Cecilia Giménez Zueco of Borja in northeast Spain hit the headlines in 2012 when she gave to the world her “striking” restoration of a fresco of Jesus Christ. The work in question, Ecce Homo (“Behold the Man” in Latin) by the 19th-century painter Elias Garcia Martinez, had been housed for more than 100 years in … Read more
Newspaper headlines: ‘Chagos surrender’ and ‘Shipshape Kate’ BBC UK signs Chagos deal with Mauritius to seal future of US-UK air base Reuters UK plan to transfer Chagos Islands goes ahead despite last-minute legal injunction CNN UK signs £3.4bn deal to cede sovereignty over Chagos Islands to Mauritius The Guardian The U.K. hands Chagos Islands over to Mauritius but says … Read more
Newspaper headlines: ‘Surrender summit’ and ‘Post Office choir’ BBC UK on verge of deal with EU to let Britons use European passport e-gates The Guardian Keir Starmer: EU reset is good for our borders The Telegraph Passport queues to be cut in EU deal — so will voters be on board? The Times UK PM Starmer to agree deal … Read more
Max Frankel, who fled Nazi Germany as a boy and rose to pinnacles of American journalism as a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for The New York Times and later as its executive editor during eight years of changing fortunes and technology, died on Sunday at his home in Manhattan. He was 94. His wife, Joyce Purnick, … Read more
Newspaper headlines: ‘Huw Edwards’ ‘shame’ and ‘reputation in tatters’ BBC.com Four key takeaways from Huw Edwards’ sentencing BBC.com As Huw Edwards Is Spared Jail, BBC Insiders Prepare To Dish Dirt In Workplace Culture Review Deadline Relationship with father among psychological factors cited in Huw Edwards case The Guardian Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards gets suspended prison sentence for having … Read more