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3 days ago
- Entertainment
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Review: The Wild Adventures of Women in Anthropology (opinion)
Today the stereotypical anthropologist sits all day philosophizing about the most basic human interactions while waiting for layers of ethics committees to approve any contact with real people. But anthropology was once a swashbuckling, adventurous field, built around freewheeling interactions with alien peoples in far-flung lands. Ursula Graham Bower was one such early anthropologist—and boy did she swashbuckle. In 1937, she left Britain to visit a friend in the colonial government of India. Instead of finding a husband, as she was expected to do, Bower fell in love with Nagaland, a hilly and unruly frontier zone where her friend was stationed. She spent a decade doing full-time anthropological research there. Although Nagas had a strict gender hierarchy, Bower became an "honorary man" to them by showing off her rifle skills on the hunt. Then Japan invaded the British Empire in 1942. Bower partnered with a Naga leader named Namkiabuing to form "V Force," a special operations unit that battled Japanese infiltrators. Everyone involved expected to die. The men of V Force went into battle wearing their funeral beads, and the Japanese army put a bounty on Bower's head. But she survived the war and became a celebrated author in Britain. Intrepid Women: Adventures in Anthropology, a coffee table book published jointly by Oxford's Bodleian Libraries and Pitt Rivers Museum, is filled with characters like Bower. Mākareti was a Māori noblewoman who built up New Zealand's tourist industry and became a high-society celebrity in the 1900s before beginning serious academic work on Polynesian culture. Elsie McDougall was a widow who, with no academic training, became a world-class expert in indigenous Central American textiles and survived a 1935 shipwreck. These stories of a more adventurous time are illustrated with photos of strange and beautiful artifacts from the museum. The post Review: The Wild Adventures of Women in Anthropology appeared first on
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4 days ago
- Business
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Kingsport officials address Rural King fee
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – Rural King customers in the Model City have voiced their concerns regarding the store's 1% 'Economic Development Fee' on top of the retail price. Kingsport Economic Development Director Steven Bower said store owners were transparent about the fee. 'The fee was brought to our attention right before they opened the store,' Bower said. 'They let us know they were going to implement it.' Kingsport resident December Taylor said the signs posted were not easily seen. 'I had to hold my arms up to take a picture,' she said. 'That's how far up it was on the door. And had already been to the store twice before and still never seen it then either.' On Taylor's receipt, the fee is listed as part of her tax. The sign posted by Rural King said they are working to have the fee itemized separately. Although the fee only added an extra dollar or two to her total, Taylor said she wants to know how the money is being used. 'Where's it going?' she asked. 'You know, what is it actually for?' According to the sign, the fee was added to comply with the 'Memorial Boulevard Development Project.' Bower said this doesn't refer to any specific project of the city. 'I believe it's just that they're on Memorial Boulevard,' he said. 'That's their address, so they've called it a Memorial Boulevard Development Project.' On Tuesday afternoon, the city issued a statement making its position on the fee clear to the public. 'It is not an economic development fee for the city of Kingsport,' he said. 'This is a fee imposed by a private business. So we collect nothing from it.' Taylor said she only wanted one thing from the business. 'An answer would be nice,' she said. Rural King issued the following statement to News Channel 11: The economic development fee helps Rural King offset a small portion of the significant investment in the Kingsport community, which includes new employment opportunities, increased tax revenue, and access to a broad array of differentiated products and services. We're committed to being valuable long-term partners in the Kingsport community and look forward to demonstrating our positive impact on the local business landscape. Rural King Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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6 days ago
- Business
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle accused of hypocrisy after appointing their own ‘royal' court of staffers
