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6 days, 18 hours ago

At the Florida Senior Games, pickleball is the crown jewel. Here's why

NPR

At the Florida Senior Games, pickleball is the crown jewel. Here's why toggle caption Zack Wittman for NPR WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. — At the Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus on a recent Tuesday morning, dozens of pickleball players gathered around tournament director Aaron Del Mar. Sponsor Message "It's like they're going back to their younger days when they did this with …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Wilman Wadandi Highway between Perth and Margaret River opens

ABC

The biggest regional infrastructure project ever undertaken in Western Australia will officially open on Monday. The Wilman Wadandi Highway, previously known as the Bunbury Outer Ring Road, is a 27-kilometre, four-lane road linking the Forrest Highway to the Bussell Highway. The Wilman Wadandi Highway is the largest road infrastructure project in South West WA. The road was officially named the …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Margaret's Courtyard

ABC

SERIES 35 | Episode 38 Christmas Special Costa is visiting a retirement village in Sydney’s inner-west. Featured Garden Owners: Ron and Margaret Kirk and their cat Millie Location: Ashfield, NSW, on Wangal Country Climate Zone: Warm temperate Garden Established: About 5 years ago Style: Small courtyard garden Key Features Margaret and Ron have packed their courtyard with pots and pots …

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2 weeks ago

Iconic photographs of late Queen to be displayed in new exhibition

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The exhibition will present some of Cecil Beaton’s most memorable photographs, taken over 60 years, …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Nicole Kidman puts lookalike daughter Faith Margaret, 13, in the spotlight as pair attend glitzy bash

Daily Mail

Nicole Kidman put lookalike daughter Faith Margaret in the spotlight as the pair attended the star-studded Hollywood Reporter Women in Entertainment event on Wednesday. Faith, whose dad is Kidman's husband Keith Urban, looked stylish in a white and black suit as she hugged her actress mom. Nicole Kidman put lookalike daughter Faith Margaret in the spotlight as the pair attended …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

58 best Black Friday beauty deals still live on Cyber Monday 2024

The Independent

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3 weeks ago

Margaret Court launches an explosive attack on Anthony Albanese's government

Daily Mail

Tennis legend Margaret Court has slammed the Albanese government for its treatment of Israel during the country's war against Hamas in Gaza. During a Senate meeting last month, Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong indicated Australia would adhere to an international arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visited the country. Divisive tennis figure Margaret Court has slammed …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

A tale of two Holtznagel sisters: As Madeline is set for life with Baby Hemmes on the way, Simone finds herself in a situation every young mother dreads...

Daily Mail

Stepping into the sun with billionaire hospitality baron Justin Hemmes at his harbourside mansion, Madeline Holtznagel lets her blossoming bump show through a loose dress shirt. Life, it seems, couldn't be more perfect for the 27-year-old model Two days later, Madeline's older - and, at one time, more famous - sister Simone is pictured stony-faced as she walks through Sydney …

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4 weeks ago

How Donald Trump allegedly 'annoyed' the Queen with comment about her sister Margaret

Daily Mail

Netflix's hit TV show The Crown has proved controversial over the years for leaving viewers with a false impression of history after it incorrectly depicted several of the most important moments in Queen Elizabeth II's life. A source involved in arranging Trump's 2018 visit to Britain with his wife, Melania, told the Daily Mail's Richard Eden that the tycoon made …

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4 weeks ago

Archibald Prize-winning portrait of Margaret Olley finds its way home to the Tweed

ABC

Six months ago, Ben Quilty tried to hang his Archibald Prize-winning portrait of Margaret Olley on his kitchen wall, but it was making for some awkward conversations. The picture will be hung in the gallery, which houses the Margaret Olley Art Centre — a re-creation of Olley's Sydney home and studio up until her death in 2011 at the age …

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1 month ago

Why Millennials and Gen Z Swear by Sally Rooney

The Hindu

Published : Nov 22, 2024 17:31 IST - 8 MINS READ In one of the early chapters of Sally Rooney’s new novel, Intermezzo, the protagonist, Ivan, a 22-year-old chess player, invites Margaret, a 36-year-old programme director at the arts centre hosting an amateur chess tournament-cum-workshop, to the house where he has been put up by the organisers. As Margaret weighs …

