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France 24
6 days ago
- Politics
- France 24
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France 24
6 days ago
- Politics
- France 24
Retailleau criticizes Macron's political legacy as 2027 succession race heats up
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France 24
6 days ago
- Politics
- France 24
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The Herald Scotland
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Lulu's voice soars but is she struggling to break free from the past?
⭐⭐⭐ There is something that Lulu – who has now racked up more than 60 years in the business called show – wants her audience in Dunfermline to know tonight. 'I'm not retiring, by the way,' she tells us near the end of her raucously received gig at the Alhambra Theatre. And why should she? Dressed in diamante and white, she looks great for her age (she's now, as she reminds us more than once, 76). And she sounds even better. That soulful, rasping, rowdy voice with which she announced herself to the world as a young teenager with the single Shout back in 1964 remains intact, its dynamic range – greater than her songs and perhaps, at times, her own inclination, always allows – still apparent. She's something of a dynamo herself. As she slinks and shimmies around the stage she encourages her audience to raise the noise. 'Come on guys, you're not dead yet.' Not all of us can move as easily as her. Accompanied by her sister Edwina on backing vocals and a band who are all mountainman beards and headwear, she is an old-school trouper determined to put on a show. And therein might lie the problem. The format for the evening is a musical journey through Lulu's life. It begins with a nostalgic shuffle through a photograph album showing the many people she has been associated with in her life. The Beatles, Bowie, the Everly Brothers, Don and Phil Everly, Shirley Bassey, Elton John, Ronan Keating, her former husband Maurice Gibb and Dudley Moore all make an appearance. (Later there will be pictures of her with Jimi Hendrix and Tina Turner). Read more from Teddy Jamieson: But in many ways that gallery encapsulates the bipolarity of her career. She has always been drawn to soul and R&B (after opening with a relaxed reading of Shout she segues into a cover of Heatwave by Martha and the Vandellas and at one point she vamps a few lines from James Brown's Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine), but too often she has been drawn into the shallows of light entertainment. And so, after a bouncy take on Neil Diamond's The Boat That I Row (a top 10 hit for Lulu in 1967) she feels obliged to give us Boom Bang-A-Bang, her successful Eurovision entry for 1969 (four songs all ended up with the same votes and were declared joint winners). It's clear she's not a fan and she rattles it off as quickly as she can, but it sets the course for the evening; a constant push and pull between what she wants and what she thinks the audience wants. This is a curated show. It allows her to redraw the outlines of her back catalogue, remove the dross and play up the highlights. Even so, she feels obliged to include the big hits, including her loud but empty Bond theme tune The Man With the Golden Gun and her duet with Ronan Keating of Bob Seger's We've Got Tonight. Actually, the latter is one of the evening's highlights thanks to the interplay with her musical director Rick Krive, two great voices given space to soar. And it should be said the evening is full of fine things. Her take on Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World had a suitably Ziggy loucheness to it (as well as her amusingly accurate impersonation of the great man's south London accent). Performing Where the Poor Boys Dance and I Don't Wanna Fight – the latter a hit for Tina Turner – is a reminder that, with her brother Billy, she is more than capable of writing a good tune herself. But now and again the showbiz trouper in her slightly sabotages her best intentions; a few too many namedrops, one or two lurches into her 'Scottish' accent (although there's an element of play about the latter these days). Lulu pictured at Pinewood Studios in 1968 (Image: Newsquest) And she finishes the first half of the show with To Sir, With Love, one of the best things she's ever done and a number one hit in the United States in 1967. But this is an inflated, self-consciously epic take on the tune that doesn't totally suit it. And while it showcases the power of her voice it doesn't show its range and depth (as the recording does). Still, there's a lot to love here. Inevitably, she performs her 1993 comeback hit Independence and Relight My Fire (offering up a thank you to Take That for inviting her to sing it with them and for the LGBTQ community for supporting her through the years). And it's appropriate that she should give us a version of her mate Elton John's hit I'm Still Standing. Because, 60 years and counting into her career, she most definitely is. But you come away from this evening wondering what it might be like if she did a show for herself for once. Maybe she could perform her sadly overlooked 1970 New Routes album – recorded at Muscle Shoals with Duane Allman and Jim Dickinson – in full, or go back to the source of her love for soul and R&B and Rick Rubin it (think of what Rubin did for Johnny Cash). Retirement is the last thing she should do. But maybe another reinvention?