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been accused of fueling hypocrisy after they introduced their own new 'royal' court of staffers to take charge of their fractured public image. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who quit royal life in 2020 and moved across the pond, have restructured their staff roster that now bears a striking resemblance to the royal family's own royal court, the Daily Mail reports. The new revamp will see communications strategist Meredith Kendall Maines front a team of 11 — with the small-but-mighty organization being based in Montecito, Calif., and the UK. The operation is said to run totally independently of Archewell, which Harry, 40, and the 'Suits' alum, 43, founded in October 2020. But the move has since been slammed by top royal commentators and historians, with expert Richard Fitzwilliams arguing that the pair appear to be inching back to their royal days, despite repeatedly criticizing life in the palace. 'The hypocrisy lies in the act that Harry has, especially in his most recent interview, attacked courtiers and the Royal Household, considering them enemies. So it is extremely surprising that he should want a similar structure in Montecito,' Fitswilliams told the Daily Mail. 'In 'Spare,' he excoriated senior courtiers. He, as his mother did, regards them as the enemy.' He went on, 'The difference is, tragically, that she would not accept police protection as she distrusted it so. Ironically, it's what he wants for himself and his family. He also claimed courtiers or their equivalent used security as a lever to prevent them stepping down as senior working royals. 'So the 'Montecito model' better be different and they would be wise to pay attention to its advice.' Fitzwilliams' sentiment was echoed by royal expert Tom Bower, who said the new reshuffle is nothing but the couple's last-ditch 'desperate bid to save their brand.' 'Undoubtedly, the Sussexes would like to rule over a 'royal court' from their Montecito mansion,' Bower told the outlet. 'Nothing would give them greater pleasure than courtiers pulling their forelocks as they bow and scrape to please the Duke and Duchess.' 'Competing with Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace would delight Meghan. But what the Sussexes have assembled is not a 'royal court,'' he said, adding that it's 'a hugely expensive group of bureaucrats signaling the Sussexes' final, desperate bid to save their brand.' Bower noted that should the Invictus Games founder follow the As Ever founder's move to commercialize his title, 'his currently minimal chance of reconciliation and return to Britain will be totally extinguished.' Elsewhere, Fitzwilliams cast doubt on just how successful the operation will be, given the couple's extensive history of a 'revolving door' of staffers. 'We are promised new projects and initiatives in the months to come and obviously can then judge the success of this revamp,' he told the outlet. 'However there are question marks which have haunted the Sussexes entire operation. The first issue is whether the high staff turnover which has characterized their ventures continues, with some 20 having left.' The new restructure means that now the 'Spare' author and former actress each have their own chief of staff. 'Chief Communications Officer, Meredith Maines, has retained the global firm, Method Communications, to bolster her team overseeing the growing business portfolio and philanthropic efforts of The Duke and Duchess of Sussex,' a spokesperson for the Sussexes told The Post. 'The team in the US will be led by Executive Vice Presidents Clay Blackham, Erin Grant and Senior Vice President Casey Adams and in the UK by Senior Media Counsel Liam Maguire.'
Western Telegraph
6 days ago
- Western Telegraph
Pembrokeshire woman caught up in Liverpool parade crash
Leah Bower was among those at the parade in Liverpool on Monday, May 26, and watched the celebrations along Fenwick Street. However, she and her father were met with chaos when they turned onto Water Street and were caught up in the aftermath of the car crash which saw dozens injured. Ms Bower told BBC Radio Wales: "We had absolutely no idea what was going on because we turned the corner and we were among the aftermath of people screaming and running away. Leah Bower was one of the thousands to attend the parade (Image: Owen Humphreys) "We ended up closer than we probably should have been to the aftermath of it and saw everyone injured on the floor and at varying different levels." She saw people with varying degrees of injury, from cut knees to people desperately needing medical attention, "One thing I can say was the speed the emergency services got there was phenomenal despite the amount of crowd there." Four people are still 'very, very ill in hospital' after the incident, which saw a car plough into crowds of people on Water Street on Monday evening. A 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area was being held in custody. Ms Bower described the moment they accidentally became caught up in the aftermath. She said: "We saw people running away and police running past us, but your mind doesn't go to the absolute worst. "You just think we'll cut through that to go back to the hotel. She described not knowing what was happening as people were running in the other direction (Image: Danny Lawson) "It had been a long day, we were soaked through, so we just thought we'd get back to the hotel, and you just don't think that the worst can happen. "You hear rumours that a car had driven through and you think 'no way, that can't happen.' "There was no understanding of how that could have happened and it was only when we took a second to ring our family to let them know that we were ok, they had no idea what was happening. "That was when we realised how quickly we were actually in the incident." Footage shared on social media appeared to show people in the crowd attempting to approach the driver of the car, with some kicking the vehicle and smashing the back window. Liverpool City Metro mayor Steve Rotheram told BBC Radio 5 Live: "There are still four people who are very, very ill in hospital and we are hoping of course that they pull through very, very quickly." Four people - including a child - were trapped under the car and rescued by firefighters. They were amongst 27 people taken to hospital, with a further 20 treated for injuries at the scene.
