2024.12.01

Another place we missed in Tasmania!

Masked owls, wild devils and giant crayfish: inside the ancient forests of Tasmania’s Takayna
Teeming with wildlife under lush canopies, this area in Australia’s island state is one of the world’s most remarkable – and one most in need of protection
By Elfy Scott
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/01/masked-owls-wild-devils-and-giant-crayfish-inside-the-ancient-forests-of-tasmanias-takayna

Not my idea of fun:

Venomous tiger snake slithers up driver’s leg on Melbourne freeway
Woman weaves through traffic at 80km/h before fleeing from snake in car barefoot and attempting to flag down passing motorists
Catie McLeod
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/01/venomous-tiger-snake-slithers-up-drivers-leg-on-melbourne-freeway

Rediscovered Elizabethan portrait may have been love token for Sir Walter Raleigh
Exclusive: Miniature is thought to be of Elizabeth, Lady Leighton, one of Queen Elizabeth I’s ladies-in-waiting
Dalya Alberge
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/dec/01/rediscovered-elizabethan-portrait-may-have-been-love-token-for-sir-walter-raleigh

The forgotten street found behind a hidden library door
Angie Brown
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly2l119zlpo

Review
Conclave review – Ralph Fiennes is almighty in thrilling papal tussle
Fiennes gives one of the performances of the year as a cardinal assailed on all sides in Edward Berger’s elegant adaptation of Robert Harris’s Vatican bestseller
Wendy Ide
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/01/conclave-review-ralph-fiennes-is-almighty-in-thrilling-papal-tussle-edward-berger-robert-harris-isabella-rossellini-5-stars

Belgium’s sex workers win maternity pay and pension rights in world first
Move by lawmakers hailed as ‘huge step forward’, ending legal discrimination against sex workers
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/01/belgium-sex-workers-win-maternity-pay-and-pension-rights-in-world-first

Yia Vang on how to prepare an abundant Hmong holiday meal
Sharyn Jackson
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20241127-yia-vangs-abundant-hmong-holiday-meal