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Spectator
16 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Spectator
2713: Outdressed
Clockwise round the grid from the square between 6 and 7 runs a quotation which could have referred to the three unclued lights, and its source (7,2,3,3,5,3,3,7,4,3,2,5,5). Across 9 Top part is the place to go in ships (5) 10 Wild party girl cycling (4) 11 Ex-president twice cut back tropical plants (5) 12 Unbounded profusion bewildered lunatic (7) 13 Article on devilish debonair Michael Gove? (10) 15 Microstate near heart of Burundi hoards gold (5) 18 He might steal object inside present (8) 19 But for squaddies we may serve mocktails (6) 21 Rebecca's boy, second in hunt after sea snakes (4) 24 Primrose played this role in Twelfth Night (5) 25 Monarch astride a wild ass (5) 26 Sea duck finally fears what cats often do (4) 28 Trainee aboard three-master (6) 29 Tramline altered Liverpool Street perhaps (8) 34 Arboreal beast – it's one of the deadly ones (5) 36 Mignonne quality? It's Dianne's when dancing (10) 37 Goddess turned male punches wandering boffin (7) 38 Old fools, they could be upside-down (5) 39 English actor and Irish poet leaving hotel (4) 40 Brother and father crossing drowned valley (5) Down 1 One of a duo warming up cold listeners? (7) 2 Famous novelist has had coats of granular leather (10) 3 Spiteful poet hides bill of exchange (6) 4 Broadway star ejects male wastrel (5) 5 Praiseworthy Bella disturbed about proscribed group (8) 6 Rascal headed own goal? (5) 7 Roman poet's nothing like Humpty-Dumpty (5) 8 Seabird kebab's sound (4) 14 Aged tree encroaches on another tree (5) 20 Trained assassin somewhat often in jail (5) 22 Capital godly sort meets Venetian villain (8) 23 White wine roused no rector (4) 27 Corner in first half of untroubled game (7) 30 Old German unclothed in country (6) 32 Be stingy towards tax in Troon (5) 33 Fruit and veg Romeo ingested (5) 34 Cross old actor (4) Download a printable version here. A first prize of £30 and two runners-up prizes of £20 for the first correct solutions opened on 11 August. Please scan or photograph entries and email them (including the crossword number in the subject field) to crosswords@ or post to: Crossword 2713, The Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP. Please allow six weeks for prize delivery.
Buzz Feed
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Sandra Oh Curses CBS For Canceling Stephen Colbert
Sandra Oh called out Paramount and CBS during her visit to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on July 21 after news of its sudden cancellation. While the network said the cancellation was "purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night," many celebrities, politicians, and fellow talk show hosts believe otherwise. The cancellation came only three days after Stephen publicly criticized CBS's parent company, Paramount, for a $16 million settlement with President Donald Trump after he accused 60 Minutes of "deceptive doctoring" in how they edited an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris. Paramount is also in the middle of a potential merger with Skydance, which requires the approval of Trump's administration. Sandra — who is currently in Smurfs and Aziz Ansari's Good Fortune — isn't the first celebrity to share their opinion on The Late Show cancellation, but she is the first to literally curse them. "Can I just start by saying something that I feel like probably everyone here and everyone who is so supportive outside wants to say — that I am so sorry and saddened and properly outraged for the cancellation of late night here. Not only for yourself and for this entire family who are here, but for what it means for what it is of where we are in our culture and what it means for free speech," she said. "So I just want to say sorry, and also if I can have your hand, to CBS and Paramount, a plague on both of your houses," she added, grabbing Stephen's hand. Stephen added, "I am very grateful," before Sandra said she had one more thing to say. "And also a pox on all those they serve." "Thank you, Sandra Oh. That's very nice of you to say," Stephen replied. "Very kind, Sandra." Sandra's curse might sound familiar because it's a catchphrase made famous in William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet. In Act 3, Scene 1, a duel occurs between Tybalt on behalf of the House of Capulet and Mercutio on behalf of the House of Montague. When Mercutio is defeated, he says, "A plague o' both your houses! / They have made worms' meat of me: I have it / And soundly too: your houses!" Spoiler alert for the almost 500-year-old play: the curse comes true when a quarantine stops Romeo from learning that Juliet is not dead but asleep. In the end, Romeo ends his life, and when Juliet awakes, she ends her life too. It makes perfect sense for the award-winning, theatrically trained actor who is set to star in Twelfth Night for Shakespeare in the Park later this year to recite a line from Romeo and Juliet to call out CBS and Paramount. Watch Sandra on The Late Show below:
New York Times
a day ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Free Shakespeare's Central Park Home Gets an $85 Million Glow Up