Wales Online
6 days ago
- Wales Online
'There were people screaming and running away from the Liverpool parade crash, carrying their children, covering their eyes'
'There were people screaming and running away from the Liverpool parade crash, carrying their children, covering their eyes' Leah Bower, from Pembrokeshire, said she was 'numb' as she tried to get to the safety of her hotel after being caught in the aftermath of a car ploughing into supporters at the Liverpool parade Emergency services confirmed 47 people were injured after a car drove into crowds of people on the streets of Liverpool (Image: PA ) A woman from Pembrokeshire who was caught up in the aftermath of a car driving into supporters during the Liverpool FC parade on Monday evening (May 27) said she saw "people screaming and running away, carrying their children, covering their eyes". Leah Bower was attending the parade and celebrating with her family just a street away from Water Street, where a car ploughed into supporters, injuring 47 people, including four children. On Tuesday morning, Liverpool City Metro Mayor Steve Rotherham said there are "still four people who are very, very ill in hospital". A 53-year-old white British man from Merseyside, believed to be the driver of the vehicle, was arrested at the scene. For our free daily briefing on the biggest issues facing the nation, sign up to the Wales Matters newsletter here Speaking to BBC Radio Wales on Tuesday morning, Ms Bower, who had travelled to Liverpool from Pembrokeshire from the parade, said she was very nearly on Water Street at the time of the incident and saw hundreds of supporters running away from the scene. Live updates from Liverpool here. She said: "We were on Brunswick Street, which is the street that runs parallel to Water Street. When we were then reflecting on everything, we realised that we were nearly on Water Street for the parade - it was only because we were behind some trees that we moved further away towards the city centre. "As we left the parade, turned onto Fenwick Street to cut across to Water Street and that's when you noticed people running away and police overtaking us." Article continues below She said she had "no idea what was going on" at the time, but could see that lots of people were distressed. Parts of Liverpool city centre are still a crime scene on Tuesday morning (Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo ) Ms Bower said: "We turned the corner and we were amongst the aftermath - people were screaming and running away, carrying their children, covering their eyes, frantically on the phone to try and contact loved ones. "We could see everyone injured on the floor in varying conditions - there were people with cut knees, but then there were people needing desperate medical attention. The speed that the emergency services got there was phenomenal despite the amount of crowd there." Although they could see the injured and people were talking about what happened, Ms Bower explained that what happened didn't sink in until much later. She said: "You saw people running away and police running past us but your mind doesn't go to the absolute worst. We were just thinking 'we'll cut through here to get back to the hotel'. It had been a long day. We were soaked through. "You're hearing rumours that a car had driven through, but you just thought 'No way - that can't happen. All the roads are closed.' There was just no understanding of how that could have happened. "We took a second to ring our family to let them know that we were ok, but they had no idea what was happening, so that's when we realised how close we must have been to what happened. We were back at the hotel by the time it was actually coming through on our phones that something had happened." She added that there was still "celebration" in the city before people understood that something horrific had happened. Ms Bower said: "The more you walked away from Water Street, the less people knew, so there was still so much celebration, still so much of the atmosphere coming off the parade. Article continues below "We were walking through to get back to the hotel almost shell-shocked at what we'd just seen and so numb."
