The maximalist, heart over head adaptation of the romantic tragedy made stars of its leads and became an English teacher’s most trusted weapon for Bard-averse students

#romeo #juliet #baz-luhrmann

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‘Progress takes time’: Stonewall CEO on turning down the heat on the trans debate

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‘Progress takes time’: Stonewall CEO on turning down the heat on the trans debate

Leader is charting a course through troubled waters as a new survey finds trans people feel more pessimistic about social acceptance after combative decade

#ceo #progress #stonewall

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Japan’s Jimi Halloween, a celebration of all things mundane – in pictures

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Japan’s Jimi Halloween, a celebration of all things mundane – in pictures

While Halloween is traditionally a family-oriented holiday and an occasion for children to dress up and go trick-or-treating, a unique spin on spooky season is taking off in Japan. ‘Jimi Halloween’ or ‘Mundane Halloween’ sees adult participants dress up as ordinary people in everyday life. They do highly specific tasks, embracing and celebrating unremarkable situations for the event, hosted by online magazine Daily Portal Z in Tokyo’s Shibuya district.

#japan #jimi-halloween

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From teargas in Paris to gen Z in Germany: protests across Europe – in pictures

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From teargas in Paris to gen Z in Germany: protests across Europe – in pictures

Demonstrations over the high cost of living and inequality spread from France to Germany and Albania

#cost-of-living #paris #germany

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‘A gust of wind blowing back her hair added something special’: Mark McEvoy’s best phone picture

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‘A gust of wind blowing back her hair added something special’: Mark McEvoy’s best phone picture

It was very cold and the young smoker was barelegged, barefoot and wearing a fur coat … How could the photographer resist?

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Jeremy Nguyen on a very arty pumpkin – cartoon

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Jeremy Nguyen on a very arty pumpkin – cartoon

When a Halloween pumpkin gets the Yayoi Kusama treatment

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What links Suzi Quatro, Cream and Blink-182? The Saturday quiz

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What links Suzi Quatro, Cream and Blink-182? The Saturday quiz

From Hugh Dennis and Michael Keaton to galea, gladius and scutum, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

#suzi-quatro #cream

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Exercising my free will … the Edith Pritchett cartoon

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Exercising my free will … the Edith Pritchett cartoon

I can’t weight …

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From This City Is Ours to Macklemore’s Free Palestine tour: the week in rave reviews

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From This City Is Ours to Macklemore’s Free Palestine tour: the week in rave reviews

The most fractious family in organised crime return while the US rapper embarks upon a series of benefit shows with some A-list guests. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews

#summed #bharti

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