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The maverick writer and scholar was a pioneer in 60s avant garde circles, and emerged as a cult figure despite an aversion to publicity, and poetry that was hard to parse
Jeremy Halvard Prynne, known as JH Prynne, a maverick figure in British poetry, died on 22 April at the age of 89.
“Jeremy was an extraordinary and original human, which is no surprise because he was an extraordinary and original poet,” said Peter Gizzi, the American poet who introduced a reissue of Prynne’s 1969 collection The White Stones. “The word ‘genius’ gets tossed around, but if anyone was, he certainly was.”
Continue reading...Positive talks at City over the former Chelsea manager
Guardiola called him ‘one of the best in the world’
Enzo Maresca is the leading candidate to take over at Manchester City as they prepare for the growing possibility of Pep Guardiola leaving at the end of the season.
Maresca has been out of work since departing Chelsea in January and it is understood there have been positive talks over him replacing his old mentor this summer. Guardiola has a year on his deal but City know they must be ready for the 55-year-old deciding this is the time to leave.
Continue reading...With the EU approving a €90bn loan for Ukraine, a surprise visit from Prince Harry, and data suggesting Russian troops made almost no territorial gains in March - are there reasons for optimism in Kyiv?
Lucy Hough speaks to senior international correspondent Luke Harding
Continue reading...Committee to Protect Journalists says Ahmed Shihab-Eldin was found innocent after 52 days in detention
A Kuwaiti-American journalist, who had been detained in Kuwait, has been acquitted, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, who has previously worked for PBS, HuffPost, the New York Times, the BBC and Al Jazeera, was arrested on 3 March during a brief visit to Kuwait.
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De Rotterdamse gemeenteraad was vorige week duidelijk. Er moeten over vijf jaar woningen komen op het terrein van Rivoli. Het pretpark in aanbouw op Zuid heeft sinds deze week een nieuwe eigenaar. De raad twijfelt of de wethouder de nieuwe eigenaar wel duidelijk maakt dat het over vier jaar al voorbij kan zijn.
On April 2 of this year, the Radio-Canada (Canada's French national broadcaster; not actually just radio) program Enquête uncovered a Quebec maple syrup producer selling adulterated syrup, labeled as pure, that was actually 50% corn syrup, under his business -- the numbered corporation 9227-8712 Québec inc. aka "Érablière Steve Bourdeau".
But there's more.
On April 9, Bourdeau's fake maple syrup -- which Bourdeau claimed he had pulled — was found still being sold in stores, now with the original name stickered over as "le sirop Angela." Officials said on April 10 that Boudreau had been under investigation for months, and that to their knowledge, this is the first instance of bogus maple syrup in Quebec. Things became even sticker on April 14, when more re-stickered product turned up on store shelves, this time as "L'Érabeille". On April 16, inspectors found staff at Bourdeau's facility pouring the canned syrup back into large containers, with Bourdeau saying "I'll find a way to get rid of it." In the interim, a class action lawsuit has been filed against Bourdeau for betraying consumer trust. And on April 22, the Quebec Federation of Maple Syrup Producers, known by its French acronym PPAQ, has called Bourdeau a "notorious and repeat offender," and has filed to launch a full investigation into Bourdeau's business, shut down his operations, and seize all his syrup. Bourdeau has claimed "suppliers" are responsible for the issues. Insurance Business Magazine speculates that this case may have larger effects on food and recall insurance in the long run. While this is the first known instance of widespread syrup fraud in Quebec, syrup theft is not unknown, including the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist, the theft of the International Strategic Reserve of syrup in 2011 and 2012. The largest heist in Canadian history, it was later adapted as TV show "The Sticky" in 2024.
On April 9, Bourdeau's fake maple syrup -- which Bourdeau claimed he had pulled — was found still being sold in stores, now with the original name stickered over as "le sirop Angela." Officials said on April 10 that Boudreau had been under investigation for months, and that to their knowledge, this is the first instance of bogus maple syrup in Quebec. Things became even sticker on April 14, when more re-stickered product turned up on store shelves, this time as "L'Érabeille". On April 16, inspectors found staff at Bourdeau's facility pouring the canned syrup back into large containers, with Bourdeau saying "I'll find a way to get rid of it." In the interim, a class action lawsuit has been filed against Bourdeau for betraying consumer trust. And on April 22, the Quebec Federation of Maple Syrup Producers, known by its French acronym PPAQ, has called Bourdeau a "notorious and repeat offender," and has filed to launch a full investigation into Bourdeau's business, shut down his operations, and seize all his syrup. Bourdeau has claimed "suppliers" are responsible for the issues. Insurance Business Magazine speculates that this case may have larger effects on food and recall insurance in the long run. While this is the first known instance of widespread syrup fraud in Quebec, syrup theft is not unknown, including the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist, the theft of the International Strategic Reserve of syrup in 2011 and 2012. The largest heist in Canadian history, it was later adapted as TV show "The Sticky" in 2024.
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