Forbes
10-07-2025
- Climate
- Forbes
Three Things You Can Do About Extreme Heat
TOPSHOT - A man walks near the Las Vegas strip during a heatwave in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 7, ... More 2024. According to the US National Weather Service, high temperatures in Las Vegas on Sunday could reach up to 117 degrees Farenheit (42 degrees Celsius). (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images) As we sweat through the danger season of extreme heat, it's important to keep in mind three things: Stay Safe. Check in on others to make sure they are safe. Inform yourself about what is causing heat waves and what can be done about it. Extreme Heat–the number one weather-related killer Heat waves are the number one weather-related cause of death–greater than hurricanes, floods and tornadoes combined. This summer's heatwave in Europe caused 1,500 deaths, while NYC suffers over 500 heat-related deaths each year. By 2100, we can expect over 4 million deaths annually due to extreme temperatures. What makes heat waves so deadly? Compared to floods and hurricanes, they occur over large regions, are more intense in cities where most people live, and are often accompanied by high levels of air pollution. Extreme heat can also lead to power outages and transportation delays, which compound the health risks. Perhaps in part because we don't name heat waves like we do hurricanes, the average person and policy maker may not recognize the dangers of extreme heat, and thus many of us are not prepared. In the 2021 heat wave in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, 65 year-old Juliana Leon was one of hundreds of people who died. Her body temperature was 110 degrees when she pulled her car over and rolled down the windows, overwhelmed by the heat. Ms Leon's daughter has brought a civil suit against fossil fuel companies for their role in creating the extreme weather that led to her mom's death. And science supports her claims, showing that around the world, climate change has at least doubled the number of extreme heat days. Stay Safe During Extreme Heat Anyone can die during extreme heat, but children, pregnant women, and those over 65 are especially at risk. So if you are out and about during extreme heat, especially if the humidity is high, watch out for heat exhaustion symptoms. You may want to have someone accompany you so they can help if you succumb to the heat. According to the Mayo Clinic, symptoms of heat exhaustion may start suddenly or progress over time, especially with prolonged periods of exercise. Heat exhaustion symptoms include: If you think you have heat exhaustion, you should: Heatstroke is more serious because your body is no longer able to cool down on its own. If not treated, heatstroke can quickly damage the brain, heart, kidneys and muscles, and lead to death. Heatstroke symptoms include: If you or someone you are with has heat stroke symptoms, call 911 In On Others During Heat Waves People who are socially isolated – seniors, homeless, mentally ill, and those with substance abuse disorder – are more likely to die during extreme heat. Most deaths during the Pacific Northwest heat wave occurred in private residences. Individuals and governments can take action to reduce social isolation. You can call or visit loved ones, and if they don't have air conditioning, help them move to a cooling center. Cities can engage communities in education and planning for extreme heat and develop early warning systems and coordinated response plans. They can plant trees and gardens to create shade and alleviate higher temperatures caused by urban heat islands. You can also support organizations like the Finger Lakes Climate Fund in upstate New York, which helps low-income residents install heat pumps and insulation to keep their homes cool during extreme heat. Making homes more energy efficient is also a way to reduce carbon emissions, and thus attack the cause of more frequent and severe heat Yourself About What Is Causing Heat Waves And What Can Be Done About It It's true that heat waves have occurred throughout history. The signers of the Declaration of Independence deliberated through stifling heat in Philadelphia's Independence Hall in 1776. Eyewitness accounts reported that the sweltering temperatures, along with swarms of flies from a nearby stable, contributed to a tense atmosphere and slowed down debate. But today heat waves occur earlier in the year. They are more frequent. And they last longer. Thanks to new developments in 'Attribution Science,' scientists can now pinpoint with certainty how much a higher than average temperature can be attributed to rising carbon levels in the atmosphere. They have created the Climate Shift Index to show how much climate change influences the temperature on a particular day. For example, a Climate Shift Index of 5 means that a high temperature is occurring 5 times more frequently than it would have occurred in a world without human-caused carbon pollution. These and related scientific advancements have enabled lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry, like the one brought by Ms Leon's daughter, to have a greater chance of success in court. And soon, according to a recent Harvard Environmental Law Review article entitled Climate Homicide, we may be seeing not just civil suits but also criminal suits against big carbon polluters. To help reduce the impacts of heat waves, public officials and nonprofit groups can create community interventions that reduce the social isolation of older adults. Citizens can urge elected officials to consider legislation mandating water breaks for outdoor workers, such as the bipartisan Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act. In the end, however, no amount of connecting isolated seniors, or providing relief for workers laboring under the hot sun, will be enough to protect us from the dangers of ever more extreme heat. Rather we must attack the problem at its source – rising levels of carbon in the atmosphere. We must urgently reduce carbon emissions now.