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1 month ago

Domestic violence support service hands out tents as crisis housing dries up

ABC

Domestic violence and homelessness support services say they are being forced to hand out tents rather than offering a bed as demand for support ramps up. Family and domestic violence support services: If you need help immediately call emergency services on triple-0 1800 Respect National Helpline: 1800 737 732 Women's Crisis Line: 1800 811 811 Men's Referral Service: 1300 766 …

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25 greatest tennis players of all time - which two female stars rank above Roger Federer and where does retiring Rafael Nadal finish up?

Daily Mail

As the dust settles on Rafael Nadal’s retirement, the question arises: where does the great Spaniard rank among the best players of all time? VENUS WILLIAMS Years active: 1994-present Grand Slam singles titles: 7 Tour titles: 49 Weeks as world No1: 11 Only her sister prevented her finishing far higher up this list. MARTINA NAVRATILOVA Years active: 1974-2006 Grand Slam …

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1 month ago

Decision to store AUKUS nuclear waste at submarine shipyards blindsides Adelaide residents

ABC

LADY PHYLLIS COLLINS: I name this submarine Collins. EILEEN DARLEY, PT ADELAIDE COMMUNITY OPPOSING AUKUS: The legislation allows for radioactive nuclear waste to be stored at this facility, a stone's throw away from where people live, and right next to a waterway. ANGELIQUE DONNELLAN: The Osborne Shipyard is in suburban Adelaide, 25 kilometres northwest of the CBD, and within Federal …

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1 month, 1 week ago

MADDADDAM review: Wayne McGregor transforms Margaret Atwood’s dystopia

The Independent

You might wonder if, by making a ballet out of Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake trilogy of dystopian sci-fi novels, Wayne McGregor was biting off more than he could possibly chew. On stage, The Royal Ballet’s MADDADDAM is a kaleidoscopic pileup of images and ideas - as if McGregor never met a rabbit hole he didn’t want to go down. …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Fury as Tony Blair's ex-adviser claims Labour can 'do to farmers what Margaret Thatcher did to miners' and says Britain 'doesn't need small farms'

Daily Mail

A senior Labour figure has sparked outrage by claiming Britain 'doesn't need small farmers' and could 'do without' the industry. John McTernan, a former top aide to Tony Blair and a key supporter of Sir Keir Starmer, said the PM could do to farmers 'what Margaret Thatcher did to the miners'. Farming groups and Tory MPs reacted with fury to …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Here reunites Tom Hanks and Robin Wright with Forrest Gump director for time-travelling family epic

ABC

Thirty years after they captured the Zeitgeist with Forrest Gump, director Robert Zemeckis, screenwriter Eric Roth and stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunite for a new film that plays very much as a spiritual sequel to their Oscar-winning 1994 smash. Director: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly, Gwilym Lee, Michelle Dockery, David Fynn When: …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Future of WA's road cycling races in jeopardy after traffic management pay rise

ABC

Road cyclists say dramatic increases in traffic management costs could see Western Australia lose some of its premier race events. "I'm very concerned because there is a risk this event won't go ahead again, because the costs have gone up so much for traffic management that its not viable to keep it going," he said. Perth event also struggling Midland …

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Sir John Nott dead aged 92: Tributes to Margaret Thatcher's defence secretary who famously walked out of BBC interview and offered to resign over Falklands War

Daily Mail

Tributes have been paid to Conservative grandee Sir John Nott after his death aged 92. Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel said: 'John Nott was an inspiring Defence Secretary and politician who stood up, alongside Margaret Thatcher, to aggression. In October 1982, Sir John walked out of an interview with broadcaster Robin Day during the Conservative Party conference Day had repeatedly …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Sally Rooney's ‘Intermezzo’: Adulting through grief and love

