Head coach refuses to engage in ‘blame game’ after defeat by Argentina
Trump joins critics of Tuchel’s tactics in World Cup semi-final elimination
Thomas Tuchel has insisted he is not interested in engaging in the “blame game” over England’s World Cup elimination and vowed to close the gap on the leading nations.
Even Donald Trump has joined criticism of Tuchel’s tactics in the semi-final defeat by Argentina, with the US president questioning why he made Harry Kane “a defensive player” as England attempted to hold on to a 1-0 lead. But before the third-place playoff against France in Miami on Saturday night that was described by Tuchel as “the match no one wants to play in”, England’s head coach defiantly stood by his decisions and said that he and his players must learn from their experiences.
Continue reading...After living here for years, I can see through that old stereotype. My tip: if your server is not full of bonhomie, why not try saying ‘bonjour’?
Parisian waiters are professionals, providing an excellent service – they are not rude or unfriendly, just sometimes slightly misunderstood. No, really, hear me out. We’re all familiar with the trope of the rude Parisian waiter, looking down their nose at your inferior wine choice. They have been called “brusque and unwelcoming”, “snooty and rude” by travellers who voted Paris the unfriendliest city in the world. But after living here for many years, I’m struggling to think of an experience that really lives up to the stereotype. Harried and busy, sometimes, yes. But rude? No.
So why do Parisian waiters (and let’s face it, Parisians) have a such a bad reputation? Partly, it’s about misunderstandings. Good manners and greetings between strangers in France are quite formal and can (and did, to this Brit, arriving in 2007) seem a little frosty. There are golden rules that many visitors unwittingly break and the big one is “bonjour”. Or rather, a lack of “bonjour”. Going into a shop or a restaurant in Paris (or anywhere in France) and not greeting the staff is incredibly rude. That means many waiters or shop staff in touristy areas are actually, by French rules, being snubbed thousands of times a day. No wonder some of them feel a little grumpy.
Helen Massy-Beresford is a British journalist and editor who lives in Paris
Continue reading...Hand-painted works are often wildly unfaithful to the movies they portray – reinterpretations that sometimes resulted in threats, insults and even physical attacks from viewers who felt duped
Sitting on his porch in Teshie near Accra, Heavy J dipped a brush into red oil paint and dabbed it carefully on to his canvas – a flour sack – adding blood to a knife being wielded by a man. Higher on the canvas, he had started on an outline of a skull.
Heavy J was creating a poster, but not as you might have expected for a horror film. Instead, it was for the animated fairytale The Little Mermaid. The man with the knife wasn’t a killer but the film’s kind-hearted prince, Eric. The skull was also unrelated to the story. “We add more to make people interested,” said Heavy J, whose real name is Jeaurs Affutu.
Continue reading...In minstens 99 gemeenten in Nederland mag de komende jaarwisseling helemaal geen vuurwerk worden afgestoken, dus ook niet door verenigingen. Dat is ruim een kwart van de 342 gemeenten. Daar komen er zeker nog meer bij. Bovendien: gemeenten die het wél willen toestaan, zijn vaak terughoudend.
Dat blijkt uit een rondvraag van het AD en zeven regionale kranten onder ruim driehonderd gemeenten, waarvan er rond de tweehonderd reageerden.
Het verbod heet officieel de Wet Veilige Jaarwisseling en biedt een opening: verenigingen en stichtingen kunnen toestemming (ontheffing) vragen. Maar dat is niet eenvoudig.
Vooral steden doen het vuurwerk helemaal in de ban, waaronder Eindhoven, Nijmegen, Tilburg, Utrecht en Zwolle. Die hadden al een vuurwerkverbod. Andere stadsbesturen hebben nu besloten om niemand toestemming te geven, zoals Amsterdam, Breda, Delft, Deventer, Leiden en Rotterdam.
