Stories beyond borders。
Photos of teachers at Ms Lam Montessori in Brooklyn attracted widespread attention because of their colourful pleated uniforms. Online viewers initially associated the dresses with Issey Miyake’s Pleats Please line.
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Irish folk group the Mary Wallopers is touring behind its third album, Paddywhackery. A Guardian concert review describes a six-piece performance combining banjo, tin whistle and traditional stories with the intensity of a much rowdier live show.
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The Maynard hotel near Grindleford holds reminders of a different era of international cricket touring. Formerly the Maynard Arms, it hosted visiting teams during the middle of the twentieth century when they played Derbyshire and Yorkshire.
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Nvidia has announced a donation of computing power worth two hundred and fifty million dollars to support AI safety research in the UK. The contribution is planned over five years and is intended for work on autonomous agents and security.
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England winger Manny Feyi-Waboso is expected to remain available for next month’s internationals after injuring his hamstring while playing for Exeter against Newcastle. Initial scans did not indicate major damage, according to Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter.
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Mistura centres on Norma, a wealthy woman who tries to open a restaurant after her marriage breaks down. The Peruvian drama is set in the nineteen-sixties and stars Bárbara Mori as a figure whose polished appearance conceals financial and personal upheaval.
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Australia beat Bangladesh by eight wickets at Allan Border Field to complete a three-match one-day international sweep. Megan Schutt’s bowling restricted the visitors to 172, leaving the home side a manageable target.
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Richarlison scored for Tottenham’s under-21 side in a 2–2 EFL Trophy draw at Cheltenham. The Brazilian forward also converted his penalty in the shootout, although Spurs lost that contest 7–6.
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Copenhagen’s Bybi collective uses urban beekeeping to explore the relationship between work, nature and community. Founded by Oliver Maxwell, it operates colonies across rooftops, schools, businesses and municipal buildings rather than relying on one rural apiary.
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Joni Mitchell has become a United States citizen, more than six decades after first moving there from Canada. The singer-songwriter shared footage of the ceremony and a photograph beside an American flag on social media.
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Wuthering Heights: The House of the Damned recasts Emily Brontë’s novel as a horror film. Becca Hirani’s version follows Lockwood’s visit to Heathcliff, but makes supernatural imagery more explicit than in the original gothic story.
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Hernan Diaz’s novel Ply turns from the financial and narrative puzzles of Trust to a speculative city far in the future. The setting is not explicitly named, but the Guardian’s review reads its clues as pointing towards a transformed New York.
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