Live Mint

Thirty-two-year-old barrister Peter Koubek and his brother Ivan, a competitive chess player a decade his junior, share a crippling loss in Sally Rooney’s fourth novel, Intermezzo. Peter is caught between the brilliant academic Sylvia, an old yet elusive love, who suffers untold damage following an accident, and Naomi, a risk-taking 23-year-old college student and illegal squatter who is evicted. Luckily, …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunite with Forrest Gump director for Here, a love story spanning decades

ABC

Thirty years since Forrest Gump's lifelong love for childhood sweetheart Jenny gripped the globe and won the Academy Award for Best Picture, actors Tom Hanks and Robin Wright have reunited with director Robert Zemeckis for Here, another love story spanning decades. "It's amazing how both of us became very technical right off the bat," Hanks says. Metaphysic, the US studio …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Kemi Badenoch: The battling Boudica who isn’t who you think she is

The Independent

Kemi Badenoch is the woman who always wanted to wear Margaret Thatcher’s “trousers”. By now she’d come to the attention of party heavyweight Michael Gove who acted as her mentor and was pushing her to the fore of the party, even announcing at a party dinner: “Kemi Badenoch will be the next leader of the Conservative party.” Gove’s “puppet master” …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Princess Margaret's lady-in-waiting Lady Glenconner says Princess of Wales is 'fantastic' - but Fergie is 'less so'

Daily Mail

Princess Margaret's lady-in-waiting has dubbed the Princess of Wales 'fantastic' but had a less glowing impression of the Duchess of York. Lady Anne Glenconner, 92, who was raised at Holkham Hall in Norfolk, and was one of Queen Elizabeth II's six maids of honour at the late monarch's 1953 Coronation, praised Princess Catherine, 42, in a new interview. Lady Anne …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Here's why we're disappointed with 'Here': It's more complicated than it is good

NPR

Here's why we're disappointed with 'Here': It's more complicated than it is good toggle caption Sony Pictures Entertainment The marketing of the film Here has heavily emphasized its status as a Forrest Gump reunion for Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and director Robert Zemeckis. Author Interviews Billions Of Years Go By, All In The Same 'Room' Billions Of Years Go By, …

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At the Florida Senior Games, pickleball is the crown jewel. Here's why

Wilman Wadandi Highway between Perth and Margaret River opens

Margaret's Courtyard

Iconic photographs of late Queen to be displayed in new exhibition

Nicole Kidman puts lookalike daughter Faith Margaret, 13, in the spotlight as pair attend glitzy bash

58 best Black Friday beauty deals still live on Cyber Monday 2024

Margaret Court launches an explosive attack on Anthony Albanese's government

A tale of two Holtznagel sisters: As Madeline is set for life with Baby Hemmes on the way, Simone finds herself in a situation every young mother dreads...

How Donald Trump allegedly 'annoyed' the Queen with comment about her sister Margaret

Archibald Prize-winning portrait of Margaret Olley finds its way home to the Tweed

Why Millennials and Gen Z Swear by Sally Rooney

Domestic violence support service hands out tents as crisis housing dries up

25 greatest tennis players of all time - which two female stars rank above Roger Federer and where does retiring Rafael Nadal finish up?

Decision to store AUKUS nuclear waste at submarine shipyards blindsides Adelaide residents

MADDADDAM review: Wayne McGregor transforms Margaret Atwood’s dystopia

Fury as Tony Blair's ex-adviser claims Labour can 'do to farmers what Margaret Thatcher did to miners' and says Britain 'doesn't need small farms'

Here reunites Tom Hanks and Robin Wright with Forrest Gump director for time-travelling family epic

Future of WA's road cycling races in jeopardy after traffic management pay rise

Sir John Nott dead aged 92: Tributes to Margaret Thatcher's defence secretary who famously walked out of BBC interview and offered to resign over Falklands War

Sally Rooney's ‘Intermezzo’: Adulting through grief and love

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunite with Forrest Gump director for Here, a love story spanning decades

Kemi Badenoch: The battling Boudica who isn’t who you think she is

Princess Margaret's lady-in-waiting Lady Glenconner says Princess of Wales is 'fantastic' - but Fergie is 'less so'

Here's why we're disappointed with 'Here': It's more complicated than it is good