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The BBC is under scrutiny over reports of the Gaza hospital blast. But there is a lesson for all who want clarity when there is none Death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses. Throughout these days of unbearable stories, from the slaughter of small children in their kibbutz bedrooms to the fireball at a Gaza hospital where families were seeking sanctuary from bombs, those words have echoed around my mind. Taken from the biblical book of Jeremiah, they entered my thoroughly godless ears via a comforting-sounding rabbi on the BBC and stayed. It is no criticism of its competitors to say that in this house at least, in times of trouble, it’s always the BBC. Though nobody knows better than a journalist that journalists aren’t infallible, there are times when only the Pavlovian effect of the pips or of Lyse Doucet’s voice will do. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/rn0C6vY

As he stages Gary McNair’s twist on the tale of Pip, the director reflects on 16 years of spotting and developing raw talent while running the Tron Andy Arnold is a director with staying power. Nae Expectations, which has just opened at Glasgow’s Tron theatre, is his swansong production after nearly 16 years with the company. Prior to that, he spent 18 years at the Arches, the multi-arts venue he founded in the catacombs beneath the city’s Central station, creating a seedbed for a generation of theatremakers, artists and DJs. If in neither case did he overstay his welcome, it is because of the quality that defines him: his relentless championing of young artists. He has remained a vital part of Glasgow’s cultural life because of the company he keeps. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/DqoZWPf

Government ‘fast running out of time’ to pass bill reforming rental market, a cross-party open letter argues Michael Gove has won a battle with No 10 to push ahead with a ban on no-fault evictions and other reforms, but renters will not get protection until next year. An overhaul of private renting, first promised in the 2019 Conservative election manifesto, was feared to be in jeopardy amid the threat of a mass rebellion by Tory landlord MPs. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/PkDCq19

Proposed law of nature says systems such as stars and hurricanes are made up in varying ways, with some succeeding and others failing Darwin’s theory of evolution, with natural selection at its core, conjures up images of flourishing life. But now researchers have suggested a similar mechanism may apply to the realm of the nonliving too, underpinning what they have called nature’s “missing law”. A team of scientists and philosophers say many systems – including minerals, changes within stars and even hurricanes – are made up of multiple components that can come together in myriad ways, some of which persist while others fall by the wayside. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/ECQe245

It wasn’t a debate, more a coming together in the Commons, after measured statements from party leaders Words can feel futile at a time like this. If they could make a difference, they would probably have done so by now. Decades of violence and hatred have largely proved immune to the power of the spoken word to find a peaceful solution in the Middle East. But words are all that British politicians have in the present circumstances. And you have to keep on believing even when it looks like we’re heading towards another war. At the very least, though, words can acknowledge the horror. To recognise its existence, even when powerless to influence the outcome. So that no one’s pain, no one’s loss, no existential threat is covered up or minimised. To stand up and be counted. A message of support at a time of grief. A fury contained. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/LHBPJqQ

Connor Cato says he was first told by court to either pay up or appear in court after driving 90 mph in a 55 mph zone A Georgia man was left reeling after receiving a $1.4m speeding ticket, but city officials say the figure was just a placeholder, not the actual fine. Connor Cato tells WSAV-TV in Savannah that he received the citation after getting pulled over in September for driving 90 mph (145 kph) in a 55 mph (89 kph) zone. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/aP3Tuy2

With Fiji breathing down their necks in Marseille, Steve Borthwick’s players took the game by the scruff of the neck Ten minutes left to play in Marseille, and the game is slipping away from England, taking with it their improbable shot at winning this World Cup. They had been 14 points up just moments ago and the Stade Vélodrome was so quiet, in those moments, that the crowd were throwing Mexican waves. It would have been stretching the point to say you could hear a pin drop, but if you strained your ears you could hear the bones pop and the bodies flop. And then Fiji finally started to play the way only they can. In six minutes they broke the line twice and scored tries both times, 24-10 became 24-22. The English didn’t stop to watch the conversion. They were in the one place no team want to be when there’s 10 minutes left to play, when you’re just two points up and the semi-finals are on the line. In a huddle under their own posts. Maro Itoje was first, and already calling his exh