After an 18-month, $85 million overhaul, the Delacorte Theater reopens next month with a starry new version of 'Twelfth Night.' I'll leave it to playgoers and critics to deliver their verdicts on the production. I'm happy to report, in the meantime, that the renovation deftly fixes much of what ailed the city's beloved home of free Shakespeare in Central Park. It was on its last legs before it was shuttered. Built during the Kennedy era for the current price of a two-bedroom condo in Fort Lee, N.J., the Delacorte from Day One was a glorified, rickety high-school grandstand, with water leaking into ramshackle dressing rooms and raccoons nesting backstage. Watching great actors and directors put on 'Hamlet' there was roughly akin to consuming truffled langoustine on the L train. The modesty was part of its charm. Like the park, it spoke to the city's egalitarian soul and cultural ambition. Its makeover is the latest change to a park that has recently undergone, or is considering, a variety of alterations, which include the opening of the excellent Davis Center in Harlem, plans to revamp Wollman Rink and a proposal by the Metropolitan Museum to replace an old wing with a new one, a stone's throw from the Delacorte. It may seem odd to think of Central Park as a work in progress. It can come across as a grand relic from another century. But this middle stretch of the park in particular, which includes the Delacorte, has undergone a surprising number of upheavals over the past 200-odd years that mirror changes across the city. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
IOL News
3 days ago
- Politics
- IOL News
Why Mandela Day cannot be a time of celebration amid ongoing challenges
Dr Pali Lohohla was privileged to go and count President Nelson Mandela at his home in Qunu during Census 2011. Image: File Image Independent Newspapers General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's report card of the 6th of July to the nation was not a statistical release of crime but one which discusses what the drivers of crime and how that plunges South Africa into what would be a failed state. This came 12 days before a globally acclaimed date on the global calendar which is Nelson Mandela Day – a euphoria in which South Africa could legitimately bask, but for reasons of neglect to memorialize we are unable to even if momentarily retire in this memorable vista. Eleven years ago, I was privileged yet again to count the South African population. But this privilege was met with protestations by some communities in the country. Amongst the three that I had to spend time on was one by the residents of Silvertown, in Kwa-Sakhele in Ggeberha (Port Elizabeth). In the Twelfth Night Malvolio having been tricked into thinking Olivia thinks deeply about matters of the heart towards him fell for the line on greatness that Maria had laid as a trap for him. It read 'some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.' On the morning of 22nd of October 2011, I was privileged to go and count President Nelson Mandela at his home in Qunu during Census 2011. This rare privilege was possibly the last for Madiba to be publicly seen in relatively good health. What made the meeting profound was the extreme pain Madiba suffered by reading about the assassination of Muammar Gaddafi of Libya. Newspapers strewn across his table showed the bloodied and lifeless pictures of Gaddafi's body. My subsequent appearance in Silvertown, which was five days after meeting Madiba was met with major demands. The citizens of this township of corrugated iron dwelling structures, refused to be counted unless their councillor reports back and I was tasked with the responsibility of bringing the councillor to Silvertown from Gqeberha. I argued that they themselves have such powers and I do not. But in the eyes of Kwa-Zakhele citizens, the public enlisting of President Mandela had thrust Malvolian greatness upon me. I refused to fall for the trap though, instead I offered to release the results of the Census of their township when they were out 12 months later. They then agreed to be counted with several conditionalities that would take the whole day to enlist and the space in this column does not allow. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Next Stay Close ✕ Ad Loading Fourteen months later in December 2012, I reported back in Kwa-Zakhele to deliver the results. It was a statistical report on Kwa-Zakhele and it was not pretty at all. It revealed no new facts but when aggregated and contextualised with other places, they were bone gnawing and marrow sucking. I had been in the tin homes in 2011 when we did the count. But the force of aggregation that said we all do not have regular running water, we all do not have toilet facilities and we all live in tin shacks, the message was potent. Within a short space of time Kwa-Zakhele had a Caterpillar cleaning and repairing the streets. Whoever was the council was driven by the numbers and the premier's focus was on Kwa-Zakhele. This response is not the most favourable especially when the problem had long been coming but only triggered to be an emergency by being revealed. Unfortunately public policy in South Africa has become an object of inconvenience where public outcry for services