the 7am hour, fending off the urge to use your books, or your neighbor, as a pillow. But for kids in California, things may be looking up.On 1 July, a state law took effect that protects most high school students from having to start class before 8.30am – the first la
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Sep 14, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Laurence Topham, Luke Harding, David Levene, Andrew Warwick and Katie Lamborn)
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Why is Vladimir Putin so obsessed with Ukraine?
Guardian correspondent Luke Harding chronicles the key historical events that led to the invasion of Ukraine, from the Euromaidan protests to the annexation of Crimea, and explains why Putin's belief that Russians and Ukrainians are 'one people' is rooted in history from a thousand years agoPutin's Russia: from KGB agent to Kremlin operator – videoPutin's Russia: dictator syndrome and the rise of a 'mafia state' – video Continue reading...
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Sep 14, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Daniel Dylan Wray)
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‘Music was a lifeline’: the record label helping former offenders thrive after prison
Red Tangent Records is helping ex-prisoners discover their talent and enter the music industry. Three of its artists discuss the label’s impact on their post-prison lives“There is such a pool of raw talent in prisons,” says David Jones, CEO of Changing Tunes and co-founder of Red Tangent Records. “There are [inmates] who potentially have a real chance of making it in the music industry so we thought we should do something for them.”Red Tangent was founded in 2021 by the team behind Changing Tune
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Sep 14, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Lizzie Cernik)
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‘I’ve always thrown myself into work – now it keeps me alive’: the over-65s forced to join the ‘great unretirement’
Unable to survive on their pensions, many older people have no choice but to return to work. What’s it like heading into your 70s in the showroom, canteen or classroom?Before Sue Brown retired three years ago, she felt burned out. At 67, she was juggling a busy job at a chauffeur company and caring for her partner, Neil, who had severe health issues. “I was taking bookings and managing drivers so I often left the house at 4am,” she says. “I’ve worked since I was 15, but it became too much.”In Fe
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Sep 14, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Ian Sample Science editor)
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Healthy teenagers at risk of irregular heartbeats from air pollution, says study
Concern as heart arrhythmias appear to be triggered even when air pollution within quality limitsHealthy teenagers are more prone to irregular heartbeats after breathing in fine particulate air pollution, according to the first major study of its impact on otherwise healthy young individuals.The findings have raised concern among researchers because heart arrhythmias, which can increase the risk of heart disease and sudden cardiac death, appear to be triggered even when air pollution is within c
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Sep 14, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (James Wallace)
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The Spin | ‘A hollowing out of the spirit’: the agony of a dropped catch in cricket
There is no worse feeling on a cricket field than the desolation that consumes the poor soul who drops the ballMarco Jansen’s narrow, two-metre frame is slumped. His lissom limbs hang abject, crumpled. It’s not his baggy cable-knit sweater forcing his back to arch and his knees to bow, but something unseen. It’s the realisation of what he has just done. Marco Jansen has just dropped a catch.In a Test match, in front of a full house at the Oval, off the very first ball of England’s final innings