is seen as being the absence of gratitude, pointing at maleficence by the powerful is seen as being unpatriotic, grants, necessary as they are albeit a sign of governance failure are dangled in front of the poor as caring, lowering pass rate marks is seen as granting mercy to disadvantaged, introduction of maths literacy is considered as medicine for mathematics teaching defects, Two-Pot withdrawals system is seen as financial relief to the suffering working class and failing at the polls is seen as mandate and remembrance of the 1994 moment and justification and a reset for a national dialogue. The national dialogue has long been in the making and Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and the direct and sober way opposition parliamentarians responded to the budget of the Presidency is a clear indicator of the temperature and tempo of the national dialogue. The minister of defence correctly rebuked any thought of a coup d'etat by the minister in the presidency. South Africans are not about coup d'etat. They are just reminding us the elite about Amilcar Cabral's saying that, 'Always bear in mind that the people are not fighting for ideas, for the things in anyone's head. They are fighting to win material benefits, to live better and in peace, to see their lives go forward, to guarantee the future of their children.' In line with his Polokwane address of how we will remember those who paid with life and limb and I mention only two of the eight points then President Thabo Mbeki quoted from Madiba. He said, 'Thirdly – the challenges of creating a people-centred society, of living up to the vision contained in the Freedom Charter, requires that all elements of South African society be subjected to genuine reconstruction and development. Fourth – that process of reconstruction and development will also have to encompass the spiritual life of the nation, bearing on the moral renewal of individuals and institutions, as well as the ideas and practice of a new patriotism.' It is sad that at 31 years the South African Presidents in succession hardly refer to what a predecessor took on board. This nullifies the thought of continuity of change. It seems only Mbeki could quote his predecessor and has often done so with his successors as well. Absence of such points of reference to fellow statesmen in the form of critique or affirmation points to lack of continuity of plans. Dr Pali Lehohla is a Professor of Practice at the University of Johannesburg, among other hats. Image: Supplied Dr Pali Lehohla is a Professor of Practice at the University of Johannesburg, a Research Associate at Oxford University, a board member of Institute for Economic Justice at Wits and a distinguished Alumni of the University of Ghana. He is the former Statistician-General of South Africa. *** The views expressed here do not necessarily represent those of Independent Media or IOL. BUSINESS REPORT
Time Out
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Can't snag Shakespeare in the Park tix this summer? PBS will air Twelfth Night starring Lupita Nyong'o, Peter Dinklage
Shakespeare in the Park is one of the most storied cultural events in New York City, but good luck snagging tickets. Even if you live in one of the buildings along Central Park (in which case, don't hog the free tickets from the rest of us, OK?), the process of getting seats is a long and physically arduous one, entailing a box office line that forms at dawn the day of performance. (There is, thankfully, the digital lottery now as well, but you know what lotteries can be like.) This year is a particularly buzzy one, as the Delacorte Theater reopens with Twelfth Night after a two-year renovation. And to make it even more special, PBS announced that it will air the production this fall as part of its Great Performances series, giving not just disappointed New Yorkers but the entire country the chance to see Lupita Nyong'o, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Peter Dinklage, and Sandra Oh star in William Shakespeare's cross-dressing comedy classic. Twelfth Night will premiere on PBS at 9pm ET on Friday, November 14. Trimmed down to a delightful 90 minutes by director Sahem Ali, the production's cast also includes Daphne Rubin-Vega, Junior Nyong'o, b, Khris Davis, John Ellison Conlee, Ariyan Kassam, Valentino Musumeci, Moses Sumney, Kapil Talwalker and Joe Tapper. PBS's Great Performances series this year also includes several more offerings that should thrill theater lovers. The series premieres October 3 with the documentary The Magic of Grace Bumbry, about the first Black opera singer to perform at the White House, followed November 7 by The Tiler Peck Story: Suspending Time, about the ballerina (most recently seen on Prime Video's series Etoile). A live capture of the Carnegie Hall concert The Great War and The Great Gatsby will premiere on November 11, Veterans' Day, a fitting choice for a concert that uses The Great Gatsby to explore World War I. And Dick Van Dyke takes center stage December 12 with Starring Dick Van Dyke, an American Masters episode celebrating the beloved entertainer's 100th birthday, featuring rare footage. And December 16 sees the premiere of the English National Ballet's production of The Nutcracker.
